Swiftlets Birds

Trade of Swiftlet nests started in China throughout the T'ang Dynasty (A.D. 618-907). China is the major buyer of a broth made from these nests (bird's nest soup), which is advised the "caviar of the East" until a principle of austerity under communist direct disappointed such extravagance. Recent relaxation of controls in the PRC has directed to a rush in demand for Bird's Nest Soup. China is trading tremendous allowances of components for the broth from nations for example Malaysia and Indonesia. This is now intimidating the swift populations and has directed CITES to address supplementing the bird and its nest to its registers of threatened species (Fullard et al, 334-339).

The up to date annals of swiftlet bird nests collection in East Kalimantan begun in the 1940s. The groups had gathered the bird nests in the localities of Telang Teba and Sungai Peta then. Some community assemblies accepted that some clans had inherited privileges to organise the bird nests from lifetime to generation. The harvesting of bird nests halted throughout the Japanese occupation, and then begun afresh in the 1960s. Anecdotal clues shows that the swiftlet bird nests had been significant products since the late 18 100 years, bartered for tiles and ceramic from China (Price, pp 135-143).

Pak Jaui Puling is a community foremost and town headperson of Long Peso, Subdistrict of Long Peso. He is furthermore the head of a assembly which organises the collection of swiftlet bird nests. The group's title is Semangat Anda (Your Enthusiasm) or abbreviated to SA. The assembly comprises eighteen households. One of Pak Jaui Puling children has his own assembly, especially Semua Anggota Harus Berhasil (All Members Must be Successful) or abbreviated to SAHB, that comprises twelve households. Those two assemblies are advised as famous community assemblies amidst other bird nests harvesters along the stream Kayan (Lee, pp 7091-7096). In 1993 the community-based bird nests havester assemblies inside the restricts of Subdistrict of Long Peso established an association, with Sulang Kedung as the head individual and Pak Jaui Puling as the association advisor. The association had obtained endorsement from the Subdistrict government. The association is the sunshade of 41 community-based bird nests harvester assemblies (comprising about 400 households) from fourteen villages inside the restricts of Subdistricts of Long Peso and Tanjung Palas. At the locality grade (District of Bulungan), there is a alike association, namely the Swiftlet Bird Nests Harvesters Cooperative, ...