Andri Saputra, also known as Aan, is a former illegal logger. As a teenager in the Sungai Rawa village, Riau, Aan would join adults in the village as they wantonly felled trees in the forest. He felt no guilt and could not see how they were damaging the environment. "It was normal for locals to cut down trees," said the 30-year-old.

The young logger is now an environmental activist. In 2010, as a law student at the Riau Islam University (UIR), Aan