Professionals to Protect Nature
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
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
She is ‘Mujer Rural’ 2025: Ingrid Guerrero Klein, president of the Spanish Ranger Association AEAFMA, was awarded this year’s prize for rural women by the Costa del Sol Axarquía Association of Municipalities. The award recognises not only her role model… 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
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
How to reintroduce a species that has been extinct for 100 years? And how to make people aware of the natural treasures of their homeland where there are no basic education and protection rules in the protected areas? Our new… Read More
Women in the ranger profession: For the vast majority of female rangers in the world, this still means working in a male-dominated profession. What is it like for the women, what challenges do they face, where do they experience advantages?… Read More
What is it like for women to work in the male-dominated ranger profession? Silva Lanfranchi wanted to know. In her research for studies, platforms and more on the topic, the ranger found: little to nothing. That’s why she created a… Read More
One helps people with refugee background to find access to nature. The other coordinates a cadaver research project in a national park. Two projects, one profession: Hayden Bridgeman and David Moore are rangers. In their projects, both make an important… Read More