The fact that rangers are not taken seriously becomes a problem if we want to protect at least 30 percent of the planet’s land and oceans by 2030. Sweden is a good example for announcing this 30 by 30 target… Read More
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Storytelling: an essential tool for environmental education
Our ranger training on environmental education is all about storytelling: Denmark’s rangers will show and let participants try out for themselves around Frederikshavn from 27 to 31 March 2023 how storytelling can improve rangers’ skills in interpreting nature for environmental… Read More
Europe’s rangers mourn the death of Juan Pedro de la Cruz Sagredo
It is with great dismay that the ERF learned of the tragic death of the Spanish ranger Juan Pedro de la Cruz Sagredo. He fell victim to the floods in central/southern Spain last Tuesday. Our deepest sympathy and thoughts are… Read More
Georgian rangers: defending wildlife in huge areas with few staff
Our project officer Maia has established the Georgian Ranger Association with the help of the international ranger network in 2019. Only recently at the ERC in Albania, the association celebrated its twinning agreement with the British Countryside Management Association. Today,… Read More
Watch our online training Dogs for Conservation
Rangers, conservationists and dog experts from all over the world joined us for our online training on Dogs for Conservation with Wesley Visscher, owner of Scent Imprint Conservation Dogs. Our huge thanks goes to Wesley for an exciting, insightful and… Read More
Out in the Carpathians: A ranger reports for rangers on our training
How do rangers in Romania manage large predators? How do they involve the local population and prevent conflicts? These were the questions of our recent on-site training in the Romanian Carpathians in cooperation with the Foundation Conservation Carpathia (FCC). Participant… Read More
COP 15 started: Spotlights on dramatic loss of creatures and ecosystems
To kick off the 15th UN Conference on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 15), we provide a short insight into the current state of global biodiversity. The Science-Policy Platform IPBES has created a framework for the 15th Conference of Parties in… Read More
Life sentence for 11 accused in Wayne Lotter murder trial
Wildlife crime does not pay: According to several news sources, yesterday saw the conviction and sentencing of eleven criminals who have been on trial for the 2017 murder of conservationist and PAMS Foundation co-founder, Wayne Lotter. All eleven were found… Read More
Read November newsletter and feedback on ERC
Our next training offers, your chance to give us feedback on the ERC, a review of the extraordinary visit from El Salvador rangers in Europe, our congress film to take you back into the atmosphere and more in our November… Read More
Watch part two of our anti-poaching webinar series
Volunteering can be an important support to the work of rangers, including in the fight against poaching. In our webinar series in cooperation with the Israel Nature and Parks Authority (INPA), we show under which conditions the use of volunteers… Read More