Advisory Committee

GLOBAL GEOPARKS NETWORK
ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Chair: Setsuya Nakada, Japan
Vice Chair: Elizabeth Silva, Portugal

Members

Country	Name of the GGN National Forum / Committee	GGN Advisory Committee Members
Austria	Austrian Geoparks Fora	Gulas Oliver
Belgium	Representative of Famenne-Ardenne UGGp	Petit Alain
Brazil	Representative of Araripe UGGp	Maria Edenilce Peixoto Batista
Canada	Canadian Geoparks Network	Gamble Sarah
Chile	Kütralkura UGGp	Herrera Patricia Isabel
China	Chinese Geoparks Network	Zheng Yuanyuan
Croatia	National Committee on UNESCO Global Geoparks in the Republic of Croatia	Pavic Goran
Cyprus	Representative of Troodos UGGp	Efthimios Tsiolakis
Czech Republic	National Geoparks Council of Czech Republic	Martina Paskova
Denmark	Odsherred UGGp & Vestjylland UGGp	Walløe Hansen Jakob
Ecuador	Ecuadorian Geoparks Committee	Merizalde Carlos
Finland	Finnish Geoparks Forum	Vesa Krökki
France	French Geoparks Committee	Pagès Jean-Simon
Germany	German Geoparks Forum	Escher Hartmut
Greece	Hellenic Geoparks Forum	Charalampos Fassoulas
Hungary	Hungarian Geopark Committee	Korbély Barnabás
Iceland	Icelandic Geoparks Forum	Sigurður Sigursveinsson
Indonesia	Indonesian Geoparks Committee	Martono Budi
Iran	Representative of Qeshm Island UGGp	Amrikazemi Alireza
Ireland	Irish UNESCO Global Geoparks Committee	Clare Glanville
Italy	Italian Geoparks Committee	Aniello Aloia
Japan	Japan Geoparks Committee	Setsuya Nakada
Malaysia	Representative of Langkawi UGGp	Azmil Munif Mohd Bukhari
Mexico	Mixteca Alta, Oaxaca UGGp	Palacio Jose Luis
Morocco	Representative of M’Goun UGGp	Achbal Driss
Netherlands	Netherlands Forum for UNESCO Global Geoparks	Gretha Roelfs
Nicaragua	Representative of Rio Coco UGGp	Bueno De Frutos Monica
Norway	Norwegian National Committee for Geoheritage and Geoparks	Pål Thjømøe
Peru	Colca y Volcanes de Andagua UGGp	Joaquin Yammil Ramirez Angulo
Poland	Representative of Polish Geoparks	Michał Poros
Portugal	Portuguese National Fora	Silva Elizabeth
Republic of Korea	Korean National Geoparks Network	Soojae Lee
Romania	Representative of Hateg UGGp	Αlexandru Andrasanu
Russian Federation	Representative of Yangan Tau UGGp	Ildar Sadykov
Serbia	Djerdap UGGp	Jovana Marinkovic
Slovakia	Representative of Novohrad-Nógrád UGGp	Balázs György
Slovenia	Slovenian Geoparks Forum	Suzana Fajmut Šrtucl
Spain	Spanish Geoparks Forum	BARRERA Jose Maria
Tanzania	Representative of Ngorongoro Lengai UGGp	Joshua Mwankunda
Thailand	Representative of Satun UGGp	Narongrit Thungprue
Turkey	Representative of Kula - Salihli UGGp	Tuncer Demir
United Kingdom	UK Committee for UNESCO Global Geoparks	Kirstin Lemon
Uruguay	Representative of Grutas del Palacio UGGp	Eugenio Bidondo
Viet Nam	Vietnam Geoparks Network VGN	Tan Van Tran

OBSERVERS: Τhe GGN Executive Board

Country	Position	Name
Greece	President	ZOUROS Nickolas
P.R. China	Vice - President	JIN Xiaochi
Malaysia	Vice - President	KOMOO Ibrahim
France	General Secretary	MARTINI Guy
Norway	Treasurer	RANGNES Kristin
United Kingdom	EGN	BORDER Melanie
Canada	N. America	CALDER John
Italy	EGN	BURLANDO Maurizio
Germany	Ind. Member	FREY Marie - Luise
Brazil	L. America	MELO Patricio
Morocco	Africa	ACHBAL Driss
Japan	APGN	WATANABE Mahito
P.R. China	APGN	ZHANG Jianping
UNESCO	IGGP Secretariat	VANDENBERGHE Kristof

Observers: Regional Networks Coordinators

Country	Position	Name
Malaysia	APGN Coordinator	KOMOO Ibrahim
P.R. China	APGN Coordinator	JIN Xiaochi
Greece	EGN Coordinator	ZOUROS Nickolas
Norway	EGN Vice-Coordinator	RANGNES Kristin