Professionals to Protect Nature
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
Working where others spend their holidays: This is certainly true for a great many rangers. In the case of Tristan Calistri, ranger in the protected areas of Colle Noire and the Giens peninsula, two mountainous regions on the French Côte… Read More
A week lies behind us packed with inspiring, fascinating and encouraging stories of female rangers from around the world. At the same time, World Female Ranger Week 2025 has highlighted that there is still a way to go before female… Read More
María Martínez Labiano is not only a ranger working with Basozainak, Environmental Guard of the Government of Navarre in Spain. She also recently completed her Master’s degree in Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing with distinction, developing a digital tool… Read More
Tiny by dimension, huge regarding their impact on the functionality of ecosystems: Martin Rebbe’s passion and at the same time biggest challenge is to convey the importance of fungi, tiny insects – the smallest ecosystem members – to the visitors… Read More
Whether for monitoring endangered species or detecting wildlife crime: DNA samples can be an important tool out in the field. The participation of our Vice President Ilan Yeger at the conference ‘Natural Traces and Forensic Sciences’ in Prague made the… Read More
In the Austrian Donau-Auen National Park, there is a great diversity of birds, fish, amphibians, plants and other species. Rangers like Natalia Wrbka are on duty day in, day out to explain the importance of this biodiversity to visitors and… Read More
Ţipova Landscape Reserve in Moldova is not only a unique natural landscape with its limestone cliffs, gorges, waterfalls, rocks and caves on the west bank of the Dniester. It is also of outstanding cultural heritage, as archaeologists have traced human… Read More
The goal of ranger work? Róbert Javorský from Tatra National Park in Slovakia has a clear answer in our ranger video no. 7: Rangers protect our remaining natural treasures for future generations. Thank you Róbert! Bearing in mind the wide… Read More
The launch of our European Ranger Congress (ERC) website, created by our congress partner Foundation Conservation Carpathia, was our April highlight. Here you can register and find out all about the ERC, which is already underway. And we show how… Read More