Dewi Lestari: Rafflesia Expedition

Dewi’s expedition was in Teluk Sumbang, Berau, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, a remote and barely accessible area reported as a new habitat for Rafflesia. The team worked closely with local communities to enable knowledge-sharing initiatives. The expedition objectives were to confirm the Rafflesia species, investigate the population and ecological habitat, ethnobotany, and social data of the surrounding people, collect samples and specimens for further study, and conduct ex-situ conservation research on this species in Purwodadi Botanic Garden.

Supported by and in memory of Judith Heath.