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Urs BREITENMOSER, Co-chair IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group
I am a senior researcher at the University of Bern (Institute of Veterinary Virology) and the leader of the programme KORA since 1996. I am involved in research projects on carnivore ecology for 25 years and have supervised many master and doctoral theses in the frame of the Swiss carnivore projects. My main field of activity is the reintroduction of Eurasian lynx and the re-integration of this large carnivore into human dominated landscapes. I am integrated in many research and conservation programmes all over the world, and, as a carnivore and rabies specialist, involved in European projects on rabies epidemiology.
KORA, Thunstrasse 31, CH.3074 Muri b. Bern e-Mail: urs.breitenmoser(a)ivv.unibe.ch T ++41-31-951 9020, F ++41-31-951 9040 |
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Christine BREITENMOSER-WÜRSTEN, Co-chair IUCN/SSC Cat SG
I am programme co-ordinator and administrative director of KORA. My professional background is ornithology, mammology, running water ecology, and genetics. I am currently involved in research projects on ecology and genetics of the Eurasian lynx, looking at population genetics of reintroduced populations. Through these projects I gained experience in molecular methods, GIS, web design and desktop publishing, which are important resources for our work as co-chairs of the Cat SG.
KORA, Thunstrasse 31, CH.3074 Muri b. Bern e-Mail: ch.breitenmosre(a)kora.ch T ++41-31-951 9020, F ++41-31-951 9040 |
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Peter JACKSON, Adivsor to the Chair and Editor of Cat News
I have been involved in wildlife conservation, especially the tiger and other wild cats, for over 30 years. My interest arose during 18 years as Chief Correspondent of Reuters Newsagency in India. In 1970 I joined WWF as Director of Information. I also became Project Officer for WWF's Operation Tiger and worked closely with specialists in India who launched the government's Project Tiger. In 1983 I was invited to chair the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group, a position I held until retirement in 2000.
29 Lake Close, Wimbledon, London SW19 7EG United Kingdom e-Mail: peterfr.jackson(a)virgin.net T, F ++44 (020) 8947-0159 |
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Manuela von ARX, Assistant to the Chair I graduated at the Institute of Zoology, University of Bern with a diploma thesis on chamois Rupicapra rupicapra behaviour and joined KORA in June 2001 to assist in the Cat Specialist Group’s members and friends administration. I was responsible for conducting the Pan-European survey and information platform on the status and conservation of the Eurasian lynx in Europe (“ELOIS”), a tool that is currently developed for wolverine, brown bear and wolf, as well. I am involved in different conservation projects of which the recovery programme for the Balkan lynx is the most important (coordination, information, communication, capacity building) and take care, among other things, of the maintenance of both the Balkan Lynx and Iberian Lynx Conservation Compendia.
KORA, Thunstrasse 31, CH.3074 Muri b. Bern e-Mail: m.vonarx(a)kora.ch T ++41-31-951 7040, F ++41-31-951 9040
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Kristin NOWELL, Focal Point for the Red List Authority of the Cat SG Vice Chair (Projects) of the Cat SG 1995-2001. Core Group member since 2001. Senior author and Cat Action Plan coordinator, 1991-1996. Felidae Red List and Wildlife Trade coordinator since 2001. Director of CAT – Cat Action Treasury, a US-based nonprofit fund for wild cat conservation, since 1995. For projects and publications, see CAT website www.felidae.org . Wildlife trade work for TRAFFIC in China and Taiwan (1989-1992), research on cheetah predation in Namibia’s Etosha National Park, author Namibian National Cheetah Conservation Strategy (1992-1996).Member, African Lion Working Group, Snow Leopard Network, World Commission on Protected Areas. Advisory Board, Snow Leopard Conservancy and International Snow Leopard Trust.
CAT - Cat Action Treasury, P.O. Box 332, Cape Neddick, ME 03902, USA e-Mail: cat@felidae.org T ++1 (207) 408-4108; F ++1 (408) 904-5917 (Efax)
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During the Quadrennium 2001-2004, the core group had the following members: Sarah Christie, Peter Crawshaw, Peter Jackson, A.J.T. Johnsingh, Ullas Karanth, Tom McCarthy, Laurie Marker, Gus Mills, Dale Miquelle, Kristin Nowell, Stephen O‘Brien, James Sanderson, Melvin Sunquist and Alan Rabinowitz. |
Cat Specialist Group Members – Some 200
international cat experts that form the Cat Specialist Group. Working groups - Subunits of the Cat Specialist Group dealing with a specific topic. Partner groups - institutions and groups working in a specific area of cat conservation and closely co-operating with the Cat Specialist Group. Involvement in a partner group does not automatically include Cat Specialist Group membership. Friends of the Cat Group - Individual and
institutional supporters of the Cat Specialist Group. Friends are subscribers
to Cat News and have access to the Digital Cat Library. |