Press Release: Environment: Official launch of EU guide to the sustainable hunting of wild birds

On 16 March, 2009, the European Commission will officially launch a guide on the hunting of wild birds to ensure the activity is carried out in accordance with EU nature legislation. It aims to clarify the hunting requirements of the EU's oldest nature law, the Wild Birds Directive, which celebrates its 30th anniversary on the 2nd of April 2009. This is one of the key tools in helping achieve the EU's objective of halting biodiversity loss. The guide on sustainable hunting will be launched at an official ceremony in Paris by the French Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo and the Director-General of the Commission's Directorate-General for Environment, Karl Falkenberg.