Nowhere else in Europe can you learn as much about the coexistence of humans and wildlife as in Romania: No other country, for example, is home to more brown bears. Their tracks were omnipresent for the participants of our ranger… Read More
Rewilding Europe: scaling up nature recovery through engagement and coexistence
Letting nature lead its own recovery: this, roughly speaking, is the rewilding approach. For Amy Duthie, however, there is much more to rewilding. One thing is to learn from nature. Another is to engage people living in communities where rewilding… Read More
New IRF General Manager: supporting Rangers by strengthening regions
For a few weeks now, the International Ranger Federation has been supported by a General Manager: Jonathan Churcher. We have invited him to introduce himself and his new role to you, the European rangers. Find out here how he came… Read More
Two Rangers, Two Projects: Environmental Education & Osprey Reintroduction
How to reintroduce a species that has been extinct for 100 years? And how to make people aware of the natural treasures of their homeland where there are no basic education and protection rules in the protected areas? Our new… Read More
Nature Interpretation: the language of rangers to reach hearts
Environmental education – clearly, these are visitor tours, lectures and the like, which are part of many rangers’ tasks. Not so clear to many European rangers is what the concept of nature and heritage interpretation is all about. We spoke… Read More
When only humour helps: women in the male-dominated ranger job
What is it like for women to work in the male-dominated ranger profession? Silva Lanfranchi wanted to know. In her research for studies, platforms and more on the topic, the ranger found: little to nothing. That’s why she created a… Read More
“Involving locals in the Ranger team is key to successful rewilding”
As one of the trainers for our rewilding and conflict management training in Romania last March, Catalin Josan passed on his expertise to rangers from all over Europe. Here, for those who couldn’t attend, he talks about his work as… Read More
Scientists on urgent action for biodiversity and the role of rangers
We have accumulated enough knowledge about the protection of biodiversity. Now it has to be implemented urgently – also with the help of rangers. That’s what zoologist Cornelia Krug and ecosystem resilience researcher Mats Nieberg say. Both contributed to the recently… Read More
Two rangers, two projects: combating environmental crime and preserving wetlands
Our new “Two Rangers, Two Projects” is about the work of rangers against environmental crime through research and in favour of natural habitat conservation by water buffalo. While Fermin is writing a master’s thesis on green criminology in addition to… Read More
ERF March newsletter
In March, we travelled to Romania with over a dozen participants: Our training on Rewilding & Human-Wildlife Conflicts in cooperation with the Romanian Ranger Association taught rangers from 12 European countries how the reintroduction of bison in the south-eastern Carpathians… Read More