RANGER
PATROLS

Sumatran Rangers patrol and protect one of the most important and threatened ecosystems on the planet.

40km

of forest edge protected

600+

snares removed

150

species in data collection

11

rangers employed

The Sumatran Ranger Project employs a team of 11 rangers (7 men and 4 women) who patrol the forest edge of the Leuser Ecosystem in North Sumatra on a full time basis.

Every month the team patrols on foot through 25 forest edge communities, forest border, and community land.

They deactivate and remove snares, provide community outreach and education, monitor wildlife and illegal activity, respond to and help mitigate human-wildlife conflict, and collect species data critical to conserving the precious and often endangered species that live along the forest edge.

The team have removed over 600 snares to date, and are the only team patrolling this area of the Leuser Ecosystem in North Sumatra.