Story/photos – Janado Nazare Cher
Gorongosa National Park Conservation Department is stepping up training for forest and wildlife rangers in biodiversity law, human rights and wildlife crime investigation. This training will benefit a total of 50 rangers in the first phase of the year.
Most of the time, the topics were covered separately, but this year there was a need to innovate, and the topics were combined into a single package, with more training days, which will facilitate the teaching and learning process and, consequently, their understanding when solving cases.
This training will also allow the rangers to have well-structured field activities, focusing on concrete cases, which consist of investigating the scene of the crime and going to court, the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the National Criminal Investigation Service, to understand how cases are handled in cases where they find one or more poachers.
Another important aspect of this training is that the rangers acquire knowledge and skills about each piece of equipment or work tool they will be working with, so that they are able to carry out their activities.
