Professionals to Protect Nature
Protecting biodiversity: In the Wadden Sea UNESCO World Heritage Site with around 10,000 animal and plant species, this is a task also of central importance for human future well-being. Leonie Dittmann works in the German Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park… Read More
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
One looks after both: the wolf, still strictly protected in Europe, and the farmers in the national park, whose traditional alpine farming is directly affected by the wolves’ presence – ranger Romain Lacoste from the French Mercantour National Park works… Read More
To give people a deeper, personal meaning of nature and its phenomena: What was once the hobby of archaeologist Kjell Andre Brevik is now his profession. As nature and cultural heritage interpreter in the Trøndelag region of central Norway, he… Read More
Just watch: Wildlife biologists Barbara and Christoph Promberger couldn’t do that. Originally following the wolves roaming the Romanian Carpathians, the massive deforestation in the 2000s shocked the couple so much that they began to mobilise funds around the world. To… Read More
Junior Rangers in the German federal state of Brandenburg learn about diversity on several levels: as species and habitat diversity, but also as diversity among themselves and how it contributes to joint solutions and functioning democracy. Moritz Detel was a… Read More
It is one of the world’s first comprehensive surveys of the state of biodiversity on a national basis, carried out by around 150 scientists and recently presented for Germany: the Biodiversity Fact Check by the Research Initiative for the Conservation… Read More
When locals themselves take an active role in nature conservation, they become the greatest advocates for the protection of ‘their’ species and habitats. Around a river protected area in western Serbia, this has worked out perfectly: The nature conservation NGO… Read More
For four days last week, more than 450 rangers from around the world and representatives of international NGOs promoting ranger work discussed rangers’ role in halting the biodiversity crisis and other important ranger issues at the 10th World Ranger Congress.… Read More
In North Macedonia, rangers and nature conservation experts are today experiencing the conclusion of our intensive training sessions on the use of the Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool in cooperation with SMART-Partnership. A short review from rangers and trainers who… Read More