badlands
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This series follows the life and work of rangers in Vashlovani
National Park, Georgia. The terrain and arid climate shape
life in this rural area in an incredible way: Vashlovani‘s vast
landscape, canyons and semi-deserts are reminiscent
of the US Badlands. Shepherds and farmers share their
land with wildlife of the Southern Caucasus, Europe‘s last
remaining hotspot of biodiversity.
Created with Fynn D’Ortona
An abandoned military outpost on the border to Azerbaijan.
Ranger Vajiko looking for Goitered Gazelles in the savannah.House of Ajiko and his dad near Samuchi Protected Areas.Shepherd Ajiko on his bed.Ranger Vajiko is taking a photo of a snake with his phone.Many species like the Caspian Tiger have gone extinct in the Souther Caucasus. With efforts from the rangers and WWF Caucasus, some locally extinct species were succesfully reintroduced.Vast landscape in Vashlovani.Rubber boots and flip-flops in shepherd Ajiko's house.Rangers unloading sandbags for construction work.Micha and Sonja at a viewpoint.Vajiko and Davit in the rangers’ bungalow on the border to Azerbaijan. The TV is broadcasting coverage on the protests against the Georgian Dream party in Tbilisi.Rifle on a bed in a rangers’ shelter.A Georgian Border Soldier calling his girlfriend at one of the few spots with cellphone connection.Clock and cup in Ajiko’s house.
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