Participating Countries

Up to date, a total of 35 countries have nominated their national focal points to EUFGIS.

National Focal Points

Austria
Heino Konrad
Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape

Belgium
Bart De Cuyper
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dalibor Balian
Šumarski Fakultet u Sarajevu
University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Forestry

Bulgaria
Ivanova Denitsa Pandeva
State Forestry Agency

Croatia
Mladen Ivankovic
Forest Research Institute, Jastrebarsko
Dept of Tree Breeding and Forest Seed Husnabdry

Czech Republic
Josef Frýdl
Forestry and Game Management Research Institute (FGMRI)

Denmark
Ditte Christina Olrik
Tree Improvement Station
Danish Forest and Nature Agency

Estonia
Tiit Maaten
Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering
Estonian University of Life Sciences

Finland
Leena Yrjänä
Metla
Vantaa Research Unit

France
Eric Collin
CEMAGREF
U.R. Ecosystème Forestiers

Georgia
Merab Machavariani
International Relations and Projects Unit
Vasil Gulisahvili Forest Institute

Germany
Michaela Haverkamp
Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE)

Greece
Paraskevi Alizoti
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Faculty of Forestry and Natural Environment

Hungary
Sándor Bordács
Central Agricultural Office
Department of Forest and Biomass Reproductive Material

Iceland
Thröstur Eysteinsson
Iceland Forest Service
Midvangi 2-4

Ireland
Cathal Ryan
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Food

Italy
Federico Vessella
DAF Università degli Studi della Tuscia Viterbo

Latvia
Inga Zarina
LVMI Silava

Lithuania
Remigijus Bakys
Forest Genetic Resources, Seed and Plant Service

Luxembourg
Claude Parini
Administration des Eaux et Forets

FYR Macedonia
Vlatko Andonovski
Forestry Institute

Moldova
Dragos Postolache
Geobotany Department, Botanical Garden (Institute)
Academy of Sciences of Moldova

Norway
Arne Steffenrem
Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute

Poland
Czesław Kozioł
Forest Gene Bank

Portugal
Maria Carolina Varela
INRB - Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biológicos

Romania
Gheorghe Parnuta
Forest Tree Breeding and Genetics Lab
Forest Research and Management Institute (ICAS)

Serbia
Andrej Pilipović
Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment

Slovakia
Dagmar Bednarova
National Forest Centre – NLC, Control of Forest Reproductive Material

Slovenia
Marjana Westergren (2008-2009 Andrej Verlič)
Slovenian Forestry Institute

Spain
Eduardo Notivol Paino
C.I.T.A. - Government of Aragon
Agricultural Research and Technology Center - Forest Resources Unit

Sweden
Sanna Black-Samuelsson
Swedish Forest Agency

The Netherlands
Sven M.G. de Vries
Centre for Genetic Resources the Netherlands, Wageningen University and Research Centre c/o ALTERRA

Turkey
Hikmet Öztürk
Forest Trees Seed and Tree Breeding Research Directorate

Ukraine
Roman T. Volosyanchuk
Laboratory of Forest Tree Breeding
Ukrainian Research Institute of Forestry and Forest Melioration

United Kingdom
Cathleen Baldwin
Forest Research, Northern Research Station

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