Today, on day 28 of our World Ranger Day countdown, we are introducing you to a ranger aid that provides support in several ways: by covering the training fees for two Albanian rangers, Swiss ranger Alain allows them not only… Read More
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ERF June newsletter
For this year’s World Ranger Day, we would like to show how Rangers stand with Rangers! While we will once again be remembering all Rangers who have lost their lives in the line of duty and call to stand by… Read More
ERF May newsletter
Women in the ranger profession are still rare. This makes the question of how they, as well as their male colleagues, are actually doing with this topic all the more exciting. A Swiss female ranger wants to find out and… 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
International survey on women in Ranger jobs: Take part now!
Women in the ranger profession: For the vast majority of female rangers in the world, this still means working in a male-dominated profession. What is it like for the women, what challenges do they face, where do they experience advantages?… 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
ERF April newsletter
The important role of rangers for biodiversity is increasingly being recognised: Also by some of the more than 60 international scientists who have compiled their research findings for the ‘10 Must Knows from Biodiversity Science’. We spoke to two of… 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
Networking opportunity: Rangers from Greifensee present profile
Balancing the needs of people and nature. What is certainly one of the most important tasks of rangering is also the theme of the rangers of the Greifensee Foundation in Switzerland. Here they introduce themselves to the international ranger community… Read More