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Organisation and Management
A Management Committee (MC) includes ing the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, WG coordinators and representatives appointed by the Signatories of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
The MC elected a Chairperson and a Vice-Chairperson who are responsible for coordinating activities and ensuring that the Action direction meets the overall objectives.
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| Chairman Robert Jandl Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW) Seckendorff Gudent Weg 8, A-1131 Vienna, Austria Phone: +43 1 87838 1302, Fax: +43 1 87838 1250 E-Mail:robert.jandl@bfw.gv.at | Vice Chairman Mats Olsson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) Arrheniusplan 8, Box 7001, 750 07 UPPSALA, Sweden Phone: +46 (0) 18-672213 E-Mail: Mats.Olsson@sml.slu.se |
Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and WG coordinators form a Steering Committee to ensure collaboration between WGs and other national and international research groups.
Each Working Group has elected a Coordinator and a Deputy, who take responsibility for the progress and the quality of the work within the WG. The Chair, Vice-Chair and WG coordinators, together with advisors representing end users, will form the steering committee.
| Working Group 1 |
Chair Frank Hagedorn Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland Phone: + 41 1 7392 463 E-Mail:frank.hagedorn@wsl.ch | Vice Chair: Ken Byrne Centre for Hydrology, Micrometeorology and Climate Change Dpt. of Civil & Environmental Engineering University College Cork, Cork, Ireland Phone: + 353 21 4903025 Fax: 00 353 21 4276648 E-Mail: k.byrne@ucc.ie |
| Working Group 2 |
Chair: Lars Vesterdal Forest & Landscape University of Copenhagen Hørsholm Kongevej 11, DK-2970 Hørsholm, Denmark Phone: +45 35281672 E-Mail: lv@life.ku.dk | Vice Chair: Jens Leifeld Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART Air Pollution / Climate Group Reckenholzstrasse 191, CH-8046 Zurich Phone: +41 (0)44 3777 510 Fax: +41 (0)44 3777 201 Email: jens.leifeld@art.admin.ch |
| Working Group 3 |
Chair Jukka Alm The Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA) Joensuu Research Unit PL 68, 80101 Joensuu Phone: +358 10 211 3107 E-Mail: jukka.alm@metla.fi | Vice Chair: Marcel van Oijen Head of section Biosystems Dynamics CEH-Edinburgh, Bush Estate, Penicuik EH26 0QB, United Kingdom Phone: + 44 131 445 8567 Fax: + 44 131 445 3943 E-Mail: mvano@ceh.ac.uk |
| Working Group 4 |
Chair Zoltán Somogyi Hungarian Forest Research Institute (ERTI) Frankel L. u. 42-44. Budapest, H-1023 Hungary Phone: +36-1-438-5870 E-Mail: som9013@helka.iif.hu | Vice Chair: Alexandra Freudenschuss Terrestrial Ecology Umweltbundesamt Phone: +43 1 31304 3691 FAX: +43 1 31304 3533 alexandra.freudenschuss@umweltbundesamt.at |
The MC has nominated national delegates who form the members of the COST Action.
The table can be sorted by country, name and working group.
 | The COST Action is supported by the International Union of Forest Research Institution (IUFRO) |