Online Membership is finally here! Click on our Membership Page to learn more, or to sign up now!

The IBA is seeking bids for the Eurasian conference in 2012!  Click here>>> to see our Conference Guidelines.  Contact Frank van Manen if you are interested.

Ursus Journal is now located at www.bearbiology.com! Click here>>> and take a look!

On January 5, 2009, the election results were finalized.  The IBA membership voted for and approved the following:

• Ratification of the Interim IBA Bylaws
• Piero Genovesi as Vice President for Eurasia
• Mei-Hsiu Hwang as new Council member
• Andreas Zedrosser as new Council member

In addition, Ximena Velez-Liendo was appointed as an IBA Council Member to represent an area (South America) and species (Andean bear) that was not regionally represented on Council through the general elections.

Congratulations to our new Council members! We would also like to thank all of the candidates for their willingness to serve.  This year, we were presented with a list of highly qualified candidates, with a very close election.

The IBA would also like to extend our gratitude for a job well done to our outgoing Council members:

• Isaac Goldstein
• Djuro Huber
• Michael Vaughan

We'll miss you, but are glad you will continue to be involved with other IBA committees!

Due to the recent, but subsiding, conflict between Georgia and Russia, organizers for the 19th International Conference on Bear Research & Management requested a vote from Council to make a decision on the status of the venue.  Council voted to keep the conference in Tbilisi, Georgia, but to move the date from 2009 to 2010 to allow the dust to settle.  For more information about his conference, click here>>>

Give to bear conservation without leaving your desk!  The Bear Conservation Fund is now accepting donations online, with IBA membership close behind on the schedule.  To learn more about online giving, click here>>>

Call for papers has been issued for the 2009 International Symposium on Conservation of the Asiatic Black Bear.  Contact Mei-hsiu Hwang for more information.

The republic of Georgia was chosen for the 19th International Conference on Bear Research & Management.  Conference dates have been moved from 2009 to 2010.  For more information, click here>>>

Ottawa, Ontario, will be our venue for the 20th International Conference on Bear Research & Management.  Mark July 17-23, 2011 on your calendars!

Occassionally, the IBA needs to contact you regarding important notices, membership renewal, and conference announcements.  Your updated email address is necessary for us to contact you!  To update your email address, click here>>>