Communities for Red Colobus (C4RC) - Wildlife Ranger Challenge 2022
Communities for Red Colobus (C4RC) is taking part in the Wildlife Ranger Challenge to raise awareness of the role of 6 rangers working to protect The Gambia's Communities for Red Colobus ecosystem, and support an estimated 300 livelihoods.
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Rangers are Africa’s unsung heroes. They don’t just fight poaching - they are conservationists, teachers, community support workers, leaders and much more.
The Wildlife Ranger Challenge, organised by Tusk and culminating on 17th September, celebrates their many roles, and is raising much-needed funds to support their work.
The Gambian rangers work in the Sambel Kunda area of the Central River Region and in Pirang Community Forest in the West Coast region to protect endangered TRC monkeys and their forest habitats. C4RC supports local livelihoods and primate conservation through community education, primate monitoring and research, forest patrols, sustainable forestry practices and primate ecotourism. C4RC is rooted in the local communities with initiatives such as the ranger training programme to develop the next generation of local conservation leaders and the wildlife club to change the way young people perceive and act towards primates.
The WRC provided a vital lifeline for C4RC and the local communities in 2020 and 2021 by supporting the costs of team salaries, communications and personal safety equipment, skills development courses and ranger travel. With support from the WRC the team has controlled poaching activities, halted logging and charcoal production in the project area, delivered an inclusive outreach and education programme to all sectors of the local community and built a new visitor centre.
Support from the 2022 WRC would secure employment for the rangers, expand the scope and reach of C4RC project and secure a brighter future for red colobus during this vital transition period.
Give today, and the Scheinberg Relief Fund will match every dollar donated, amplifying your impact. Follow campaign updates on social media with #ForWildlifeRangers
Communities for Red Colobus (C4RC)
Jul 12, 2022, 9:27:37 PMC4RC is administered by the University of Cumbria in the UK with national and international partners to implement the Red Colobus Action Plan 2021-26 priorities for endangered Temminck’s red colobus (Piliocolobus badius temminckii, TRC) monkeys in The Gambia. TRC is one of 17 species of red colobus which are widely recognized as the most threatened group of primates in Africa. The C4RC ranger team protect the largest remaining population of this primate species through the training and empowerment of local people as conservation leaders and the development of livelihood projects such as primate ecotourism to reduce local dependence on logging.
