ナショナルジオグラフィックさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ナショナルジオグラフィックInstagram)「Photos by Brent Stirton @brentstirton | Phundundu, Zimbabwe. I had the pleasure of working with my friend Damien Mander, founder of the International Anti-Poaching Foundation, for a story on the elite members of Zimbabwe's all-female Akashinga conservation ranger force. This story is published in the June issue of National Geographic magazine, with writing by Lindsay Smith. Here are a few images depicting the women training and then deploying against experienced poachers. Akashinga (meaning the "Brave Ones" in the local Shona dialect) is a community-driven conservation model, empowering severely disadvantaged women to restore and manage a network of wilderness areas as an alternative to trophy hunting. According to Damien Mander, many current Western-conceived solutions to conserve wilderness areas struggle to gain traction across the African continent. Predominantly male forces are often hampered by ongoing corruption, nepotism, drunkenness, and occasionally aggression toward local communities. The I.A.P.F, @int.anti.poaching.foundation decided to innovate, using an all-female team to manage an entire nature reserve in Zimbabwe. In the short time since it has been operating, Akashinga has become a role model for conservation and for rural African women across the continent. #womenempowerment #IWD2019 #Conservation @natgeo #strongwomen⁣ #wildlifecrime」6月28日 4時28分