Statement by FACE President, Torbjörn Larsson: Europe needs clear answer quickly over claims of maladministration
It is claimed link that the Nature Protection Unit...
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See attached a letter regarding the upcoming hunting season in light of COVID-19 from FACE’s Spanish Member, the Real Federación Española de Caza (RFEC)...
A proposal to ban the consumption of wildlife could have had far reaching consequences for hunting and nature conservation in Europe and globally. A majority of the MEPs voted against a dangerous amendment to a motion for a resolution.....
Today, the lower house of the Polish Parliament voted on a proposal to change the hunting law to allow.....
Poland is the only European country to impose a minimum age of 18 years old to be allowed to be present during a hunt. The law in Poland is unjustifiably discriminatory in this regard. ...
Last week at the JAGD & HUND, Europe’s largest hunting exhibition, FACE unveiled its new "Patron Programme", which provides industry with a means to support a strong future for hunting and conservation. FACE is delighted to announce Blaser, BioAmmo...
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 recovery of wolf populations in Europe is to a great extent unheard and unseen. A success story lost in the data....
It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the death of Avv. Giovanni Bana. Many will remember Giovanni Bana as a strenuous defender of sustainable hunting in Europe, a very keen ornithologist and champion of migratory bird hunting and conservation in the Mediterranean....
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...
On 18 February 2020, there was an exchange of views with the European Commission (EC) on lead gunshots in the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI). FACE was mentioned on several occasions...
The two groups that gather organisations representing rural actors and regions in the EU highlighted this during the ‘Amplifying local voices: Addressing rural development in the CAP post 2020’ event at the Representation of the...
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....
Today, the members of the "Biodiversity, Hunting, Countryside" Intergroup held their first meeting to agree on the President and Vice-Presidents. This meeting was an important first step to...
International conference “The future of global pork production under the threat of African swine fever”...
JAGD & HUND offers a unique exhibition, shopping and an event area at the Westfalenhallen Dortmund Exhibition Centre. Every year, JAGD & HUND features everything that hunters or other nature lovers desire. For the full programme and tickets visit...
The month of January is an exciting month for ornithologists and hunters worldwide as the...
Following the announcement of the European Commission’s new EU Green Deal in the European Parliament, the Conference of Presidents approved the "Biodiversity, Hunting, Countryside" Intergroup...
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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....
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). ...
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....
The hunting community is becoming increasingly concerned about new cases of African swine fever (ASF) in western Poland, not far from the German border, and in southern Bulgaria, very close to the Greek border. ...