Dr. Yannis Kazoglou, BSc-MSc in Agriculture, is Associate Professor at the University of Thessaly, Department of Forestry, Wood Sciences and Design (Karditsa, Greece) since April 2019. He holds a PhD from the Department of Forestry and Natural Environment (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) on the ecology and management of wet grasslands. His main scientific and research interests include the conservation of biodiversity in the Natura 2000 sites, on which he also worked as special advisor of the Deputy Minister of the Environment in 2017-2018. Since 2014, his work emphasizes on appropriate livestock grazing management as means to promote sustainable agroenvironmental practices and effectively connect primary sector activities with nature conservation in rural areas. He has participated in the production of 45 nature management plans and studies and has published more than 50 papers in scientific journals, national and international conferences, as well as articles in collective volumes and books.
