Clearing traps to save forest animals

An Indonesian forest ranger with a trap set up by poachers to capture elephants in Acheh, Sumatra. Photos: AFP

In the depths of Indonesia’s dense Leuser rainforest, a group of rangers are searching for traps set by poachers which are endangering rare wildlife.

Scientists and conservationists consider this place, which falls mostly within Acheh province in northern Sumatra island, to be among the most important forests left in South-East Asia.