Green Patrol was established in Sumatra in 2013 and in 2014-2015 we were licensed to monitor Sumatran tigers and our team participated in anti-poaching events in collaboration with Gunung Leuser NP rangers.

In 2016 we rejuvenated the Green Patrol and it took some time to create the next generation of community rangers. In 2018-2019, we obtained a new license for tiger monitoring and again operated field operations in Gunung Leuser NP.

Our work also included tiger conflict resolution in the Bohorok region. Then came the covid, but we still funded Green Patrol in action until August 2022. During this time, the YHUA cooperating organization with Zbynek Hrabek, who made a major screw up on us, disbanded Green Patrol without our consent and deprived us of the Green Life Reserve we had built.

As a result of this event, many people disregarded us, without taking into account that we were cheated and stopped supporting us, some believed Hrabek that we wanted to abandon Sumatra and move everything to Costa Rica.  

Justice for Nature has responded to this and has put the Green Patrol team back into field action as of January 2023. So far only in the buffer zone under the KPH office.

We funded the creation of a new organization, Patroli Hijau Lestari (Pahiles), which in 2024 reached out again to work with Gunung Leuser NP, and the Eye of tiger monitoring program was re-launched in collaboration with the rangers and the NPGL Administration. Despite numerous obstacles, uncertainty, and considerable concern about the point of continuing on, we have re-launched Green Patrol and their mission to protect Sumatran tigers.

In September 2024, a major and long-secret event occurred.

‍We returned to Sumatra and re-launched operations, including a new, albeit much smaller, Green Life Reserve in the Sekelam River Valley. The new 8 hectare reserve is located in a unique location and in a strategic area on the border with the NPGL, where even Sumatran elephants migrate. The presence of tigers is confirmed, as are the presence of orangutans and malayan bears. We have already built a watchtower on this land since 2019 and it is a matter of time before we address the field base. We are at the beginning again, but with many years of experience.

Funding for Green Patrol has been provided for years by public support for the Green Patrol - Tiger Patrol transparent account. There was a time when the account received 2 200 USD a month and Green Patrol operated in field action 20 days a month.

Currently, support comes in at 840 USD per month, which is enough to run the monitoring operation economically, and 265 USD is missing. By the end of June we have secured funding from donor Karel Rybáček and by then we need to restart Green Patrol support to its full financial value.

The ideal situation for a 15 days a month event is about 1 350 USD. If funding is strengthened we are also able to return to assisting with tiger conflict resolution. It is all up to the people whether they want to protect tigers with us or not.

Join the wave of Sumatran wildlife conservation, the wave of tiger energy. Join us again. Thank you.