Women’s importance in conservation is recognised, but we lack actionable evidence for strengthening ranger gender equity, leading to a transformed organisational culture that promotes social inclusion. This project gathers evidence from diverse gender equity and social inclusion interventions amongst rangers in ten Southern African Parks. We identify practical steps and management capabilities, and co-develop context-sensitive, scalable best practices. We test our hypothesis that ranger diversity creates effective Parks - protecting biodiversity and catalysing development - despite wildlife crime’s evolving threats.
Bridging the biodiversity financing gap: Blending public and private capital for nature-positive outcomes that foster human-elephant coexistence in India.
