The European region of the IRF was well represented at the WRC Nepal with almost all our ERF member associations sending delegates. Many were regular attenders at this event whilst some were there for the first time. One such “newbie”… Read More
CMA Annual Conference 2019
The CMA (UK) annual conference was hosted by the National Trust and the Lake District National Park. It was based at Ambleside on Lake Windermere from the 9-11 October on a theme of landscape scale approaches to countryside management. Building… Read More
Slovak/Czech Ranger meeting 8-10 November 2019
A joint meeting of the Slovak Ranger Association and Czech Ranger Association took place on 8 – 10 November at Kohútka on the Czech-Slovak border, continuing the tradition of Czecho-Slovak cooperation. The programme included presentations by the participating rangers and… Read More
Ranger Association of Ireland Annual General Meeting
On 2nd-4th April 2019, the Ranger Association of Ireland (RAI) held their first AGM and Ranger Congress since re-forming in 2017.Lorcan Scott the Chairman of RAI welcomed approx. 25 members to Clare’s Rock Castle in Carron, County Clare located in… Read More
Countryside Management Association (CMA) 2018 conference
Theme – Engaging communities, enhancing lives Over 50 rangers attended the CMA conference in November 2018 which was based in the Lee Valley Regional Park close to London and was opened by Roger Cole, CMA Vice President. The keynote address was… Read More
ERF Anti-poaching “train-the-trainer” course
July 28 – August 3 2019, Carmel National Park, Israel This training course hosted by our ERF colleagues of the Israel Ranger Association is heavily over-subscribed and the course is now full with 13 delegates from Portugal; Romania; Hungary; Croatia;… Read More
Malta recruits volunteer Park Rangers
The island of Malta (316 km²) has been recruiting volunteer rangers in the Majjistral Nature and History Park to help patrol the Park and to report any irregularity or illegality they encounter. These volunteer rangers will also be involved in activities… Read More
9th World Ranger Congress
The 9th World Ranger Congress will be held in the village of Sauraha (on the border of Chitwan National Park), Nepal between 12th-16th November. The IRF World Ranger Congress provides a unique opportunity for rangers and organizations supporting rangers from… Read More
Recent deaths of European Rangers
We have sadly lost a number of colleagues over the past months……. In September Georgia Agency for Protected Areas lost a well respected ranger when Ivane Kupradze of Borjomi-Kharagauli NP was killed by a falling limb during a forest fire.… Read More
Welcome to the Georgian Ranger Association
We welcome the Georgian Ranger Association into the European Ranger Federation. Their application for provisional membership of the IRF was approved last week and they are now starting to build up their membership base within the Georgian Agency for Protected… Read More