CIC: Sustainable Hunting and National Parks – two sides of the same coin

'Sustainable hunting and national parks are no contradictions. Instead, they complement each other. They are two sides of the same coin', said Dr. Rolf D. Baldus, President of CIC’s Tropical Game Commission.

Enjoy music while supporting CIC Culture

At the GA in Dubrovnik the Culture Division published the first of a planned series of hunting related music CDs under the title “Le Rendez-vous de chasse”. The CDs contain enjoyable pieces by Johann Strauss and Gioachino Rossini and the booklet in the 2 CD pack introduces the CIC to the wider public.

CIC Renews its Commitment to Support Saiga Conservation

The CIC generously supports the Small Grants Programme 2010 of the Saiga Conservation Alliance.

Sustainable Hunting Tourism can Reverse Biodiversity Loss: Grassroots Project in Pakistan Honoured by the CIC

Biodiversity is still declining, quicker than ever seen. As the UN Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 (http://gbo3.cbd.int/the-outlook/gbo3/foreword/foreword-by-the-united-nations-secretary-general.aspx) described: if governments do not initiate urgently strong steps against the extinction of animal and plant species, the process might come to the point of no return.

CIC scored trophies for the 2010 edition of Rowland Ward’s Records of Big Game

The Executive Committee of the CIC has decided in its meeting during the General Assembly in Dubrovnik that trophies of European game which have been measured by an official CIC measurer can be entered into the Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game. A respective agreement between the CIC and Rowland Ward has been negotiated.