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31st July 2010
EUROPARC's International Junior Ranger Camp
The 9th international camp will be held in and hosted by the Mendip Hills AONB (UK)!
More information will be available soon.
Find out more about the Junior Ranger Network and it's camps.
World Ranger Day
The International Ranger Federation was founded to support the work of Rangers as the key protectors of the world’s protected areas. At the World Ranger Congress 2006 in Scotland, IRF delegates decided that July 31 of each year, beginning in 2007, would be a day dedicated to world rangers. The first World Ranger Day fell on the 15th anniversary of the founding of IRF on July 31, 1992.
IRF is calling on its member associations, protected area agencies, individual rangers, sponsors, and the world public to initiate or join in an event or activity that recognises world conservation areas, and the professional staff – the Rangers – that form the Thin Green Line around these most valuable resources.
Ways in which you can recognise World Ranger Day:
- Invite the public to join your park in paying a moment’s respect to rangers who have lost their lives in the course of duty.
- Host a ranger seminar – collaborate with different Protected Area agencies in your geographic area.
- Mention the role of the world’s Rangers in a scheduled guided walk or talk with park visitors and partners.
- Host a special public event in or near your park dedicated to the work of Rangers in your particular area.
- Meet with your local communities, partners, and supporting groups to talk about the role of Rangers, the work of the IRF, and how they can help support Rangers and protected areas.
- Visit a school – engage the youth in the future of world parks, biodiversity, and conservation.
- Invite a Ranger from another country or park to join you and your co-workers for a week in your park, to include July 31.
- If you are a Ranger, meet with your colleagues to discuss World Ranger Day and the role of Rangers, including the work of IRF.
- Using World Ranger Day events, seek partners and donors interested in supporting and sustaining the work in your protected area, and the IRF.
- Have fun! Celebrate your role in protecting the world’s natural and cultural treasures.
