Community Patrol

By Waldemar Hasiholan


Bukit Duabelas National Park is representing to specific and unique Conservation Area because in this area live the indegeneous people "Suku Anak Dalam” or “Orang Rimbo” The traditional wisdom of Suku Anak Dalam in managing forest as live place and subsistence source require to be defended and preserve.

Therefore to involvement of community of Suku Anak Dalam in management of Bukit Duabelas National Park is obliged to be entangled actively. Depending and mind tying and also natural instinct of society of Suku Anak Dalam with the Bukit Duabelas National Park is very clouse, no wonder if this community very hungering for and expecting Forest in National Park remain to be awaked and make everlasting.

One of effort in taking care of perfection and continuity of Bukit Duabelas National Park is by improving activity of area protection of through activity of patrol and forest custody. So that activity of effective ambulatory forest protection besides protection activity conducted by Bukit Duabelas National Park also need to develop a forest protection conducted by local society specially Community of Suku Anak Dalam.
In first stage at January 2007 Autority Bukit Duabelas National Park developed The Teams of Community Patrol which consisted of: Vilager who leave surround the park and Community of Suku Anak Dalam who leave in the park.

Community Patrol in Bukit Duabelas National Park in this time amount to 13 People, and they have followed the training of Forest Protection Training for Beginner Level. The Training is carried out by Collaboration between The Management Autority of Kerinci Seblat National, The Management Autority of Bukit Tigapuluh National Park, The Management Autority of Bukit Duabelas National Park with Police Department Region Jambi.

Hereinafter the Community Patrol will execute the patrol in National Park consortedly by Field Staff of Bukit Duabelas National ParkAutority to prevent the happening of illegal loging, poacher, and other activity illegal.
Custom method which arranging forest management in Bukit Duabelas National Park which can guarantee and give the protection to forest continuity and also prosperity of society of Suku Anak Dalam require to be rebuilt and improved by its quality.

The activity of Community Patrol in Bukit Duabelas National Park will facility by Bukit Duabelas National Park with Related by stage holder like the Sumatran Tiger Trust from United Kingdom. In the progress The Community Patrol Team in the early of Februari 2007 have succeeded to dissipate or prevent the happening of Illegall Loging which done by group of Illegal Loger.

If the collaboration between The Management Autoruty of Bukit Duabelas National Park with Community Surround the park and Community Suku Anak Dalam in the park doing well and intensively almost for certain that continuity of Area of National Park earn well guaranted equally that Forest of National Park as Home of Suku Anak Dalam which providing subsistence source can be existed .

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