On the front lines of conservation in Sumatra: Rangers safeguard Batutegi forest

Mongabay
Aug 6, 2026, 10:21 pm226 ptsTop
TANGGAMUS, Indonesia — For more than a decade and a half, forest ranger Wandi Harmoko has walked the ridges and valleys of Batutegi, a landscape in southern Sumatra. He is one of only a handful of officers tasked with patrolling almost 60,000-hectares (148,300 acres) of forest that is not only ecologically…

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