“Remember to not cut down trees wherever you go, OK?” The friendly engagement is just one tactic the women-led forest ranger group has been using to safeguard the forest their village relies ...

She stares at the image as the truck she’s riding in ... Now Kumire, 33, and her all-female wildlife ranger team, the Akashinga, are among the animals’ fiercest protectors.

A video of the attack, showing several protesters repeatedly striking the forest ranger with sticks as she stands on a tractor, has been shared extensively on social media. “There were already ...