The Bear Specialist Group (BSG) is part of The World Conservation Union (IUCN) and the Species Survival Commission.  The BSG is organized into species and topical expert teams, each with two co-chairs.  These co-chairs, along with some other specialists comprise the coordinating committee, which is listed below.

BSG Co-chairs

Bruce McLellan
British Columbia Ministry of Forests
PO Box 1732
Darcy, BC
Canada V0N 3K0
Phone: 604-452-3233

Dave Garshelis
Minnesota Dept. Natural Resources
1201 E. Hwy. 2
Grand Rapids, MN  55744
Phone: 218-327-4146
Fax: 218-999-7944

European Brown Bear Expert Team Co-chairs

Djuro Huber
Veterinary Faculty, University of Zagreb
Heinzelova 55
Zagreb, Croatia 10000
Phone: 385-1-2390141
Fax: 385-1-2441390

Jon Swenson
Dept Ecology & Natural Resource Management
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Postboks 5003
Ås, Norway N-1432
Phone: (47) 64 96 57 30 
Fax: (47) 64 96 58 01

North Asian Brown Bear Expert Team Co-chairs

Harry Reynolds
International Association for Bear Research and Mgmt.
PO Box 80843
Fairbanks, AK  99708
Phone: 907-479-5169

Tsutomu Mano
Nature Conservation Department
Hokkaido Institute of Environmental Sciences
Kita-19 Nishi-12 Kita-ku
Sapporo, Japan  060-0819
Phone: 81-11-747-3570
Fax: 81-11-747-3254

South Asian Brown Bear Expert Team Co-chairs

Sambandam Sathyakumar
Wildlife Institute India
PO Box 18 
Chandrabani, Dehra Dun  248 001
India

Ozgun Emre Can
Department of Biology Lab: 147
Middle East Technical University
Ankara Turkey
Phone: 905336019105
Fax: 903124480258

Asiatic Black Bear Expert Team Co-chairs

Dave Garshelis
Minnesota Dept. Natural Resources
1201 E. Hwy. 2
Grand Rapids, MN  55744
Phone: 218-327-4146
Fax: 218-999-7944

Mei-hsiu Hwang
Inst. Wildlife Conservation
National Pingtung Univ.
1 Hsech-Fu Road, Nei-Pu
Pingtung, Taiwan  91201 
Phone: 886-8-7740516 
Fax: 886-8-7740417

Sun Bear Expert Team Co-chairs

Gabriella Fredriksson
Inst. Biodiversity Ecosystem Dynamics
University of Amsterdam
PO Box 270
Balikpapan, Kalimantan Timur
Indonesia  76110
Phone: 62-813-46400844

Rob Steinmetz
WWF-Thailand
PO Box 4
Asian Inst.Tech., Klong Luang 
Patumthani, Thailand  12120  
Phone: +662-524-6168  
Fax: +662-524-6134

Sloth Bear Expert Team Co-chairs

N.P.S. Chauhan
Wildlife Institute India
PO Box 18
Chandrabani, Dehra Dun 
India  248 001

Shyamala Ratnayeke
Dept. Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries
University of Tennessee 
274 Ellington Plant Sciences Bldg.
Knoxville, TN  37996-4563
Phone: 865-974-0204 
Fax: 865-974-3555

Giant Panda Expert Team Co-chairs

Zhi Lü  
Peking University & Conservation International
Beijing, China  100871

Dajun Wang
College of Life Sciences
Peking University 
Beijing, China 100871

Andean Bear Expert Team Co-chairs

Isaac Goldstein
igoldstein@wcs.org

Ximena Velez-Liendo  
xime_velez@yahoo.co.uk

Mexican Black Bear Coordinator

Diana Doan-Crider
diana.crider@gmail.com

Trade in Bear Parts Expert Team Co-chairs

Chris Servheen
grizz@umontana.edu

Chris Shepherd 
cstsea@po.jaring.my

Captive Bears Expert Team Co-chairs

Lydia Kolter
kolter@koelnerzoo.de

Jackson Zee    
jzee@ifaw.org

IBA Representative

Frank van Manen
vanmanen@utk.edu

Technical and Scientific Advisors

John Seidensticker
seidenstickerj@si.edu

Chuck Schwartz
chuck_schwartz@usgs.gov

Michael Proctor
mproctor@netidea.com

Polar Bear Specialist Group Chair

Andrew Derocher
derocher@ualberta.ca