Countryside Management Association News

Registrations for the 11th International EUROPARC Junior Ranger Camp are now open! The camp will take place in Slovenia from the 21st to the 28th of July 2012 and the theme is "Path-Finder: Find your way through park information".
This year, for the first time, the camp is organised as part of a transboundary cooperation project between two parks: while most of the activities will take place in the Triglav National Park (Slovenia), we will also have plenty of time to visit and discover the Prealpi Giulie Natural Park (Italy).

http://www.europarc.org/what-we-do/junior-ranger/11th-international-j/

ROGER COLE
CMA International Adviser

CMA has undertaken to provide some limited funds for a ranger (or rangers) from poorer countries attend the International Ranger Federation World Ranger Congress in Tanzania in November 2012. This will take the form of a £ for £ match funding for anything donated or contributed by CMA members and supporters.

In this respect we are appealing to our members to help us either with a personal donation or by organising some fund raising events in their local region. For example, last year Langdon Hills Country Park raised £250 with a “Glow in the Dark” evening searching for glow worms followed by a curry!

Anything you can do to help rangers from less advantaged countries to attend the congress would be greatly appreciated. Please help us in this challenge and organise something locally. Alternatively we would be pleased to accept any individual contributions from members.
Cheques should be made payable to CMA and sent to CMA Admin. Writtle College, Chelmsford CM1 3RR with a note stating “IRF fund”

Any funds raised will be routed through the IRF Congress Sponsorship team led by Gordon Miller assisted by CMA's James Blockley.
This team will be responsible for judging the suitability of applicants and allocating and funds raised. Previously UNESCO has made it possible for some rangers from World Heritage sites to attend the IRF Congress but such funding this year is unlikely.

You can check-out via the following link those rangers who have applied for help thus far
http://www.pamsfoundation.org/world-rangers-congress/rangers-needing-sponsorship

Many thanks
Roger Cole;
CMA International Adviser

are now open for applications! The award provides three young European conservationists with €3000 to undertake a study visit to one or more protected areas in European countries other than their own. They are awarded by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation and the EUROPARC Federation. The deadline for applications is Friday May 11th 2012. Details on www.europarc.org

Armed robbers on Monday 6th February killed a forest guard after molesting and robbing about 140 passengers traveling from Dormaa-Ahenkro to Kofikumikrom, near the Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire border. A second forest guard managed to escape.
The body of the 30 year old forest guard, Christian Boakye, was found by a police patrol.

Ranger Margaret Anderson, 34, was shot and killed at Mount Rainier National Park on New Year’s Day. She was attempting to stop a car driven by Benjamin Barnes, who had failed to stop at a checkpoint rangers had set up to assure that all vehicles going into the park had chains on their tires, a safety precaution. Barnes was later found dead in the park.