Professionals to Protect Nature
Theme – Engaging communities, enhancing lives Over 50 rangers attended the CMA conference in November 2018 which was based in the Lee Valley Regional Park close to London and was opened by Roger Cole, CMA Vice President. The keynote address was… Read More
The Ranger Association of Iceland has made two twinning agreements with two separate countries; first with Scotland later with Romania, because having one twin is not enough! The twinning made between Iceland and Scotland is an older agreement that started… Read More
July 28 – August 3 2019, Carmel National Park, Israel This training course hosted by our ERF colleagues of the Israel Ranger Association is heavily over-subscribed and the course is now full with 13 delegates from Portugal; Romania; Hungary; Croatia;… Read More
The island of Malta (316 km²) has been recruiting volunteer rangers in the Majjistral Nature and History Park to help patrol the Park and to report any irregularity or illegality they encounter. These volunteer rangers will also be involved in activities… Read More
Juan Manuel Alvarez Quiñones AEAFMA (Spanish rangers association) devolopped and launched an app to supply quick and easy access to most of the regulations and laws involved in nature protection within Spain. Taking into account the multiple territorial administrations of… Read More
Summary Report for the EEC about the Workshop of Twinning Partners held in Frederikshavn, Denmark 28.2. – 3.3 2019 Short summary Seventeen members of national ranger associations attended the 3-day meeting (Por 1, Den 5, Sui 1, Slo 1, Cze… Read More
Salome Idoidze is one of the two only female park rangers in Georgia. She works in the Tusheti National Park in Georgia, a large protected area on the northern slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, bordered by the Russian republics of… Read More
Terceira – Açores From 30th of January to the 2nd of February of 2019 The Portuguese National Meeting of Park Rangers welcomed several ERF members (Albania, Croatia, Scotland, Spain, England, Iceland, Israel, Italy and Switzerland), who kindly participated in this… Read More
The 9th World Ranger Congress will be held in the village of Sauraha (on the border of Chitwan National Park), Nepal between 12th-16th November. The IRF World Ranger Congress provides a unique opportunity for rangers and organizations supporting rangers from… Read More
We have sadly lost a number of colleagues over the past months……. In September Georgia Agency for Protected Areas lost a well respected ranger when Ivane Kupradze of Borjomi-Kharagauli NP was killed by a falling limb during a forest fire.… Read More