pices of the Minister of the Interior, Dr. CHRISTODOULOS CHRISTODOULOU. During the congress a total of 306 researchers from 39 countries enjoyed the ...
Z. Jagdwiss. 48 (2002), 284-285 9 2002, Blackwell Verlag, Berlin ISSN 0044-2887
Awards given during the 25 th International Congress of the International Union of Game Biologist - IUGB The 25 th Congress of the International Union of Game Biologists - IUGB, and the IX International Symposium Perdix were held from September 3-7 2001, in St. Raptaael Hotel in Lemesos (Limassol) Cyprus. The congresses were organized by Dr. ELE~HEP,IOS HADBSTERKOTIS,from the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Cyprus, under the auspices of the Minister of the Interior, Dr. CHRISTODOULOSCHRISTODOULOU.During the congress a total of 306 researchers from 39 countries enjoyed the most wonderful hospitalky (Poyrs, 2002). Almost ninety papers were given, plus an extraordinary 120 posters, covering all aspects of wildlife management and conservation (HADJISTERKOTIS,2001). During the last day of the congress a banquet was held, and the participants enjoyed some wonderful traditional Cypriot folk dancing, and had the opportunity to relax and dance with the music of a local music band. During the banquet two scientists were honoured. The first was Prof. Dr. JAN VAN HAAFTEN, from Doorwerth, Netherlands, for his vision to enhance wildlife in a changing world, through active participation in the evolution of the IUGB. The second scientist was Dr. G. RICHARD(DICK) Poq-rs, Director of the Game Conservancy Trust, for his contribution towards the development of the science of game bird management and conservation, and to the long success of the Perdix congresses. The contributions of Prof. Dr. JAN VAN HAAFTENtO the IUGB and the scientific community were presented in a speech by Dr. WALBURGALUTZ. She noted that Prof. Dr. JAN VAN HHAFTENhas been closely associated with the IUGB since 1958 and that he played a decisive role in its development. After completing his studies in biology, he wrote his first doctoral dissertation on the estrogens in ruminants. In 1967, he wrote a second dissertation on "Roe deer on various sites in the Netherlands and Slovenia" under the direction of STANEVALENTINCICin Ljublj aria, former Yugoslavia. Since 1973 JAN VANHAAFTENtaught at the University of Wageningen and received his qualifications as a university lecturer there in 1985. JAN VAN HAAH'EN has always maintained contacts to his colleagues, especially to those in Europe, has initiated and participated in various research projects, has actively promoted the conservation and protection of wildlife, and has made many friends in his own and foreign countries. His activities in wildlife biology have dealt with a diversity of topics. Together with R. WENTZELhe founded the Seal Breeding Station Pieterburen in 1971, of which he is the eldest member of the executive board. In 1979, together with Dr. H. BROLL and Prof. Dr. H. KRAFT,he established the International Zeal Group. Since 1979 he has been working in cooperation with hunters in the management of roe deer in the DutchGerman border region. For many years he was interested in wolves. He started a.wolf project in Portugal (Braganea) in 1982 and continued work in Croatia (Plitvice) together with students from Zagreb. In 1991, he initiated a wolf project in Romania that, from 1992 onward, was continued by the "European Wolf Network" of whose Organizing Committee he is a member. JAN VAN HAAFTENdid research on red deer, game diseases, and. the European wild sheep in Turkey and Cyprus. He received a distinction from tl/e W H O for his ecological work on foxes, in which he first used telemetry in 1967. He was a member of various national and international committees. For 17 years he was on the executive board of the European Association for Aquatic Mammals. He has been involved in the publication of the Zeitschrift ffir Jagdwissenschaft- European Journal of Wildlife Research for many years. U.S. Copyright Clearance Center Code Statement: 0044-2887/2002/4804-0284 $15.00/0
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Even after his retirement in 1992 JAN VANHAAFTENremains active as "there is still much to be done". In his own words he has lived the past years with "profound joy". We extend our deepest appreciation and thanks to our gracious colleague whose openness for all questions concerning htinting and game management has given younger workers ideas for their own research, and wish him many pleasurable years of creativity in the future. Dr. LUTZconcluded that ,it is our pleasure to express our greatest appreciation and thanks for his valuable contributions to the I U G B ' . The second award was given to Dr. DICK PoTrs, Director of the Game Conservancy Trust, who was going to retire three months later. The honouring speech was given by Dr. JOHN CARROLL. Dr. Poa'rs received a doctorate in the population ecology of seabirds at the University of Durham, UK and carried out further research there before joining the Partridge Survival Project of the Game Conservancy in 1968. He was appointed as Director of Research at the Game Conservancy in 1977, and in 1992 became Director-General. A farmer's son, his main interest is in the relationship between farming and wildlife conservation, especially in the role of increasing use of pesticides and other aspects of modern farming. In addition he was very active in making the connection between game management and wildlife conservation. He is a member of the Nature Conservancy Council Advisory Committee for England and of the Advisory Council of the Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford. He has served on Advisory Committees of the Natural Environment Research Council, British Trust for Ornithology, Wildfowl Trust and World Pheasant Association. He has written numerous popular articles and scientific papers and has co-edited the G a m e Conservancy Annual Review for the past ten years. His landmark book, ,,The Partridge: Pesticides, Predation, and Conservation" was published in 1986. This book summarized 2 decades of research, monitoring, and modeling work, culminating in a body that set the stage for understanding the impacts of agricultural intensification on birds. Especially today as these impacts are becoming better understood and recognized by the scientific and conservation communities, Dr. POTTS' long-term project on grey partridge in southern England stands as the seminal work in this area. It was his suggestion at the IUGB meeting in Thessaloniki in 1999 to merge the Perdix meetings with those of the IUGB (POTrS, 2002). Although now retirecl, Dr. POTTS in his usual frantic way has jumped into a wide range of programs and activities. He remains active in the U.K. Biodiversity Action Plan for the grey partridge, he has taken the helm of the World Pheasant Association, and is presently writing several books on conservation and land use and agricultural issues. Dr. CARROLL concluded by thanking Dr. Po~Trs for his mentorship of a whole generation of gamebird biologists, thereby leaving a lasting legacy of his conservation and research work. The awards were presented by the Permanent-Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior Mr. K. TRIANDAFILLIDESon behalf of the President of the IUGB Dr. E. HADJISTERKOTIS, and the Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Cyprus Dr. CHRISTODOULOSCHRISTODOULOU.
References HADJISTERKOTIS,E., (compiler) 2001:25thInternational Congress of the International Union of Game Biologist- IUGB and IX International SymposiumPerdix- Abstracts. Printing Office of the Republic of Cyprus. 1-213. POTrS, G. R., 2002:25 Congress IUGB. Z. Jagdwiss. 48, 125-127. POTTS,G. R., 1986: The Partridge: Predation, and Conservation. London: Collins. E. HADJISTERKOTIS,WALBURGALUTZ,J. CARROLL
