Female rangers serve as nature protectors on Indonesia's Mount Leuser

A group of women forest rangers patrolling in the forest of Bener Meriah, Aceh province. - AFP

JAKARTA, Jan 9 (Xinhua): A group of female rangers, living in the Damaran Baru village in Indonesia's westernmost Aceh province, usually patrol for days in the wildness to protect 251 hectares of forest on Mount Leuser and Wih Gile river, the source of water for villagers in downstream areas.

"We are in charge of cleaning the upstream of the river from clogging trees," Sumini, 46, head of the Damaran Village Forest Management, told Xinhua on Tuesday.