# 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 number | Year | City | Country | Collaboration / Theme | President |
| 38 | 2027 | | Croatia | | Nikica Šprem |
| 37 | 2025 | Evenstad | Norway | How wild is wildlife? 16th Perdix congress | Barbara Zimmermann |
| 36 | 2023 | Warsaw | Poland | Quo vadis wildlife management? The future of wildlife management in the evolving social and environmental realities | Paweł Nasiadka |
| 35 | 2021 | Budapest | Hungary | Wildlife management in the Anthropocene 15th Perdix congress One with nature: World of hunting and nature exhibition | 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 | | Daniel Jiménez |
| 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 | | Svien Myrberget |
| 18 | 1987 | Krakov | Poland | | Boguslaw Bobek |
| 17 | 1985 | Brussels | Belgium | | C. d'Elzius, Simon A. de Crombrugghe |
| 16 | 1983 | Košice | Czechoslovakia | | M. Spenik |
| | 1982 | | | Second meeting of the IUGB Working Group on Game Statistics | |
| 15 | 1981 | Trujillo | Spain | 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 |
| 5 | 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 |