ERF Newsletter October 25
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Dear European rangers,
Still overwhelmed by our triennial milestone event: with more than 260 rangers and ranger-related conservation NGOs from across Europe, the 6th European Ranger Congress in Romania gave a tremendous boost to our continent's ranger community!
We look back on intense days during which we delved deeply into the role of rangers as bridge builders between people, especially from local communities, and nature conservation by exchanging experiences, learning from each other and from inspiring initiatives, networking and sharing views. The 6th ERC highlighted various aspects of bridging humans and nature, provided rangers with approaches to their daily field work, and stressed the need to comprehensively equip and train rangers. For conservation, such as the global 30x30 target, to be effective at local level, the population has to support it. Rangers as first point of contact for this integration must be empowered accordingly.
We would like to express our sincere thanks to all participants and supporters who helped rangers with limited resources to join. You made the 6th ERC a highly diverse, insightful and unforgettable congress. This event was only possible thanks to the tireless on-site work by our conference partners, the Foundation Conservation Carpathia and the Romanian Ranger Association, as well as countless volunteers. A big thank you!
This ERC also marked the departure of several ERF board members who have significantly advanced the ERF's work for rangers. On the other hand, we celebrated the appointment of new board members, including myself as new president. Together with the continued dedicated and highly qualified work of the remaining board members, our new members will contribute their deep experience, commitment and skills as rangers to continue the ERF's work on networking, promoting and empowering rangers.
Read also:
- How a female ranger and participant in the 6th ERC was honoured shortly after the congress for her efforts to connect rural communities with nature conservation
- What challenges female rangers face even in Scotland, where the ranger workforce is fairly equal in terms of gender distribution
- About our achievements and ongoing efforts for rangers in Europe and beyond in our new ERF Activity Reports!
With great anticipation for my continued service to Europe's rangers
Florin (Hombre) Halastauan, President of the ERF
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Under the theme ‘Rangers – the Voice of Nature: Building Bridges between Local Communities and Nature Conservation’, the European Ranger Federation, together with its congress partners and on-site hosts, the Romanian Ranger Association and the Foundation Conservation Carpathia, welcomed more than 260 rangers and conservationists from all over Europe and even from overseas. Join us as we look back on four intense congress days amidst Piatra Craiului and Bucegi mountains in Brașov County, Romania.
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Some of you just met her at the 6th European Ranger Congress. Now we are delighted that she has been honoured for her commitment to nature conservation and local communities by the municipalities of Axarquía: Ingrid Guerrero Klein, President of the Spanish Ranger Association AEAFMA. Her award highlights how important female rangers are to the theme of our 6th ERC: they are indispensable in building bridges between communities and nature conservation. Find out about Ingrid‘s full message on women in conservation and their work for local communities in rural areas.
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Unlike in other parts of the world, female rangers are represented in most ranger teams and nothing new to the public in Scotland. Shona Irvine works as a ranger in the Cairngorms and spoke to us about how equally her team, its tasks and the public perception of her authority and skills are distributed between the two genders. At first glance, there is a fair distribution of staff and tasks. But old patterns time and again lead to subtle sexism in the way the public reacts to the women in her ranger team.
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Read how we as European Ranger Federation have been working since our foundation in 2017 to support rangers across Europe by
- networking and empowering them
- raising public awareness of their important role in local nature conservation and community engagement
- supporting them in many other ways
To ensure transparency in our work, the reports are added to annually.
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With the release of IUCN's global guidelines of rewilding, our partner Rewilding Europe welcomes the "first-ever global guidelines that set out a clear vision, principles, and practical tools for rewilding at scale, marking a major milestone for the global rewilding movement." Developed with experts worldwide, inluding Rewilding Europe, the guidelines
- recognise rewilding as an important means of restoring nature and promoting sustainable development
- contains practical guidelines for policymakers, conservationists and practitioners
Download guidelines here
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The EUROPARC Federation and the University of Warwick launched the SOCIAT Training Course. It is aimed at conservation practitioners such as rangers to help them assess social outcomes of nature protection and restoration projects and ensure that community voices are part of conservation decisions. The course provides
- step-by-step guidance on the application process
- explanations of the indicators
- standards for analysing the collected social data.
All lessons and quizzes of this online self-paced course are in English.
Register here
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