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
World Female Ranger Week: statements from Europe and beyond
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
From a ranger for rangers: María Martínez develops digital tool for data exchange
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
Volunteer ranger in Germany – sensitising for subtle creatures
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
Rangers unleash power of DNA science against wildlife crime
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
Video from Austria: Creating an understanding for the importance of biodiversity
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
Ranger Video from Moldova: interpreting natural and cultural heritage
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
Ranger video from Slovakia: conserving a natural treasure for future generations
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
ERF April newsletter
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
Ranger video from Judean desert: Protecting the Nubian ibex as joint goal with locals
As head of the Centre for Environmental Education in the region of the Judean Desert, ranger Efi Crassac is particularly committed to building a bridge between nature conservation and local communities: in collaboration with local families, school classes and teachers,… Read More