BRIEF PREHISTORY OF PROJECT
The 3rd International Symposium on swans, organized by the International Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Bureau (IWRB) (Wetlands International from 1995), was held in December 1989, in Oxford (UK). The symposium has developed recommendations on structure of the Swans Team (ST) at IWRB. A new ST bureau and coordinators of selected swan species and regions were elected. Dr. Eileen Rees, Dr. C.J. Spray (UK), and Yu.N. Mineyev (USSR) became local coordinators of whooper swan (Gygnus cygnus).
DATES OF IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECT
1991-1996
FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS
Institute of Biology Komi Science Centre RAS (Russia); Zoological Laboratory, Department of Ecology, University of Groningen and Directorate of Nature, Forest, Landscape and Wildlife of Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries (The Netherlands); Ministry of Environment Forest and Nature Agency (Denmark); Wildfowl&Wetlands Trust (UK).
PROJECT CO-ORDINATORS
Dr. Yu.N. Mineyev (Institute of Biology, Russia), Drs. J.H. Beekman (University of Groningen, Netherlands), Dr. P. Andersen-Harild (Ministry of Environment Forest and Nature Agency, Denmark). Drs. Eileen Rees (Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, UK).