This year’s World Ranger Day was a double occasion to celebrate for us as European Ranger Federation (ERF) and the rangers of the Israel Nature & Parks Authority (INPA), twinning partners of the German rangers. On this day, when rangers… 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
Boost for Israeli-German Twinning Project
Good work pays off: Our twinning project between the rangers of Israel and Germany is worth 1,000 euros to Sparkasse Freyung-Grafenau. This is the donation amount with which it supports our international exchange of experience and knowledge. It is precisely… Read More
New ERF newsletter for July is out
Read our latest content on new trainings like our anti poaching webinars, interviews, the European Ranger Congress and more in our freshly designed newsletter! You don’t want to miss any more newsletters? Send us an email with the subject “ERF… Read More
Anti poaching webinars start on World Ranger Day
Soon it will be off: On World Ranger Day our anti poaching webinars will start. This will not only be a day to remember the rangers and their families who died during their work, but also a day to gather… Read More
“We need to get back into international exchange on pressing issues”
🇬🇧🇩🇪 The issues for rangers in Europe are pressing, while exchange and learning from each other has been difficult recently due to the pandemic. This is where the European Ranger Federation comes in with its international train-the-trainer camp “Biodiversity on… Read More
8 tips for conflict management
In many European countries, more and more people are crowding into nature, recently pushed by the pandemic. This increases conflicts with nature conservation represented by rangers; in addition to the rarer physical injuries, there are increasingly mental injuries due to… Read More
Rangers of Ukraine help – and need help
🇬🇧🇩🇪 The inconceivable suffering in Ukraine continues, for an unimaginable quarter of a year the people there have been fleeing Russian atrocities. For the rangers of Ukraine, too, nothing is as it once was. How they help – and how… Read More
“The increase in visitors is as challenging as vital for conservation”
🇬🇧 🇩🇪 We continue our series on national ranger associations with the UK Countryside Management Association (CMA). Chloe Bradbrooke works for National Trust as a senior ranger in West Sussex and, as international coordinator for the CMA, reports on the… Read More