Read about how the new ERF Board is positioning itself after the busy congress month and what goals and vision its new president has. The main focus is on gaining an overview of the very heterogeneous situation of rangers in… Read More
ERF October newsletter
While the European Ranger Community’s major event is still echoing in our minds, we invite you to look back on the 6th European Ranger Congress in Romania: on intense days from which, as we have heard repeatedly, participants took back… Read More
Award for Spanish ranger honours key role of women in conservation
She is ‘Mujer Rural’ 2025: Ingrid Guerrero Klein, president of the Spanish Ranger Association AEAFMA, was awarded this year’s prize for rural women by the Costa del Sol Axarquía Association of Municipalities. The award recognises not only her role model… Read More
ERF September newsletter
September was not only filled with preparations and anticipation for the 6th European Ranger Congress in the Romanian Carpathians. There was also a sense of farewell, as some of our board members will not be standing for re-election at the… Read More
ERF & TGLF join forces to fundraise for Fallen Rangers in Europe
We want to involve you to an initiative by the Thin Green Line Foundation (TGLF) and us, the ERF, which addresses an especially tragic aspect of the ranger’s job: Rangers who lose their lives, e. g. fighting forest fires. Read what… Read More
Protecting the Amazon: European and Latin Rangers cooperate for Drone Training
A few weeks ago, the Advanced Drone Conservation Training for Rangers started in Amapá, Brazil. It has been delivered by Spanish rangers from the Junta de Andalucia, Nuria Molina and José María Jiménez, and ERF Training Officer Borja Díaz and… Read More
Buy a 6th ERC Ranger Coin and help us helping rangers!
We are working flat out to prepare for the 6th European Ranger Congress. To support rangers we have designed a new ranger coin. Read here how you can help strengthen the international ranger family by purchasing this 6th ERC edition.… Read More
ERF August newsletter
August was dominated by anticipation: more than 220 rangers from 35 countries have registered for our 6th European Ranger Congress in Romania in October! At the same time, we look back on the fatal bear attack on a tourist this… Read More
Mourning for Turkish conservationists deceased in firefighting
We were deeply saddened to learn from our newest member organisation, the Forest Protection Officers Association Turkey, of the deaths of several of their rangers, forest workers and volunteers. Ümit AkyelEnes KızılyerSercan ÜtniHilmi ŞahinEyüp DereliTolunay KocamanRagıp Şahinİbrahim DemirAdem Nazım DemirelAlperen… Read More
Solidarity Letter to our members fighting forest fires
Forest fires are also raging fiercely in Europe these days – in many places more than ever before. Rangers, conservationists and volunteers from our member organisations are among those involved in the fight against these fires. It is often a… Read More