At the heart of Harapan Forest, Rodhari Regency, Jambi Province, Januardi (40) and Saleksa (26) began the morning from behind the wooden window. The two menerawang sky, the bergumam of the peaceful street in the rimbun rimba. The small steps they rintis as a member of the elephant monitoring team in the lowlands forest corridor of South Jambi-Sumatera still requires more tapaks. Â
“This elephant group will be able to live side by us. No need for a certificate of expertise or academic degree, we human only need to provide immobility. Protecting the increasingly narrow living space,†says Janu, so Januardi is common.
Janu believes, a buzzing animal known to have strong memory that can be more easily directed, human weighing. Moreover, elephant explorers tend to only pass through the road “there are the†for many years. But unfortunately, conflicts often occur simply because of human intervention, one of them when the availability of natural resources on the path or the elephant corridor changes. Â
Januardi (left) and Seleksa (right) in Meranti Post, Musi Banyuasin, South Sumatra.
Photo of Januardi collage (left) shows the map of elephant corridor and equipment (right) carried for the monitoring of elephants in the Banyuasin Musi, South Sumatra.
Forest Harapan with an area of 98.555 hectares managed by PT Restoration Ekosystem Indonesia (REKI) is home to eight sumatra elephant tails (elephas maximus Sumatranus) and as well as other parasolations such as tigers and honey bears. The Confidential jungle Confidential Confidence with plantation areas belonging to several companies and citizens who every minute continue to get a threat of conversion of forests, lands, and illegal mine practices. A threat gambled by Janu’s small steps and Saleksa.
The two men are in charge of ensuring the elephant road in his corridor is not disturbed. Included, cleanliness of water paths that become the survival of all animals in the free nature.
In addition, they are also responsible for making a peaceful approach to citizens who sometimes “ suddenly†gardening or painting in the dissolved area. Motorcycles with special tires that are usually driving Janu and Saleksa to control stamps when not to destination. The weight of the terrain and the dense forest forces them should walk to tens of kilometers. Many times, even they should set up tents for overnight.
Januardi (left) and Seleksa (right) crosses the wood bridge when the elephant monitoring in Banyuasin Musi, South Sumatra.
Januardi (left) and Seleksa (right) runs across bamboo forests during elephant monitoring in Banyuasin Musi, South Sumatra.
According to Janu, carrying communication tools, GPS, parang, and mapping are an additional compulsory device that they slip between the built-in logistics, medicine, food, and others. “All of the safety tools. Includes maps. It can be passed into the air to block the attacking animal or out the corridor,†said. But based on his experience, the difficult threat that he had had naturally come from the outside, which cooled the host’s anger of the garden “ suddenly the€ in the elephant’s corridor or the cultivation of nails and congratulations.
For elephants, nail beds are serious threats. The large mammal legs can be injured and severe infected. “The threat of hunting is still found in the corridor. Not only elephants, these monitoring team legs can also be jerky. At once,†said.
Nowadays, the Forest of Hope has six elephants of Sumatran and two elephants of Sumatra. Two male elephant tails are compacted from the Three-pull hill landscape with regeneration purposes. The two elephants were arranged separately, namely in 2014 and 2018. Hope forests are selected because it has a fairly good lid of forest and adequate natural feed.
Januardi (left) and Seleksa (second left) combined with residents of Batin Sembilan during the monitoring of elephants in Musi Banyuasin, South Sumatra.
Januardi (center) and Seleksa (right) streamline Irfan Nurarifin (left) install the camera trap when the monitoring of elephants in Rodhari, Jambi.
Janu’s routine monitoring and clouds by distributing forest roads and plantations are expected to anticipate conflicts between elephants with humans. The small step they need more support from various parties, including human immobilization.
Photo and text : Wahdi Septiawan
The trap camera is installed in one of the trees when the elephant monitoring in Rodhari, Jambi.
See the elephant sumatera (Elephas maximus sumatranus) crosses in the area of the support of Forest Harapan, Sarolangun, Jambi.
Januardi shows the findings of nail ranjau during the monitoring of elephants in Sarolangun, Jambi.
Januardi (left) and Seleksa (right) examines the findings of coconut trees that are broken due to elephant monitoring during elephant monitoring in Sarolangun, Jambi.
Januardi (left) and Seleksa (right) marks elephant trail findings when elephant monitoring in Rodhari, Jambi.
Januardi (left) and Seleksa (right) sit in front of the tent when the elephant monitoring in Banyuasin Musi, South Sumatra.
Editor : R Rekotomo
