Filipino rangers Segundo Conales Jr., Noel Bundal, Jeffrey David, and Cresencio Caranay Jr. won the IUCN-WCPA International Ranger Award for protecting the the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park.
Gland, Switzerland, 26 July 2023 (IUCN) – Nine rangers and ranger teams have received the 2023 IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) International Ranger Awards. The awards recognise the outstanding work of protected areas rangers around the world, celebrating the dedication and bravery of people who protect and conserve natural heritage.
PETALING JAYA: The team leaders of the Orang Asli Menraq Patrol Unit has won the IUCN WCPA International Ranger Award 2023 for their conservation efforts in the Royal Belum State Park.
India’s frontline forest staff contract labourers, guards, foresters and rangers have long fought an unequal battle against poachers, illegal miners, and tree-fellers. They have also been targeted by mass encroachers and insurgents.
PARIS (AFP) – A proposal to protect 30 per cent of the planet by 2030 would be “meaningless” without a huge boost to staffing and budgets, researchers said last Thursday, warning of chronic shortages of rangers in the world’s most precious ecosystems. Governments around the world are locked in negotiations over how to keep animals […]