Professionals to Protect Nature
He has been well connected and highly committed to the international ranger community for decades. Since the recent European Ranger Congress, Florin Halastauan from Romania is our new president. In this interview, he explains why it is so important for ERF… 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
Mediating between humans and nature is at the heart of rangers’ work. The urgency and importance of this task prompted three volunteers with completely different professional backgrounds to get involved. Christian Pflumio, Martin Mulberger and Julien Grosso developed the idea… Read More
It was a tragic incident that led to the death of a tourist in Romania and, as a result, of a bear that left behind three cubs. An incident that could have been avoided. We spoke with wildlife biologist and… Read More
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
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
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
The Junior Rangers of Donau-Auen National Park enjoy exciting times whenever the Danube floods turn the landscape upside down. New side arms and pools have to be explored and, unfortunately, a lot of rubbish is washed up. Our interview shows… Read More
For three cruel years now, the rangers and protected area staff in the protected areas of Ukraine have been working under wartime conditions. How does conservation work under these conditions, how do rangers and how does nature cope with this… Read More