Rangers at Front Lines of Safeguarding Leuser

Kompas/Zulkarnaini

Rangers of the Leuser Conservation Forum find a tiger trap in Leuser forest, Subulussalam, Aceh, on Tuesday (9/5/2017). Every month, the rangers patrol the forest for 15 days to prevent animal hunting and illegal logging.

The damage to the Leuser Ecosystem Zone (KEL) in Aceh province threatens the lives of local people and animals. The local animal protection team members, known as rangers, who work under the Leuser Conservation Forum are on the front lines of protecting the forest area’s sustainability – even if their lives are often at stake.

Dahlawi, 46, Hendra Saputra, 35, and Tarmizi, 24, rangers of the Leuser Conservation Forum (FKL), all put their lives at stake. Every month, they patrol the Leuser forest for 15 days, like they did on Tuesday (9/5/2017).