RANGERS TAKE CARE OF THE FOREST, THE FOREST TAKES CARE OF US

The Indonesian Wildlife and Jungle Ranger is a park ranger civil service within the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Indonesia. It serves on a national and regional level in the country. Wildlife and Jungle Ranger is a dedicated unit in the Ministry of Environment and Forestry to preserve and protect forest within its authority given by law in forestry and wildlife. Wildlife and Jungle Ranger is not part of the Indonesian National Police (POLRI).

The Indonesian Wildlife and Jungle Ranger have three main tasks, which are preemptive, preventive and repressive actions:

PREEMPTIVE

Preemptive actions' primary purpose is to prevent, reduce, and eliminate the intent of any person or group to perform forestry crimes. Such actions are as follows:

• ·Public awareness and counseling

• ·Guidance and community awareness

PREVENTIVE

Preventive action is any action in order to prevent, reduce, or eliminate any possibility of any person or group to perform forestry crimes. Such action are as follows:

• Forest patrol

• Guard certain areas

• Identification of threats, security problems, or crime potency

REPRESSIVE

Repressive actions consist of but not limited to:

• Law enforcement operations

• Evidence gathering

• Securing evidence

• Suspect arrest operations

• Wildlife conflicts

• Firefighting

• Suspect, witness or evidence escort