In Borneo, hunters are trading their traps for cameras
The KehatiKu programme pays villagers Rp5,000 to Rp130,000 for every wildlife photo they capture on camera traps — turning former hunters into the forest's best protectors. More than 350,000 wildlife observations later, two villages have introduced their own hunting bans, and funding is secured through 2028.
The upbeat factorThe same eyes that once tracked animals to hunt them now track them to save them.