Rangers patrol forests and mountains, check camera traps and look for signs of wildlife activity. Their work can mean walking for hours through remote terrain to monitor habitats and remove potential threats. /VCG

Researchers follow clues left behind by animals, from footprints and tracks to sounds and camera-trap images. By studying these details, they can better understand where endangered species live, how their populations are changing and whether conservation measures are working./ VCG

Wildlife rescue workers care for injured or orphaned animals and, when possible, help them recover before returning them to the wild. For them, success is not simply keeping an animal alive; it is giving it a chance to live independently in nature again./ VCG

There are the monitoring teams, whose camera traps have become the eyes of the forest. A single image can reveal the presence of a rare species, document a new generation or provide valuable evidence about the health of an ecosystem. / VCG