Climate love review

The All-Women Patrol Team Protecting Sumatra’s Rainforest

Image of Matin Ahrimankosh
Matin Ahrimankosh

115 w

Image of Nuraga Bhumi Institute

Nuraga Bhumi Institute

Climate love
The Leuser ecosystem in Sumatra is the only place in the world where tigers, elephants, orangutans and rhinos live together in the wild. This area is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, but due to climate change, illegal hunting and widespread habitat destruction, these species are at risk of extinction. Forest cover in Sumatra has more than halved between 1985 and 2014, which has harmful effects on the local and global climate.

Nayla Azmi founded the "Nuraga Bhumi Institute" in 2021, an all-women Indigenous patrol team to protect 100 hectares of buffer zones between Gunung Leuser National Park and private lands. These buffer zones are vulnerable to poachers and palm oil companies and their destruction can negatively impact the climate.

The Nuraga Bhumi team receives specialized training from organizations like Nature for Change and Gunung Leuser National Park. They learn to use GPS, camera traps and drones to track wildlife and report their findings to park authorities. These actions help reduce habitat destruction, which contributes to climate change.

The Nuraga Bhumi team runs weekly conservation education classes for local children. Teaching children to respect animals from a young age helps prevent hunting and forest destruction. This education is important in raising awareness about the importance of forests in fighting climate change.

The efforts of the Nuraga Bhumi team highlight the importance of Indigenous women in protecting Sumatra’s rainforests and combating climate change. Their deep connection to the environment and conservation skills make them valuable partners in protecting the Leuser ecosystem.
Image of post in post detailed view


https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jul/11/all-women-indigenous-patrol-team-protecting-sumatra-rainforest-tigers-orangutans


https://www.nuragabhumi.org/



Do you agree?

150 more agrees trigger scaled up advertising

    Follow us

    Our Platform

    What is a climate review

    Events and broadcasts

    I want to help out

    Terms of use

    About us

    Our cause

    Our organization

    Press & media

    Sustainability

    Investor relations

    Partners

    For businesses and organizations

    Become a partner

    © 2026 We Don't Have Time – All rights reserved.

    We Don’t Have Time is the world’s largest media platform for climate action – with a mission to democratize knowledge about climate solutions and inspire and mobilize global action toward a prosperous, fossil-free future. The content of the We Don't Have Time social network is user-generated. The We Don’t Have Time organization does not automatically endorse users’ opinions and claims. All users of We Don’t Have Time have subscribed to We Don’t Have Time’s Terms of Use, which, among other things, prohibits hateful, abusive, and violent content. If you discover content that violates our Terms of Use, please notify us immediately. The platform is operated by the company WeDontHaveTime AB (publ), whose majority shareholder is the WeDontHaveTime Foundation. The Foundation’s principal purpose is to contribute to a reduced climate impact and an ecologically sustainable environment. Our headquarters is located in Stockholm, Sweden.

    Please read our Privacy Policy and our Cookie Policy.