Nov 10, 2026 |
New accommodation, vehicles and an operations room are changing the work of the rangers in Banhine National Park, in Gaza.
The investment in accommodation and operational infrastructure has ended the period in which the teams lived in tents and spent long periods away from home.
The rangers now also have their own equipment for patrols, according to the Peace Parks Foundation programme, which manages the park in partnership with the National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC).
The works are part of PPF’s effort to restore Banhine, with the organisation having already transferred 418 animals, including impala, zebra or wildebeest, from Maputo National Park to that protected area located north of Limpopo National Park.
Ranger Gilda Jorge, in the post since 2018, says of the improved conditions that the difference can be seen on the ground. “When I became a ranger, Banhine National Park was a forgotten place,” she says in the testimony collected by the organisation.
The impact also reaches families in a region often hit by drought. According to Gilda’s own account, her salary allows her to buy food for her household and help pay for her sisters’ studies.
Photos e vídeo: PPF
