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New Study Highlights the Role of International Hunting in Conservation and Sustainability

CIC Strengthens Regional Ties at ADIHEX 2024 in Abu Dhabi

Hunting Conference in Zidlochovice Unites Central European Associations

In Memoriam: H.E. Dumizweni Meshack Mthimkhulu

A Grateful Recognition: Tamás Marghescu’s Legacy

Namibia: Hunting for Food Security and Safety

German Delegation Strengthens CIC’s Mission at Erding Autumn Gathering

Legal Analysis: Trophy Import Bans Violate European Law

CIC Strengthens Transatlantic Dialogue and Engagement with U.S. Partners

CIC Wildlife Photo Prize 2025 – Birds of Prey

Elephant in the Room: New Paper Investigates Hunting Trophy Bill in the United Kingdom

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2024

LECA Project: Supporting Carpathian Carnivore Coexistence

World Ranger Day 2024

CIC Hosts Joint Wildlife Economy Side-Event at 33rd CITES Animals Committee Meeting

Habitat Loss and Climate Change: Research Project on Common Snipe Migration

CIC Advisor on One Health Dr. Wilhelm von Trott zu Solz Celebrates 70th Birthday

26th IUFRO World Congress

Bridging the Gap Between Game Meat and Wildlife Management – CIC Young Opinion Event in Dortmund

Building a Partnership in Support of Wildlife Management: President of Botswana Meets With the CIC For Talks in Berlin and Paris

FAO Hosts SWM Programme Legal Diagnostic Tool Validation Meeting in Rome

15th Meeting of the Carpathian Convention Working Group on Biodiversity

Leveraging Technology to Combat ASF: How Sweden Controlled the Virus In Less than 3 Months

5th Dinaric-Balkan-Pindos Large Carnivore Initiative Meeting

63rd Standing Committee Meeting of the Ramsar Convention

World Environment Day 2024

Conserving Elephant Populations: Not Without Consultation

CIC Markhor Award 2024 – Call for Nominations

International Day for Biodiversity 2024: Be Part of the Plan

World Migratory Bird Day 2024

Introducing the Beneath the Baobab Podcast from Jamma International

Bridging Hunting Communities: Enabling a Connected Hunting and Game Management Experience

CIC Newsletter 2024 April – General Assembly Edition

Adopted recommendations and resolutions at the 70th General Assembly

A Vaccine Against African Swine Fever

70th General Assembly of the CIC – Young Opinion Session

Policy and Law Division Sessions 1 & 2: The Conservation Relevancies of Wild Meat Harvesting

Applied Science Division Session 2: Large Carnivore Management in Europe

Applied Science Division Session 1: Small Game in Europe

Conference Proceedings – 70th General Assembly

Culture Division Session 1: Hunting, Food, and Culture in the Amazon

Bridging Continents: North American Insights for Global Conservation

Bridging Humanity: Unveiling the Untold Stories of Hunting and Conservation

Bridges to Biodiversity – 70th General Assembly in Cascais, Portugal – Members’ Assembly Day

Awards and Prizes at the 70th General Assembly

Botswana Joins as a State Member, the CIC Adopts Landmark 2030 Strategic Plan and Qatar to Host the 71st General Assembly

Sneak Peak! Guest Speakers at the 70th General Assembly

Sneak Peak! Storytelling and North American Insights at the 70th General Assembly

Edmond Blanc Diploma 2024

World Wildlife Day 2024

CMS COP14 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

26th Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel of the Ramsar Convention

World Wetlands Day 2024

Europeans Are Accepting Of Hunting Trophies According To YouGov Survey

Call for Nominations – 2024 CIC Communications Prize!

Mongolia and the One Health Approach

CIC Young Opinion Research Award 2024

4 Reasons to Visit Cascais for the 70th General Assembly

Register for the 70th General Assembly in Cascais! (18-21 April 2024)

CIC Brochure (2nd Edition)

CIC Executive Committee & Council Meetings in Rome Conclude with an Audience with His Holiness Pope Francis

Mongolia, N4H and the One Health Program: Scoping Mission Kicks Off in Ulaanbaatar!

The Bern Convention and the Strategic Plan Towards 2030

IUCN Urges Need to Link Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change

The CIC and Ramsar Implement Measures as Part of New Partnership

CIC Consultation in London: Shaping the Future of Hunting and Conservation

CIC Honorary President George Aman Celebrates 70th Birthday

The CIC Gives Address In Austrian Parliament On Biodiversity And Hunting As A Conservation Tool

European Institutions Agree On Nature Restoration Law

77th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee

The CIC Joins in Celebrating One Health Day 2023!

The CIC Accepted as Actor of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

Sustainable Wildlife Management is Essential to Achieve Key Targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

2023-2025 CPW Work Plan

The CIC Joins the Ramsar Convention as an Intergovernmental Observer

World Food Day 2023: Game Meat and the “Global Youth United for Sustainable Hunting” Short Film

Water: Sustaining Bird Life – World Migratory Bird Day 2023

21st African Wildlife Consultative Forum 2023

Open CIC Workshop: Wildlife Conservation in Georgia

In Memoriam: Gábor Rácz-Fodor

15th CPW Meeting in Rome and the 2023-2025 Work Plan

The CIC in Brussels

CIC Vice President Prince Alexandre Poniatowski Celebrates 70th Birthday

Legendary Tótmegyer: In Praise of a Wildlife Manager and a Hunting Estate

Large Carnivore Management in Europe: European Hunters’ Conference in Prague

Botswana: Human Rights, Climate Protection and Wildlife Management

Slovakia, Hungary and Austria Sign New Declaration of Cooperation on the Protection of Great Bustard

The CIC Joins the Wild Harvest Initiative® Partnership Alliance

Collaboration Against African Swine Fever: CIC Coordination Forum for Central and Eastern Europe Event in Croatia

Europe Enters “New Phase” In Review of Wolf Conservation Status

Global Youth United for Sustainable Hunting – Three Stories, Three Continents

Global Youth United for Sustainable Hunting – Film Premier on September 6th (16:30 CET)!

The Summer Edition of the 2023 CIC Magazine is Now Online! (2023/1)

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2023

Hunters Can Assist In the Fight Against Avian Influenza According to CMS & FAO Task Force

The Spanish Gamekeepers’ Story: Recovering Spanish Ibex Populations in the Gredos Mountain Range

World Zoonoses Day 2023: The Flying Vets and One Health

“That’s Hunting!” – New Educational Campaign on Hunting in Austria

New Global Biodiversity Framework Fund to Be Launched by the Global Environment Facility (GEF)

New Finnish Government Commits to Rolling Back Hunting Trophy Import Ban

EU Action Plan Against Wildlife Trafficking: Combating illegal trade and strengthening the engagement of local communities

New Partnership with the Southern African Wildlife College: Empowering Inclusive and Local Conservation Across the African Continent

70th CIC General Assembly to Be Hosted in Portugal

Register for the EU Action Plan Against Wildlife Trafficking Event in European Parliament (27 June, 2023)

Wildlife Management Insights Through Database Enhancement – International Trophy Evaluation Board Meeting 2023

Hunting Contributes €400 Million Per Year to the Belgian Economy According to New PwC Report

FACE Submits Landmark Petition to European Commission with Over 360,000 Signatures From Europe’s Hunters

Government of Botswana Expresses Concern Over Campaigns Looking to Ban Hunting Trophy Imports

New EU Bird Conservation Project Launched In Support of the Global Biodiversity Framework

International Day for Biological Diversity 2023!

World Migratory Bird Day 2023

69th CIC General Assembly: Technical Sessions

Order the CIC World Game Cookbook!

Call for Applications: Executive Secretary (CIC Administrative Office)

69th CIC General Assembly: Conference Summary

CIC Members Elect New Leadership Team and Develop a Roadmap to Implement the 2030 Global Biodiversity Framework

2023 Hunting in Art Prize & Art Exhibition at the 69th General Assembly

IUCN Publishes Guidelines on Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence

Governments, Communities and Scientists Condemn UK Bill Looking to Ban Hunting Trophy Imports

The Wild Sheep Foundation Honours 2022 CIC Markhor Award Winners

28^th Austrian Hunters’ Conference – Hunting Systems in Europe

Celebrating Partnerships for World Wildlife Day – Fourteen International Organisations Join Together for WWD 2023

Flying Vets Project Accepted as a New IPSI Collaborative Activity

World Wetlands Day 2023: It’s Time for Wetlands Restoration

8^th Annual CIC International Trophy Evaluation

Jagd and Hund 2023 Kicks Off in Dortmund!

The Government of Botswana and Community Leaders Visit Germany to Explore Synergies in Implementing the 2030 Global Biodiversity Framework

Register Now for the 69th General Assembly in Paris! (20-23 April, 2023)

Call for Applications: Internship (CIC Administrative Office)

UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration: 10 Key Global Restoration Initiatives

Parties Adopt post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework in Montreal

The Latest Edition of the CIC Magazine is Now Available! (2022/2)

From 0 to 1,500: CIC Markhor Award Winner Repatriates Desert Bighorn Sheep in Mexico

CBD Recognises the Value of Sustainable Use for Sustainable Development and Conservation

Count Lajos Károlyi Medal of Merit Awarded to CIC Members and Partners

Bern Convention: Proposal to Downlist the Wolf Rejected

Where Does the Future of CITES Lie?

European Parliament Moves to Protect Farmers’ Rights and Hunting as a Management Tool

Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Call for Change at CITES CoP19

Sebastian Winkler Succeeds Tamás Marghescu as CIC Director General

One Health Day and The Flying Vets

FACE Celebrates its 45th Anniversary in Brussels

Czech EU Presidency Hosts EU Hunting Directors Meeting

CIC Director General Receives The “Golden Great Bustard Feather Award for Services to Hunting

Dim the Lights for Birds at Night! – World Migratory Bird Day 2022

The Flying Vets Workshop (WOAH-CIC): Wildlife Disease Surveillance in Mongolia

AEWA MOP8 Comes to a Close With 16 Resolutions and New Guidelines

AEWA Executive Secretary, Jacques Trouvilliez, Discusses the Importance of the CIC to Migratory Waterbird Conservation (AEWA MOP8)

AEWA MOP8 Kicks Off in Budapest

AEWA MOP8 CIC-DSC Welcome Reception

The Eco Colonialists – An Exposé: What would happen if “trophy hunting” was banned?

10th Anniversary of the Ladies Hunting Club in Serbia

Ukraine Still Needs Your Help

Artemis WG, the CIC World Game Cookbook and Youth Education: Saint Hubertus Days Festival in Slovakia

A European and Worldwide Communication Network: The CIC at the PROJECTO C3C Seminar in Lisbon

The Polar Bear: Hunting and Human Rights

1,300 CIC Evaluated Trophies and the Slovakian Edition of the CIC World Game Cookbook: 2022 Slovakian National Hunting Exhibition

Flurina Hammer Finishes 12th in the 2022 Mongol Derby!

The CIC Supports FACE’s #SignForHunting Campaign!

Local Communities and Indigenous People Should Decide – IUCN APAC 2022

The Latest Edition of the CIC Magazine is Here! (2022/1)

Flurina Hammer Starts Her Journey in the Mongol Derby in Support of the CIC’s Flying Vets

CIC Markhor Award 2022 – Call for Nominations!

What is the Mongol Derby?

IUCN APAC 2022 Kicks off in Kigali, Rwanda!

Hunting Key for Nature Conservation: IPBES Assessment Report on Sustainable Use

The Flying Vets

One Health, the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and IPLCs: A New Era for the CIC

Winners of the 2022 CIC Wildlife Photo Prize!

Resource Africa Receives 2022 CIC Communications Prize

Technical Session III: What Can We Learn From Across the Table?

Technical Session II: Utilising Communications Tools in the 21st Century

Technical Session I: Wildlife Management in the Baltic Region

68th General Assembly: Opening Ceremony

Jagd und Hund 2022: The CIC President’s Welcome Speech, A Hunting Law in Brandenburg, and the CIC World Game Cookbook

“Without Sustainable Hunting, Nature Conservation Cannot Exist” – CIC Director General Attends Deputy Prime Minister of Hungary’s Book Launch in Bucharest

Ban on Lead in Ammunition Called Into Question After European Ombudsman Finds Evidence of Maladministration

International Day for Biological Diversity 2022

Power Generators, Medical Supplies, Soup and a Nine Seater Minibus: The CIC in Action

Wildlife Utilisation, Local Communities and Incentive-Based Conservation: Interview with Hon. Pohamba Shifeta, Namibian Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism

The CIC Joins in Celebrating World Migratory Bird Day 2022

The CIC And the International Order of St. Hubertus Commit to Strengthening Ties

Is Africa Being Heard? What European Decision-Makers Should Know About Hunting, Conservation and Livelihoods

CIC Wildlife Photo Prize 2022 – The Game for Restoration (Deadline: 15 May, 2022)

Is Africa being heard? Hunting, Conservation and Livelihoods: Register Now For This European Parliament Intergroup Event on Hunting and Conservation in Africa (Brussels, 26 April 2022)

Regulated trophy hunting aids wildlife conservation

Uniting Hunters to Respond in Times of Crisis: CIC Joins FACE Members’ Meeting in Warsaw (5-7 April, 2022)

The CIC Welcomes New Deputy Director General

Register Now For the 68th General Assembly in Riga! (9-12 June, 2022)

Six 5,500-Watt Generators To Be Sent to Ukraine Using CIC Donations

68th General Assembly To Go Ahead in Riga, Latvia (9-12 June 2022)

European Conservation Forces Unite This Week to Donate €22,000 to Ukrainian Refugees

Proposed Hunting Trophy Import Ban in Belgium Endangers Wildlife Conservation and Human Livelihoods

The CIC at the CITES 74th Standing Committee Meeting

Hunters Hosting Volunteers, Help from Swiss, Italian and German Youngsters and a Cereal Surprise from Poland

CIC Partners Donate 100 Beds and 9,000 Juice Boxes To Refugees

CIC Young Opinion Research Award 2022 – Call for Submissions!

“A Huge Effort for Our Civil Society” – CIC President Thanks Members and Partners for Donations

Transport from Hungary to Germany Organised For Refugees by German CIC Member

Donations So Far Are “A Drop in the Sea” – CIC Member Coordinates Polish Humanitarian Efforts

Food Distribution Station Operational at Hungarian Border

First Shipment of Supplies Arrives at the Border

Press Conference on Wildlife Crime: WWD 2022

The CIC Joins WWF’s #WORLDWITHOUTNATURE Campaign: WWD 2022

UN World Wildlife Day 2022

Hunters Provide Assistance During Humanitarian Crisis

Indigenous Knowledge Key to Tackling Climate Change Says IPCC Report

Hunts for Charity, the CIC Trophy Evaluation System and Debunking the Myths: FeHoVa 2022

Community-Based Sustainable Wildlife Management: Animated Short

Wetlands Action for People and Nature: World Wetlands Day 2022

International Statement on Avian Influenza in Poultry and Wildlife Birds Published

Namibian Conservation Groups Condemn Report by Animal Rights Organisations

African Swine Fever Reaches Italy: Several cases confirmed

Consume, Conserve, Communicate – HUNT Conference

Stop the Trophy Nonsense, Expose the Myths – HUNT Conference

Uniting Against Myths, Advocating for Truths – HUNT Conference

CIC Magazine 2021/2

Wishing You a Happy New Year!

Try Game Meat this Holiday Season!

The CIC Joins in Supporting the New Definition of “One Health”

New CMS Sustainable Use Plan for Saiga Antelope

In Memoriam: Bernard Lozé

Green Facts over Green Ignorance

Sailing with Nature’s Forces: The Indigenous Perspective

Winning the Battle as the Underdog

Respect for Land and People

The CIC joins its conservation colleagues in celebrating World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) 2021!

Technical Session VII: Hunt for Likes – Forward Media Strategies in Focus

Technical Session VI – Alliances, the Way to Gain Political Strength

Philipp Harmer Succeeds George Aman as President of the CIC: “Hunting Renders a Service to Nature and Society”

Thematic Session V – Culture of the Countryside

Thematic Session IV – Living with large carnivores and other dangerous game

3rd CPW Wildlife Forum Continues!

European Hunting Horn Ensemble: A Moment of Celebration for Hunting Art & Culture

Technical Session III – Feeding the World at the Expense of Small Game

CPW Wildlife Forum Technical Session – Zoonotic Diseases and the One Health Approach

3rd CPW Wildlife Forum

Technical Session I – Visions for the Countryside

67th General Assembly of the CIC: Opening Ceremony

67th General Assembly: Program and Timetable

35th IUGB Congress: Opening Ceremony and Keynote Speakers

IUCN World Conservation Congress, Marseille

Flying Vets Mongolia

Register for the CIC General Assembly in Budapest

CIC Digital Magazine

Draft Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework Champions Sustainable Use For the Future

Human Wildlife Conflict Resolution Found to be Critical for Species Conservation

TRAFFIC Recognises Importance of Sustainable Use for Pandemic Recovery

Unkategorisiert Policy and Law

UN World Wildlife Day II #7

Non classifié(e) Policy and Law

UN World Wildlife Day II #7

Unkategorisiert Culture

UN World Wildlife Day II #6

Non classifié(e) Culture

UN World Wildlife Day II #6

Unkategorisiert Beginnings

UN World Wildlife Day II #2

Non classifié(e) Beginnings

UN World Wildlife Day II #2

Unkategorisiert Wildlife Photo Prize

UN World Wildlife Day II

Non classifié(e) Wildlife Photo Prize

UN World Wildlife Day II

Unkategorisiert Markhor Award

UN World Wildlife Day

Non classifié(e) Markhor Award

UN World Wildlife Day

Unkategorisiert Beginnings

CPW

Non classifié(e) Beginnings

CPW

CPW

Unkategorisiert Communications Prize

One Euro / Hunter

Non classifié(e) Communications Prize

One Euro / Hunter

Communications Prize

1 Euro per Hunter

Publications

The Dangers of Extrapolation – Hunting Revenues and Local Communities

Donate and Help the CIC Support Ukraine!

Biodiversity 2030: A “One Health” Perspective

Biodiversity 2030: A Communication Perspective

Biodiversity 2030: A Stakeholder Perspective

Biodiversity 2030: A French Perspective

Biodiversity 2030: A Global Perspective