Animal Disaster Unit (ADU), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya
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Country: Indonesia
Organization / Project Name: Animal Disaster Unit (ADU), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya
Website: https://fkh.ub.ac.id/en
Email: albiruni.haryo@ub.ac.id
Description: The Animal Disaster Unit (ADU) is a unit of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia, working within a One Health framework on animal disaster response, veterinary forensics, and emergency veterinary services. ADU supports sea turtle conservation on the southern coast of Malang Regency, East Java, in partnership with Bajulmati Sea Turtle Conservation (BSTC), the community group Pokmaswas Pinang Patra, and BKSDA Jawa Timur, with a team that has worked at the site since 2019. Activities include forensic necropsy of stranded and dead sea turtles, training of community rangers in turtle handling and stranding documentation, and outreach to coastal fishers on safe release and case reporting.
Species of focus: Green turtles (Chelonia mydas), Olive ridleys (Lepidochelys olivacea), Hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Volunteer program: Yes
Tourist activities (Y/N): No
Primary Areas of Work: Fisheries bycatch reduction / management, Environmental education/community outreach, Pollution mitigation, Stranding response