The objectives of the Association are to:-

ensure that Game Rangers are adequately trained and equipped to carry out their primary responsibility of maintaining the integrity of wilderness areas, protected areas and other natural areas in which they work;
contribute information and advice to those organisations which train Game Rangers to ensure that their training is appropriate and professional;
represent present and past Game Rangers and their interests in order to ensure the highest standards and credibility of the profession;
give professional, objective and responsible advice, opinions and information on the game ranging profession;
facilitate the establishment and maintenance of contact and communication between Game Rangers, past and present, throughout the world and especially in Africa;
assess, support and promote wildlife conservation management throughout Africa and the rest of the world;
promote the implementation of appropriate protected area management systems as required by international conventions and agreements, and that their effectiveness be assessed and reported on throughout Africa;
aim to ensure that policy and legislation relating to wilderness areas, protected areas and other natural areas in Africa remain compatible to the values of the GRAA as expressed in the Manifesto, Vision and Mission of the Association;
affiliate with other organisations which share common goals, ethics and objectives;
actively promote support for the Association;
manage the affairs of the Association so as not to carry on any profit making activities not relating to its objectives, or to participate in any business, profession or occupation carried on by its members, or to provide financial assistance, premises, continuous services or facilities to its members for the purpose of carrying on any business, profession or occupation by them;
ensure that the activities of the Association will be carried on with the sole purpose of promoting its objectives.

STRATEGIC GOALS

A strong commitment to high standards of management, training, motivation and equipping underpins the GRAA drive in Africa.

SHORT-TERM GOALS:

To establish a Secretariat.
To source the required funding for the Africa Ranger Training Initiative, and in particular the Mozambique Ranger Training Initiative.
To prepare the GRAA and GRTCG support base for the Initiatives.
To maintain the GRAA capacity and capability.

THREE YEAR GOALS:

To have 754 trained, efficient, effective and equipped Rangers in service in Mozambique.
To have trained Mozambican instructors in place in Mozambique.
To extend the Africa Training Initiative to other African Countries.
To extended the capacity of the GRAA to train, support and motivate Rangers in Africa.

FIVE YEAR GOALS:

To have the GRAA positioned to play a truly effective role in training, supporting and motivating the Rangers throughout Africa.
To have National Ranger Associations established in all countries throughout Africa.
To have the GRAA positioned to play a leading role in conservation issues on the African continent.

It is important that the world realise that the Game Rangers are the work force for conservation in Africa. The Rangers work at the "coal face" and without the Ranger ALL other conservation efforts, some of which cost many millions of dollars, will fail.

The Constitution of the Game Rangers Association of Africa. (This is a PDF document)

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