The fruits of vigilance

Examples of successful forest protection efforts by Indonesian community groups and NGOs, assisted by EIA/Telapak surveillance training and equipment, include:

CENTRAL JAVA
LOCAL VIDEO SURVEILLANCE GROUP: ARUPA

Made up of 14 former forestry students turned environmental activists, ARuPA now acts as a resource hub for forest-based activists across Central Java and has itself trained members of 20 NGOs to document environmental crime and mismanagement.

Using the skills gained through EIA/Telapak training, ARuPA