Post by AMES Foundation

Last week, we shared how the AMES Habitat Fund is turning ideas into 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀. This is one of them. The 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗻𝘀 — 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹-𝗳𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗽𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁 at the Mkambati Nature Reserve — have now officially completed their training. What makes this unit special goes beyond conservation: all nine rangers come directly from the surrounding communities. Many of them had no formal work experience before this journey began. 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱, 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱. In the final phase of their training, they were supported by the Black Mambas Anti-Poaching Unit, a powerful example of what is possible when knowledge and experience are passed on. We had the chance to 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆. A first glimpse is captured in the video below. 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝘄𝗲’𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀. 👉 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 Marios Michaelides | Dr. Marlon Braumann | Lea C. Henzgen | Christoph Rösler | Jan Hildebrand | Thomas Hanke | Simon Brunke | Philipp Bönig | Gioia K. M.

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