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Description
After more than 13 years heading first the Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP) Programme and then its successor, the Science-Policy Programme, Christoph Wildburger steps down from his position as Coordinator of the program. Christoph will now share his extensive expertise and experience in his new role as Senior Advisor and provide strategic advice on science-policy interaction and communication to IUFRO.
To ensure a smooth transition and the continuity of the program and its successful outcomes, the role of Coordinator of the Science-Policy Programme is now assumed by Nelson Grima, who was until end of June Deputy Coordinator of the same program. We wish them both success in their new roles in IUFRO.
Nelson holds a PhD in Social Ecology from the Alpen-Adria University (Austria), a double degree MSc in European Forestry from the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), and two degrees (MSc and BSc) in Forest Engineering from the University of Lleida (Spain). Nelson has a wide experience working in multicultural and multidisciplinary teams and projects. He grew up in Spain and studied and worked in Poland, Mexico, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Switzerland, and the United States.