Bird’s nest soup is a Chinese delicacy that has been consumed for thousands of years dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907).   Bird nests, believed to have medicinal properties, were collected from cliff-side caverns to use as an ingredient for soup, tonics, and other elixirs.  Because the collection of nests was a difficult and dangerous process, birds nest products were only attainable by the Emperor and his family.  From the Tang Dynasty [...]

  Care Center, Habitat, Indonesia, Orangutan   bird's nest soup, community development, food, Indonesian culture, Local economy, by Britta Nelson.

The durian is a popular tree in Pasir Panjang , Central Kalimantan (Central Indonesian Borneo). The local people all seem to love its fruit. Throughout the durian fruiting season, the owner of a durian tree will sit and wait, all day and night, for his/her ripe fruits to drop. If the tree is not guarded, the coveted fruits might be cheekily taken by who knows whom! In the Dayak community of Pasir Panjang, trees are [...]

  Care Center   Dayak, food, by Tess Joyce.