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“Rangers are key against threats from invasive species”

13 September 202313 September 2023 Wiebke Bomas

The world massively underestimates the threat to biodiversity posed by invasive species. And: Europe is one of the hotspots for this threat. These are some of the key findings of the latest report on invasive species by the World Biodiversity… Read More

InterviewConservation Policy

Invasive species: huge threat to biodiversity, fought by rangers

6 September 20236 September 2023 Wiebke Bomas

Dramatically underestimated, one of the biggest threats to biodiversity and another challenge that increasingly requires more ranger capacity: Invasive alien species are a capital threat to the world, according to the latest IPBES report, with hotspots mainly in Europe and… Read More

News, ReportConservation Policy

“WRC will be a unique opportunity to reflect on rangers’ contribution to 30×30”

24 August 202328 August 2023 Wiebke Bomas

The next World Ranger Congress (WRC) of the International Ranger Federation is coming up, right in our region: We are very happy for Gardes Nature de France that they have won the bid to host the 10th WRC in Hyères… Read More

Interview, World Ranger CongressConservation Policy, international cooperation

EU likely to miss conservation targets – catching up needs more rangers

11 July 202315 August 2023 Wiebke Bomas

A new study shows that most countries in the European Union are likely to miss the target of the EU Biodiversity Strategy: Ten percent of the European Union’s land must be strictly protected by 2030. According to researchers at the… Read More

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Policy expert: Rangers are frontline workers for sustainability

19 April 202315 August 2023 Editorial

Delivering global climate and biodiversity commitments requires investing in rangers as frontline workers for sustainability: This is what Marianne Kettunen, trustee of Thin Green Line Foundation UK (TGLF UK) and expert at the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) of… Read More

Guest Article, Highlights, NewsConservation Policy

Good and bad news on Albania’s protected areas

18 March 202315 August 2023 Wiebke Bomas

Europe’s first wild river national park was announced last Wednesday in Albania, while urbanisation continues to be planned near the extremely valuable lagoons and bird sanctuaries of Divjaka-Karavasta National Park region. Hopefully environmentalists will one day prevail here too, as they… Read More

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ERF President at Iceland’s meeting: rangers have to act more than ever as all-in-one-device

16 March 202315 August 2023 Editorial

Although our President Urs Reif could not travel personally to the annual meeting of the rangers of Landvarðafélag Íslands, he was virtually present. With a presentation on Europe’s rangers he gave an overview of their diversity, their roles and their… Read More

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Heroes of diversity: “Rangers are nature’s first line of defence”

27 January 202315 August 2023 Wiebke Bomas

The Earth is facing the sixth mass extinction in history: this is what science journalist Philip Bethge writes in the German news magazine “Der Spiegel”. He accompanied rangers for a series in the run-up to the COP15 biodiversity conference to… Read More

European Rangers, Highlights, Interview, NewsConservation Policy

Force For Nature: elevating the status of rangers

12 January 202315 August 2023 Wiebke Bomas

One platform for all rangers around the world: That’s the vision of Force For Nature, an organisation committed to the belief that rangers are the best lever we have to restore nature and deliver nature-based solutions. Its main product, the… Read More

Interview, News, VideoConservation Policy, international cooperation

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