印尼的一項保育計畫，讓獵人轉而參與保育工作，透過拍攝野生動物照片或錄製聲音來換取報酬。當村民記錄到瀕危的紅毛猩猩等較稀有的物種時，可以獲得較高的報酬；而記錄常見物種的報酬則相對較低。這項計畫展現了野生動物「活著比死去更有價值」的理念，不僅能幫助當地居民增加收入，也讓研究人員得以蒐集重要的生態數據。部分村莊甚至已開始在社區內推行禁獵規定。
A conservation project in Indonesia is transforming hunters into wildlife stewards by paying villagers for photographs or sound recordings of wild animals. Villagers earn higher rewards for documenting rarer species, such as the endangered orangutan, and lower rewards for recording more common species. The project demonstrates that wildlife is worth more alive than dead, helping local communities increase their income while enabling researchers to collect valuable ecological data. Some villages have even begun implementing community-wide hunting bans.
