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Sartam Chooses Peace with Yaki

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Aris Prasetyo
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A foreign national walks past a group of Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra), locally called yaki, on Monday (17/6/2019) at the Tangkoko Batuangus Nature Reserve in Bitung, North Sulawesi. The protected primate species is one of the endemic Sulawesian species that live in Tangkoko Forest.

Sartam\'s garden in the forest on a slope in Pohuwato regency, Gorontalo, was like a two-hectare dining room for the yaki, Sulawesi\'s black monkeys. Tired of conflict with the Celebes crested macaque (macacanigra), locally called yaki, Sartam finally gave a portion of his garden to the monkeys.

It all began in 2003. Sartam, 69, cleared a two-hectare plot of land in Puncak Jaya village, Taluditi district, Pohuwato regency, Gorontalo. Parts of the area were intended for transmigrants. Sartam, a father of three, had migrated from Banyumas in Central Java. He moved in Puncak Jaya to find a better life after living in Poso, Central Sulawesi, for years.

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