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09 Mar AFRICA LEADING AT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT!
Brussels, 9 March 2018 – There are “winners” and “losers” in the conservation of wildlife in Africa! H.E. the Ambassador of Zimbabwe proclaimed at the conference “Keep Calm and Let Africa Take the Lead. The EU-Africa Dialogue: Supporting communities in wildlife conservation” on 6 March...
20 Feb MAKING EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE WORK BETTER FOR HUNTING AND CONSERVATION
European hunters know very well that agriculture has a significant impact on farmland biodiversity, including many small game species, and many of them are farmers themselves. FACE, in a high-level meeting, with the EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan, stressed that the next CAP after...
19 Feb “KEEP CALM AND LET AFRICA TAKE THE LEAD” CONFERENCE – EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, 06/03/2018
TUESDAY, 6 MARCH 2018, 14.30 – 18.00 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, BRUSSELS – ROOM ASP 5E2 INTERPRETATION EN-DE-FR The conference “Keep calm and let Africa take the lead: Supporting communities in wildlife conservation through African-EU dialogue” is hosted by MEP Karl-Heinz Florenz, President of the European Parliament’s...
02 Feb WORLD WETLANDS DAY: FACE PROMOTES WETLAND RESTORATION AND MONITORING
World Wetlands Day is celebrated each year on 2 February to raise global awareness about the important role of wetlands for people and nature, and to promote the conservation and wise use of wetlands. Unfortunately, many of Europe’s wetlands have been lost or degraded through...
06 Jan #BiodiversityManifesto – Project of the Month: Grey Partridge and Brown Hare monitoring
Each year at the beginning of the spring, the Hunting Interest Group of Mons invites hunters and other nature lovers to meet for a one-day spring counting. For the 10th edition, the 21 March 2017, around 50 people from different regions answered the call under...
16 Nov EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CALLS FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY ON LARGE CARNIVORE MANAGEMENT
The European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in support of a more pragmatic approach to EU nature conservation. During the plenary session in Strasbourg on 15 November, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the “Action Plan for Nature, People and the Economy”, which was the result...
08 Sep PRESS RELEASE – “YOUNG HUNTERS: SECURING A FUTURE FOR EUROPE’S BIODIVERSITY”
“Young Hunters: Securing a future for Europe’s biodiversity” European Parliament, 6 September 2017, Brussels Sustainable hunting is a positive force for conservation! This was one of the messages delivered by Environment Commissioner, Karmenu Vella, at the conference “Young Hunters: Securing a future for Europe’s biodiversity”...