Wildaid , les guerriers de l'écologie

Au Cambodge l'ONG WildAid forment des gardes forestiers pour protéger la forêt et les animaux contre les trafiques.
(Photo de Patrick Aventurier)
 Three poachers having cut precious blackwood are put under arrest in the Bokor national park (Cambodia).
 Two WildAid rangers take note of an illegal blackwood cut.
 Three WildAid rangers take note of an illegal blackwood cut. The poachers have sawed off the orange part to keep only the black heart of the tree.
 Three poachers having cut precious blackwood are put under arrest in the Bokor national park (Cambodia). Tim Redford, head of WildAid's ‟Survive together‟ program read them the law forbidding unauthorized cuts.
 After the arrest, WildAid rangers and poachers are coming back.
 A WildAid ranger use GPS to get the position of a cut down tree. The data are used by WildAid to calculate the amount of wood illegally cut.
 Three poachers having cut precious blackwood are put under arrest in the Bokor national park (Cambodia). The poachers tend to use saws, which are less noisy than chainsaws.
 A WildAid ranger take photos of the pieces of wood illegally cut by the poachers. The photos will be used as evidence for the statement.
 Three poachers having cut precious blackwood are put under arrest in the Bokor national park (Cambodia).
 Tim Redford and a WildAid ranger use GPS to get the position of a cut down tree.
 After the arrest, WildAid rangers and poachers are coming back.
 Blackwood cargo seized from the poachers.
 Going back is a trouble some journey.
 Handcuffed poachers are tied to the cart they help to retain in the slopes.
 After the arrest, WildAid rangers and poachers are coming back. handcuffed poachers are tied to the cart they help to retain in the slopes.
 Part of the Bokor park after deforestation.
 Untouched part of the Bokor park, one of the last biodiversity reservations in southeast Asia.
 WildAid ranger on a forest patrol.
 WildAid ranger on a forest patrol.
 That loris, recently freed by the WildAid rangers, was close to meet his end in some local restaurant kitchen.
 WildAid rangers, Tim Redford and director of the park Chey Yu Thearith (pointing finger) free some loris.
 WildAid rangers unit patrolling.
 A loris, freed by the WildAid rangers, back in its natural environment.
 Former Australian soldier Mark Bowman searching for the smoke that betrays the poachers presence.
 Patrol in the ruins of a former French casino in Bokor. The walls are covered with red lichens.
 Patrol in the ruins of former french colonial station in Bokor : casino in the mist.
 WildAid rangers unit patrolling.
 Patrol in the ruins of former French colonial station in Bokor.
 Patrol in the ruins of former French colonial station in Bokor.
 Mark and John, former Australian military, in charge of WildAid rangers training.
 Physical training, beginning at 5 am.
 WildAid rangers unit patrolling in WildAid's 4x4 around the former French post office.
 Patrol in the ruins of former French colonial station in Bokor.
 Physical training, beginning at 5 am.
 Rangers and instructors on the way for theoretical lessons.
 Outdoor theoretical lessons on forest laws and menaces on biodiversity.
 Patrol in the ruins of former french colonial station in Bokor. The church covered with red lichen.
 Wildaid ranger training.
 An almost military training devised by Mark Bowman.
 John, former Australian soldier and weapons instructor
 John, teaching to Cambodian rangers how to use AK-47 rifles.
 Training : arrest simulation
 Mark Bowman pulling the ears of a distracted ranger who did not obey his orders.
 WildAid t-shirt : fight crimes against environment.
 Training : arrest simulation
 Training : ambush simulation
 John teaching mineclearing to the rangers.
 Training : arrest simulation
 Arrested poacher putting fingerprints on the statement. By doing so, he  promises to stop poaching.
 Mark Bowman teaching to the rangers how to carry a wounded man.
 Poacher and chainsaw photographied by WildAid ranger.
 Poachers's axes are seized.
 Precious wood burned in a clandestine lumber mill.
 Training, even under the moonsoon. Bokor park is in one of the most rainy parts of Asia.
 Destruction of a wood coal oven.
 Rookie rangers training.