THE PROJECT OF THE MONTH: RESTORING WETLANDS FOR BIRDS IN FINLAND
The Lintulahdet Life project (Bird Bays Life) restored 12 wetland sites where 35 (Annex I) bird species come to rest or breed. Finnish...
The Lintulahdet Life project (Bird Bays Life) restored 12 wetland sites where 35 (Annex I) bird species come to rest or breed. Finnish...
The European Federation for Hunting and Conservation (FACE), the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC), and the European Landowners Organisation (ELO)...
The Hunters’ Federation of San Marino has become the 36 Full Member of FACE, the European Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation,...
The 183 countries that are parties to the CITES convention have unanimously adopted an important resolution on trade in hunting trophies in which...
The document “Hunting & Conservation of Wild Birds in the EU” is a guidance document for European and national policy makers on the...
The publication, which covers June 2014 – October 2015, outlines the background and key activities of FACE’s working areas: nature conservation, wildlife conservation,...
In addition to the direct economic contribution (16 Billion Euros), hunters’ voluntary work to protect and manage species and habitats also contributes to...
This manual, which is now available on the FAO website, provides both technical and operational guidance on approaches and practices adopted by countries...
Brenne Regional Natural Park, managed by the Indre Department, contains 3000 artificial ponds, which have been created since the Middle Age for fish...
For the past six months, FACE and its Members worked tirelessly on an IUCN motion, which was originally designed to ban all lead...
The conference, organized by MEP Karl-Heinz Florenz, President of the Hunting Intergroup and MEP Renata Briano, Vice-President, in cooperation with FACE, will take...
Should sustainable lion and elephant hunting be restricted or banned? Or should the world community better build on the success stories of legal...
FACE is putting a special focus on women hunters to learn more about their motivations, challenges and views. Here’s a snapshot from Esperanza...
“A vote in the IMCO Committee of the European Parliament just confirmed that the legal users of firearms should not suffer constraints in...
There are many alien (non-native) species in Europe, which can be very useful (such as the beloved potato), however, 10-15% of these alien...
Wetlands provide countless benefits or “ecosystem services”, which range from supplying freshwater, food and biodiversity, to flood control, groundwater recharge, and climate change...
The latest national survey conducted in the Republic of Ireland suggested that Irish Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus hibernicus) suffered a 70% decline in...
FACE is delighted to announce the publication of the AEWA Guidelines on Sustainable Harvest of Migratory Waterbirds. This updated report provides detailed guidance on...
The first “Union list” of 37 species consisting of 23 animals and 14 plants comes into force, following the recent publication (in July...
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), which is a highly contagious and deadly animal brain disorder, was recently detected in a wild reindeer and in...
At the meeting, Government representatives and a range of other stakeholders worked on developing a comprehensive programme of work for the Task Force...
The vote of the IMCO Committee took into account the concerns brought forward by FACE and considerably improved the proposal of the European...
Spanish and Portuguese hunters participated in the successful project LIFE+IBERLINCE, which has tripled the number of Iberian lynx in only one decade from...
This morning MEPs expressed support for the EU’s proposal to have international guidelines on trade and traceability in hunting trophies. At the same...
FACE is putting a special focus on women hunters to learn more about their motivations, challenges and views. Here’s a snapshot from Lucía...