Professionals to Protect Nature
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
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
María Martínez Labiano is not only a ranger working with Basozainak, Environmental Guard of the Government of Navarre in Spain. She also recently completed her Master’s degree in Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing with distinction, developing a digital tool… Read More
Shelli Nahari has worked at the Israel Nature and Parks Authority for twelve and a half years. She is one of just a few female field rangers. In our interview series with the national ERF ranger associations, she reveals what… Read More
As long-time head of the “Naturwacht Brandenburg” in Germany with 15 large protected areas, Manfred Lütkepohl is well aware of the issue of conflicts of interest with the local population. To this day, the ranger is interested in human rights… Read More
One of Europe’s smallest countries has had a ranger for just under two years: Tom Schmit works for the Öewersauer Nature Park, one of three nature parks in the 2,590 square kilometre country. What is it like to work as… Read More
Thinking of Malta, many will remember the case of Daphne Caruana Galizia, the journalist who died in 2017 due to a bomb hidden in the car she drove. Not only journalists, also rangers live in danger in Malta, as Camilla… Read More
Delivering global climate and biodiversity commitments requires investing in rangers as frontline workers for sustainability: This is what Marianne Kettunen, trustee of Thin Green Line Foundation UK (TGLF UK) and expert at the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) of… Read More
Thin Green Line Foundation UK was established in 2019, following the Thin Green Line Foundation Australia founded in 2007. The organisation supports rangers on the frontline, providing financial support, training and equipment, but also aims to raise awareness for the… Read More