Day 3: Delving deeper
Day 3: Delving deeper
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The largest congress ever, the first in Asia....and the first to be (briefly) attended by a Greater-One Horned Rhino.
© Ranjan Ramchandani
© Ranjan Ramchandani
PLENARY 1: Ranger Capacity
PLENARY 1: Ranger Capacity
During today's first plenary, "Ranger Capacity," experts highlighted how professionalization of rangers through comprehensive capacity building is critical to advancing ranger welfare and enabling more rangers to safeguard the future of the world. Such professionalization needs to be contextualized, and rangers need to be empowered in order to find the best approaches for capacity building.
© Ranjan Ramchandani
© Ranjan Ramchandani
Mike Appleton
IUCN, WCPAMike Appleton
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"Studies project that by 2020, 30% of the world will be under some kind of protection. That makes you one of the biggest land management communities in the world."
Dominique Noom
Ranger Campus Foundation Dominique Noom
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"Relevancy is key. Training needs to be as audience and location specific as possible."
PLENARY 2: Women in the Ranger Workforce
PLENARY 2: Women in the Ranger Workforce
Experts discussed the current gender imbalance and the critical need to address it, including the unique skills that women bring to the role with inspiring examples from Mexico, Zimbabwe, and India.
Damien Mander
IAPF Damien Mander
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“Women will change the face of conservation forever.”
Donaxi Borjes Flores
Ranger, Mexico Donaxi Borjes Flores
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“It is necessary to close the gender gap for the welfare of the communities and the country.”
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