Malanje - The Luando integral reserve, in the municipality of Capunda, Province of Malanje, will have a total of 49 inspectors for the Giant Sable Antelopes, with a view to reinforcing the protection of this animal species and infrastructures related to this area.
To this end, 18 animal herders began training on Monday, Jan 6, to upgrade them to the inspectors level, who will join the current 31, making 49.
Running until the 28th of this month, the training is being promoted by the Ministry of the Environment and will essentially cover issues linked to environmental education, military tactics and other details that enable inspectors to defend personal and the Giant sable antelope's integrity.
The director of the Provincial Office of the Environment, Waste Management and Community Services, Jacinta Peres, said that the training of inspectors aims to stop poaching and other dangers that the Sable Antelopes and other species face.
She specified that the entry of new inspectors will allow for an increase in the conservation and defense capacity of the antelope, in addition to being a measure by the Ministry of the Environment that aims to guarantee the employment of former employees of the Quissama Foundation, which until then was a manager of the Luando protected area, under the supervision of this Ministerial Department.
The Luando Integral Reserve is an area of scientific research and conservation of the Giant Sable Antelope, a rare animal that only exists in the province of Malanje, while its habitat is the Cangandala National Park, in the municipality of the same name.
In Cangandala Park there is the animal sanctuary, which is a tourist area for visitors to Giant Sable Antelope and currently has 56 inspectors.
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