Community-based forest crime monitoring

Over twelve months we will establish community monitoring groups, train rangers, run regular patrols in priority areas and build the Ulu Masen landscape’s first forest-crime baseline — a practical, low-cost model designed to scale.

Targets

  • 12 villages in a community monitoring network
  • 60 community rangers trained in SMART patrol methods
  • 120 community patrols across priority areas
  • 1 landscape-wide forest crime baseline report

How the system works

  • Detect – trained rangers patrol using GPS, SMART and camera traps.
  • Document – every incident recorded with coordinates, photos and logs.
  • Report – data flows into a Forest Crime Information System with an incident dashboard and quarterly hotspot analysis.
  • Respond – a coordination mechanism with BKSDA Aceh, KPH and district governments turns evidence into action.

Programme activities