FACE was attending the 42nd meeting of the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention, which runs from 28th November to 2nd December 2022. The Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (or Bern Convention)
Today, FACE President Torbjörn Larsson presented FACE’s vision for conservation in Europe at the conference ‘Crossroads: Leading the Way for Wildlife Conservation’ organised in conjunction with the 66th CIC General Assembly on 2-4 May 2019 at Windhoek, Namibia.
This week, representatives from national hunting associations across 30 countries gathered in Zagreb to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Croatian Hunting Federation in conjunction with the FACE Members’ Meeting
Livestock guarding dogs (LGDs) are used across Europe to reduce attacks on livestock by predators, such as the wolf or bear. As a non-lethal option for large carnivore management
Since 2016, the Romanian decision not to issue preventative harvest quota for Brown Bear and Wolf has led to a tremendous increase in human - wildlife conflicts in Romania. Bear attacks in Romania are on the rise, having already caused many injuries and the loss of 3 human lives since the start of 2019.
The fifth annual meeting of the EU Platform on Coexistence between People and Large Carnivores took place yesterday in Brussels. The Platform brings together representatives from landowning, herding, hunting, research and conservation organisations to “promote ways and means to minimize and find solutions to conflicts between people and large carnivores”. The Plenary meeting is the annual opportunity for the Platform members to review their work plan and agree the next years’ work. The agenda started with a situation review, examining...