History of IUGB

History of IUGB Congresses and the Perdix Conferences

The first IUGB 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 number

Year

City

Country

Collaboration / Theme

President

35

2021

Budapest

Hungary

Mission Anthropocene: Wildlife management in the XXIst century

Sándor Csányi

34

2019

Kaunas

Lithuania

Wildlife: Coexistence or Opposite?

Olgirda Belova

33

2017

Montpellier

France

14th Perdix congress

Nirmala Seon-Massin

32

2015

Puebla

Mexico

   

31

2013

Brussels

Belgium

Diversity in Wildlife Management – Objectives & Tools 

Yves Lecocq

30

2011

Barcelona

Spain

13th Perdix congress

Manel Puigcerver

29

2009

Moscow

Russia

 

Vladimir Melnikov

28

2007

Uppsala

Sweden

 

Kjell Sjöberg

27

2005

Hannover

Germany

 

Klaus Pohlmeyer

26

2003

Braga

Portugal

10th Perdix congress

 

25

2001

Lemesos

Cyprus

9th Perdix congress

Eleftherios Hadjisterkotis

24

1999

Thessaloniki

Greece

 

Christos Thomaides

 

1998

Sopron

Hungary

8th Perdix congress

 

23

1997

Lyon

France

 

Paul Havet

 

1995

Dourdon

France

7th Perdix congress: Symposium on Partridges, Quails and Pheasants

 

22

1995

Sofia

Bulgaria

 

Nikola Botev

21

1993

Halifax

Canada

 

Ian D. Thompson

 

1991

Fordingbridge

UK

6th Perdix congress

 

20

1991

Gödöllö

Hungary

 

Sándor Csányi

19

1989

Trondheim

Norway

 

Sven Myrberget

18

1987

Krakov

Poland

 

Boguslaw Bobek

17 

1985

Brussels

Belgium

 

C. d'Elzius, Simon A. de Crombrugghe

16

1983

Košice

Czecho- slovakia

 

M. Spenik

 

1982

   

The second meeting of the IUGB Working Group on Game Statistics

 

15

1981

Trujillo

Spain

The first meeting of the IUGB Working Group on Game Statistics

J. Castroviejo

14

1979

Dublin

Ireland

 

F. O'Gorman

13

1977

Atlanta, Georgia

USA

 

Tony J. Peterle

12

1975

Lisbon

Portugal

 

F. Reiss

11

1973

Stockholm

Sweden

 

K. Borg

10

1971

Paris

France

 

F. Vidron

9

1969

Moscow

Russia

 

B. Bogdanov, A. Bannikov

8

1967

Helsinki

Finland

 

D. Grenquist

7

1965

Belgrade

Yugoslavia

 

B. Ticak, S. Valentici

6

1963

Bournemouth

UK

 

C.L. Coles

1961

Bologna

Italy

 

A. Ghigi

4

1959

Arnhem / Oosterbeek

Netherlands

 

A. Voute, J.A. Eygenraam

3

1957

Aarhus

Denmark

 

H.M. Thamdrup

2

1955

Graz

Austria

 

R. Amon

1

1954

Düsseldorf

Germany

 

Fritz Nüsslein

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Union_of_Game_Biologists