International Union of Game Biologists

The International Union of Game Biologists (IUGB) is a non-profit organisation with international membership. It has its legal domicile in Cernier, Switzerland. Bylaws were signed in Moscow in 2009.

The organization aims to promote the improvement of knowledge about game biology and related fields of study such as animal population management and habitat conservation. To reach this aim, a conference has taken place every two years since 1954.

Historical development

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The first meeting took place at the International Exhibition of Hunting and Game Fishing in Düsseldorf under the supervision of Fritz Nüsslein on October 16 and 17, 1954, at the suggestion of Harry Frank. A free association called "Internationaler Ring der Jagdwissenschaftler" was born. A second 1955 meeting was held in Graz, later congresses every second year. At the suggestion of H. M. Thamdrup it was supervised by a committee, later by the presidents of the old, new, and planned congress. The proceedings of the first and the second meeting were published in the Zeitschrift für Jagdwissenschaft and led to the creation of that journal, which later became the European Journal of Wildlife Research. Since Aarhus, 1957, the congress proceedings have been edited by the organiser of the meeting.

IUGB numberYearCityCountryCollaboration / ThemePresident392029BrasovRomaniaOvidiu Ionescu382027SplitCroatiaNikica Šprem372025LillehammerNorwayHow wild is wildlife? 16th Perdix congress

18th Nordic Congress of Wildlife Research (NKV)

EuromammalsBarbara Zimmermann362023WarsawPolandKwo wadis wildlife management? The future of wildlife management in the evolving social and environmental realitiesPaweł Jackiewicz352021BudapestHungaryWildlife management in the Anthropocene 15th Perdix congress

One with nature: World of hunting and nature exhibition Sándor Csányi342019KaunasLithuaniaWildlife: Coexistence or Opposite?Olgirda Belova33 2017Montpellier France14th Perdix congressNirmala Seon-Massin32 2015PueblaMexicoDaniel Jiménez31 2013BrusselsBelgiumDiversity in Wildlife Management – Objectives & Tools Yves Lecocq30 2011BarcelonaSpain13th Perdix congressManel Puigcerver292009MoscowRussiaVladimir Melnikov28 2007UppsalaSwedenKjell Sjöberg27 2005HannoverGermanyKlaus Pohlmeyer26 2003BragaPortugal10th Perdix congress25 2001LemesosCyprus9th Perdix congressEleftherios Hadjisterkotis 24 Proceedings of IUGB XXIV, Thessaloniki, Greece, (eds K. Thomaidis & N. Kypridemos)1999ThessalonikiGreeceChristos Thomaides1998SopronHungary8th Perdix congress 23 1997LyonFrancePaul Havet1995DourdonFrance7th Perdix congress: Symposium on Partridges, Quails and Pheasants22 1995SofiaBulgariaNikola Botev211993HalifaxCanadaIan D. Thompson1991FordingbridgeUK6th Perdix congress20 1991GödöllöHungarySándor Csányi19 1989TrondheimNorwaySvien Myrberget18 1987KrakovPolandBoguslaw Bobek17 1985BrusselsBelgiumC. d'Elzius, Simon A. de Crombrugghe16 1983KošiceCzechoslovakiaM. Spenik1982Second meeting of the IUGB Working Group on Game Statistics 15 1981TrujilloSpainFirst meeting of the IUGB Working Group on Game Statistics J. Castroviejo14 1979DublinIrelandF. O'Gorman13 1977Atlanta, GeorgiaUSATony J. Peterle12 1975LisbonPortugalF. Reiss11 1973StockholmSwedenK. Borg10 1971ParisFranceF. Vidron9 1969MoscowRussiaB. Bogdanov, A. Bannikov8 1967HelsinkiFinlandD. Grenquist7 1965BelgradeYugoslaviaB. Ticak, S. Valentici6 1963BournemouthUKC.L. Coles5 1961BolognaItalyA. Ghigi4 1959Arnhem/OosterbeekNetherlandsA. Voute, J.A. Eygenraam3 1957AarhusDenmarkH.M. Thamdrup2 1955GrazAustriaR. Amon1 1954DüsseldorfGermanyFritz Nüsslein

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