IT was late night on the edge of the Muarjojambi forest, Jambi province. Six residents of Gedongkarya village (Kumpehilir subdistrict, Muarojambi) were huddled together in a lookout hut built in a tree 3 meters above the ground. Their mission was to prevent tigers from invading the village.

This was an important task since the tigers had attacked seven people around the forest in just one month’s time. Six were killed while one survived but wa