Indonesia cash-for-photos scheme turns animal hunters into protectors印尼“以照片换现金”计划将动物猎人转变为保护者
KAPUAS HULU, Indonesia: Indonesian villager Octavius wades through the forest in rubber boots and tattered joggers, ears pricked, eyes peeled, a telephoto lens on his phone primed to capture orangutans, monkeys or birds.
This picture taken on September 2, 2026 shows wildlife observer and former poacher Octavius using a mobile phone equipped with a telephoto lens to take pictures of wildlife in a forest near Labian village in Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan. - AFP
KAPUAS HULU, Indonesia: Indonesian villager Octavius wades through the forest in rubber boots and tattered joggers, ears pricked, eyes peeled, a telephoto lens on his phone primed to capture orangutans, monkeys or birds.
The daily photo hunt earns Octavius and hundreds of others in Borneo cash as part of a conservation programme seeking to make animals worth more alive than dead.
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这张照片拍摄于2026年9月2日，照片显示野生动物观察员兼前偷猎者奥克塔维乌斯正在西加里曼丹省卡普阿斯胡鲁县拉比安村附近的一片森林里，使用配备长焦镜头的手机拍摄野生动物。——法新社
印度尼西亚卡普阿斯胡鲁：印度尼西亚村民奥克塔维乌斯穿着橡胶靴和破旧的运动裤，在森林中跋涉，竖起耳朵，睁大眼睛，手机上的长焦镜头随时准备拍摄猩猩、猴子或鸟类。
每天的摄影活动让奥克塔维乌斯和婆罗洲的数百名其他参与者赚取现金，这是旨在让动物活着比死了更有价值这一保护计划的一部分。
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