AFRICA
SOUTH AFRICA
PLACES VISITED
- Kruger NP
- Klaserie Private Game reserve
- Sabi Park
- St Lucia NP
SOME SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED
- On foot with bull elephants
- Footage of rangers with the big 6
- Being charged by a herd of elephants. Dramatic footage.
- Foot patrol with field rangers through Kruger NP
- Interview with a ranger as 300 buffalo walk in shot 10 metres behind him
- Anti-poaching Patrol with ranger in St Lucia removing over a dozen traps.
- Beach Patrol for marine poachers
- On foot with rhino
- Vulture breeding program
HIGHLIGHTS OF RANGERS INTERVIEWED
- Stories of encounters with elephants, hippos, lions
- Floods and rescues stories
- Rangers recounting their colleagues being murdered by poachers
UGANDA
PLACES VISITED
- Bwindi NP (Mountain gorillas)
- 10 hour trip to Bwindi
SOME SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED
- Rangers guiding tourists to the Mountain Gorillas
- Filming of the Mountain gorillas
- 3 day anti-poaching Patrol deep in the Ugandan jungle. Finding of over 15 professional snares, and 1 dead animal (deer). Stream crossings traversing mountains. Non stop action
- Community work by rangers with local chieftains, providing schools, health care and pest animal (baboon) management
HIGHLIGHTS OF RANGERS INTERVIEWED
- Stories of gorillas attacking non compliant tourists
- Encounters with rebel soldiers resulting in ranger and tourist deaths
- Isolation of rangers from their families, some only see their families twice a year
- The need to involve the community in conservation. Without the majority it can’t work
- The indisputable passion of the rangers
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ASIA
INDIA
PLACES VISITED
- Central India
- Rainforests of Goa
SOME SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED
- Ranger chasing poachers and dealing with the issues surrounding subsistence and commercial poaching and thee pressures faced by the forest
- Rangers working in tiger reserves-on elephants
HIGHLIGHTS OF RANGERS INTERVIEWED
- The passion and determination of ranger Paresh Parob in spite of the enormous odds against his conservation work
ISSUES PRESENTED BY RANGERS
- Working in conservation in a country of 1.1 billion people, where 500 million earn less than $1 per day, and the pressure this puts on the environment
- Corruption and the impact on tiger populations
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AUSTRALIA
PLACES VISITED
- Arnhem Land
- Phillip Island Nature Reserve
SOME SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED
- Rich indigenous culture
- Crocodile relocation
- Ghost net removals
- Indigenous rangers and non indigenous rangers working together in the both ways approach, incorporating indigenous knowledge and western scientific approach to land management.
- Koala management
HIGHLIGHTS OF RANGERS INTERVIEWED
- The strong family bond between Banula and Phil that transcends their job together
- Interviewing new indigenous ranger Djawalu after he captures his first snake for relocation
ISSUES PRESENTED BY RANGERS
- The need for people to understand indigenous cultures and people and their connection to land and sea conservation is cultural and conservation issue.
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EUROPE
DENMARK
PLACES VISITED
- Klampenborg NP
- Copenhagen reserve
SOME SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED
- Unique interpretations including shooting gutting and skinning of deer with school children to reconnect them as to whee there venison really comes from
- Hunting training for new hunters by the rangers
- Education programs with children
- Ecological Inspiration house
HIGHLIGHTS OF RANGERS INTERVIEWED
- Rangers have a key role in reconnecting the community to the environment to which they depend for survival
- Rangers role as an interface with the real world
ENGLAND
PLACES VISITED
- Peak District NP
- Loosehill Hall (where the international ranger Federation was founded)
SOME SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED
- Rangers guiding mentally handicapped children through the Park
- Interview with veteran ranger and co-founder of the IRF –Gordon Miller at Loosehill hall
HIGHLIGHTS OF RANGERS INTERVIEWED
- Gordon millers experience and inspiration he drew from rangers around the world to help form the IRF
ISSUES PRESENTED BY RANGERS
- Difficulty of managing extreme tourism loads and National Parks on the urban rural fringe.
IRELAND
PLACES VISITED
SOME SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED
- Rangers working in pouring rain
- Rangers working in agreements with private land owners to form the National Park
HIGHLIGHTS OF RANGERS INTERVIEWED
- Ranger talking of how he was threatened with maiming at his own home and how he lives in the small community whilst still carrying out his duties and beliefs in conservation
- Funny stories
ISSUES PRESENTED BY RANGERS
- Lack of recognition by wider community of the work rangers do conserving natural heritage
NORWAY
PLACES VISITED
- Jotunheiman NP, Jotaelbreen NP
SOME SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED
- Reindeer survey by 30km mountain hike
- Reindeer survey by plane. Stunning scenery-no reindeer
- Maintenance of traditional Alpine Farmhouse
- Survey of fish by swimming in freezing alpine river
- Glacier climbing with rangers
HIGHLIGHTS OF RANGERS INTERVIEWED
- Interview with Female ranger working in isolation. One of the fittest and most determined rangers filmed
- Prosecution of illegal hunters by female ranger and threats to her
ISSUES PRESENTED BY RANGERS
- Talk of how traditional values versus conservation in Norwegian community
- Isolation of the work
PORTUGAL
PLACES VISITED
SOME SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED
- Patrol with rangers
- Re-release of injured wildlife
- Filming of an Illegal golf course constructed in the National Park
- Historical monuments
- Rangers taking Education programs in Europe’s most significant wetlands
HIGHLIGHTS OF RANGERS INTERVIEWED
- Ranger Nelson talking of how he had poacher hold a rifle to his for 15 minutes threatening to kill him, and how he has stopped poachers since and will do it again- because that’s his job and passion
- Ranger Carlos telling of Marine rescues
SCOTLAND
PLACES VISITED
- Highlands
- Dundee
- West Coast
SOME SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED
- Education work with school groups
- Stunning scenery in the Highlands, North, along the coast
- Footage of Scotland’s only controversial National park
- Track maintenance
HIGHLIGHTS OF RANGERS INTERVIEWED
- Strong Focus on community involvement
- Historical references
ISSUES PRESENTED BY RANGERS
- Controversy over first National park. Issue centres that other areas of equal or greater environmental importance are not given appropriate funding as most going to the new National Park
- Necessity for conservation to involve the Community
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CANADA
PLACES VISITED
- Elk Island NP
- Jasper NP
- Vancouver Island NP
SOME SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED
- Helicopter sling rescue with rangers hanging below a chopper to rescue injured climbers
- Helicopter patrol for grizzly bears
- Jet boat rescue practice
- Rangers attending motorcycle accident as Para medics
- Rangers working with beavers and Buffalo
- Rangers removing an elk Carcass being eaten by grizzlies in the middle of a lake, because of proximity of kayaking tourists
- Helicopter surveillance for illegal horse riding tracks
- Floating range station in Broken Head group
- Whale monitoring off Vancouver Island
HIGHLIGHTS OF RANGERS INTERVIEWED
- Amazing rescue stories- good and sad
- Issue of rangers carrying handguns
- Rangers on strike
ISSUES PRESENTED BY RANGERS
- Enforcement by Rangers
- Need for more support for conservation
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SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA
ARGENTINA
PLACES VISITED
- Ushuaian (Southern tip of South America)
- El Calafate (Perito Moreno NP)
- Chalten NP
- Nahuel Huepi NP
- San Martin. Argentinean Ranger University
- Tucuman.
SOME SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED
- Interview with Peter Malcolm, (Antarctica adventurer and environmentalist) on the effects of tourism and interest in the wilderness area
- Interview with Ranger infront of the stunning Moreno glacier
- Community work in Chalten. Rangers helping the community with their equipment
- Horse patrol in the Andes. Horse falls and disappearances
- Rangers working with Indigenous communities
- Rangers with high volume of tourists
- A look at the ranger university. Unique and maybe a model for other countries
HIGHLIGHTS OF RANGERS INTERVIEWED
- 10 rangers throughout the length of Argentina
- Trend of all rangers divorced, but still married to the Job
- One ranger became a ranger from being a drug addict-180 degree turn around
ISSUES PRESENTED BY RANGERS
- Lack of resources
- Pressures on Family
- Love for the Job
- Danger involved in rescues and with anti-poaching work
CHILE
PLACES FILMED
- Villarica National Park (Villarica Volcano)
- Isla De Chiloe
- Torres Del Paine
SOME SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED
- Climbing active Villarica volcano, with Ranger Marcello. Snow covered active volcano
- Rangers dealing with tourist and tour operators on the Volcano
- Rangers hand crafting signs
- Camping trip on Isla De Chiloe
- Glacier climbing Torres Del Paine
HIGHLIGHTS OF RANGERS INTERVIEWED
- 70 Year old ranger talking of how after a volcano eruption he performed a search and rescue only to find 55 people had died and he had to bring 25 recoverable bodies down
- Interview on top of the volcano with Marcello pointing to the Andes and saying ‘this is My Park”
ISSUES PRESENTED BY RANGERS
- Lack of resources for Conservation
- Passion for the Jo
- Lack of profile for rangers
- Pride in their Parks
COSTA RICA
PLACES VISITED
- Manuel Antonio NP
- Santa Rosa NP>
- Congreja NP
SOME SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED
- Rainforest patrol
- Park in flood
- Rangers working with tourists
- Community development
- Innovative education program with local school kids in the park
- Large hike filming, monkeys, deer array of birds, crocodiles, evidence of puma, coyote
HIGHLIGHTS OF RANGERS INTERVIEWED
- Rangers in remote/scenic locations
- Rangers rescuing other rangers from an avalanche
- Difficulty of living away from the family for long periods of time
ISSUES PRESENTED BY RANGERS
- Need for people to support the work of Ranger
- Need for the world to wake up and help protect our planet
- Not well resourced even though high ‘ecotourism’
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
PLACES VISITED
- Islands and waters of Galapagos
- Ecuador
SOME SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED
- Protest by fisherman on the rangers headquarters threatening to burn down the Park and kill the rangers
- Marine Patrols for poachers
- Rare animal breeding program including rare footage close up of Lonesome
- George, the 128 yr old tortoise who is the last of his species
- Pest animal control
- Pest plant control
- Great footage of Marine Iguanas, and wildlife
HIGHLIGHTS OF RANGERS INTERVIEWED
- Marine rangers telling how they capture shark poachers only to have them released by the navy
- Talk by all rangers on the divide between the parks and newly formed fishing groups, which can result in violence
- Rangers pride in watching petrels and land iguanas coming back from the brink of extinction due to their work
ISSUES PRESENTED BY RANGERS
- Corruption
- International support
- Love for the job
URUGUAY
PLACES VISITED
SOME SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED
- National Parks predominantly on private land
- Anti-poaching patrol at night
- Education work with tourists
- Pushing boats through the mud for wetlands patrols
HIGHLIGHTS OF RANGERS INTERVIEWED
ISSUES PRESENTED BY RANGERS
- Lack of resources
- Danger of work with regards to poachers
- Necessity to be devoted to the work
- Juan Carlos inspirational interviewee
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USA
PLACES VISITED
- Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP
- 4 Boston Historic Parks
- Acadia NP
SOME SITUATIONS ENCOUNTERED
- Marijuana Garden invasion- full paramilitary
- Bear control with rubber bullets and firecrackers
- Bear tranquilising and tagging
- Search and rescue
- Fire control
- Education programs
- Pest Plant control
- Tourist management
- Bike, boat, horse patrol
HIGHLIGHTS OF RANGERS INTERVIEWED
- Enforcement rangers talking of their dangerous raids and patrols
- Rangers talking of the functionalising of positions
- Ranger of 45 years talking of the dramatic changes he's seen to profession
ISSUES PRESENTED BY RANGERS
- Bureaucracy is increasing preventing rangers from getting out into their Parks
- Many part time rangers who are federal agents but aren’t given full time work or health insurance
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