Meetings of the Goose Specialist Group

Organising a meeting once every one to two years is the core activity of the Group.

The group started to organize annual meetings in 1995, and has organized the following meetings.

  1. Poland November 1995
    The1st meeting was held in Poland and attended by 70 people from 22 different countries.
  2. Martin Mere, England (UK) December 1996
    The 2nd meeting was held in Martin Mere (England) in December 1996.
  3. Kavarna, Bulgaria February 1998
    The 3rd annual meeting in Kavarna (Bulgaria) from 5-8 February 1998 was attended by 58 people from 17 countries. This meeting focused on Red-breasted Geese and Lesser White-fronted Geese.
  4. Matsushima Bay, JapanMatsushima, Japan January 1999
    The 4th annual meeting was held in January 1999 in Matsushima Bay, Japan to focus on the goose populations from East Asia, and again on the Lesser White-fronted Goose .
    In contrast to the generally thriving goose populations in North America and Europe, the East Asian populations are still low in number.

  5. De Haan, BelgiumDe Haan, Belgium January 2000
    The 5th annual meeting was organised by the Belgian Institute for Nature Conservation in De Haan, Belgium in January 2000.


  6. Roosta, EstoniaRoosta, Estonia April/May 2001
    Our 6th annual meeting was held in Estonia (April/May 2001).
    The proceedings of that conference have been edited by Ian Patterson and printed by the Environmental Protection Institute of the Estonian Agricultural University, and distributed to all participants. A limited number of printed copies is still available.

  7. Coto Doñana, Spain December 2002
    The 7th annual meeting was held from 14–17 December 2002 in the Cota Doñana in southern Spain.
    It focused on Greylag Geese, that numbered 60,000 in the Coto Doñana during the meeting, which was attended by 92 participants from 28 different countries. The other main topic of that conference was the impact of hunting on goose populations.

  8. Odessa, Ukraine March 2004
    The 8th meeting has been held from 5–10 March 2004 in Odessa, Ukraine.
    This meeting was attended by 70 people from 16 different countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine). The focus was on the three goose species that winter along the Black Sea coast; Greater White-fronted Geese, Red-breasted Geese and Greylag Geese.

  9. Sopron, Hungary, November 2005
    The 9th Goose Specialist Group meeting was held from 5-9 November 2005 in Sopron, Hungary.



  10. Group picture XantenXanten, Germany, January 2007
    The 10th meeting has been held from Friday 26 January till Wednesday 31 January 2007 in Xanten, in the famous German Lower Rhine goose wintering area.

  11. Ladakh group pictureLeh, Ladakh, 2008
    The 11th meeting has been held from 22-25 May 2008 in Leh, Ladakh.








  12. Groupicture HölvikenHöllviken, Sweden, October 2009
    The 12th meeting of the Goose Specialist Group on the expanding goose populations and their management, has been held from 9-14 October 2009 in Höllviken, Sweden.


  13. Grpoup picture ElistaElista, Kalmykia (Russian Federation), March 2011
    The 13th meeting of the Goose Specialist group was held in Elista, Kalmykia (Russian Federation)

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  14. Grpoup picture Elista Steinkjer, Norway, April 2012
    The 14th meeting of the Goose Specialist Group (GSG) was held in Steinkjer, Norway from 17 – 21 April 2012






  15. Grpoup picture Elista Arcachon, France, January 2013
    The 15th meeting of the Goose Specialist Group (GSG) was held in the Palace of Congress of Arcachon, France, from 8-11 January 2013