by IRF Webteam | Apr 21, 2021
A new Ranger Code of Conduct promoting professionalism, collaboration, and leadership for more effective and just conservation. Available in English, Español, Português. Categories: Conservation | Protected Areas Management | Rangers agsdi-person ...
by IRF Webteam | Mar 16, 2021
Rangers play an indispensable role in maintaining balance between people and the natural world by protecting and managing protected and conserved areas. Despite occupying this key role, rangers are facing many challenges across organisational, occupational and...
by IRF Webteam | Feb 5, 2021
The ranger workforce is currently characterized by an extreme gender skew. Exact data—or even reliable estimates—are scarce, but the general understanding is that only 3–11% of the global ranger workforce is female, with considerable local variation (Belecky et al....
by IRF Webteam | Feb 5, 2021
There have been widespread calls for rangers to be professionalized, culminating in the recommendation for “full professionalization” at the 2019 World Ranger Congress, led by the International Ranger Federation. There have, however, been no consistent definitions of...
by IRF Webteam | Feb 5, 2021
Global biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate. The majority of the protected and conserved areas (PCAs) that are the core elements of protecting the world’s biodiversity, and the ecosystem services it provides, are not under sound management. Adequate...
