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The FACE Report is Out – Read Our September Update!

Your monthly update on Europe's political and hunting agenda...

22 September, 2026 / 0 Comments

The EU restriction on lead gunshot: FACE’s assessment

After years of intensive engagement, FACE considers the final restriction workable. An objection would...

22 September, 2026 / 0 Comments

Member States Cautious about Changing the Nature Directives

The implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directives is the bread and butter of FACE’s policy...

22 September, 2026 / 0 Comments

2026 State of the Union: What It Means for Nature

On 16 September 2026, President Ursula von der Leyen delivered her 2026 State of the European Union speech before Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in Strasbourg...

22 September, 2026 / 0 Comments

Nature restoration plans: Late and underfunded

On 1 September, FACE attended the ENVI Committee hearing in the European Parliament, which included an exchange of views with the European Commission ...

22 September, 2026 / 0 Comments

Summer Drought Puts Nature-Friendly Farming in Focus

Europe's farmers have just come through one of the hardest summers on record. Drought, relentless heat and wildfires hit harvests across the continent, over €400 million of damage ...

22 September, 2026 / 0 Comments

Reforming Europe’s farm policy: 3.500 amendments and counting

The European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee (AGRI) resumed discussions on reforming the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on 2 September. ...

22 September, 2026 / 0 Comments

Nature Directors’ Meeting in Ireland

FACE took part in the EU Nature Directors’ Meeting organised by the Irish Presidency. The meeting offered an opportunity for formal and informal exchanges with Environment Ministry officials working...

22 September, 2026 / 0 Comments

Animal Health – Updates for September 2026

Europe’s animal health policy has evolved over decades to combat animal diseases...

22 September, 2026 / 0 Comments

Brown Bears: No one-size-fits-all approach

On 30 July 2026, an online workshop brought together European, national, regional and scientific stakeholders to discuss the challenges of brown bear management and coexistence across Europe. ...

22 September, 2026 / 0 Comments

Latvia Tests Protective Vests for Hunting Dogs

On 20 August 2026, the LIFE Wild Wolf project organised a practical information exchange in Murjāņi...

22 September, 2026 / 0 Comments

Natura 2000 Awards: apply by 16 October

The European Commission has opened applications for the 2026 Natura 2000 Award, offering an important opportunity to showcase successful conservation initiatives across Natura 2000 sites....

22 September, 2026 / 0 Comments

Predation still the Key Threat for Black-tailed Godwit and Eurasian Curlew

From 15 to 17 September 2026, FACE participated in the joint meeting of AEWA’s International Working Groups for the Black-tailed Godwit and Eurasian Curlew....

22 September, 2026 / 0 Comments

FACE Strengthens Cooperation with its Hungarian membership

On 17 August, FACE President Laurens Hoedemaker and Secretary General David Scallan met representatives of the Hungarian Hunters’ Chamber and the Hungarian Hunting Association in Pusztavacs, Hungary...

22 September, 2026 / 0 Comments

FACE and CIC Meet to Advance Their Cooperation

On 31 August, FACE and the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) held their first official meeting under their newly elected Presidents in Madrid...

22 September, 2026 / 0 Comments

New Partnership to Bring Children Closer to Nature in Denmark

The Danish Hunters’ Association is joining forces with 15 other organisations, research institutions and associations in a strengthened Centre for Children...

26 August, 2026 / 0 Comments

Migratory Birds Know No Borders

Migratory birds depend on suitable habitats along their entire migration route from north to south, throughout the year....

26 August, 2026 / 0 Comments

Do You Want Lead Ammunition to Be Banned? How Did It Happen? | We, the Hunters #9

FACE Secretary General David Scallan speaks about...

19 August, 2026 / 0 Comments

African swine fever reaches Finland

African swine fever (ASF) was detected in Finland for the first time on 30 July 2026, following confirmed cases in wild boar in Virolahti, in south-east Finland...

04 August, 2026 / 0 Comments

Hunter-led Habitat Management in a Natura 2000 Site along the Po River, Italy

In cooperation with the Federazione Italiana della Caccia National Study Office, the local delegation developed a habitat management project focused on creating open areas within the woodland and sowing cereal crops that are left unharvested....

02 August, 2026 / 0 Comments

CAP Measures Support Farmland Birds in Slovenia

A Slovenian project funded by the EU’s rural development fund has shown how practical conservation measures on working farms can support farmland biodiversity while contributing directly to the country’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)....

01 August, 2026 / 0 Comments