It was far sunnier days when around 20 rangers from all over Europe met in Dartmoor, UK, for our Image and Fundraising Workshop. Among them were rangers from Israel, who shortly afterwards found themselves back home in what is probably… Read More
CMA Annual Conference on Delivering Nature Recovery
Just days after our Workshop in Dartmoor, UK, the Rangers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland plus guests met some 240 miles to the northwest for the annual meeting of the Countryside Management Association (CMA) in Dovedale. Read CMA member… Read More
President’s letter and news on the situation of rangers in Israel
It has now been almost two weeks since Rangers in Israel and all civilians in the region have to live with even more terrible news every day and traumatic situations in close vicinity. We would like to put a spotlight… Read More
K9 training shows practical use of dogs in ranger work
We have just carried out our first international K9 Training in cooperation with the Special Canine Group (GEK9) of the Rural Agents Corps from Catalonia. Under the title “K9: Dogs for Conservation” it attracted about a dozen international rangers from… Read More
ERF September newsletter
Show the great biodiversity right on the doorstep: This is one of the concerns of the rangers in Austria, whom we portray in our interview. This biodiversity is in danger worldwide, with invasive species as one of the greatest threats.… Read More
Explore the entries to our ERF Volunteer Photo Contest
Beach clean-ups, saving animal lives, working with others, volunteer rangering to protect nature and peoples’ access to it: the entries to our 1st European Ranger Volunteer Photo Contest show how diverse the contribution of volunteers in nature conservation is. We… Read More
We stand with the Rangers in Israel
It was with great sadness that we learned of the attacks in Israel. With this letter we would like to stand by our Ranger friends in Israel and assure them of our solidarity. Our thoughts and wishes for a quick… Read More
ERF August newsletter
Twinning as a particularly effective and resilience-building form of exchange between rangers of two countries was the focus for us in August. With short profiles, we want to inspire new partnerships and motivate existing ones to deepen. Also: An interview… Read More
Israeli rangers on Twinning visit: fruitful discussions on conservation challenges
Exchange of knowledge from ranger to ranger on site: Twinning partnerships between rangers from two different countries thrive on this. Such an exchange has just taken place again in the protected areas of Brandenburg and in the Black Forest National… Read More
ERF July newsletter
What Europe’s rangers think about this year’s World Ranger Day and which topics are pressing on their minds, what WRD 23 is all about, how Iceland’s rangers keep losing valuable ranger know-how due to temporary contracts and how the cooperation… Read More