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EU updates Invasive Alien Species list: What the latest decision means for hunters On 20 June 2025, the EU Committee on Invasive Alien Species (IAS)

🚨 EU updates #InvasiveAlienSpecies list – Key Impacts for Hunters

🦌 #SikaDeer
🦫 North American #Beaver
🐾 North American #Mink

☝️Hunters remain vital to effective wildlife management. Read more at: www.face.eu/2025/07/eu-u...

📢 Register now for the event on "#WildlifeTrade and Conservation: The EU’s Objectives for #CITES CoP20"

📅 3 Sept 2025, 16:00–17:30
📍European Parliament (Room1H1)
👉 bit.ly/3IZLCXz

Join experts and stakeholders to explore EU priorities for CITES CoP20, wildlife trade, and global conservation policy!

New FACE Report: Latest Estimates of Large Game Harvest in Europe FACE is proud to release its report on Ungulate Harvest in Europe...

📢 New FACE Report out now!
The most up-to-date #ungulate harvest data compilation in Europe.

🦌 A true conservation success story, thanks to #hunters’ efforts in managing #wildlife sustainably and supporting biodiversity.

📄 Download full report here 👇
www.face.eu/2025/07/new-...

🔴 FACE Welcomes a New Patron: Savage Arms!

🤝 “We are thrilled to welcome Savage Arms as a Bronze #Patron. Their support highlights the value of partnerships in promoting #hunting and #conservation"

Read full PR here 👉 bit.ly/3GrT9h1

🔴 The FACE Report for June 2025 is out! 🔴
Your monthly update on Europe’s political and hunting agenda. Available here 👉 face.eu/report/

📩 Subscribe now: eepurl.com/dvG58r

🏆 LIFE Lynx project wins two #LIFEAwards! A big victory for nature – and for hunters.

#Hunters play a key role in helping monitor, release, and protect lynxes on the ground.

More 👉 face.eu/2025/06/life... #Lynx #Conservation #biodiversityday

🕊 Good News for the #TurtleDove! For the first time, Turtle Dove numbers are going up!

In the #West the population has been rising for three years, enough to reopen hunting at low levels. Now since 2024 we’re also seeing signs of recovery in the #East
👉 bit.ly/3HHNwLQ

20 Years of Cooperation: FACE and BirdLife Mark Two Decades of Joint Action for Nature FACE and BirdLife are marking 20 years of cooperation in support of nature conservation

🌍 20 Years of Cooperation for Nature 🐦

"Both FACE and @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social have a common goal to see the sky full of birds, and we work hard to achieve this, especially on the need to improve habitats across Europe"

Read more ➡️ www.face.eu/2025/06/20-y...

🤩 Happy #Natura2000 Day!

#Hunters are actively supporting conservation efforts on many of these important sites.

They cover 18% of Europe’s land.

See more on 👉 www.biodiversitymanifesto.com

🐺🇪🇺 The European Parliament recently backed the decision to down-list the wolf at EU level.

🔴 Message from Dr. David Scallan, Secretary General of FACE

👉 For full PR visit: www.face.eu/2025/05/euro...

Illegal killing, taking & trade of migratory birds (IKB) is a rising concern. Today in Bonn, a 3-day gathering started to check Rome Strategic Plan 2020-2030 progress, share new monitoring tech & unite partners to end IKB across Europe & the Mediterranean. #MIKT6 🐦

🔗 www.cms.int/en/meeting/j...

This week, FACE is attending a high-level meeting on combating the Illegal Killing, Taking and Trade of Migratory Birds in the Mediterranean (MIKT).

FACE advocates for “zero-tolerance” towards wildlife crime.

For more info on this meeting, see: www.cms.int/en/meeting/j...

🎉 Success! The European Parliament has voted for greater flexibility in #wolf management across Europe.

🌍 This is major progress to allow Member States to manage wolf populations more effectively while maintaining strong #conservation standards.

👉 Read the full PR here: www.face.eu/2025/05/euro...

🗳️ Today: MEPs have voted to apply the urgent procedure (Rule 170) to fast-track a targeted amendment to the #HabitatsDirective on #Wolves.

🐺 The proposed downlisting of wolves, aimed at aligning EU protection status with the #BernConvention, marks a significant step forward.

Press Release – Downlisting the Wolf: A way forward for the EU This proposal follows the vote by the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention, which endorsed the EU’s initiative to downlist the wolf from “strictly protected” to “protected” under the Convention

🎥 Missed our event on "Downlisting the Wolf: A way forward for the EU"?

🐺 It featured key insights from EU policymakers, scientists, and rural voices.

📉 A major focus was on moving the wolf from “strictly protected” to “protected”.

🗣️ Watch the full debate here: www.face.eu/2025/04/pres...

🐺 Downlisting the Wolf: A Way Forward for the EU

Register now for the online event of the European Parliament's "Biodiversity, Hunting, Countryside" Intergroup

📅 Date: Wednesday, 9 April 2025
🕒 Time: 15:30–17:00 CET
📝 Speakers and registration: face.eu/2025/04/down...

🦌🇭🇷 In Croatia and across Europe, #hunters are giving their own time and resources to clean up nature — removing waste, restoring habitats, and supporting #biodiversity.

💪🌿 All for the public good. No spotlight, just action.

“Green purge” project 👇
www.biodiversitymanifesto.com/2025/04/02/c...

Turtle Dove hunting to reopen in the western flyway: A welcome move After several years of work and four years of a hunting moratorium on the Turtle Dove in the western flyway, the European Commission has approved the reopening of hunting as all criteria have been met...

🔴 #TurtleDove hunting to reopen in the western flyway.

👏 FACE welcomes this move. In countries where the species is huntable, #hunters play a vital role in spearheading conservation efforts to restore, manage, and preserve high-quality #habitats.

👉 www.face.eu/2025/04/turt...

YouTube video by Всеукраїнська асоціація мисливців Memorial Day of the Fallen Hunters-Defenders of Ukraine (День пам’яті мисливців-захисників України)

🇺🇦 🇪🇺Our Member in Ukraine (UAHHG) has paid tribute to the #hunters who gave their lives defending Ukraine.

This month, a day of remembrance was established, marked by the “Statute of the #UkrainianHunter”, to honour the bravery of these hunters.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzXS...