Present members of the IUCN/Polar Bear Specialist Group

Updated February 10, 2011

Third national member still to be appointed by Canada.

N = Member appointed by nation
C = Member appointed by chair

Canada Ian Stirling Environment Canada

C

Canada Nick Lunn Environment Canada

N

Canada Martyn Obbard Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

N

Canada Andrew E. Derocher University of Alberta

C

Canada Gregory Thiemann York University

C

Canada    

N

Greenland/Denmark Erik W. Born (chairman) Greenland Institute of Natural Resources

N

Greenland/Denmark Kristin Laidre Greenland Institute of Natural Resources

N

Greenland/Denmark Amalie Jessen
Department of Fisheries, Hunting and Agriculture

N

Greenland/Denmark Christian Sonne National Environmental Research Institute

C

Greenland/Denmark Rune Dietz National Environmental Research Institute

C

Norway Jon Aars Norwegian Polar Institute

N

Norway Øystein Wiig Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

C

Norway Dag Vongraven Norwegian Polar Institute

N

Norway Morten Ekker Directorate for Nature Management

N

Russia Stanislav E. Belikov All-Russian Research Institute for Nature Protection(email)

N

Russia Andrei Boltunov All-Russian Research Institute for Nature Protection (email)

N

Russia Nikita Ovsyanikov Wrangel Island State Nature Reserve (email)

N

Russia Ilia Mordvintsev Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences

C

USA Steven C. Amstrup US Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center

N

USA Terry D. DeBruyn US Fish and Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals Management

N

USA George Durner US Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center

N

USA Karyn Rode US Fish and Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals Management

C

USA Eric V. Regehr US Fish and Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals Management

C

USA Elizabeth Peacock US Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center

C