Sumatran Mahout Communication Forum (FOKMAS)

Definition of Sumatran Mahout Communication Forum (FOKMAS)

From the elephant glossary Section: organization

1. In 2006, in the province of Bengkulu in western Sumatra, the first Sumatra Mahout Workshop was
   held at the Seblat Elephant Conservation Center (ECC).
2. The 2nd Mahout Workshop was organized by FOKMAS and held in December 2007 at the Saree ECC in Aceh, again with support from the government Conservation agencies (national and provincial) and several NGOs. This time FOKMAS also invited other Mahouts and zoo elephant keepers from all over Indonesia. In addition, several veterinarians and managers from some of these non-governmental elephant facilities attended.
3. The 3rd FOKMAS Mahout Workshop was held at the Way Kambas ECC in southern Sumatra in March 2009. The Way Kambas ECC is the first camp developed by the Indonesian government and currently houses over 60 elephants. During this Workshop, an IEF Director gave presentations about handling and initial training of captive-born elephant calves. This information was requested by FOKMAS as several of the Sumatra government forest camps had recent elephant births, and the Mahouts had little experience handling very young calves.
4. The 4th FOKMAS Mahout Workshop was held in North Sumatra province in June 2010. Mahouts
   from different camps gave presentations about utilizing captive elephants for conservation
   activities (i.e. for HEC management, forest patrols, ecotourism as an alternative income source,
   education, etc.) to exchange experiences about these activities, and discuss the effectiveness of
   the different techniques and strategies employed
6. The 6th Mahout workshop was held from November 26 – 28 at the Elephant Conservation Center in Tangkahan, Sumatra and was attended by approximately 40 Mahouts from around Indonesia
7. The 7th Indonesian Mahout Workshop hosted by FOKMAS (Indonesian Mahout Communication Forum) was held from February 24-27, 2015, at the Minas government elephant training center located in the province of Riau in Sumatra, Indonesia. Seventy participants attended the workshop and represented most of the Sumatran government elephant camps, Conservation Response Units (CRUs), and other elephant patrol units in Sumatra, as well as several zoos and safari parks from Sumatra, Java, and Bali. The majority of participants were Mahouts , but some camp managers and veterinarians from private facilities also attended.

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