Safeguarding the rights and well-being of rangers

Q1 Environmental Science

Parks Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI:10.2305/pvzm4213

Sara Barrueco, Iraola María Jesús, Monika Bertzky, Rohit Singh, Chris Galliers

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Abstract

Rangers are on the frontline of conservation, providing a crucial service to nature – and humanity. Many of them face difficult and dangerous situations on a regular basis. They may encounter poachers and other criminal and potentially armed groups while on patrol, support rescue missions, fight fires or prevent wildlife from damaging crops, thus risking and sometimes even losing their lives. Despite these dangers and hardships, the provisions in place to safeguard their interests and safety often fall short of providing meaningful response and protection and they lack the same acknowledgement other frontline workers receive. The ‘Principles for Safeguarding the Rights and Well-being of Rangers’ were developed in an effort to contribute towards the improvement of the situation rangers face around the world and to provide clear standards for practitioners and decision-makers to guide policy and action. Guidance and tools for the implementation of the principles were also developed to help close the gap between theory and practice.

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保障护林员的权利和福祉

护林员站在自然保护的第一线，为大自然和人类提供着至关重要的服务。他们中的许多人经常面临困难和危险的处境。他们在巡逻时可能会遇到偷猎者和其他犯罪团伙以及潜在的武装团伙，支持救援任务，扑灭火灾或防止野生动物破坏庄稼，从而冒着生命危险，有时甚至失去生命。尽管存在这些危险和困难，但现有的保障他们利益和安全的规定往往不能提供有意义的回应和保护，他们也得不到其他一线工作者同样的认可。制定 "保护护林员权利和福祉原则 "的目的是为了改善世界各地护林员所面临的状况，并为从业人员和决策者提供明确的标准，以指导政策和行动。还制定了实施这些原则的指南和工具，以帮助缩小理论与实践之间的差距。

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Parks Environmental Science-Nature and Landscape Conservation

CiteScore

5.80

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0.00%

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审稿时长

20 weeks

期刊介绍： We aim for PARKS to be a rigorous, challenging publication with high academic credibility and standing. But at the same time the journal is and should remain primarily a resource for people actively involved in establishing and managing protected areas, under any management category or governance type. We aim for the majority of papers accepted to include practical management information. We also work hard to include authors who are involved in management but do not usually find the time to report the results of their research and experience to a wider audience. We welcome submissions from people whose written English is imperfect as long as they have interesting research to report, backed up by firm evidence, and are happy to work with authors to develop papers for the journal. PARKS is published with the aim of strengthening international collaboration in protected area development and management by: • promoting understanding of the values and benefits derived from protected areas to governments, communities, visitors, business etc; • ensuring that protected areas fulfil their primary role in nature conservation while addressing critical issues such as ecologically sustainable development, social justice and climate change adaptation and mitigation; • serving as a leading global forum for the exchange of information on issues relating to protected areas, especially learning from case studies of applied ideas; • publishing articles reporting on recent applied research that is relevant to protected area management; • changing and improving protected area management, policy environment and socio-economic benefits through use of information provided in the journal; and • promoting IUCN’s work on protected areas.