On the road with rangers from Europe and all over the world in the mountains of the Shebenik-Jablanica National Park in Albania. Time to talk: about what it means to be outdoors every day and sometimes at night, working to… Read More
To achieve global conservation goals staff like rangers must be increased by five times
To ensure the health of all life on earth, more and better equipped staff in protected areas is urgently needed. This is shown by a new scientific paper published in the scientific journal Nature Sustainability. Below we quote the most… Read More
Info flyer on large carnivore training in Romania – pre-register now
Cold season is approaching fast – the best time to go tracking in the snow. That’s exactly what we’re inviting you to do: to Romania, where we’ll be out and about with rangers from Foundation Conservation Carpathia from 6 to… Read More
Scotland’s rangers welcome funding, but visitor education and seasonal contracts still dominate
Luke Taylor’s story exemplifies the development of rangers in Scotland in recent years: After starting as a ranger in 2016, he has had various seasonal contracts. As of this year, the volunteer International Representative for the Scottish Countryside Ranger Association… Read More
Tracking bears and wolves: Visiting Carpathians as precursor to ranger training
In preparation to our November ranger seminar on Biodiversity, Large Carnivores and Local Communities, we spent a week on site with the Society for the Protection of Wolves. Our host: the Foundation Conservation Carpathia (FCC), a foundation that aims to… Read More
Report on Train-the-Trainer Findings in Bavarian Forest National Park
Rangers from Europe and from the German Twinning partner Israel recently met in the Bavarian Forest National Park for a train-the-trainer week. Our ERF Board member and Portuguese ranger João Correia was involved and captured the week’s learnings in an… Read More
Strong through differences: Twinning partners Israel and Germany meet again since pandemic
There may exist two years between the rangers from Israel and Germany during which joint excursions and face-to-face exchanges of the twinning partners were not possible – but contact has not broken off as the twinning-initiators Ilan Yeger from the… Read More
Protected areas in Albania are growing – ranger capacity must keep pace
In the latest episode of our series on national ranger associations, we visit Albania and its rangers – hosts of our European Ranger Congress (ERC) in October. Rangers in Albania might not have a long history. But their commitment and… Read More
Participants from 16 countries joined anti-poaching webinar – watch it now
Our kick-off of the anti-poaching webinar series was a double success: more than 50 participants of 16 countries from Nepal to the USA, from Sweden to Africa attended our first webinar with Israeli INPA ranger Ariel Kedem. This not only… Read More
Stand with the world’s rangers on World Ranger Day
150 rangers lost their lives from June 2021 to May 2022 – and this concerns only the cases reported directly to the International Ranger Federation. Against this sad reality, we ask you to pause again this year and remember all… Read More