No less than three new members have joined the European Ranger Federation in the course of the past year: Join us in welcoming the rangers from Bulgaria, Malta and Luxembourg to our network. A strong signal for the common goal… Read More
INPA thanks volunteer rangers with exhibition on their work
Working with volunteers: This is a topic Sharon Golan Hershkowitz has vast experience with. Since the Director of volunteering from Israel Nature and Parks Authority (INPA) reported about it at the 5th European Ranger Congress, she has organized an exhibition… Read More
“Amazing how Finnish rangers are working on the same ideas as in other countries”
Being a ranger in Finland: In Nuuksio national park this often means working a lot with volunteers, but also prisoners. It does for Teemu Laine: the spokesperson of the Finnish ranger association Suomen Rangerit and field supervisor in Nuuksio national… Read More
“Twinning is practical and emotional, sometimes life changing learning”
It was a packed five days that rangers from Germany experienced during their visit to their Twinning partners in Israel last week. And it was even the second mutual visit of the Twinning partners after the pandemic, following the meeting… Read More
10th World Ranger Congress will be in France
Mark your calendars! The date and venue for the 10th IRF World Ranger Congress have been set: The International Ranger Federation is happy to announce that the international ranger community will be hosted on Giens Peninsula, Hyères, in south-eastern France… Read More
US Park seeks twinning partner in Europe
You work in a challenging protected area that is heavily frequented by visitors due to transit roads, but with seasonal differences? Then this search request from the USA for a European twinning partner could be just right for your team.… Read More
ERF January newsletter
In our January newsletter we take a look on the situation of the rangers in Ukraine and how to support their work. If you have further ideas how to help the people, rangers and protected areas in Ukraine: please mail… Read More
Global Ranger Congress is not related to World Ranger Congress
Today we take up the clarification of the International Ranger Federation that the “Global Ranger Congress” on the Azores announced for later this year is not an official International Ranger Federation World Ranger Congress. Our President Urs Reif writes to… Read More
Heroes of diversity: “Rangers are nature’s first line of defence”
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
“Bulgarians love their nature, but need education on its conservation”
The National Protected Areas Control Agency (NPACA) started as an NGO in Bulgaria three years ago to establish not only the ranger profession, but also a specific ranger framework for the country’s more than 600 protected areas. It is truly… Read More