Tiaan Kleynhans

Counter-Poaching Unit Coordinator - Zinave National Park

Tiann is responsible for overseeing the ranger training for Peace Parks Foundation and in Zinave National Park. Tiaan ensures that the rangers are prepared for anything they may encounter in the field and carry out the vital anti-poaching work in top condition. He works with the rangers, guiding them through regular, intense training.

Videos With Tiaan Kleynhans

7 March 2022

Ranger Selection Process in Zinave

Tiaan takes us behind the scenes of the grueling ranger selection process in Zinave

23 February 2022

New facilities for Zinave's ranger training

To accommodate new ranger recruits, a large training camp is constructed in Zinave.

26 November 2021

Bumpy rides and flat tyres all in a day’s work

Rangers play a vital role in conservation management and protection, often spending long…

13 October 2021

On the ground with Zinave rangers

Tiaan and the Zinave rangers have set off at night on patrol to try to find, disturb and hopefully…

12 October 2021

Tracking poachers in Zinave

This group of rangers in Zinave National Park has received information from an informer that a group…

20 May 2021

Honing skills to stay effective

Becoming a ranger requires mental and physical strength and completing an arduous training program.

16 May 2021

Could you handle this fitness test?

To keep up with the demands of their job, rangers undertake regular intense training.

20 April 2021

Are they gonna shift this?

It’s mud not traffic jams that brings rangers’ trucks to a halt in the vast, lush landscape of Zinave National Park.

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