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A new recruit, coming from disadvantage and abusive background, and going through a selection process to join the Akashinga Ranger training programme, wrestles with an instructor as part of an anti-bullying exercise, during their selection process in Phundundu, Zimbabwe on September 17, 2019. The programme was started in Phundundu Wildlife Area in Zimbabwe's Lower Zambezi ecosystem. It builds an alternative approach to the militarised paradigm of 'fortress conservation' which defends colonial boundaries between nature and humans. While still trained to deal with any situation they may face, the team has a community-driven interpersonal focus, working with rather than against the local population for the long-term benefits of their own communities and nature. (Photo by Gianluigi Guercia/AFP Photo)
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