After lengthy and difficult discussions, it appears that the main political groups in the European Parliament (EP), were able to reach a compromise on the CAP post 2020 last night. The EP’s vote will take place Tuesday, 20th October....
Ahead of the crucial upcoming vote on the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the European Parliament, FACE organised an online conference with MEP Herbert Dorfmann (EPP) and MEP Martin...
The conference will discuss opportunities...
Ahead of the European Parliament’s plenary vote in the October II session on CAP Strategic Plans, this online event aims to understand how new CAP...
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) published its Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 (GBO-5) revealing that none of the 20 targets have been fully achieved....
On 20 May 2020, the European Commission presented the Farm to Fork (F2F) and the Biodiversity strategies. Both are at the heart of the EU’s Green Deal. Amongst other important initiatives...
On 20 May 2020, the European Commission presented the Farm to Fork (F2F) and the Biodiversity strategies. Both are at the heart of the EU’s Green Deal. Amongst other important initiatives...
On 20 May 2020, the European Commission presented the Farm to Fork (F2F) and the Biodiversity strategies. Both are at the heart of the EU’s Green Deal. Amongst other important initiatives...
The first element of the strategy is to increase the area of land protected in the EU to 30% (from 26% currently) including the proportion of strictly...
Monitoring biodiversity in Europe is usually very costly and time consuming and often limited resources from governments are available....
FACE is proud to unveil the release of its latest Biodiversity Manifesto report. Hunters have achieved their goals to conserve biodiversity and are ahead in implementing the EU biodiversity strategy....
Today, thousands of scientists across and beyond Europe called for higher ambition in addressing sustainability challenges in the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Europe’s national hunting associations are increasingly concerned....
The month of January is an exciting month for ornithologists and hunters worldwide as the...
After only eleven days in office, the European Commission presented the long-anticipated EU Green Deal. FACE analysed the proposals and explains what it means for European hunters....
Currently considered as extinct in the wild, the Italian grey partridge (Perdix perdix italica) is at the center of the LIFE Perdix Project launched in January 2019. ...
Aware of the significant impact of agriculture on the environment and biodiversity in Europe, hunters and national hunting associations are particularly concerned about the status of small game species and the role of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in conservation....
Today, EU Agriculture Council ministers met in Brussels to discuss the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post 2020. For FACE, the CAP is a crucial support mechanism for agriculture and rural areas in Europe. ...
From 17-18 June, the European Commission (DG Research and Innovation) hosted a MAES (Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystem Services) stakeholder workshop in Brussels. This workshop provided an opportunity for stakeholders, including FACE, to engage in the first EU ecosystem assessment and emerging narratives. MAES is essential for measuring progress towards EU Biodiversity targets....
Since 2009, the Italian Hunting Federation’s Research Team led by Dr. Michele Sorrenti has based its dialogue with the Italian goverment on strong scientific principles. Specific data collection methods, such as satellite telemetry and ringing, make it possible to implement effective management decisions in the national hunting legislation and to give the best approach to the review of European bird hunting seasons/periods (revision of the EU Key Concepts document)....
FACE has consistently promoted the value of sustainable hunting as a management tool for large carnivores in Europe. Although some like to advocate for total protection, which typically drives conflict at the local level, the case for sustainable hunting and its role in improving coexistence was supported by the Opinion of the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU. ...
Predator control is an essential tool for bird conservation across Europe and requires close cooperation between hunters, farmers, landowners, bird organisations and authorities....
Register now for the conference "Managing predators for meadow birds", hosted by MEP Bendt Bendtsen and organised in cooperation with FACE - European Federation for Hunting and Conservation. [button size='big' style='' text='REGISTER NOW FOR THE CONFERENCE' icon='fa-arrow-right' icon_color='' link='https://conference.face.eu' target='_blank' color='#ffffff' hover_color='' border_color='#005000' hover_border_color='#ff7900' background_color='#005000' hover_background_color='#ff7900' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='center' margin=''] [vc_separator type='transparent' position='center' color='' thickness='' up='8' down=''] This conference will discuss predator management as a tool to conserve vulnerable species. It will focus on population declines of meadow (wading) birds, which are often...
The future of European and African waterbird conservation was decided this week (4-8 December 2018) in Durban, South Africa. 78 parties attended the 7th Meeting of Parties (MoP) of the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) decided on several important developments for waterbird conservation and management...
The future of European and African waterbird conservation was decided this week (4-8 December 2018) in Durban, South Africa. 78 parties attended the 7th Meeting of Parties (MoP) of the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) decided on several important developments for waterbird conservation and management...
WILD (wildlife information system of Germany) is a pioneer project that covers 13 million hectares and can be seen as the biggest monitoring program for German wildlife. It has been initiated in 2000 by the German hunting association and it is based on year-round recordings of game species by honorary working hunters using scientific methods. Once a year, the summary of the monitoring results gets published in the WILD-report. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT ON THE BIODIVERSITY MANIFESTO WEBSITE ...
