Advisory Committee

GLOBAL GEOPARKS NETWORK
ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Members

Country	Name of the GGN National Forum / Committee	GGN Advisory Committee Members
Austria	Austrian National 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	National Committee for the Geoparks in France	Pagès Jean-Simon
Germany	German Geoparks Forum	Escher Hartmut
Greece	Hellenic Geoparks Forum	Charalampos Fassoulas
Hungary	Hungarian Geopark Committee	Korbély Barnabás
Iceland	Icelandic Geoparks Committee	Sigurður Sigursveinsson
Indonesia	Indonesian Geoparks Forum	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 Geopark Committee	Setsuya Nakada
Luxembourg	Representative of Mëllerdall UGGp	Kausch Birgit
Malaysia	Representative of Langkawi UGGp	Azmil Munif Mohd Bukhari
Mexico	Mixteca Alta, Oaxaca UGGp Comarca Minera, Hidalgo 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	Coordination Committee of the Portuguese Network of UNESCO Global Geoparks	Joana Rodrigues
Republic of Korea	Korean National Geoparks Network	Soojae Lee
Romania	Romanian National UNESCO Global Geoparks Forum	Αlexandru Andrasanu
Russian Federation	Representative of Yangan Tau UGGp	Ildar Sadykov
Serbia	Representative of 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
Sweeden	Representative of Platåbergen UGGp	Bergengren Anna
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
Morocco	AUGGN	ACHBAL Driss
United Kingdom	United Kingdom (EGN)	BORDER Melanie
Canada	Canada (CGN)	CALDER John
Germany	Ind. Member	FREY Marie - Luise
Japan	APGN	FURUSAWA Kana
Portugal	EGN	SÁ Artur
P.R. China	APGN	ZHANG Jianping
UNESCO	UNESCO Global Geoparks Secretariat	VANDENBERGHE Kristof

Observers: Regional Networks Coordinators

Country	Position	Name
P.R. China	APGN Coordinator	JIN Xiaochi
Malaysia Japan	APGN Vice Coordinators	KOMOO Ibrahim FURUSAWA Kana
France	EGN Coordinator	JUSTICE Sophie
Greece	EGN Vice-Coordinator	FASSOULAS Charalampos