TUSK WILDLIFE RANGER AWARD WINNER 2020

Amos Gwema

Zimbabwe

A dedicated, diligent, hard-working, individual who has changed the way intelligence work contributes to the protection of Zimbabwes wildlife. Over the last 15 years he has convicted the highest number of poachers of any officer in the parks authority, all of whom are currently serving prison time.

What I started with were the four pillars of conservation: community, intelligence, law and justice.

A dedicated, diligent, hard-working, individual who has changed the way intelligence work contributes to the protection of Zimbabwes wildlife. Over the last 15 years he has convicted the highest number of poachers of any officer in the parks authority, all of whom are currently serving prison time.

Rehabilitation should be both to the human beings and to the animals if we want to succeed.

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