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Month: July 2025

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WRD Countdown: How European Rangers are Powering Transformative Conservation

31 July 202531 July 2025 Wiebke Bomas

For this year’s World Ranger Day (WRD) theme, ‘Rangers, Powering Transformative Conservation,’ we wanted to see photos from you: how do you power transformative conservation in your ranger work? Here are the impressive examples sent to us for our World… Read More

World Ranger Day

Powering Transformative Conservation by raising awareness of caves as unique habitats

30 July 202530 July 2025 Wiebke Bomas

As a ranger specialising in caves as unique habitats for countless largely unknown species, Sabrina Sedlacek practises what the IUCN, among others, refers to as transformative conservation: by raising awareness of the value and vulnerability of this natural habitat, the… Read More

Highlights, Interview, World Ranger Day

WRD 25: Commemorating 175 rangers who died in the line of duty

30 July 202530 July 2025 Editorial

Rangers around the globe protect biodiversity and communities in the face of climate change. But as little known as their important role still is to the public, it is tragically all too often associated with risking their own lives. On… Read More

Highlights, World Ranger Day

Dismay over the death of Albanian ranger Bledar Spahiu

24 July 202530 July 2025 Editorial

We are deeply saddened to learn about the death of Bledar Spahiu. At just 43 years of age, the ranger from the Administration of Protected Areas in Dibër, Albania, lost his life last Tuesday on his way to a firefighting… Read More

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Saving biodiversity where climate change hits hard: Rangering at Côte d’Azur

17 July 20254 August 2025 Wiebke Bomas

Working where others spend their holidays: This is certainly true for a great many rangers. In the case of Tristan Calistri, ranger in the protected areas of Colle Noire and the Giens peninsula, two mountainous regions on the French Côte… Read More

Highlights, Interview

ERF June newsletter

9 July 20259 July 2025 Editorial

This peak season month for rangers has shown just how much we need everyone on board for practical conservation. Just as with the ranger workforce itself: we have therefore joined World Female Ranger Week to show how indispensable female rangers,… Read More

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Recent Highlights

We mourn the tragic loss of Spanish ranger Cristina Gallardo Gómez

9 December 2025

Feedback on 6th European Ranger Congress: a snapshot overview

8 December 2025

ERF on Sean Willmore’s resignation from the Thin Green Line

8 December 2025

ERF November newsletter

1 December 2025

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