Breakthrough mapping technology is providing new levels of understanding of the Great Barrier Reef and helping target Reef strategies with even greater.
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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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Friday marked 100 days until the critical COP26 United Nations climate summit starts in Glasgow and the milestone was marked by renewed urgency in climate action. Alok Sharma, the Conservative UK cabinet minister who will be the formal host of the Glasgow talks, used it to write to relevant ministers around the world and call upon them to raise ambitions.
“Although significant progress has been made, we must be honest that collectively we have not yet delivered at the scale and pace that science requires,” read his letter. “The world will be watching in Glasgow and it is our shared responsibility to rise to the challenge.”
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