We look back on weeks of diversity: by preparing for World Female Ranger Week in June to improve diversity in the international ranger workforce, to which you are invited to contribute with your statements. Or looking back at a conference… Read More
Empowering Ranger Work for People & Nature – Register for 6th ERC!
In just over six months, it will be high time again for the international ranger community from Europe and beyond. Gain and exchange ranger knowledge, network, reunite with old friends and make new ones: As a networking platform for rangers… Read More
ERF March newsletter
How to harmonise human interests and the protection of our remaining natural heritage? That was our concern in March. Not only in view of the theme for our next European Ranger Congress: Building Bridges between Local Communities and Nature Conservation.… Read More
Learn about rangering in Negev desert & send your Ranger Video!
In our second ranger video, we send you to the desert: Makhtesh Ramon Nature Reserve in the Negev desert is the workplace of Daniel Shermer. The ranger from our member, the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, answered our call for… Read More
Strengthening ranger ties: ERF Training Officer visits Thailand
During his recent trip to Thailand, Borja Díaz, Training Officer of the European Ranger Federation (ERF), had the opportunity to gain firsthand insight into the work of Thai rangers in various national parks and engage in discussions about potential future… Read More
Meet UK Ranger Harriet Saltis & send your own video!
We have called on Europe’s rangers to show their diverse work and the challenges they face in a ranger video. To keep their important role in the public eye and give conservation decision makers the best opportunity to support rangers, they need… Read More
Women in Conservation: Two female rangers share their thoughts
For today’s International Women’s Day, we take a look at those in nature conservation who still have to work a little harder in many places. Two female rangers tell us what it means to them to work as women in… Read More
ERF February newsletter
We were preoccupied by worrying developments in February, including two wars in our members’ regions. We take a look at the rangers in Ukraine and how they and nature have been coping with three years of war. And our thoughts… Read More
Ranger Ohad Yahalomi murdered in captivity
We are deeply dismayed by the death of one of the rangers of the European Ranger Federation. Ohad Yahalomi, ranger of the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, taken hostage by Hamas on 7 October 2023, was murdered after being kidnapped… Read More
ERF January newsletter
First month of the fresh year: a month of ranger meetings and preparations! While in Portugal more than 100 rangers came together across national and even continental borders, the ranger meeting in Germany is in the peak planning phase. And,… Read More