The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) held its 78th Standing Committee meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. ...
The report warns that IAS are becoming a serious threat to nature, ecosystems, and human well-being. ...
To ensure that wildlife trade and management is sustainable, CITES...
Progress on the eradication of the Ruddy Duck and the case file around the development plans which threaten the natural areas of the Akamas peninsula in Cyprus...
FACE attended the 77thnd meeting of the Standing Committee of CITES. ...
The European Federation for Hunting and Conservation (FACE) attends the 32nd meeting of the Animals Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora....
The secretariat of the Bern Convention thanked FACE for delivering the 2021 Report on the Implementation of the Code of Conduct on Hunting and IAS...
From 3 to 11 September 2021, the 2020 IUCN...
Torbjörn Larsson, President of FACE and Eoghan Cameron, Chairman of BASC, co-signed an open letter to strongly encourage George Eustice MP, UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...
The 13th Conference of Parties of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS COP13) is the first of a series of international nature-related meetings in 2020, which will culminate in the UN Biodiversity Conference in China....
On yesterday evening’s agenda was the proposal by Norway to move the Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) from Appendix II (strictly protected) to Appendix III (protected). ...
FACE recently participated at the 39th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention, 3-6 December 2019. The Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (or Bern Convention) is the first international agreement dedicated to nature conservation, covering most of Europe and some African countries (now 50 States in total). ...
The 18th meeting of the Conference of Parties of CITES concluded yesterday in Geneva. CITES is the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. During the past 2 weeks the parties and observers discussed 56 species listing proposals and more than 150 working documents....
Following the conclusion of FACE’s recruitment programme for a new Senior Conservation Manager, FACE is delighted to announce the appointment of Cy Griffin. Cy is excited to return to FACE after having spent three years as European Programme Manager for Wetlands International. He will be managing FACE’s conservation programme bringing strong expertise and capacity to the team through to his previous experience at FACE and with a key partner organisation, Wetlands International. The FACE General Assembly next week will be a...
On 24 and 25 June, FACE attended the 13th meeting of the Group of Experts of the Bern Convention on Invasive Species in Batumi (Georgia). The meeting was followed by 40 participants from all over Europe....
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...
The Convention in International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) concluded its meeting of the Standing Committee on 5 October 2018. The meeting saw a packed agenda, with important topics like quota for Leopard hunting trophies and the involvement in CITES of local communities and their livelihoods. This was also the last meeting before the CITES Conference of Parties (CoP), in May 2019. Leopard hunting quota Last July the CITES Animals Committee, and now the Standing Committee, reviewed the quota for Leopard...
The Convention in International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) concluded its meeting of scientific experts (Animals Committee) on 21 July 2018. The major achievement was the positive outcome of the review of leopard hunting quota for several African countries: the quota of 7 countries could be retained, as the review showed that they were sustainable and not detrimental to the survival of the species. CITES regulates international trade to make sure that trade in endangered species is legal, sustainable and not...
On 5 and 6 June, FACE attended the EU Nature Directors meeting held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria where Member States, the European Commission and stakeholder representatives met to discuss EU environment policies. The main topics included: The progress made as well as the next steps concerning the implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 and the Nature Action Plan. While discussing the EU Regulation on Invasive Alien Species (IAS), FACE reminded all Member States to involve hunters in the implementation...
Ahead of a week full of meetings for the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) and the joint EU-ACP parliamentary assembly, FACE met with the delegation from Namibia to discuss relevant topics on the agenda. Wildlife trafficking, the role of CITES, the added value of hunting to conservation and its role in combating poaching and other wildlife crime were discussed. The ACP group and the joint parliamentary assembly with the European Parliament were created to foster economic integration...
The implications of Brexit on shooting and hunting activities in the UK were discussed at a recent meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Shooting and Conservation (APPG) in the UK Parliament, Westminster, London. The extent to which the UK would be free to change its environmental rules, including those related to shooting after Brexit, would be limited by the UK’s legal obligations with international environmental agreements. It was also stressed that the UK will no longer continue to receive...
The theme of the World Migratory Bird Day 2018 is “Unifying our voices for bird conservation”. This year, the European Federation for Hunting and Conservation (FACE) is celebrating World Migratory Bird Day by promoting the recently established Waterbird Fund as a means to fill important gaps in the Second European Breeding Bird Atlas in Russia. FACE is calling on those who sustainably use and conserve waterbirds to contribute to this important Fund to ensure that we better understand the status...
From 5-8 December 2017, Contracting Parties to the Bern Convention gathered in Strasbourg for the 37th annual meeting of its Standing Committee. Experts and NGO representatives, including FACE, joined national delegates to discuss the outcomes of activities implemented throughout 2017, in particular on the control of invasive alien species, the eradication of illegal killing of birds, the relation between biodiversity and climate change, and the management of protected areas. On invasive alien species (IAS), FACE was pleased to see that its...
Manila, 28 October 2017 - For the past week in Manila, the Philippines, the Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU (FACE) and the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) jointly contributed to many intense and high-level debates dealing with lead ammunition, illegal killing of birds and new listing proposals for species during the 12th Conference of Parties to the CMS. Avian Working Group At the beginning of the week, working groups discussed resolutions, decisions and listing proposals...
