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JOHANNA RODE-MARGONO
Chair

Cologne Zoo

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THIEMO BRAASCH
Newsletter Editor in Chief & Social Media Officer

ZGAP

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KRISTIN LEUS
Red List Authority Coordinator

CPSG / EAZA / Copenhagen Zoo

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ADYAH NINGTYAS
Programme Officer

Prigen Conservation Breeding Ark of Taman Safari Indonesia

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RAFAEL REYNA-HURTADO
Coordinator for Africa

ECOSUR, Universidad Campeche

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MATT LINKIE
Coordinator for South and South East Asia

WCS Indonesia

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FERRAN JORI
Animal Health Coordinator

University of Pretoria

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JÖRG BECKMANN
Ex situ Coordinator

Nuremberg Zoo

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MATTHIAS MARKOLF
Species Survival Officer

Cologne Zoo

Members

AGUS JATI | Indonesia

Primary expertise: Camera trapping and occupancy modelling

ALASTAIR MACDONALD | University of Edinburgh, UK; EAZA Pigs & Peccaries Taxon Advisory Group Chair

ALEXANDRE CARON | French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), France

ALISA KLAMM | Germany

ALYS GRANADOS | Department of Forest Resources Management, University of British Colombia, Canada

Primary expertise: Pig responses to resource availability

ANAGAW ATICKEM MESHESHA | University of Oslo, Norway

ANH GALAT-LUONG | French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development and University of Orléans, France

Primary expertise: West Africa; invasive and other problematic species, genes and disease; research publications

ANTOINE SOURON | University of Bordeaux, France

Primary expertise: Taxonomy and phylogeny based on craniomandibular and dental remains; (paleo)ecological reconstructions (biogeochemistry, dental microwear)

BERTIE FRENS | Cikananga Wildlife Center, Indonesia

Primary expertise: 1) Conservation breeding and captive management of the Javan Warty Pig Sus verrucosus 

2) Knowledge of threats to wild pig populations in Indonesia, particularly on Java Island

CARL TRAEHOLT | Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark

CLAUDE FISCHER | University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland, Switzerland

Primary expertise: Movement ecology and census methods

CURBY SIMERSON | Zoological Society of San Diego, USA

DAVID KURZ 

DHRITIMAN DAS | Pygmy Hog Conservation Programme, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, India

Primary expertise: Pygmy hog ecology, grassland habitat ecology, restoration ecology, population monitoring through sign surveys, camera trapping and radio telemetry

EMILIA LASTICA | University of the Philippines, Philippines

EMMANUEL SCHUTZ | D'Aboville Foundation and Demo Farm Inc., Philippines

Primary expertise: Ecology, socio-environmental project management and coordination

ERIK MEIJAARD | People and Nature Consulting International, Indonesia

FERNANDO GARCIA GIL | D’Aboville Foundation, Philippines

Primary expertise: Wildlife conservation and population monitoring

FLORIAN GBODJA CODJA | University of Abomey-Calav, National University of Agriculture (UNA), Benin

FRANK DRYGALA | Association for Nature and Biodiversity, Germany

Primary expertise: Spatial ecology of mammals (GPS/VHF telemetry, camera trapping)

FREDDY PATTISELANNO | Universitas Negeri Papua, Indonesia

GERARD GALAT | Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, France

GONO SEMIADI | Indonesian Institute of Sciences - LIPI, Indonesia

GOUTAM NARAYAN | Ecosystems India, India

GRAHAM KERLEY | Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa

HANNAH KHWAJA | Chester Zoo, UK

HARIYAWAN AGUNG WAHYUDI | Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark

JAIME GONGORA | University of Sydney, Australia

JEAN-PIERRE D'HUART | Conservation Consultancy Services SPRL, Belgium

Primary expertise: Ecology and conservation of giant forest hogs and warthogs

JEFF HOLLAND | Los Angeles Zoo, USA

JOSEPH FORYS |  Audubon Institute, USA

Primary expertise: Babirusa management and conservation

JUN NAKATANI | National Agriculture and Food Research Organisation, Japan

LAURENT FRANTZ | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany & Queen Mary University of London, UK

Primary expertise: Genetics, taxonomy

LIDIA PRZYBYLSKA | Wroclaw Zoo, Poland

LUCIA LASTIMOZA | West Visayas State University, Philippines

LYNN CLAYTON | Indonesia

MARKUS HANDSCHUH | Germany

MARIO MELLETTI | African Buffalo Interest Group

Primary expertise: Mammal ecology, surveys, animal behaviour, conservation ecology

MARTIN GROENEN | Wageningen University, Netherlands

MARTIN RAMIREZ | Woodland Park Zoo, USA; AZA Wild Pig, Peccary & Hippo Taxon Advisory Group Chair

MASSIMO SCANDURA | University of Sassari, Italy

MATHIEU SARASA | BEOPS, France

Primary expertise: Wildlife monitoring, conservation status, parasitism, animal behaviour and species interactions

MATTHEW WARD | Talarak Foundation Inc., Philippines

Primary expertise: Reintroduction, ecology and human-wildlife impact of Visayan warty pigs

MATTHEW LUSKIN | University of California Berkeley, USA

MICHAEL SOMERS | University of Pretoria, South Africa

NAOMI LEVIN | Utah University, USA

OLIVER KEULING | Institute for Terrestrial & Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany

Primary expertise: Biology of wild boar Sus scrofa in Central Europe, wildlife management, monitoring

PARAG JYOTI DEKA | Ecosystems India, India

RALF LOHE | Germany

Primary expertise: Sustainable use, human-wildlife conflict

REBECCA CUDDAHEE | Duke University, USA

RESIT SOZER | Cikananga Integrated Conservation Foundation, Indonesia

ROLAND WIRTH | ZGAP, Germany

SANDRA BLOME | Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health. Germany

Primary expertise: Transboundary pig diseases, experimental studies with wild suids under high-containment conditions, vaccination including bait vaccination of wildlife

SHUNJO TAKAHASHI | University of Nara, Japan

SIEW TE WONG | Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Society, Malaysia

STEFANO FOCARDI | CNR-Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, Sezione di Firenze, Italy

Primary expertise: Behaviour and ecology of large mammals with special reference to wild boar, fallow deer and roe deer; mathematical modelling of wild population dynamics; movement ecology with special relevance to Levy walks; statistical analysis (Montecarlo similuations, circular statistics, structural equation modelling); management of wildlife populations (quotas, adaptive management theory, population assessment)

THOMAS M. BUTYNSKI | East Africa Primate Diversity & Conservation Program

Primary expertise: Biogeography, taxonomy, evolution, ecology, and behaviour of warthogs

UMBERTO ALBARELLA | University of Sheffield, UK

VINCENT OBANDA | Kenya Wildlife Service, Kenya

WILLIAM ROBICHAUD | Lao PDR

YASIN UCARLI | Artvin Coruh University, Turkey

YUDI IRAWAN | Javan Species Recovery Programme (Chester Zoo), Indonesia

YUUJI KODERA | Utsunomiya University, Japan

YVONNE DE JONG | East Africa Primate Diversity & Conservation Program & Lolldaiga Hills Research Programme, Kenya

Primary expertise: Biogeography and conservation of warthogs

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