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Tamás Marghescu (born 9 November 1958 in Paris, France) is currently the Director General of the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC). Before assuming this position, he also sepnt time with the | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the | International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). He has been involved with a number of projects to date, including the “Khao Kho Story: Reclaiming the Barren Hills of Thailand’s Central Highlands”, 'sailing to Barcelona' initiative , and Countdown 2010.

When refering to the official opening of the Hoge Kempen National Park, Belgium, Tamás Marghescu, then director of the European office of IUCN, spoke of nature in that part of the world as being scarce and that "every square metre of land has enormous economic value.” Tamás Marghescu feels strongly about the importance of putting a price on nature, as is evident in a video from Frebruary 2008 entitled Wir müssen Natur bezahlen?. During the 2009 EUROPARC Federation conference in Strömstad, Sweden, Tamás Marghescu described the economic valuation of nature, in other words working out what nature is worth, as one of the intriguing opportunities which the future holds.

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
Between 1985 and 1988, Tamás 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.

In 1988, as a German associate professional officer, he began work in the operations division of the Forestry Department in the Headquarters of the 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
In 1995, 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.

In 1997, at the occassion of the 11th World Forestry Congress, Tamás Marghescu stressed the importance of teaching people to be able "to live with forests." This is a problem which he had previously identified during his time with FAO, while overseeing the rural development project in Khao Kho, Petchabun Province, Thailand. He is quoted as saying "to officialdom replanting, protection of the environment, is top priority. But to local poor it is to eat, to stay alive." (Bangkok Post, Monday July 12, 1993)

International Union for Conservation of Nature
In 2002, Tamás was appointed as Regional Director for 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".

During the forest fires raging across regions of Greece in 2007, Tamás Marghescu is quoted as saying that "what's very important is that it's not just restoration of the ecosystem, but of ecosystem services important for human beings."

At the occassion of the IUCN World Conservation Congress in 2008 in Barcelona, Spain, Tamás stated "that the world is not going in a sustainable direction, and we need a new paradigm of sustainability" He further underlined what he had previously highlighted during the forest fires in Greece in 2007, that the solution could reside in the adequate valuation of services (ecosystem services) provided to humanity by natural resources.

On 29 September 2006, during a special ceremony at the then new Ramsar site Nyirkai-Hany, part of the Fertö-Hanság National Park in Hungary, Tamás Marghescu along with His Excellency Miklós Persány, the then Hungarian Minister for Environment and Water Management signed the 'Countdown 2010 Declaration'. The aim of this declaration was "to contribute to the UN millennium target to halt or significantly reduce the current rate of biodiversity loss by the year 2010."

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.

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.