In Indonesia, women ranger teams go on patrol to slow deforestation
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Sumini, a leader of a female ranger group, uses a machete to clear the way along a stream during a forest patrol in Damaran Baru, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The patrol group was started by Sumini, who witnessed the devastating effects of deforestation on her local village. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Rangers measure the diameter of a tree during a forest patrol in Damaran Baru, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The female-led group periodically measure individual trees and mark their locations, tagging them with ribbons warning against cutting them. When they spot someone in the forest, they remind them of the jungle's importance for their village and give them seeds to plant. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)A ranger writes down a GPS-marked position during a forest patrol in Damaran Baru, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The female-led group of forest rangers are defying social norms to lead patrols in the jungle to combat deforestation. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Members of a female ranger group mark their position on a GPS device during a forest patrol in Damaran Baru, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The female-led group of forest rangers are defying social norms to lead patrols in the jungle to combat deforestation. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Muhammad Saleh, a former poacher, walks on a part of the forest that has been cleared by villagers to make way for a coffee plantation as his wife Rosita looks on during a forest patrol in Damaran Baru, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The friendly engagement is just one tactic the women-led forest ranger group has been using to safeguard the forest their village relies on from deforestation and poaching. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Lead ranger Sumini, left, and Muhammad Saleh, center, put on a red tape around a tree to mark it for villagers not to cut it down, on a part of the forest that has been cleared by villagers to make way for a coffee plantation, during a forest patrol in Damaran Baru, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Unregulated deforestation from irresponsible farming practices and abuse of forest resources have led to disastrous consequences, Sumini said. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Sumini, a leader of a female ranger group, uses a machete to clear the way during a forest patrol in Damaran Baru, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The patrol group was started by Sumini, who witnessed the devastating effects of deforestation on her local village. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Asmiah, member of female ranger group, drinks from a water bottle during a forest patrol in Damaran Baru, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The group of forest rangers are defying social norms to lead patrols in the jungle to combat deforestation. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Rangers start a fire as they take a break during a forest patrol in Damaran Baru, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The female-led group of forest rangers are defying social norms to lead patrols in the jungle to combat deforestation. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Rangers prepare snacks and coffee as they take a break during a forest patrol in Damaran Baru, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The female-led group of forest rangers are defying social norms to lead patrols in the jungle to combat deforestation. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Sumini, the leader of a forest ranger group, tends to coffee plants at her field in Damaran Baru, Aceh province, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. The patrol group was started by Sumini, who witnessed the devastating effects of deforestation on her local village. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Rangers talk to a villager they met on their way back from a patrol in Damaran Baru, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The friendly engagement is just one tactic the women-led forest ranger group has been using to safeguard the forest their village relies on from deforestation and poaching. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Asmiah, a member of a female ranger group, collects watercress to be cooked, at a coffee field in Damaran Baru, Aceh province, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Farmers harvest coffee and vegetables from mountainside shrubs and the water flowing from the mountainside provides water for drinking and cooking. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Female rangers Sumini and Rosita walks on a village pathway in Damaran Baru, Aceh province, Indonesia, Monday, May 6, 2024. The female-led group of forest rangers are defying social norms to lead patrols in the jungle to combat deforestation. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Forest ranger Rosita, right, and her husband Muhammad Saleh, a former poacher, tend to their cows at the back of their house in Damaran Baru, Aceh province, Indonesia, Monday, May 6, 2024. It took years, but eventually Saleh felt the message of his wife. He stopped poaching and cutting down trees and began joining his wife on patrols of the forest. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Forest ranger Rosita, left, talks with her husband Muhammad Saleh, a former poacher, before leaving for a forest patrol, at their house in Damaran Baru, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. It took years, but eventually Saleh felt the message of his wife. He stopped poaching and cutting down trees and began joining his wife on patrols of the forest. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Forest ranger Rosita, left, rides on a motorbike with her husband Muhammad Saleh, a former poacher, as they leave for a forest patrol at their house in Damaran Baru, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. It took years, but eventually Saleh felt the message of his wife. He stopped poaching and cutting down trees and began joining his wife on patrols of the forest. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Rangers leave for a forest patrol at Damaran Baru, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The female-led group of forest rangers are defying social norms to lead patrols in the jungle to combat deforestation. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Rangers walk along a stream during a forest patrol in Damaran Baru, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The female-led group of forest rangers are defying social norms to lead patrols in the jungle to combat deforestation. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Muhammad Saleh, a former poacher who is now a ranger, inspects a water pipe that supplies water from a spring in the mountain to villages around the forest during a patrol in Damaran Baru, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Many villagers rely on the forest for their livelihoods. Farmers harvest coffee from mountainside shrubs and the water flowing from the mountainside provides water for drinking and cooking in the village. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Lead ranger Sumini takes a break during a forest patrol in Damaran Baru, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The patrol group was started by Sumini, who witnessed the devastating effects of deforestation on her local village. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
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Sumini, a leader of a female ranger group, uses a machete to clear the way along a stream during a forest patrol in Damaran Baru, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The patrol group was started by Sumini, who witnessed the devastating effects of deforestation on her local village. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)