Wildlife Ranger teams are now uniting around the Wildlife Ranger Challenge, running a race with one goal: to raise money to support thousands of rangers and protect iconic African wildlife such as elephants, pangolins, rhinos, and lions.
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RESOLVE Supports The Wildlife Ranger Challenge
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Fri, 31 Jul 2020 08:01:00 PST
RESOLVE supports The Wildlife Ranger challenge to bring thousands of rangers back to the field
Today, on World Ranger Day, more than 50 ranger teams across Africa are launching The Wildlife Ranger Challenge, to support the men and women across Africa's protected areas who are enduring cuts in salaries and resources due to the devastating economic impact of Covid-19 and yet are still working tirelessly to safeguard the continent's iconic wildlife.
Wildlife Ranger teams are now uniting around the Wildlife Ranger Challenge, running a race with one goal: to raise money to support thousands of rangers and protect iconic African wildlife such as elephants, pangolins, rhinos, and lions.
RESOLVE supports Africa's Rangers. You can help. Support the Wildlife Ranger Challenge.
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THE URGENT NEED TO SUPPORT AFRICA'S RANGERS
The continent-wide collapse of wildlife tourism caused by the Covid-19 crisis has eliminated essential funding for wildlife protection. This threatens to undo decades of rangers' conservation gains across Africa.
Due to the devastating economic impact of the pandemic, rangers across Africa have had their salaries significantly cut, and many have been furloughed - leaving families without income and wildlife vulnerable and unprotected. With many rangers stretched to capacity and international and national borders re-opening, it is feared that protected areas across Africa will experience a rapid increase in illegal poaching as well as a decline in wellbeing and economic security for the communities to whom this wildlife belongs.
THE CHALLENGE AND HOW TO HELP
On October 3rd 2020, up to 50 ranger teams spanning the African continent will unite to compete in a half marathon race carrying their typical 25 kg backpack and equipment - building comradery and raising awareness of the hardship currently faced by those in their profession. You can join them and help in the following ways:
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ABOUT THE WILDLIFE RANGER CHALLENGE
The Wildlife Ranger Challenge is a collaboration between Natural State (a RESOLVE sponsored project), Tusk in the UK, and leading ranger associations. Jonathan Baillie, a member of RESOLVE's Board of Advisors leads Natural State. Natural State works with RESOLVE's Biodiversity and Wildlife Solutions program, it develops innovative technology and financial mechanisms to unlock private sector capital, thereby accelerating restoration efforts globally.
ABOUT RESOLVE'S BIODIVERSITY AND WILDLIFE SOLUTIONS PROGRAM
RESOLVE's Biodiversity and Wildlife Solutions Program tackles the most pressing conservation problems of our time – the approaching extinction of endangered wildlife and threats to habitats, including tropical forests where most of the world's species reside – through technological innovation, ambitious global agreements, and targeted land protection. Learn more about RESOLVE's other efforts to support rangers and protect wildlife with TrailGuard AI, a state-of-the-art anti-poaching camera system.
Stephen D'Esposito and Sanjiv FernandoRESOLVEJuly 31, 2020
Image Credit: Wildlife Ranger Challenge
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