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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Conserv. Sci.
Sec. Conservation Social Sciences
Volume 5 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fcosc.2024.1438936

Understanding the Impact of Working Conditions on Ranger Vulnerability to Corruption: Insights from a Global Survey

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Héloïse Lebon Héloïse Lebon 1Rohit Singh Rohit Singh 2*Amal F. Abdulla Amal F. Abdulla 3Kaleem Ahmed Kaleem Ahmed 3Hamera Aisha Hamera Aisha 4
  • 1 King's College London, London, England, United Kingdom
  • 2 World Wildlife Fund (United States), Washington D.C., United States
  • 3 Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • 4 World Wide Fund for Nature (Pakistan), Karachi, Pakistan

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    Rangers play a crucial role on the frontline of conservation, yet they are often faced with difficult and sometimes dangerous working conditions, and inadequate pay, equipment, training, and recognition. This study has attempted to determine the influence of rangers' working conditions on their vulnerability to corruption using correlation analysis. The research utilized the Global Ranger Perception Survey 2019 dataset, a global-scale survey that collected responses from 6,101 rangers from 25 countries on various aspects of their working conditions. We further analyzed the results by gender and geographic region. Key findings include that women have a lower propensity to engage in corrupt activities, and there is a strong correlation between corruption and some aspects of rangers' working conditions in Latin America. We recommend that ranger employers should be encouraged to improve rangers' working conditions, both as a welfare goal and as a concurrent strategy to address corruption within their ranks.

    Keywords: Corruption, Rangers, Working conditions, Vulnerability, gender, welfare, Legitimacy

    Received: 27 May 2024; Accepted: 17 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Lebon, Singh, Abdulla, Ahmed and Aisha. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Rohit Singh, World Wildlife Fund (United States), Washington D.C., United States

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