Ţipova Landscape Reserve in Moldova is not only a unique natural landscape with its limestone cliffs, gorges, waterfalls, rocks and caves on the west bank of the Dniester. It is also of outstanding cultural heritage, as archaeologists have traced human settlements back to the 5th century.
Maria Gurscaia is part of an initiative of volunteer rangers who have set themselves the goal of comprehensively protecting this natural and cultural heritage by incorporating the traditions, beliefs and culture of people into nature conservation. The volunteer rangers also aim to establish the ranger profession in their country.
Because rangers are the ones who connect people with the natural spaces and their cultural meaning. By creating an understanding of their importance, Maria – who is also our ERF Secretary – and her fellow volunteer rangers aim to enable both: for people to benefit from their visit to this protected landscape and for nature to flourish in its own unique way.
Exactly this link will be the focus of this year’s 6th European Ranger Congress in Romania. Under the theme ‘Building a Bridge between Local Communities and Nature Conservation’ we will be pooling the deep skills and experiences of rangers from all over Europe and beyond in integrating people and winning them over for conservation.
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