The conference is organized by the EDGG and the University of the Basque Country. It is supported by the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS), Basque Government, the Government of Gipuzkoa, the City Council of Tolosa, the University of the Basque Country, the Government of Navarre and Hazi (Public Agency for Rural, Coastal and Food Development).
Local Organizing Committee
Idoia Biurrun, Chair, University of the Basque Country
Asun Berastegi, Gestión Ambiental de Navarra/Universidad Pública de Navarra, guide on the Post-conference excursion
Juan Antonio Campos, University of the Basque Country
Itziar García-Mijangos, University of the Basque Country
Javier Loidi, University of the Basque Country
Denys Vynokurov, University of the Basque Country
Isabel Salcedo, University of the Basque Country
Sara Sánchez, University of the Basque Country
Irati Sanz, University of the Basque Country
EDGG Conference Coordinators
Didem Ambarli, Technical University of Munich
Alla Aleksanyan, Institute of Botany Armenia
Stephen Venn, University of Helsinki
Scientific Committee
Alla Aleksanyan, Armenia
Didem Ambarli, Turkey
Idoia Biurrun, Spain
Iwona Dembicz, Poland
Jürgen Dengler, Switzerland
Anna Kuzemko, Ukraine
Rocco Labadessa, Italy
Peter B. Pearman, Spain
Peter Török, Hungary
Wolfgang Willner, Austria
Stephen Venn, Poland/Finland
Frank Yonghong Li, China
EDGG
The Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (EDGG) was established in August 2008 as the European Dry Grassland Group. Recently it expanded its ecological and geographical scope to cover all types of semi-natural grasslands of the whole Palearctic realm. The EDGG is an official group of the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS, www.iavs.org). Its basic aims are to compile and to distribute information on research in and conservation of natural and semi-natural grasslands beyond national borders, and to stimulate active cooperation among scientists, practitioners and all who work with or are interested in grasslands.
The University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
The University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). In a prosperous region stretching along the Atlantic coast of northern Spain, the people of the Basque Country are the custodians of one of Europe's most ancient languages and cultures. Yet, they not only have a high esteem for tradition, but are also remarkably forward-looking and have established a highly regarded industrial sector. The region's success and scientific and technological progress are underpinned by the University of the Basque Country, a vibrant 30-year-old institution with 45,000 students, 5,000 world-class academic staff and state-of-the-art facilities. Our logo, symbolizing the tree of science, was created by the Basque artist Chillida, motivated by a strong popular movement in the 70s for the creation of the Basque university. Following our motto 'Give and spread knowledge', the University of the Basque Country is an integrating institution, willing to produce knowledge, experience and research, in order to forward them to the general public.
Supporters
Basque Government
International Association of Vegetation Science
University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
Town Council of Tolosa
Gipuzkoa Provincial Council, Department of Environment and Hydraulic Works
Government of Navarre
Hazi
