SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE & ENHANCED WILDLIFE PROTECTION
The Tashinga Initiative, a wildlife protection project in the Zambezi Valley, is pioneering a framework for supporting effective protected area management and if successful can be applied to other National and World Heritage properties. There is evidence to show that provision of adequate social infrastructure (water, electricity, accommodation and communications) and social amenities to Field Rangers and their families based in very remote locations has a significant enhancement for self-motivation In most cases, funding and efforts to improve protection and effective management are directed towards the strengthening of Ranger patrols, with little attention on the overall social welfare of these Rangers, often without access to any form of basic amenities or transport whatsoever. Consequently, efforts to improve budgets and manpower levels do not, in some cases, necessarily translate into effective conservation because of the failure to address these critical factors.
Your support in laying down the foundations for a reasonable day-to-day lifestyle for remotely based Rangers and families is urgently sought through an Adopt-a-Station strategy, and the pleasure of seeing these Ranger communities enhanced in their homes and workplace bringing lasting fulfilment to the Donor.
Write to lynne@thetashingainitiative.org – thank you!
