Skip to content
Main Menu
  • About ERF
    • Who we are
    • Our Mission & Vision
    • Executive Committee & Election Process
    • ERF Membership
    • How to start a new Ranger Association
    • Members
    • Working groups
    • ERF Statutes & Fundraising Principles
  • Connecting Rangers
    • European Ranger Congress
    • World Ranger Day
    • Junior Ranger Program
    • Working with Volunteers
    • Twinning Programs
    • Ranger Interviews & Portraits
  • Training Rangers
  • News
  • Newsletter
  • Events
  • Shop
Logo of the European Ranger Federation

European Ranger Federation

Professionals to Protect Nature

European Ranger Congress 25
  • About ERF
    • Who we are
    • Our Mission & Vision
    • Executive Committee & Election Process
    • ERF Membership
    • How to start a new Ranger Association
    • Members
    • Working groups
    • ERF Statutes & Fundraising Principles
  • Connecting Rangers
    • European Ranger Congress
    • World Ranger Day
    • Junior Ranger Program
    • Working with Volunteers
    • Twinning Programs
    • Ranger Interviews & Portraits
  • Training Rangers
  • News
  • Newsletter
  • Events
  • Shop

Month: April 2023

  • Home
  • 2023
  • April

Ranger life in Malta: Patrolling from crime to crime

25 April 202315 December 2023 Wiebke Bomas

Thinking of Malta, many will remember the case of Daphne Caruana Galizia, the journalist who died in 2017 due to a bomb hidden in the car she drove. Not only journalists, also rangers live in danger in Malta, as Camilla… Read More

European Rangers, Highlights, Interview, News, Ranger Portrait, Series on National Associationsanti poaching

Policy expert: Rangers are frontline workers for sustainability

19 April 202315 August 2023 Editorial

Delivering global climate and biodiversity commitments requires investing in rangers as frontline workers for sustainability: This is what Marianne Kettunen, trustee of Thin Green Line Foundation UK (TGLF UK) and expert at the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) of… Read More

Guest Article, Highlights, NewsConservation Policy

Thin Green Line Foundation UK: Giving rangers a louder voice

19 April 202315 August 2023 Wiebke Bomas

Thin Green Line Foundation UK was established in 2019, following the Thin Green Line Foundation Australia founded in 2007. The organisation supports rangers on the frontline, providing financial support, training and equipment, but also aims to raise awareness for the… Read More

Highlights, Interview, News, Videointernational cooperation

Closing the gap between nature conservation and digitalisation

11 April 202315 August 2023 Wiebke Bomas

Wildlife cameras, drones or apps for environmental education: Digital technologies are increasingly part of rangers’ toolkit. We spoke with digital strategist and former ranger Klemens Mrogenda about how digitalisation helps rangers conserve biodiversity. At the German Federal Agency for Nature… Read More

Highlights, Interview, News, Online Trainingenvironmental education1 Comment

Storytelling not bans: Rangers train to connect people and nature

6 April 20239 October 2023 Wiebke Bomas

“Everything is a story” is the motto of Bo Storm, Danish ranger and certified Nature Interpreter. In our Nature Interpretation Training, he and his colleagues taught 15 rangers from 9 countries how important a good story is for their work.… Read More

Highlights, News, Report, Trainingenvironmental education, Nature Interpretation

Importance of rangers and radiance of Black Forest cake: ERF President in Podcast

5 April 202315 August 2023 Editorial

Whether it is about the gap between environmental protection policy and its implementation by rangers on the ground or about the power of symbols like Black Forest gateau: In The Rhino Man Podcast, ERF President Urs Reif talks with host… Read More

Interview, Newsinternational cooperation

ERF March newsletter

5 April 202315 August 2023 Editorial

March has been quite busy with trainings and meetings for us as well as for many of the European rangers: It started with an instructive and exciting drone training for 10 rangers from all over Europe and Israel by Andalusia’s… Read More

Newsletter

Working with volunteers: share your experience!

5 April 202310 November 2023 Editorial

Many Countryside and Urban Green Space organisations utilise volunteers in one way or another to add value to what they do. There are many reasons why volunteers can be important and a much valued addition but without careful and considered… Read More

News, Volunteers, Working groupsVolunteers

Beyond Borders: German and Swiss rangers met together

3 April 202315 August 2023 Editorial

The annual meetings of the Bundesverband Naturwacht and the Swiss Rangers were special this year: for the first time, the Swiss and German Ranger Associations met together. Read about the highlights here in a press release from the Bundesverband Naturwacht.… Read More

European Rangers, Guest Article, Newsinternational cooperation

Recent Highlights

From a ranger for rangers: María Martínez develops digital tool for data exchange

24 June 2025

Donate for ranger participation in ERC, multiply conservation skills!

13 June 2025

Volunteer ranger in Germany – sensitising for subtle creatures

6 June 2025

Learn about ERF rangers‘ work in our Ranger Videos

6 June 2025

Help us to help Rangers!

Via Paypal: A monthly contribution sustainably helps us supporting rangers in Europe & beyond. One-off donations also welcome, no Paypal account needed.


Bank Account
Europäische Ranger Föderation e. V.
IBAN: DE92 4306 0967 1319 6700 00
BIC: GENODEM1GLS
GLS Gemeinschaftsbank eG, 44774 Bochum (Germany)

If you would like to donate for a specific purpose, please state as precisely as possible in the reference field.


Ranger Leaf Sponsorship
Help rangers helping rangers with our Ranger Leaf sponsorship program: purchase a leaf via ERF to support a ranger or an action that benefits rangers in need. In the end, the sponsored leaves become a tree: the international ranger network, rooted in mutual help and public recognition of rangers.

  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Vimeo
  • YouTube
  • Imprint
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
  • Newsletter
  • Home
  • News
Copyright ERF © All rights reserved.
Education Mind by Axle Themes