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Enclosures: a Dead-end? | |
What is the role of hunting enclosures in wildlife management? Are they acceptable for conservation and sustainable hunting? What are the effects of such enclosures on the environment or even on public health?
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IUCN Welcomes the European Charter on Hunting and Biodiversity | |
Members of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have welcomed the Council of Europe’s new European Charter on Hunting and Biodiversity during the recent 4th World Conservation Congress held in Barcelona, Spain, from 5th – 14th October.
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Sustainable Hunting Tourism Accepted as Conservation Tool | |
The CIC held a well-attended workshop on October 9th introducing participants of the World Conservation Congress to the concept of sustainable hunting tourism, identifying hunting as one component of the larger tourism economy and emphasizing the need to develop standards and criteria in support of this sustainable use activity.
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Sharing Experience on Wildlife Friendly Set-asides | |
The CIC presented the results of the 4-year project “Habitat Fallow Land” at the World Conservation Congress of IUCN in Barcelona. In the form of a so-called “knowledge café” participants could exchange information on the importance of set-aside fields for the diversity of life in agricultural landscapes and discussed about their sustainable integration in crop rotations for the future.
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Sustainable Hunting on the Agenda of the World’s Biggest Gathering for Conservation | |
These days, from October 5th through 15th 2008, over 7800 conservationists, politicians and scientists are gathered together in Barcelona, Spain, for the 4th World Conservation Congress (WCC) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to discuss about conservation and sustainable development. This is the largest conservation event on global level.
55th CIC General Assembly
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22-26 April 2008, Marrakech, Morocco
Record attendance at the 55th General Assembly of the CIC in Marrakech; International hunters' organization recognized as a global adviser and partner; Dieter Schramm unanimously reelected as CIC President.
