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Tamás Marghescu (born 9 November 1958 in Paris, France) is a German-Hungarian national. He is currently the Director General of the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC). His career to date includes experience within the FAO and IUCN.

Education
In 1984, Tamás Marghescu graduated from the Forestry Science Faculty of the Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg, Germany, with a Masters in Forestry Sciences.

Early career
He served as a junior forestry officer in the Bavarian Forestry Service in Germany, mainly in the alpine region at the borders of Austria and Germany, between 1985 - 1988.

In 1988, as a German associate professional officer, he began work in the operations division of the Forestry Department in the Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
In 1990, he was transferred to the FAO Regional Office in Bangkok/Thailand to support the field operations in the FAO Asia Pacific Region. He was responsible for the execution of a UNDP funded rural development project in the central North of Thailand (Khao Kho, Petchabun Province).

Hungarian Ministry of Environment
Tamás was sent by the German Government to Hungary, as a high-level expert adviser. He occupied the post of Special Adviser to the Hungarian Minister of Environment for 6 years until the end of 2001.

International Union for Conservation of Nature
In 2002, Tamás was appointed as Regional Director for Pan-Europe of IUCN. He served as the Permanent Representative of IUCN to the European Union and ran the Representation in Brussels, succeeding in putting "IUCN on the map of Europe".

International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation
Tamás Marghescu is currently the Director General of the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC), a post he has occupied since 2010.

Sailing to Barcelona
During his time at IUCN, he was involved in developing the 'sailing to Barcelona' initiative.

His vision
In 2008 Tamás Marghescu gave an extensive interview to 3Sat on his vision "Nature gets a price". A video was produced by 3Sat on this vision, in which Tamás Maghescu explains how people should be paying to use nature. By putting a price on nature, Tamás Marghescu claims that

Selected Publications to date
1988
 * T. Marghescu: "100 Jahre Bayerische Forstschule Lohr a. Main im Spiegel der Zeit- und Forstgeschichte." Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten, Lohr a. Main, 1988 (Manuskript, 80 Seiten, Deutsch), darauf basierend Festschrift ”100 Jahre Bayerische Forstschule” herausgegeben durch das Bayerische Staatsministerium für Ernährung Landwirtschaft und Forsten unter Mitarbeit der Bayerischen Forstschule Lohr a. Main, München, 1988 (55 pages, German).

1990
 * T. Marghescu: "Study Tour to Selected European Countries." Food and Agriculture Organzation of the United Nations Field Document publication FAO/FO: DP/THA/88/017 FD No. 3, Rome, 1990 (46 pages, English).

1993
 * T. Marghescu: "Agroforestry Programme Development and Implementation." Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Field Document publication FAO/FO: DP/THA/88/017 FD No. 8, Bangkok, 1993 (78 pages, English).


 * T. Marghescu: "Site-Type Mapping and Species Matching." Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Occasional Paper publication FAO/FO: DP/THA/88/017 Occasional Paper No. 1, Bangkok, 1993 (36 pages, English and Thai).

1994
 * T. Marghescu: “Report on Agroforestry Consultancy Mission (15 January to 14 March 1994) to project THA/88/017” containing the review on forest plantation and forest nursery programmes, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 1994 (10 pages plus annexes, English).


 * T. Marghescu: "Safeguarding Forest Resources during the Transition to a Market Economy." Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 1994 (UNASYLVA Vol. 45 No. 179, Rome 1994/4, pages 32-33, English, Spanish, French).

1995
 * T. Marghescu: "Development of a National Watershed Management Programme." Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations publication, Rome, 1996 (TFAP Technical Briefing Note, 41 pages, English, French, Spanish).

1996
 * T. Marghescu: “The State of Forestry Extension in Latvia” prepared for the Forest Resources Division/Forestry Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 1996 (8 pages, English). Cited in


 * T. Marghescu: “The State of Forestry Extension in Poland” prepared for the Forest Resources Division/Forestry Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 1996 (11 pages, English).


 * T. Marghescu: “The Khao Kho Story: Reclaiming the Barren Hills of Thailand’s Central Highlands.” Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific publication series RAP: 1996/27, Bangkok, 1996 ( 32 pages, English).


 * T. Marghescu: ”Forestry Extension in Countries of Central and Eastern Europe” in proceedings of IUFRO Extension Working Party (S6.06-03) Symposium: ”Approaches to Extension in Forestry ‘experiences and future developments’ ” Freising, Germany, 1996 (pages 83-92, English).

1997
 * T. Marghescu, J. Anderson et al: ”Issues and Opportunities in the Evolution of Private Forestry and Forestry Extension in several Countries with Economies in Transition in Central and Eastern Europe” Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 1997 (163 pages, English).

2001
 * Marghescu, T. (ed.): “Nature Conservation in Private Forests of Selected CEE Countries”. IUCN, Tilburg, The Netherlands (ii + 33 pp, English).

2002
 * T. Marghescu: “Restoration of Degraded Forest Land in Thailand: the Case of Khao Kho.” Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, 2001 (UNASYLVA Vol. 52 No. 207, Rome 2001/4, pages 52-55, English, Spanish, French).

2004
 * T. Marghescu: “Importance of Ecological Corridors and Networks – Towards a Global Ecological Network” in publication series of the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation N0. 102/2004: “Perspectives of the Green Belt” Chances for an Ecological Network from the Barents Sea to the Adriatic Sea?” pages 66 – 68, English.

2008
 * T. Marghescu, 2008: “IUCN- Back to its Roots”, strategic reflection at the occasion of IUCN’s 60th birthday, 4 pages, English.

2009
 * C. Otero ed., T.Marghescu et al, 2009: “Creating the Future of the Countryside, The European Estate”, Friends of the Countryside, pages 24 - 26, English.