From 9-11 April, the Royal Dutch Hunters’ Association - Koninklijke Nederlandse Jagers Vereniging - hosted the 2019 FACE Members’ Meeting in the Netherlands. The main event was the first European Hunters' Conference: ‘Wild’ challenges for hunting and conservation...
On 19 March, MEP Karl-Heinz Florenz celebrated 30 years of his long and successful political career as a Member of the European Parliament. Karl-Heinz Florenz was elected for the first time in 1989 and has played a key role as a member of the European Parliament's Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. He worked on many environment-related dossiers relating to biodiversity, recycling, waste management, circular economy, sustainable hunting as well as climate change and rural development. FACE President Torbjörn...
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...
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...
FACE is pleased to announce its new partnership with SimWay, a fast-growing software company based in Stockholm and specialised in the development of real-time 3D applications for hunting and sport simulators.
SimWay launched SimWayHUNT Pro, the world’s leading hunting and shooting simulator for professional training and education of new generations of hunters. The SimWay Team supports FACE by providing its hunting simulator for in-house training and communication purposes....
On 30 January 2019 FACE and the European Commission organised a high-level conference on “Preparing European Hunters to Eradicate African Swine Fever” at the “Jagd und Hund” exhibition in Dortmund, Germany. ...
FACE, the European Federation for Hunting and Conservation, is delighted to invite you to the high-level conference “Preparing European Hunters to Eradicate African Swine Fever”, organised jointly with the European Commission. The conference will take place during the “Jagd und Hund” exhibition in Dortmund, Germany, from 10:00-17:00 on 30 January 2019 at the Congress Centre Westfalenhallen (Silbersaal, Rheinlanddamm 200, 44139 Dortmund). Please register at the latest 22 January 2019. [button size='big' style='' text='REGISTER NOW FOR THE CONFERENCE' icon='fa-arrow-right' icon_color='' link='http://conference.face.eu/' target='_blank' color='#ffffff' hover_color=''...
The urgent need for pragmatic approaches to managing wolves and the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) were key topics discussed ...
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 Christmas dinner organised every year by FACE and the Association of European Manufacturers of Sporting Firearms (ESFAM) has become the annual appointment for hunters and producers of sporting and hunting firearms to meet MEPs, officials from the European Commission...
The publication, which covers January 2018 – December 2018, outlines the background and key activities of FACE’s working areas: nature conservation, wildlife conservation, International agreements, animal welfare & health, firearms & ammunition, and hunting methods & culture. [button size='big' style='' text='DOWNLOAD ANNUAL REPORT - EN' icon_color='' link='https://www.face.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/annualreport_2018.pdf' 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='']...
The Christmas dinner organised every year by FACE and the Association of European Manufacturers of Sporting Firearms (ESFAM) has become the annual appointment for hunters and producers of sporting and hunting firearms to meet MEPs, officials from the European Commission...
CONFERENCE IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, BRUSSELS. Hunting in the European year of cultural heritage "The challenges of today and tomorrow". Wednesday 28 November, 17:00 - 19:00. Room PHS070050. Interpretation: EN, FR, DE, IT. Hosted by MEPs: Giancarlo SCOTTÀ, Jacques COLOMBIER, Georg MAYER, Franz OBERMAYR....
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 ...
"Game meat is the best ‘ambassador’ of sustainable hunting and therefore must be better promoted to secure the future of hunting" stated Oliver Dorn, entrepreneur and editor-in-chief of HALALI Magazin...
FACE welcomes the recent opinion published by the European Court of Auditors, which concludes that the next CAP should be greener, rigorously performance-based and more accountable. On 1 June 2018, the European Commission published its proposals for regulations on modernising and simplifying the CAP. In FACE’s opinion, many of the proposals need greater clarity to ensure a high level of ambition with regard to environment and biodiversity. The recent opinion from the auditors points out that many of the proposed policy options...
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...
On 30 October, the president of the Royal Spanish Hunting Federation (RFEC), Ángel López Maraver, and the president of the Federazione Italiana della Caza (FIDC), Gianluca Dall'Olio, held a meeting last Saturday with the aim of establishing strategic lines of work to fight against African swine fever (ASF) in Spain and Italy. López Maraver and Dall'Olio point out the importance of reducing wild boar populations to ensure that Spain and Italy remain free of ASF, in line with the recommendations of...
FACE has partnered with HuntMag.eu – Europe's largest growing hunting and shooting online portal which has a wide reach to a dedicated community through social media platforms and their quarterly digital publication. The concept of HuntMag.eu is to help promote and share different experiences, traditions and cultures of sustainable hunting throughout Europe. It aims to do this by working closely to the trade and the hunters in the field. Ludwig Willneger, FACE General Secretary, stated "We are very satisfied to work with...
Since the outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Belgium and the threat of a spread to France, Luxembourg, Germany and the Netherlands, FACE has organised weekly meetings of its ASF Task Force. This task force, which consists of experts, FACE Members and the CIC, provides a platform to exchange knowledge, news and experience between the different participants. Since its start, the task force already supported the call of Royal Saint Hubert Club de Belgique to erect a fence in the...
Bucking a major general trend, the overall status of waterbird populations listed on the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) has slightly improved over the last ten years. The findings are being released ahead of World Migratory Bird Day, an annual, UN-backed global awareness-raising and environmental education campaign focused on migratory birds and the need for international cooperation to conserve them. AEWA protects nearly half a billion waterbirds and seabirds across the African-Eurasian Flyway. More than 220 species covered by AEWA have...
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...
Register now for the conference "Communicating the Role of Hunters in Europe", hosted by MEPs Renata Briano and Karl-Heinz Florenz, 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='http://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=''] Hunting is an integral part of European culture, providing a strong connection to nature for millions of people. Sustainable hunting also...
