SCRA was a founder member of the (International Rangers Federation) IRF on the Banks of Loch Lomond in 1992. Since then, SCRA has played a significant role in the continued development of the IRF into the organisation it is today. The culmination of this work was at the last IRF Congress which was hosted by SCRA at Stirling in 2006. The next Congress is to be held in Bolivia in 2009. If you would like to help raise funds towards helping Rangers from less affluent countries attend the next Congress, SCRA is running the '£ per Mile Campaign' to raise £6,144 over the next 18 months.
The IRF aims are to provide a forum for rangers from around the world to share their successes and failures in protecting the world's heritage and to promote information and technology transfer from countries in which protected area management enjoys broad public and government support to countries in which protected area management is less well supported.
The IRF has a number of newsletters that are produced on a regular basis;
The IRF also has a website with details of all its activities and links to member associations around the world.
The IRF promotes World Ranger Day on July 31st each year (the first being in 2007). This day has been ratified and is supported by the International Conservation Body the IUCN, and is celebrated on the same day around the World. The 2007 World Ranger Day celebrated the release and worldwide premier of the film, the Thin Green Line, a documentary made by Australian Ranger Sean Wilmore, over 5 years, depicting the lives, work and challenges faced by Rangers on the frontline of Conservation around the World. All the proceeds of this film have been put into the Thin Green Line Foundation (previously the IRF Dependants Fund) to support the families and loved ones of Rangers who have been killed or incapacitated through their work.
Information about the film, The Thin Green Line, the work of the Foundation, and to purchase copies of this film to support the work of the Foundation, can be found at the Thin Green Line website.
The Australian Ranger Federation who have a website and a mailing list.
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