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​Associate professor at the UB Faculty of Forestry. Her research interests are in forest ecosystem restoration in degraded environments, ecosystem services of protective forest belts in agroforestry systems as well as wind erosion control. She was included in many research projects, and projects regarding design and implementation of protective forest belts and she is an author of students’ textbook “Protective Forest Belts”.

Professional profiles:

• Sara Lukić’s profile on SFB website
• Sara Lukić’s ORCID page
• Sara Lukić’s LinkedIn profile
• sara.lukic@sfb.bg.ac.rs

Aleksandar Baumgertel is a teaching assistant at the University Of Belgrade Faculty of Forestry – Department for Ecological Engineering in Soil and Water Resources Protection. His research fields are: Shelterbelts/Windbreaks as agroforestry practice – ecosystem services, wind speed reduction, carbon sequestration, Afforestation – planting methods, effects on soil properties, carbon sequestration.

Professional profiles:

• Aleksandar Baumgertel’s LinkedIn profile
• Aleksandar Baumgertel’s ORCID page
• aleksandar.baumgertel@sfb.bg.ac.rs

​Associate professor at the Faculty of Forestry University of Belgrade, Serbia. She has PhD in forestry science. Her interests are air pollution and forests ecosystems, restoration ecology, biodiversity, and agroforestry. She participates and coordinates several projects related to ecological restoration, biodiversity and soil pollution. She has practical skills for data processing in GIS software (ArcGIS, SAGA, QGIS), statistical application (Statgraphics, R) and software for technical documentation (AutoCAD).

Professional profiles:

• Jelena Beloica’s profile at the University of Belgrade’s Faculty of Physics
• Jelena Beloica’s profile on the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification website
• jelena.beloica@sfb.bg.ac.rs
• jelena.beloica@yahoo.com

Full professor at the Faculty of Forestry, UB. She has PhD in biotechnical sciences. She is a full professor from 2017. She has been a manager for few projects. She attended postdoctoral training at The James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen (Scotland). Her research is focused on soil quality, land reclamation, environmental protection and soil erosion and conservation.

Professional profiles:

• Snežana Belanović Simić’s profile on SFB website
• Snežana Belanović Simić’s ORCID page
• snezana.belanovic@sfb.bg.ac.rs

​Full professor of Forest Economics, Bioeconomy, Forest Policy and Trade and Marketing of Wood and other forest products engaged at the courses of different levels BSc, MSc and PhD. Dr. Keča has experience in socio economics science and bio-economy (University of Aberdeen, UK and University of Aas, Norway) and as Professor in FOPER International Master Course (2005-2010) (EFI).

Participated in numerous projects/organizations under the H2020, COST, Erasmus+, IUFRO, FAO, UNDP, Reviewer in numerous scientific journals, officeholder of IUFRO Group 4.05.04, founder of CETM (https://www.researchgate.net/lab/Ljiljana-Keca-Lab-CETM-Ljiljana-Keca). Published over 160 scientific articles, and author of 4 university books.

Professional profiles:

• Ljiljana Keca’s ResearchGate profile
• Ljiljana Keca’s profile at the University of Belgrade’s Faculty of Physics
• Ljiljana Keca’s ORCID page
• ljiljana.keca@sfb.bg.ac.rs

​Teaching assistant at the Faculty of Forestry, UB. He has PhD in biotehcnical sciences. His interests are in soil and water resources protection, soil erosion, and soil and sediment quality. He was included in many projects, mostly regarding soil quality. Skilled in GIS applictions.

Professional profiles:

• Predrag Miljković’s LinkedIn profile
• Predrag Miljković’s profile on SFB website
• predrag.miljkovic@sfb.bg.ac.rs

​MSc Milica Caković is a researcher associate at Faculty of Forestry University of Belgrade (Department of Ecological Engineering in Soil and Water Resources Protection). She is a PhD student and her thesis is devoted to the analysis of diffuse water pollution, heavy metals in soil, and ecological revitalization. Skilled in GIS applications.

Professional profiles:

• Milica Caković’s LinkedIn profile
• Milica Caković’s ORCID profile
• Milica Caković’s profile on ResearchGate
• milica.cakovic@sfb.bg.ac.rs

​Junior Researcher at the Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade. He has a master’s degree in Forestry. His interests are in using remote sensing in the process of analyzing the state and quality of soil and water resources in order to prevent land degradation. His technical and software skills include knowledge using the GIS software package, ArcMAP, and AutoCAD.

Professional profiles:

• Stefan Miletić’s ResearchGate profile
• stefan.miletic@sfb.bg.ac.rs

Junior Researcher at the Faculty of Forestry, UB. She has a master’s thesis in the field of heavy metal contamination of soil and plants. Her interests are in environmental protection, especially of soils and plants. She is at the beginning of research work on her PhD thesis.

Professional profiles:

• Angelina Novaković’s ResearchGate profile
• angelina.novakovic@sfb.bg.ac.rs

Associate in higher education and PhD student at University of Belgrade – Faculty of Forestry. She has a degree in economics and her field of research is applied economics, bio-economy and social science in forestry.

Professional profiles:

• Milica Marceta’s profile on ResearchGate
• Milica Marceta’s profile on SFB website
• milica.marceta@sfb.bg.ac.rs

Assoc Professor at the Faculty of Forestry, University of Forestry – Sofia.

Teaching courses: Agroforestry systems, Stands Again Hazards (Master degree), Seeds and Nursery Production and Forestations, Agroforestry (Bachelor degree).

DSc thesis: Potential for adaptation of Douglas-fir and Common beech provenances to climate change

Research interests: Forest seed production, forest nurseries, establishment of forest plantations, introduction of tree species, provenance tests, agroforestry, invasive tree species

Projects – 21 projects, 2 of which have been international

Professional profiles:

• Krasimira Nikolova Petkova’s profile on LTU website
• kpet@abv.bg
• kpetkova@ltu.bg

Head of the Department of Silviculture, University of Forestry – Sofia. Teaching courses: Silviculture (bachelor); World forestry (master degree);

PhD Thesis: Investigation on ecology and management of mixed fir-spruce-beech forest in Rila an Rhodopеs mountains.

Research interests: Silvicultural systems; Sustainable land management; World forestry

Participant and manager of several dozen projects with national and international financing

Professional profiles:

• Georgi Kostov’s profile on LTU website
• doc_georgi_kostov@abv.bg

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Forestry, University of Forestry, Sofia. He has PhD in forest plantation, breeding and seed production. He has been an associate professor since 2005. His interests are in seed production, nursery production and afforestation. He participated in projects on the problems of plant propagation, clonal orchards, nursery production and afforestation.

Professional profiles:

• Nasko Aleksandrov Iliev’s profile on LTU website
• ilievnasko@abv.bg
• anaskoiliev@ltu.bg

Teaching Associate Professor at the Faculty of Agronomy, UF. She has PhD in Agricultural sciences (Horticulture). She leads lectures on the different courses: “Vegetable Growing” (BSc program in Agronomy and Plant Protection); “Mushroom Growing” (BSc program in Agronomy and Plant Protection); “Fundamentals of Organic Agriculture” (BSc program in Agronomy and Plant Protection); “Regenerative horticulture” (MSc program in Regenerative Agriculture); etc., and a module of Agroforestry systems (MSc program in Forestry)

Her interests are for mulching, composting and other practices and technologies for Organic production. She was included in 12 scientific projects and 6 educational projects, 3 of which are “Erasmus +”.

Professional profiles:

• Milena Yordanova’s ResearchGate profile
• Milena Hristova Yordanova’s profile on LTU website
• yordanova_m@yahoo.com
• myordanova@ltu.bg

​Professor of Forest Phytopathology at the Faculty of Ecology and Landscape Architecture, University of Forestry – Sofia. Teaching courses: Forest phytopathology (bachelor degree); Forest protection (master degree); Sustainable land use (master degree); Agroforestry (Master degree).

PhD Thesis: A Study on the Growth and Resistance of Poplar Clones with View to the Possibilities of Early Selection.

Research interests: plant protection (forest phytopathology); wood-destroying and blue-stain fungi; poplars – diseases and pests resistance; monitoring of forest ecosystems; agroforestry; biologicaly active substances.

Participation in 22 research and applied projects.

Professional profiles:

• Sonya Hristova Bencheva’s profile on LTU website
• sbencheva@ltu.bg

​Scientific advisor with expertise in research focused on forestry economics, forest policy, governance, and evaluation of forest ecosystem services. She has experience in leading and participating on number of national and EU funded projects. Her focus is on forest ecosystem services and its resilience under climate change pressures. In this project will be responsible for quality assurance and dissemination work package.

Professional profiles:

• Dijana Vuletić’s LinkedIn profile
• Dijana Vuletić’s profile on IRB
• dijanav@sumins.hr

​Research assistant and EU project manager with experience in applying qualitative, quantitative and mixed method studies in policy and governance analysis, literature analysis, perception studies and forest ecosystem services. She holds doctorate in urban forest governance analysis since 2013. She actively participating at several EU projects and just finished nationally funded project Improving green infrastructure planning and management through participatory mapping of cultural ecosystem services (CULTURES).

Professional profiles:

• Silvija Krajter Ostoic’s LinkedIn profile
• Silvija Krajter Ostoic’s IRB bibliography page
• silvijak@sumins.hr

Is an associate expert at Research Centre for forest ecosystem goods and services „Josip Ressel“, Pazin at the CFRI. He is working on different aspects of sustainable NWFP management with the impact on rural development policies. He also has several years of experience on project management and is a member of European NWFP network. In the frame of COST Action FP1203, he worked on the development of the NWFPs database. Within the H2020 programme he works as a project officer for CFRI on the project INCREdible.

Professional profiles:

• Anton Brenko’s profile on the Sumins website
• Anton Brenko’s publications on IRB
• antonb@sumins.hr

​Research assistant at the Department for International Scientific Cooperation in Southeast Europe – EFISEE. She holds PhD since 2022nd “Quantitative assessment and mapping of perception of cultural ecosystem services and disservices of urban green infrastructure in the city of Zagreb” developed in the scope of project ‘Improving green infrastructure planning and management through participatory mapping of cultural ecosystem services (CULTUR-ES). During her PhD she attended several summer schools and trainings.

Professional profiles:

• Martina Kicic’s LinkedIn profile
• Martina Kicic’s bibliography at IRB
• martinak@sumins.hr

​Assistant professor at the Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Montenegro, His research activities are in forest ecology and forest management. He published more than 80 scientific papers. He is member of the Board for agriculture and forestry of the Montenegrin Academy of Science and Art, Academy of the engineering sciences of Montenegro and is editor in chief of the journal Agriculture and Forestry.

Professional profiles:

• Milic Curovic’s profile on UCG website
• Milic Curovic’s ORCID profile
• Milic Curovic’s profile on ResearchGate
• Milic Curovic’s profile on Scopus
• curovic@ucg.ac.me

​Teaching assistant at the Biotechnical faculty, University of Montenegro. PhD in Forest pathology. Research interest: forest pathology, mycorrhiza, mycology, mountain forests, forest nurseries, biodiversity. Participation and coordination in a FP7 and a HERIC project, international, bilateral projects and COST actions. More than 80 published papers.

Professional profiles:

• Jelena Lazarević’s profile on UCG website
• Email Jelena Lazarević at ena.lazarevic@gmail.com
• enalazarevic@ucg.ac.me

Assistant Professor for Agrochemistry at Biotechnical Faculty, UCG. She has PhD in chemical sciences. Her interests are related to soil-plant system with emphasis on nutrients and phenolic compounds. Skilled in instrumental techniques of chemical analysis. She participated in the implementation of many research and professional projects in the area of soil chemistry and plant nutrition.

Professional profiles:

• Link to Ana Tomašević’s professional profile
• anato@ucg.ac.me

Teaching assistant and PhD student at the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Montenegro. Milena is a teaching assistant at Department of Animal production. Her interests are genetics and genomics of domestic animals. She was participant on many study visits and summer schools. As a young researcher she was engaged in several projects and bilaterals.

Professional profiles:

• Milena Đokić’s profile on University of Montenegro website
• Email Milena Đokić at milena.dj1405@gmail.com
• djokic.m@ucg.ac.me

​Teaching assistant at the Biotechnical faculty, UoM. She’s has PhD in biotechnical sciences. She’s interests are in livestock science, especially ruminant nutrition. She was included in many projects, mostly regarding livestock production.

Professional profiles:

• Profile of Dušanka Radonjić on UCG website
• dradonjic5@gmail.com

Associate professor at the Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences in Osijek, Croatia. He has PhD in soil science. His interests are agroforestry, agroecology, and soil quality. He was, and is, involved in many projects, mostly related to intercropping, soil quality, and soil fertility. Practical skills in statistics (Minitab) and GIS (ArcGIS) applications. (Short professional background of up to 400 characters with spaces)

Professional profiles:

• Vladimir Ivezić’s profile on ResearchGate
• vivezic@fazos.hr

Associated professor at the Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Osijek, Croatia. He has PhD in biotehcnical sciences. His interests are in pig production, organic and free range livestock production, sustainable farming and indigenous pig races. He was included in many projects, mostly regarding sustainable pig production and silvo-pastoral pig production.

Professional profiles:

• Vladimir Margeta’s profile on ResearchGate
• vladimir.margeta@fazos.hr