Belum-Temengor Wildlife Corridor & Indigenous Guardian Patrols
Protecting 180,000 hectares of 130-million-year-old primary rainforest from illegal poaching and habitat fragmentation.
Consortium Partners
- State Forestry Department
- WWF Global Forest Programme
- Orang Asli Village Council
Executive Field Narrative
The Belum-Temengor rainforest complex is older than the Amazon and Congo basins, acting as one of the last continental refuges for the critically endangered Malayan tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni). This flagship initiative pairs 45 salaried Jahai and Temiar indigenous trackers with SMART conservation software, acoustic anomaly detectors, and drone reconnaissance to create a zero-poaching shield over 180,000 hectares.
The Landscape Threat
Rapid logging infrastructure and transboundary wildlife poaching cartels had installed thousands of lethal wire snares across key ridgelines, driving prey species and apex carnivores to the brink of local extirpation.
Community Action Plan
We established 6 permanent patrol sectors led by indigenous trackers whose generational intimate knowledge of animal tracks, waterholes, and ridgelines surpasses satellite scans. Trackers receive full social insurance, high-nutrition expedition rations, satellite SOS communicators, and formal legal recognition as Auxiliary Forest Officers.
"When poachers came into our ancestral forest, we felt powerless. Now, with Aaranya's equipment and support, we hold our heads high. We are the guardians of our land."
Verified Outcomes
Wire Snares Removed
Zero tiger casualties recorded across our active patrol corridors since 2022.
Continuous Coverage
Year-round daily foot patrols covering over 32,000 km of jungle tracks annually.
Salaried Indigenous Rangers
Full-time professional employment providing stable household income to 420 dependents.
Key Timeline Milestones
Field Deployments & Telemetry Stations
Indigenous patrol unit crossing the Temengor Lake tributary during dawn sweep.
Solar-powered bio-acoustic sensor installation 35 meters up a Shorea tree canopy.
Camera trap footage verification station at the Royal Belum Field Station.
Dipterocarp sapling propagation inside the community forestry nursery.
