Coordination

The DSG Secretariat is currently hosted by the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust.

Steering Committee

Global Chair: Richard Hearn, WWT Slimbridge

Regional Coordinator (Africa): Doug Harebottle, Department of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Sol Paatje University, South Africa

Regional Coordinator (Europe): Matthieu Guillemain, Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, France

Regional Coordinator (North Asia): Diana Solovyeva, Institute of Biological Programmes of the North, Russia

We are in the process of appointing Regional Coordinators for Central Asia, SE Asia and Australasia, North America, and South America.

Previous Global Chairs

Jeff Kirby (1996 – 2002)

James Robinson (2002 – 2006)

Karsten Laursen (Seaduck SG, 1989 – 1994)

Stefan Pihl (Seaduck SG, 1994 – 2005)