Building on this idea, the CIC was subsequently registered and founded in Paris two years later during its inaugural general assembly in November, 1930.

Its membership consists of states, national and international organisations, individual members, as well as experts and sponsors, advocates of the CIC and sustainable use around the world.

An example is the annual assembly the "Global Youth for Sustainable Use" (GYSU) – a multiple day event including scientific symposia and cultural exchange.

Members of the Artemis WG are active in the field of environmental education, hunting culture and gastronomy, and in general as advocates for the role of women in wildlife management around the globe.

The partnership originated in 2011 as an idea from the former Vice-chair of the CPW and past President of the Policy & Law Division of the CIC, Mr. Jan Heino.

The inaugural Chair of the partnership was Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, former Executive Secretary of Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) holding the secretariat.

The CPW is a voluntary partnership of international organisations with substantive mandates and programs for the sustainable use and conservation of wildlife resources.

In past, the CIC together with FAO, worked on an international, online database of wildlife management legislation entitled WildlifeLex.

Its aim was to serve as a platform for hosting and linking wildlife management legislations, including key statistics, best practice examples and other relevant materials, from different countries and regions.

A symposium on "Hunting Ungulates between Tradition and Innovation: the Naturalist Hunter for Sustainable Wildlife Management" preceded the events of the 61st General Assembly on the 23 April 2014.

With this motto the 62nd General Assembly in Pravets, Bulgaria, raised awareness on the fact that the purpose of wildlife conservation is not only to promote biodiversity richness, but also to keep our own human existence at a healthy, balanced level.

Certain wildlife diseases can be transmitted to domestic livestock or vice versa, resulting in economic stress being placed on rural communities and national economies.

Boyko Borisov, who viewed the selection Pravets as place for the 62nd General Assembly as recognition of Bulgaria's successful and well-known wildlife management in recent years.

After a strong decline of big game 10 to 15 years ago, Bulgaria managed to bring back the wildlife populations to a healthy level for the benefit of future generations.

The 63rd General Assembly under the motto "Hunting is Conservation" was organised in Brussels, Belgium, with the aim to foster the participation and dialogue between members and various stakeholders, including governments, international organizations, the scientific and academic communities, so as to promote sustainable hunting and sustainable policies for worldwide wildlife management, so as to create awareness of wildlife problems, motivate commitment at the highest level for their solution, and thus promote better management of sustainable hunting and wildlife conservation at local, regional, national and international levels.

As a keynote speaker, Jyrki Katainen, Vice- President of the European Commission addressed the audience during the Opening Ceremony.

Addressing an audience of over 300 participants, the session was opened by Karl-Heinz Florenz, Member of the European Parliament and the President of the Intergroup "Biodiversity, Hunting and Countryside", who suggested that hunters should convince the animal rights activists that they are actually on the same side.

[citation needed] According to the panelists, this has already been happening in some areas of Africa where previously stable populations, like that of elephant and rhino, have significantly decreased.

This slogan was selected as over the past couple years, with the rise of easily-accessible media reports and social connectivity, differences in perceptions of hunting and hunters are increasingly conflicting in all areas of the world.

For hunting, a highly emotive topic, this has already proven to be a hindrance its use as a conservation tool, despite its many successes[clarification needed], and it could be detrimental to its future unless we[who?]

The 65th General Assembly of the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation under the motto "Hunting: Facts or Fables?"

The 66th General Assembly was organised in Windhoek, in the capital of Namibia in 2019 in the framework of an international conference under the theme "Crossroads- Leading the Way for Wildlife Conservation".

The General Assembly therefore looked at the importance of protecting rural areas, and their associated wildlife, habitats and people.

The name "Markhor" comes from Pakistan's threatened mountain goat species (Ovis ammon polii), the population numbers of which have increased substantially in recent years through sustainable hunting tourism.

[22] The CIC regularly publishes newsletters, reports, magazines and other documents on issues related to its work, in order to raise awareness and provide information about sustainable hunting and relevant topics of concern to conservation.

The book contained an annotated catalogue of CITES decision-making since the Convention entered into force in 1975, together with Resolutions and Decisions of the Conference of the Parties, providing a clearer understanding of the linkages.

Authored by Gerhard R. Damm, former President of the Applied Science Division and Dr. Nicolás Franco, Honorary President of the CIC, the CIC Caprinae Atlas of the World presents an overview on the distribution ranges of wild Caprinae phenotypes in the northern hemisphere, their physical appearance, life history, conservation status and sustainable use.