Professionals to Protect Nature
As many national parks as there are in relatively small Austria: There are only a few full-time rangers, as Manuela Jenicek, ranger in the Thayatal National Park for the Austrian Ranger Association, says. As part of our interview series with… Read More
Twinning as a particularly effective and resilience-building form of exchange between rangers of two countries was the focus for us in August. With short profiles, we want to inspire new partnerships and motivate existing ones to deepen. Also: An interview… Read More
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
Exchange of knowledge from ranger to ranger on site: Twinning partnerships between rangers from two different countries thrive on this. Such an exchange has just taken place again in the protected areas of Brandenburg and in the Black Forest National… Read More
In many places, rangers in Spain are currently mainly concerned with the consequences of droughts and the prevention, investigation and extinguishing of forest fires. We wanted to know how they are handling this, what other ranger issues they are dealing… Read More
What Europe’s rangers think about this year’s World Ranger Day and which topics are pressing on their minds, what WRD 23 is all about, how Iceland’s rangers keep losing valuable ranger know-how due to temporary contracts and how the cooperation… Read More
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
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
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
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