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Marking World Ranger Day July 31, 2021
Ranger Andy Davies recently found himself outside his comfort zone after being elected as Director and Company Secretary of the International Rangers Federation (IRF). Andy was chosen because of his passion for the global community of rangers-people united by their work to protect and preserve all aspects of wild places, historic and cultural sites.
Ranger Andy Davies at the 9th World Ranger Congress, Nepal 2019
Every three years, the IRF hosts the World Ranger Congress. A conversation in 2016 with an international colleague at the 8th World Ranger Congress in Colorado enhanced Andy’s sense of belonging to a global community, and his perspective on his work.
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GUWAHATI: The Manas Tigers Team , a mobile patrol team has won the prestigious International Ranger Award (IRA), 2021 for its unique to save tigers and increase the animal s population.
The IRA is developed collaboratively between the IUCN, WCPA, the International Ranger Federation, Global Wildlife Conservation, and Conservation Allies, which was created in 2020, with an aim to highlight and felicitate the extraordinary work that rangers do in protected and conserved areas worldwide.
In 2021, ten outstanding winners were selected from among 113 nominations across 43 countries. These nominations spanned 630 rangers: 68 individual nominations and 45 team nominations. In addition, 19 rangers and teams from around the world, which included the Manas Tiger mobile patrol team, have been recognised with special commendations for their contributions to protected and conserved areas. All the winners are rangers in protected and conserved areas and are residents of t