January 6, 2015

Zakouma National Park is home to the largest remaining elephant herd in the world.

January 7, 2015

Rangers exhibit their riding skills as they return to base at Zakouma National Park, Chad, after weeks on elephant patrol. The park lost nearly three quarters of its elephants in the decade up to 2011, due to raids by Janjaweed rebels and poachers from Sudan. Since then—with the park under new management—Zakouma rangers, helped by intelligence from nomad groups, have eliminated poaching almost completely.

January 7, 2015

Rangers tonen hun ruiterkunsten op hun basis in het Zakouma Nationaal Park, Tsjaad, na weken op olifantenpatrouille te zijn geweest. In het decennium vóór 2011 verloor het park verloor bijna drie kwart van zijn olifanten door overvallen van Janjaweedrebellen en stropers. Sindsdien hebben de rangers van Zakouma de stroperijen bijna compleet uitgebannen.

January 7, 2015

Wildhüter führen ihre Reitkünste vor bei der Rückkehr von einer wochenlangen Patrouille in ihre Station im Zakouma-Nationalpark, Tschad. Durch Beutezüge von Dschandschawid-Rebellen und Wilderern aus dem Sudan verlor der Park im Jahrzehnt bis 2011 fast drei Viertel seiner Elefanten. Seitdem konnten die Zakouma-Wildhüter das Wildern fast völlig unterbinden.

January 7, 2015

Rangers démontrant leur talent de cavalier au retour à la base du parc national de Zakouma, Tchad, après des semaines de patrouille anti-braconnage. De 2000 à 2011, le parc a perdu près des trois quarts de ses éléphants en raison de raids de rebelles Janjaweed et de braconniers du Soudan. Depuis, les rangers de Zakouma ont presque entièrement éradiqué le braconnage.

January 7, 2015

Los guardabosques muestran sus habilidades al montar a caballo de regreso a su base en el parque nacional de Zakouma, en Chad, tras semanas de patrullaje de elefantes. El parque perdió casi tres cuartas partes de sus elefantes en la década anterior a 2011 por los ataques de los yanyauid y los cazadores furtivos de Sudán. Desde entonces, los guardabosques de Zakouma han eliminado la caza ilegal casi por completo.

January 7, 2015

Guardas mostram o seu talento na sela ao regressarem à base, no Parque Nacional de Zakouma, Chade, após semanas de patrulha. O parque tinha perdido quase três quartos dos seus elefantes ao longo de uma década, devido a ataques de rebeldes Janjawid e caçadores furtivos sudaneses. Desde 2011, os guardas de Zakouma conseguiram eliminar a caça furtiva quase por completo.

January 7, 2015

Dopo essere stati per settimane di guardia agli elefanti, i ranger mostrano la loro abilità a cavallo rientrando alla base, al Parco Nazionale di Zakouma, Ciad. Nel primo decennio di questo secolo, il parco ha perso quasi tre quarti dei suoi elefanti, a causa delle incursioni dei ribelli Janjaweed e dei bracconieri del Sudan. Da allora, i ranger di Zakouma hanno eliminato quasi completamente il bracconaggio.

November 17, 2014

Michael Oryem (29) poached elephant with the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), operating mainly in the Garamba National Park in DRC. He says he was asked by LRA leader Joseph Kony to take ivory to him in Darfur, Sudan, and that the LRA trades the ivory to the Sudanese Army. Oryem defected from the LRA and helped take Ugandan forces through the border into the Central African Republic to retrieve a stash of ivory he had previously hidden. He is carrying two of the six tusks he hid.

November 17, 2014

Michael Oryem (29) was een olifantenstroper van het Verzetsleger van de Heer (VLH), maar hij is overgelopen en helpt nu bij acties tegen stropers.

November 17, 2014

Michael Oryem (29) wilderte mit der Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) auf Elefanten, verließ die LRA aber und hilft jetzt bei Aktionen gegen das Wildern.

November 17, 2014

Michael Oryem (29 ans), qui a braconné l'éléphant avec l'Armée de résistance du Seigneur (LRA), a déserté et contribue aux manœuvres d'anti-braconnage.

November 17, 2014

Michael Oryem (29) cazaba elefantes ilegalmente con la Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), o Ejército de Resistencia del Señor, pero ahora colabora en las maniobras de prevención.

November 17, 2014

Michael Oryem (29 anos) caçava elefantes no Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), mas abandonou o grupo e agora auxilia operações contra a caça furtiva.

November 17, 2014

Michael Oryem (29 anni) cacciava gli elefanti di frodo con l’Esercito di Resistenza del Signore (LRA), da cui ha disertato. Ora dà il suo contributo alle attività contro il bracconaggio.

November 21, 2014

Margret Acino (32) was abducted from a field outside her village by the Lord’s Resistance Army, who accused her of informing on them to the Ugandan Army. She was mutilated before being released.

November 21, 2014

Margret Acino (32) werd ontvoerd van een veld in Gulu, Oeganda, door het VLH, en werd voor haar vrijlating verminkt.

November 21, 2014

Margret Acino (32) wurde von der LRA aus einem Feld in Gulu, Uganda, entführt und vor ihrer Freilassung verstümmelt.

November 21, 2014

Margret Acino (32 ans) a été enlevée par la LRA dans un champ à Gulu, Ouganda, et mutilée avant d'être relâchée.

November 21, 2014

Margret Acino (32) fue secuestrada de un campo en Gulu, Uganda, por el LRA, y mutilada antes de ser puesta en libertad.

November 21, 2014

Margret Acino (32 anos) foi raptada num campo em Gulu, no Uganda, pelo LRA. Mutilaram-na antes de a deixar ir.

November 21, 2014

Margret Acino (32 anni), sequestrata dall’LRA in un campo a Gulu, Uganda, è stata mutilata prima del rilascio.

November 26, 2014

Ugandan soldiers cross a river while on patrol against the Lord’s Resistance Army close to the border of the DRC. They are on the tracks of an Lord’s Resistance Army contingent which has come from the Garamba National Park in the DRC, where they were poaching elephant.

November 10, 2014

Ranger Dieudonné Kumboyo Kobango stands with his son Genekpio, who escaped soon after being abducted from his village near the park by the Lord’s Resistance Army.

November 10, 2014

Ranger Dieudonné Kumboyo Kobango met zijn zoon Genekpio, in het Garamba Nationaal Park, DRC. Genekpio wist kort na zijn ontvoering uit zijn dorp bij het park aan het VLH te ontsnappen.

November 10, 2014

Wildhüter Dieudonné Kumboyo Kobango mit seinem Sohn Genekpio im Garamba-Nationalpark, DRC. Genekpio entkam, nachdem er von der LRA aus seinem Dorf in der Nähe des Parks entführt wurde.

November 10, 2014

Le ranger Dieudonné Kumboyo Kobango et son fils Genekpio, au parc national de Garamba, RDC. Genekpio a fui peu après avoir été enlevé par la LRA dans son village près du parc.

November 10, 2014

el guardabosques Dieudonné Kumboyo Kobango con su hijo Genekpio, en el parque nacional de Garamba, en la RDC. Genekpio escapó poco después de ser secuestrado en su localidad natal por el LRA.

November 10, 2014

O guarda Dieudonné Kumboyo Kobango, com o seu filho Genekpio, no Parque Nacional de Garamba, R. D. do Congo. Genekpio conseguiu escapar pouco depois de ter sido levado pelo LRA da sua aldeia, vizinha do parque.

November 10, 2014

Il ranger Dieudonné Kumboyo Kobango con suo figlio Genekpio, nel Parco Nazionale di Garamba, Repubblica Democratica del Congo. Genekpio è fuggito subito dopo essere stato rapito dall’LRA dal suo villaggio vicino al parco.

January 22, 2015

Benadete Kahindo (32) stands with her eldest daughter, Gift. Benadete’s husband, a ranger, was killed by the FDLR, a notorious Hutu-led rebel group that has operated inside the Virunga National Park since the Rwandan genocide. A year later, Gift, then aged 14, was raped by M23 rebels, a group that claims to oppose the FDLR. The family survives on funds and donations.

January 29, 2014

A shipping container stands open in the port at Lome, Togo, after customs officers had seized four tonnes of illegal ivory, found using new container-scanning technology. DNA evidence linked the ivory to an elephant massacre perpetrated by Seleka rebels in Dzanga Bai, Central African Republic, in 2013.

January 29, 2014

Een scheepscontainer in Lomé, Togo, nadat de douane beslag heeft gelegd op vier ton illegaal ivoor. Via het DNA kon het ivoor worden herleid op een afslachting van olifanten door Selekarebellen in 2013.

January 29, 2014

Ein Seecontainer in Lomé, Togo, nachdem Zollbeamte vier Tonnen illegales Elfenbein beschlagnahmt hatten. Wie DNA-Technik bewies, stammte es aus einem 2013 von Seleka-Rebellen begangenen Elefanten-Massaker.

January 29, 2014

Conteneur maritime à Lome, Togo, après une saisie par les douaniers de quatre tonnes d'ivoire illicite. L'expertise ADN a permis de lier l'ivoire à un massacre d'éléphants perpétré par des rebelles Seleka en 2013.

January 29, 2014

Un contenedor en Lomé, Togo, después de que los agentes de aduanas detectaran cuatro toneladas de marfil ilegal. Los estudios del ADN relacionaron el marfil con una masacre de elefantes perpetrada por los rebeldes Seleka, en 2013.

January 29, 2014

Agentes aduaneiros confiscam quatro toneladas de marfim ilegal num contentor marítimo em Lomé, no Togo. Exames de ADN ligaram o marfim a um massacre de elefantes levado a cabo por rebeldes do Seleka em 2013.

January 29, 2014

Un container nel porto di Lomé, in Togo, dopo il sequestro da parte della dogana di quattro tonnellate di avorio illegale. Analisi del DNA hanno ricollegato l’avorio a un massacro di elefanti perpetrato dai ribelli Seleka, nel 2013.