Today is the day when we rangers around the world are united in remembering our colleagues who have died in the line of duty. But also to tell the public about rangers’ work, which is so crucial to the health… Read More
WRD 2023: Commemoration day for Rangers – essential workers for 30 by 30
This year’s World Ranger Day (WRD) is dedicated to 148 rangers who died in the line of duty last year and all rangers who shared that fate up to date. Moreover, the International Ranger Federation is also focusing on the… Read More
Iceland’s rangers are key to protecting its fragile biodiversity
Seasonal contracts, limited opportunities for job development, too few colleagues: Iceland’s rangers continue to lose a lot of ranger knowledge as colleagues turn their backs on these circumstances. Nína Aradóttir, former head of Iceland’s Ranger Association Landvarðafélag Íslands, tells us… Read More
International collaboration of Rangers defeats illegal wildlife trade
Are you ready for a true story of wildlife crime, rangers and conservationists working together across thousands of kilometres, happy ending included? Then don’t miss our guest report by Ori Linial. He is Head of the National Wildlife Crime Prevention… Read More
EU likely to miss conservation targets – catching up needs more rangers
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
ERF June newsletter
Explore the first entries to our ERF Volunteer Photo Contest, learn more about the Interpret Europe conference and its learnings for nature interpretation, and meet María, Spanish ranger and inventor of a digital tool for rangers. In our latest newsletter,… Read More
Watch our Online Training on Digital Tools for Rangers
An insightful Online Training on Digital Tools for Rangers lies behind us and 25 participants from about 20 different countries around the world: Digital strategist Klemens Mrogenda from the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) took us into the… Read More