JAMBI - The camera trap of the Bukit Tigapuluh National Park (TNBT) managed to record four Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae) as evidence that the ecosystem in the area is still well maintained.
"For the time being, yes, four were recorded, the collection is still continuing. That is, there are still (Sumatran tigers)," said Head of the National Park Management Section (SPTN) Region I of the Bukit Tiga Puluh National Park (TNBT) Hendra Koswandi, quoted by Antara, Thursday, January 8.
He explained the results of monitoring the period from September to December 2025 through the installation of cameras in the Suo-Suo area.
The TNBT and its partners managed to capture four different Sumatran tigers.
In that area, officers spread 40 cameras in 20 locations. Each location has a monitor coverage of 2x2 square kilometers or about 400 hectares, spread in strategic areas.
Apart from the Sumatran tiger, he said, the device managed to record the movement of 32 wildlife in the forest, including 13 types of animals with protected existence under the law.
The protected animals that were successfully recorded included tapirs (Tapirus indicus), Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatrensis), honey bears (Helarct malayanus), deer (Cervidae), porcupines (Tragulus), pangolins (Pholidota), and binturongs (Arctictis binturong).
"If there is a bear every time it is taken, there is always a (recorded) pig," he said.
According to him, the existence of key animals indicates that the ecosystem in the Bukit Tigapuluh TN landscape is still maintained, although the challenges and opportunities for encroachment and illegal hunting are always open.
He admitted that the pressure of poaching and hunting actions is still high.
For this reason, his party appealed to all levels of society, especially in the buffer village areas, to work together to care for and monitor the ecosystem of an area of 144,223 hectares in two regions, Jambi and Riau.
"The pressure is still big, the anticipation is that we always patrol regularly, thank God we can get new officers. We continue to involve the public and related parties, including partners who maintain national parks," said Hendra.
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