The Luxury of the Jungle and Poverty
A group of people seemed to have no choice but to log illegally and destroy the conservation area. Even though they face great risks, they still do it in order to survive.
The road connecting the South Coast with the Sungai Penuh, Jambi penetrates the Kerinci Seblat National Park conservation area, Sunday (8/5/2022).
Big and tall trees line up along the banks of the Gambir River, South District, West Sumatra. The forest gets denser and denser upstream of the river, in the hills. The sound of insects is chirping in the distance.
The magnificent jungle is a tangible manifestation of the Kerinci Seblat National Park (TNKS), which covers an area of 1,389 million hectares. The vast area of the tropical rainforest stretches from the northwest to the southeast of the island of Sumatra, covering West Sumatra, Jambi, Bengkulu and South Sumatra provinces.