International Union of Game Biologists


The International Union of Game Biologists 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

The first meeting took place at the :de:Jagdausstellung|International Exhibition of Hunting and Game Fishing in Düsseldorf under the supervision of :de:Fritz Nüßlein|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 . Since Aarhus, 1957, the congress proceedings have been edited by the organiser of the meeting.
IUGB numberYearCityCountryCollaboration / ThemePresident
352021BudapestHungaryWildlife management in the AnthropoceneSándor Csányi
342019KaunasLithuaniaWildlife: Coexistence or Opposite?Olgirda Belova
332017MontpellierFrance14th Perdix congressNirmala Seon-Massin
322015PueblaMexico
312013BrusselsBelgiumDiversity in Wildlife Management – Objectives & ToolsYves Lecocq
302011BarcelonaSpain13th Perdix congressManel Puigcerver
292009MoscowRussiaVladimir Melnikov
282007UppsalaSwedenKjell Sjöberg
272005HannoverGermanyKlaus Pohlmeyer
262003BragaPortugal10th Perdix congress
252001LemesosCyprus9th Perdix congressEleftherios Hadjisterkotis
241999ThessalonikiGreeceChristos Thomaides
1998SopronHungary8th Perdix congress
231997LyonFrancePaul Havet
1995DourdonFrance7th Perdix congress: Symposium on Partridges, Quails and Pheasants
221995SofiaBulgariaNikola Botev
211993HalifaxCanadaIan D. Thompson
1991FordingbridgeUK6th Perdix congress
201991GödöllöHungarySándor Csányi
191989TrondheimNorwaySvien Myrberget
181987KrakovPolandBoguslaw Bobek
171985BrusselsBelgiumC. d'Elzius, Simon A. de Crombrugghe
161983KošiceCzechoslovakiaM. Spenik
1982Second meeting of the IUGB Working Group on Game Statistics
151981TrujilloSpainFirst meeting of the IUGB Working Group on Game StatisticsJ. Castroviejo
141979DublinIrelandF. O'Gorman
131977Atlanta, GeorgiaUSATony J. Peterle
121975LisbonPortugalF. Reiss
111973StockholmSwedenK. Borg
101971ParisFranceF. Vidron
91969MoscowRussiaB. Bogdanov, A. Bannikov
81967HelsinkiFinlandD. Grenquist
71965BelgradeYugoslaviaB. Ticak, S. Valentici
61963BournemouthUKC.L. Coles
51961BolognaItalyA. Ghigi
41959Arnhem/OosterbeekNetherlandsA. Voute, J.A. Eygenraam
31957AarhusDenmarkH.M. Thamdrup
21955GrazAustriaR. Amon
11954DüsseldorfGermanyFritz Nüsslein