IUCN WCPA International Ranger Awards 2021 - Online Award Ceremony

7 April 2021 saw the inaugural IUCN WCPA International Ranger Awards felicitate their first 10 winners, in an online award ceremony. Awardees included Indigenous communities, pioneering women rangers, volunteer teams, and conservation veterans who have braved many hardships in their devotion to protected and conserved areas around the world. The 10 winners of the 2021 International Ranger Awards are: • Anety Milimo (Zambia): a research technician and field ranger in Mosi Oa Tunya National Park; • Aung Zaw Myint (Myanmar): a ranger in Chathin Wildlife Sanctuary in Myanmar; • Bénévoles au sein de l’Aire Protégée Menabe Antimena (Madagascar): a young volunteer ranger team protecting Menabe Antimena Protected Area from forest fires; • Chhay Reap Community Crocodile Wardens (Cambodia): a team of Indigenous rangers protecting Critically Endangered Siamese crocodiles Southern Cardamoms National Park; • Giorgi Abramishvili (Georgia): a senior ranger in Batsara-Babaneuri Protected Areas; • Mahindra Giri (India): a ran