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One Pager: Promoting broad ranger participation in ERC

11 August 202512 August 2025 Editorial

Why are rangers so important also in Europe, and why are international meetings such as the upcoming European Ranger Congress (ERC) crucial to their conservation work? With a one-pager, kindly designed by our Ranger Leaf partner Erlebnis Akademie AG, we… Read More

European Ranger Congress, Highlights

Lecture on rangers to thank Ranger Leaf donor

5 August 20258 August 2025 Editorial

The students of the Faculty of Geosciences at the University of Bayreuth were recently treated to a very special lecture: as a thank you to our Ranger Leaf sponsor Franz Moder from Opus (centre in photo above), our board member… Read More

European Ranger Congress, Highlights

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

WRD 25: Commemorating 175 rangers who died in the line of duty

30 July 202530 July 2025 Editorial

Rangers around the globe protect biodiversity and communities in the face of climate change. But as little known as their important role still is to the public, it is tragically all too often associated with risking their own lives. On… Read More

Highlights, World Ranger Day

Dismay over the death of Albanian ranger Bledar Spahiu

24 July 202530 July 2025 Editorial

We are deeply saddened to learn about the death of Bledar Spahiu. At just 43 years of age, the ranger from the Administration of Protected Areas in Dibër, Albania, lost his life last Tuesday on his way to a firefighting… Read More

Highlights, Obituary

Saving biodiversity where climate change hits hard: Rangering at Côte d’Azur

17 July 20254 August 2025 Wiebke Bomas

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

Highlights, Interview

World Female Ranger Week: statements from Europe and beyond

30 June 202521 October 2025 Wiebke Bomas

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

Female Rangers, Highlights

Donate for ranger participation in ERC, multiply conservation skills!

13 June 202513 June 2025 Editorial

Connecting Rangers Across Borders = Multiplying Conservation Skills: This is the formula that proves true in each international ranger meeting. You can be part of this knowledge multiplication by donating for a broad ranger participation at the 6th European Ranger… Read More

European Ranger Congress, Highlights

Rangers unleash power of DNA science against wildlife crime

28 May 202530 May 2025 Wiebke Bomas

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

Highlights, Interview

Video from Austria: Creating an understanding for the importance of biodiversity

23 May 202523 May 2025 Wiebke Bomas

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

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