5th European Ranger Congress: 100 participants, 24 countries, countless new ideas

The 5th European Ranger Congress in Tirana, Albania, ended yesterday after three days rich in expert presentations, fieldtrips, workshops, inspiring talks and countless new ideas on how Europe’s rangers can help conserve biodiversity.

About 100 rangers and conservation experts from 24 countries of all sides of Europe and even the world gathered at the congress hotel in Tirana to find the best answers for the future to the congress motto “Biodiversity on the Edge – Working Strategies for Rangers in a rapidly changing World”: From working with new monitoring methods, the use of drones for biodiversity conservation, networking ideas for Europe’s rangers, the involvement of junior rangers to issues of support for rangers as custodians of biodiversity, participants discussed a wide range of strategies in presentations, workshops and countless conversations.

Field trips to the Albanian national parks Shebenik and Divjake impressively demonstrated what needs to be preserved in Albania and how the local rangers are committed to doing so: Primeval beech forests and marshlands are just a few examples of the rich and unique habitat diversity in Albania.

As dense as the congress days were in terms of experiences, discussions and work results – the ideas that are now waiting to be implemented in Europe’s protected areas are just as diverse. Stay tuned, see and read soon what they are and how the rangers of Europe are committed to their great goal: Finding strategies to save biodiversity in a rapidly changing world

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