Daniel Simberloff - University of Tennessee
Daniel Simberloff is the Nancy Gore Hunger Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Tennessee. His publicationscenter on ecology, biogeography, evolution, and conservation biology;many focus on biological invasions. His research projects are on insects, plants, fungi, birds, and mammals. He is editor-in-chief of Biological Invasions andsenior editor of the Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions. He served on the United States National Science Board 2000-2006. In 2006 he was named Eminent Ecologist by the Ecological Society of America, and in 2012 he was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
Fredrik Dahl - Swedish Association for Hunting and Wildlife Management and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Fredrik Dahl has a PhD in Wildlife Ecology from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences(SLU), specializing on population dynamics of medium sized mammals (2005). He made a post-doc at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, 2006-2007. He was the coordinator of SLU's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment - Wildlife Program 2006-2010. In 2008 Fredrik was one of the initiators of the Swedish Raccoon Dog project and have since then been the scientific leader of the project (first the national project(s) and since 2010 for the ongoing international LIFE+ project).
P-A Åhlén - Swedish Association for Hunting and Wildlife Management
P-A Åhlén is a wildlife Biologist and have considerable experience of game management. P-A is the original initiator of the Swedish Raccoon Dog project in 2005 and have since then been the head of management (first for the national project(s) and since 2010 for the ongoing international LIFE+ project).
Craig Elliott - Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Tasmania
Craig Elliott is the Manager of the Invasive Species Branch in the Tasmanian Government with responsibility for invasive species management, assessment and eradication programs in Tasmania. Holding a Bachelor of Science, Craig also has post-graduate qualifications in management and urban and regional planning and is an experienced project and program manager specialising in incident management and regulatory programs in the biosecurity and environmental fields. He has led the design, delivery and review of a wide range of projects and programs for Australian governments involving the development, implementation and administration of new legislation, regulatory compliance and law enforcement, training and emergency incident management in areas such as animal welfare, animal and plant biosecurity, invasive species management and natural resource management. In Craig's current role he is also the Program Manager of the Fox Eradication Program, a long term program of work aiming to ensure the eradication of the European Red Fox from Tasmania.
Craig Shuttleworth- European Squirrel Initiative (ESI)
Craig is on the management committee of the European Squirrel Initiative (ESI). He has worked with landowners and communities across the UK to encourage the control of grey squirrels and restoration of native red squirrel populations. He manages a grey squirrel eradication project on the large island of Anglesey, North Wales, and lives in the mountains of the Snowdonia National Park with his wife and four children.
Jonathan C. Reynolds - Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
Jonathan Reynolds is a senior scientist at the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), where he is responsible for research on mammalian predators, and how they are managed in the practical conservation of game and other wildlife. The complex human dimensions of this subject area have led him to acquire expertise in predator biology, predator-prey relationships, practical techniques for lethal and non-lethal control, animal welfare, and the economics of conservation. During 2002-2012, Jonathan and his small team developed, researched and demonstrated a novel strategy for control of American mink.
Pedro Geraldes - Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA)
Degree in Applied Biology on Animal Resources. Worked as a technician and consultant throughout his carrier for both the private and public sectors as well as several environmental NGOs.In the past few years specialized in seabirds, mostly on habitat recovery and control or eradication of invasive species.Working with SPEA since its inception, was involved in several LIFE projects targeting marine protected areas and habitats. Currently is working in the Cape Verde Islands to recover the threatened local seabird populations and recover their natural habitats.
Ramon Gallo Barneto - Management and Territorial Planning and Environment, GESPLAN, SA. Canary Islands Government
Ramon Gallo is a biologist specializing in Zoology and Environmental Impact Assessment. For over eight years he has been the Head of the Environmental Management. During this period GESPLAN has participated in two LIFE + Project. He is currently Technical Director of the LIFE + Lampropeltis to control the alien invasive species California Kingsnake in Gran Canaria (Spain).
Melanie Josefsson - Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Melanie Josefsson is a Senior Administrative Officer for Invasive Alien Species at the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Stockholm Sweden. After receiving her Ph.d. from Uppsala University, Sweden she has worked at SEPA with IAS, GMO and freshwater research. In 2012 She was a national expert working with IAS at the European Environment Agency, Copenhagen. Melanie Josefsson is a member of the EPPO Expert Panel on IAS, the Bern Conventions Group of Experts and has actively been in engaged in the working groups for the EU IAS Strategy since 2006. She is also a co-coordinators of NOBANIS (European Network on Invasive Alien Species).
Mikko Alhainen - Finnish Wildlife Agency
Mikko has been working with wildlife habitat related projects for Finnish Wildlife Agency. The main work has been the coordination of nationwide Life+ project Return of Rural Wetlands. He has also responsibilities in international work and Flyway management of Taiga Bean Goose.
Dr. PieroGenovesi - Chair IUCN SSC ISSG and Senior Conservation Officer ISPRA (Institute for Environmental Protection and Research), Italy
Piero gained a Masters degree in 1989 and a PhD in 1993 in Animal Ecology at the University of Rome, carrying on research on carnivore ecology.
Since 1996 he has worked with the INFS (Italian Wildlife Institute - the Italian government research institute for conservation), focusing on carnivore conservation and alien species. He has coordinated several research projects (eradication and management of invasive alien species, patterns of invasions of mammals, economics of biological invasions, etc.) and worked closely with the Italian Ministry of Environment and with several international institutions (such as the Council of Europe, the European Commission, and the European Environmental Agency) to develop guidelines and policies on the management of alien species (he is a co-author of the European Strategy on Invasive Alien Species).
In 2000 he was nominated Chair of the European section of IUCN SSC ISSG, and in 2005 appointed Deputy Chair of ISSG. In this capacity he has coordinated many activities on invasive species, providing technical support to States and institutions in the field of invasive alien species management and for the development of policies on the issue.
At present Piero is a senior conservation officer with the ISPRA (Institute for Environmental Research and Protection, created by the Italian Government after the suppression of INFS), where he coordinates the activities on alien species management.
Sugoto Roy - Food and Environment Research Agency
Sugoto Roy (Soggy) is an ecologist focusing on the ecology and management of non-native vertebrates, especially predators, at the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories, England. He completed his Ph. D. at Bristol University, where he researched the management of the introduced small Indian mongoose in the Republic of Mauritius. Since that time he has continued to work on the management of non-native species, in particular carnivores, such as the American mink, small Indian mongoose, and feral cat introduced to island ecosystems.
