Fajar Sandhika Negara Simanjuntak
All In A Day's Work

Smoke billowed up at the southeast end of the Rawa Kadut reforestation camp at Way Kambas National Park in Lampung, August 9. It was 9am. Fajar Sandhika, reforestation coordinator at the Silvagama Foundation, and his colleague Arum Mutasim moved quickly to check out the source of the blaze. Hopping on a motorbike, they sped down a trail through dense foliage.

At the location, they assessed that the fire was heading west and would probably pass a spot across the Kadut river behind the camp. Since the wind was not blowing hard, they estimated the fire would reach it after 12pm. Fajar and Arum raced back to the camp.

December 29, 2015