The GFBI currently is comprised of over 100 individuals and organizations, and is managed by a core group of scientists (GFB Steering Committee) responsible for the GFB Data Center (GFB-DC) and for facilitating data management.
GFBI Steering Committee
Giorgio Alberti
Associate Professor in Silviculture and Forest Management, Di4A - Department of Agri-Food, Animal and Environmental Sciences, University of Udine
Sergio de Miguel
Departament de Producció Vegetal i Ciència Forestal, Universitat de Lleida-Agrotecnio Center (UdL-Agrotecnio)
Javier G.P. Gamarra
Forestry Department,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy
Bruno Hérault
Cirad, UMR EcoFoG (AgroParisTech, CNRS, INRA, Université des Antilles, Université de la Guyane), Kourou, French Guiana.
Alain Paquette
International Diversity Experiment Network with Trees (IDENT), Centre d'étude de la forêt (CEF), Université du Québec à Montréal
Nicolas Picard
website
Forestry Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy
Hans Pretzsch
Chair for Forest Growth and Yield Science, Faculty of Forest Science and Resource Management, Technische Universität München
Susan Wiser
website
Landcare Research, New Zealand
GFBI Members
Prof Giorgio Alberti
Silviculture and Forest Management, Di4A - Department of Agri-Food, Animal and Environmental Sciences, University of Udine, Italy
Dr Angelica M Almeyda Zambrano
Assistant Professor, Department of Tourism, Recreation and Sport Management, University of Florida, USA
Dr Patricia Alvarez-Loayza
Center for Tropical Conservation, Duke University, NC 27705, USA
The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Prof Christian Ammer
Department of Silviculure and Forest Ecology of the Temperate Zones; University of Göttingen, Germany
Dr Valerio Avitabile
European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Bio-Economy Unit, Via E. Fermi 2749, I-21027 Ispra (VA), Italy; Centre for Geo-Information and Remote Sensing, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 3, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
Dr Clara Antón-Fernández
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Po. Box 115, NO-1431 Ås, Norway
Mr Radomir Balazy
Forest Research Institute, Braci Lesnej 3 Street, Sekocin Stary, 05-090 Raszyn, Poland
Prof Christopher B Barrett
College of Business, Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management, Department of Economics, and Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Cornell University, USA
Dr Mahmoud Bayat
Forest Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran
Prof Matthew G Betts
Forest Biodiversity Network, Dept. of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, USA
Mr Luca Birigazzi
Forestry Department, Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, 00153
Dr Philippe Birnbaum
CIRAD, UMR 51 AMAP, F-34398 Montpellier, France; Institut Agronomique n eo-Cal edonien (IAC), BP. A5, 98848, Noum ea, New Caledonia
Dr Robert Bitariho
Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda
Prof Sonké Bonaventure
Plant Systematic and Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Higher Teachers' Training College, University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 047 Yaounde, Cameroon
Prof Frans Bongers
Wageningen University & Research, Department of Environmental Sciences, PO Box 47, 6700AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
Dr Zbigniew Borowski
Forest Research Institute, Braci Lesnej 3 Street, Sekocin Stary, 05-090 Raszyn, Poland
Dr Michal Bosela
Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, T.G. Masaryka 24, 96001 Zvolen
Prof Pedro HS Brancalion
Department of Forest Sciences, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo