Species Expert Teams
The BSG is structured into Expert Teams. The purpose of these teams is to focus on particular species or topics. Expert Team members share ideas, brainstorm, and collaborate in a way that they typically wouldn’t outside the structure of the team.
We have 8 Expert Teams focused on species:
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* Brown/grizzly and American black bears
Andean Bear Team:
Andean Bear Expert Team Co-chair
Ximena Velez-Liendo
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Andean Bear Expert Team Co-chair
Russ Van Horn
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North American Bears Team:
North American Bears Expert Team Co-chair
Rich Beausoleil
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North American Bears Expert Team Co-chair
Chris Servheen
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European Brown Bear Team:
European Brown Bear Expert Team Co-Chair
Djuro Huber
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European Brown Bear Expert Team Co-Chair
Jon Swenson
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Asian Brown Bear Team:
Asian Brown Bear Expert Team Co-chair
Michael Proctor
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Asian Brown Bear Expert Team Co-Chair
Stefan Michel
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BSG Red List Authority & Asian Brown Bear Expert Team Co-chair
Bruce McLellan
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Asian Brown Bear Expert Team Deputy Chair
Hüseyin Ambarli
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Asiatic Black Bear Team :
Asiatic Black Bear Expert Team Co-Chair
Matt Hunt
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Asiatic Black Bear Expert Team Co-Chair
Mei-hsiu Hwang
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Asiatic Black Bear Expert Team Co-chair
Elizabeth Davis
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Sloth Bear Team:
Sloth Bear Expert Team Co-Chair
Nishith Dharaiya
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Sloth Bear Expert Team Co-Chair
Thomas Sharp
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Sun Bear Team :
Sun Bear Expert Team Co-Chair
Brian Crudge
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Sun Bear Expert Team Co-Chair
Dusit Ngoprasert
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Giant Panda Team:
Giant Panda Expert Team Co-chair
Ron Swaisgood
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Giant Panda Expert Team Co-chair
Fang Wang
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