European Ranger Federation

Webinar: Assessing Social Outcomes of Nature Protection and Restoration Projects
2025-10-21 - 2026-10-21
The EUROPARC Federation and the University of Warwick launched the SOCIAT Training Course. It is aimed at conservation practitioners such as rangers to help them assess social outcomes of nature protection and restoration projects.
SOCIAT survey is a structured questionnaire providing evidence-based insights to:
✅ Black Forest National Park (Schwarzwald) in Germany
✅ Triglav National Park in Slovenia
✅ Sighișoara-Târnava Mare Natura 2000 protected area in Romania
The course provides a step-by-step guidance on the application process, explanations of the indicators, and standards for analysing the collected social data.
Designed for Protected Areas practitioners – guides, rangers, managers, technical staff and NGOs – this training helps ensure that community voices are part of conservation decisions.
All lessons and quizzes of this online self-paced course are in English, and the only requirement is that participants should be involved in conservation initiatives.
https://www.europeannatureacademy.com/course/sociat-training

Webinar: Rewilding & Tourism
2025-11-05 11:00 - 12:15 (Europe/Paris)
Join Rewilding Europe’s webinar to explore how tourism can strengthen rewilding and discover inspiring examples from across Europe.
This webinar is free and open for everyone! Register here
Tourism can be an important tool to help rewilding initiatives become financially resilient, while also inspiring and engaging people with nature.
In this open webinar, you will hear from rewilding practitioners who are already integrating tourism into their rewilding work. They will share practical experiences, challenges, and lessons learned on how tourism can create added value for nature, local communities, and visitors alike.
Alongside their stories, Rewilding Europe will share perspectives on tourism as part of its wider work to support rewilding initiatives across Europe.

Programme highlights:

Insights from Rewilding Europe on tourism and financial resilience
Presentations from three members of the European Rewilding Network on their tourism work
Q&A session moderated by Andrea Gay, Enterprise Manager at Rewilding Europe

Why join?

Learn from concrete examples of rewilding and tourism in practice
Get inspired to think about tourism as a tool for scaling up rewilding
