In an effort to protect animal migration routes, WWF together with indigenous people living in Erambu, Roray, Kwell, Tanas and Bupul Villages, Merauke Regency, Papua Province have built a joint commitment to protect animal migration routes in the corridors of three protected forest areas such as Wasur National Park, Bupul Nature Reserve and Bian Nature Reserve.

As expressed by Paschalina CH M Rahawarin, as Program Leader of WWF Southern Region of Papua. The purpose of this joint commitment is not to make the corridor area a conservation area. But how to make the management system sustainable, so that it can support the relationship between the three areas and the function of the forest can still run.

He added that his party does not prohibit people from looking for food in the corridor of protected forest areas because their lives are still very dependent on nature or forests, it's just that the management is modified so that it does not have a negative impact on nature, and also the community.

""With the community there, we must also think about what economic alternatives can be done sustainably, for example through the management of non-timber forest products or through ecotourism because there is quite a lot of potential there,"" he said.

He explained that in the previous month the WWF together with the community had conducted research regarding ecology, socio-economics and culture in the corridor area.
""The results of this study are then presented to get input from all parties including the people in the five villages involved in the research and there is also a discussion for how the future plan,"" he said.

The joint commitment also discussed plans from the Conservation Forest Management Unit (KPHK) to manage the Bupul and Bian areas. Especially related to management tasks that have been in the protected forest area or expanded to the corridor area.