6 ways rangers help people and wildlife thrive together

Rangers serve as critical intermediaries between human needs and the natural world by protecting habitats from illegal activity, supporting sustainable livelihoods, and acting as first responders for both people and animals. They contribute to evidence-based conservation through data collection on wildlife populations and conflict hotspots, and they foster community trust by managing human-wildlife conflict and providing education. Despite their essential role in maintaining ecosystem services and safety, rangers are often underfunded and face significant danger, with 147 deaths reported on duty this year.

• Rangers perform six core functions to support nature and people: protecting habitats from illegal logging and mining, supporting sustainable livelihoods (such as tourism and agriculture), acting as first responders for wildlife and human emergencies, collecting data on migration and conflict hotspots for evidence-based decision-making, building community trust through conflict management and outreach, and providing public education on nature.
• Ranger activities protect ecosystem services that provide essential benefits to human populations, including pollination, flood protection, clean water, and increased resilience to climate change.
• Rangers are frequently undervalued and underfunded, often lacking necessary healthcare, training, and equipment despite facing high risks, which resulted in 147 ranger deaths on duty this year.

APA

WWF International (n.d.). 6 ways rangers help people and wildlife thrive together. https://www.worldwildlife.org/resources/explainers/6-ways-rangers-help-people-and-wildlife-thrive-together/

Chicago

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@techreport{wwfinternationalndways, author = {{WWF International}}, title = {{6 ways rangers help people and wildlife thrive together}}, institution = {WWF International}, url = {https://www.worldwildlife.org/resources/explainers/6-ways-rangers-help-people-and-wildlife-thrive-together/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }