Bill Mason passed away
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Bill Mason, has passed away unexpectedly over the weekend. Bill has been CCFG Chair for over 10 years and has provided kind and gentle guidance.
In October 2019 Pro Silva Greece elected a new president and secretary.
Dr. Ioannis SPANOS, director researcher at the Forest Research Institute of Thessaloniki (dpt. of Silviculture and Forest Ecology) took over presidency from Nikos Grigoriadis, who takes a sabbatical and travelled to Canada.
Ioannis Spanos allready participated in serveral annual meetings of Pro Silva (Romania, Slovenia).
The new secretary of the Hellenic Forestry Society and ProSilva Greece ist Ioannis Tzatsanis.
We wish a good continued collaboration, espesially with the other mediterranean members Croatia, Italy, Spain and Portugal and also the new members under developement Bosnia, North Macedonia and Kosovo.