Rangers: holding the thin green line
Profiles of Rangers from around the world...the face of the Thin Green Line; the people who protect the most special places of this planet against the forces of development, encroachment, poaching, climate change and more; that threatens these places very existence
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Helen Achurch - Australia - I am the Ranger In Charge, Macquarie Island Nature Reserve,
Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service. I have been here on & off for
3 years. Due to the islands remoteness, postings are 1 year’s
duration. The reserve has World Heritage Area status, is a
Biosphere Reserve & listed on the Register of the National
Estate....read Helens full profile |
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Krissie Clark - Tanzania - I work in various places throughout Tanzania. I am the Executive Director of the PAMS Foundation, my work centres on community managed wildlife areas. Much of Tanzania’s wildlife exists outside formally protected areas....read Krissie's full profile | |
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Issa Ndomondo -Tanzania - I am Issa, I work in Southern Tanzania in the Namtumbo District as the Acting District Game Officer. I started 10 years ago, I volunteered for 8 years & I now receive a small salary....read Issa's full profile | |
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Megan Bowden - Australia - After completing a Bachelor of Science in Forestry, various volunteer & temporary jobs with the NPWS, I was successful in gaining a Rangers position based at Kosciuszko National Park (Kosi). Always wanted to be a Ranger or Forester, loved the bush, plants and animals. Always wanted to work at Kosci & got it 1st placement & haven’t left....read Megan's full profile | |
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Jess Herder - Australia - I am an Aboriginal Heritage Conservation Officer. Australian Aboriginal culture is considered the oldest living cultural history in the world. I have been working for this Department since 2002. I have the responsibility to record, protect & assess sites, objects & places of cultural significance to Aboriginal communities....read Jess's full profile | |
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Greg Wallace - Australia - I am the Ranger for Ngambaa Nature Reserve & 6 other reserves. The Reserve conserves a large area of dry forest vegetation communities close to the coast & has a large number of rare & threatened fauna & flora species. It also contains landscapes & sites of significance to local Aboriginal communities. I have been in this job for 9 years, however, I started working as a ranger in 1993....read Greg's full profile | |
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Olalla Martinez - Argentina - I have been a ranger for 11 years, for the last 6 years I’ve been working at Quebrada del Condorito National Park, in the province of Córdoba. I am in charge of the Achala Operative Center, the main tourist area of the park....read Olalla's full profile | |
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Asiwefe Tiriyo - Brazil - I work for ACT Brasil in Macapa, in the State of Amapa, Brazil. My position is ‘Tecnico’. I have worked 4½ years here in ‘Parque Indigena Do Tumucumaque’, it is well known as an area full of complexity. I wanted to be a ranger in order to improve thinking about the form of protection of our land; the identity of the people & all that exists & lives within it....read Asiwefe's full profile |
