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Author: Wiebke Bomas

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New ERF President: We must stay connected to national ranger associations as our roots

28 November 202528 November 2025 Wiebke Bomas

He has been well connected and highly committed to the international ranger community for decades. Since the recent European Ranger Congress, Florin Halastauan from Romania is our new president. In this interview, he explains why it is so important for ERF… Read More

Highlights, Interview1 Comment

Two Rangers, two Projects: urban rangering and fighting wildlife crime

17 November 202517 November 2025 Wiebke Bomas

For one, it’s about rather inconspicuous or hidden natural treasures in a metropolis; for the other, it’s about combating wildlife crime in an island nation: Meike Borchert from Germany’s capital Berlin and Giorgos Christofi from Cyprus, at first glance, live… Read More

European Rangers, Female Rangers, Highlights, Two Rangers, Two Projects

Meet the European Rangers

12 November 202517 November 2025 Wiebke Bomas

What does Rangering mean for the rangers of the European Ranger Federation and beyond, what keeps them going considering the many challenges of their job and which moments in ranger life do they count among the most unforgettable? Our Ranger… Read More

European Rangers, Ranger Portrait

Female ranger in Scotland: “It’s the subtle sexism that wears you down”

28 October 202531 October 2025 Wiebke Bomas

Worldwide, female rangers make up less than 11 per cent of the total ranger workforce. In the United Kingdom, the situation is different: female rangers are represented in most ranger teams and nothing new to the public. Shona Irvine works… Read More

Female Rangers, Highlights, Interview

6th ERC: Networking, Inspiring and Enabling Rangers

14 October 202518 November 2025 Wiebke Bomas

A week packed with exchanges, networking and inspiring insights lies behind us, focusing on the question of how rangers can be strengthened in their vital role: as a bridge between nature conservation and people, especially local communities. The 6th European… Read More

European Ranger Congress, Highlights

Ranger Lynnette Borradaile donates for fellow rangers to join ERC

22 September 202522 September 2025 Wiebke Bomas

‘I remember being a young, impoverished Countryside Ranger in Scotland, who would have loved the opportunity to meet with Rangers from all over the world, sharing perspectives and experiences on conservation, access, interpretation.’ This is what Lynnette Borradaile wrote to… Read More

European Ranger Congress, Highlights

Raising awareness of biodiversity conservation from hut to hut

25 August 202530 September 2025 Wiebke Bomas

Mediating between humans and nature is at the heart of rangers’ work. The urgency and importance of this task prompted three volunteers with completely different professional backgrounds to get involved. Christian Pflumio, Martin Mulberger and Julien Grosso developed the idea… Read More

Highlights, Interview, Volunteers

Bear attack on tourist: ‘Responsibility lies solely with us humans’

25 August 202529 August 2025 Wiebke Bomas

It was a tragic incident that led to the death of a tourist in Romania and, as a result, of a bear that left behind three cubs. An incident that could have been avoided. We spoke with wildlife biologist and… Read More

Highlights, Interview

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

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