It was our great honour that Biology Department of Andalas University having the chance to organized the Rufford Conference for Indonesia from 23-24 July 2018. The main objectives of the conferences which titled “Strengthening Collaboration for Biodiversity Conservation” is to encourage more young researcher from Sumatra to improve their knowledge and ability by sharing their field experience with previous grantees of Rufford Small Grants. This conference was held as part of “Tiger Week” an inauguration for Global Tiger Day which held annually on 29th July.