Letting nature lead its own recovery: this, roughly speaking, is the rewilding approach. For Amy Duthie, however, there is much more to rewilding. One thing is to learn from nature. Another is to engage people living in communities where rewilding… Read More
New IRF General Manager: supporting Rangers by strengthening regions
For a few weeks now, the International Ranger Federation has been supported by a General Manager: Jonathan Churcher. We have invited him to introduce himself and his new role to you, the European rangers. Find out here how he came… Read More
When only humour helps: women in the male-dominated ranger job
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
“Involving locals in the Ranger team is key to successful rewilding”
As one of the trainers for our rewilding and conflict management training in Romania last March, Catalin Josan passed on his expertise to rangers from all over Europe. Here, for those who couldn’t attend, he talks about his work as… Read More
Scientists on urgent action for biodiversity and the role of rangers
We have accumulated enough knowledge about the protection of biodiversity. Now it has to be implemented urgently – also with the help of rangers. That’s what zoologist Cornelia Krug and ecosystem resilience researcher Mats Nieberg say. Both contributed to the recently… Read More
Two rangers, two projects: combating environmental crime and preserving wetlands
Our new “Two Rangers, Two Projects” is about the work of rangers against environmental crime through research and in favour of natural habitat conservation by water buffalo. While Fermin is writing a master’s thesis on green criminology in addition to… Read More
Learning at eye level: Romanian rangers share rewilding and conflict resolution experience
Behind the rangers from a dozen European countries lie three days full of insights into how the rangers from the Romanian Ranger Association and Romanian NGOs deal with the European bison rewilding project and conflicts between humans and wild animals.… Read More
Monitoring by rangers allows reconstruction of a wolf’s record migration
It took quite a bit of detective work, close collaboration between experts of three countries, experience and a good deal of luck to turn the discovery by a team of rangers in Catalonia into the story of the most widely… Read More
Two rangers, two projects: inclusive conservation and cadaver research
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
“What I refer to as pristine nature, older people might consider damaged”
Shifting Baseline Syndrome – sounds complicated, but it’s not really: People today are losing knowledge of previous generations about nature and take what they know from today’s evidence as the basis for determining which species or habitats to protect. As… Read More