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Red Sea Rangers Protect Egypt’s Environmental Treasures
Rangers are environmental researchers, guardians
and educators
Rangers do a lot! They are the people responsible for safe guardingthe natural resources of the Red Sea coastline and Marine Park Protectorates for the Egyptian Nature Conservation Sector of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency. Egypt’s Red Sea Rangers have the awesome tasks of carrying out biological research an d monitoring on both land and at sea, patrolling the waters, shores and deserts for signs of environmental abuses by people, and coordinating with other organizations with interests in the area. They also take time to talk to visitors and residents about the importance of taking care of the environment, educating the younger and older generations about how to ensure the health of the environment for the future.
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Protecting Egypt’s natural treasures is no easy task
 The area the Red Sea Rangers must look after is vast - over 700 kilometers of coastline - stretching from El Gouna in the north to the Elba Protectorate on the Sudanese border in the south. Within this beautiful area are unique habitats and associated flora and fauna, some of which only exist in Egypt’s Red Sea. Colorful coral reefs, deserted islands with soft white sand, wadis that flood with water during storms followed by a flurry of green growth, graceful gazelles, soaring falcons, slithering snakes, jagged mountain peaks and so many kinds of spectacular fish-all must be managed and preserved for sustainable economic growth. |
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