Organization chart

DANIELE AVESANI
Naturalist, hydrobiologist

GIANFRANCO CAODURO
Forester, biospeleologist

DAVID JOHN HOSKING
Geologist, archeologist

GIOVANNI ONORE
Entomologist, marianist friar

CESARE BELLÓ
Entomologist, Company manager

ANDREA CERADINI
Veterinarian, speleologist

GIULIANO LAZZARIN
Forester, botanist

NICOLA ROVETTI
Educator, photographer

Barrientos-Lozano Ludivina
Professor of Zoology, Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Victoria (México).

Daccordi Mauro
Ex-curator of Zoology, Museum of Natural History of Verona and Museum of Natural Sciences of Torino; entomologist, specialist on Coleoptera Crisomelidae.

Guidolin Laura
Professor of Zoogeography, Department of Biology, University of Padova.

Massa Bruno
Professor of Agrarian Entomology and Bodiversity, University of Palermo.

Osella Giuseppe
Professor of Zoology, Director of Department of Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila; specialist on Coleoptera Curculionidae.

Roig Fidel Alejandro
Professor of Dendrochronology, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Argentina) and Universidade de São Paulo (Brasil).

Tretiach Mauro
Professor of Botany, Department of Biology, University of Trieste. President of the Società Lichenologica Italiana.

Casale Achille
Professor of Zoology, Department of Biology and Biological Anthropology, University of Sassari.

Giachino Pier Mauro
Coordinator of the Scientific Committee. Manager of the Phytosanitary Sector, Regione Piemonte; entomologist, specialist on Coleoptera Carabidae and Cholevidae.

Kleukers Roy
Curator of Entomology, Nationa Museum of Natural History of Leiden (Holland). Responsible for Holland of the European Invertebrate Survey.

Onore Giovanni
Professor of Zoology, Director of the Museum of Zoology, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador; specialist on Coleoptera Scarabeidae.

Peck Stewart
Professor of the Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa (Canada).

Salgado Costas Josè Maria
Josè Maria Professor of Entomology, Department of Animal Biology, University of Leon (Spain).

Vailati Dante
Ex-curator of Zoology, Museum of Natural History of Brescia; entomologist, specialist on Coleoptera Cholevidae.

PAOLO FONTANA
WBA President

nICOLA TORMEN
WBA Councilor

Director of WBA Project Srl. He is interested in mammalogy and agricultural sciences. He has actively contributed to the revisions of the Biodiversity Friend and Biodiversity Friend Beekeeping specifications, trainer of auditors for the aforementioned schemes. He actively participated in the three WBA research and representation campaigns in Cuba.

Enrico ruzzier
WBA Councilor

Evolutionary biologist whose research activity focuses on the study of diversity, evolution and conservation of invertebrates, insects in particular.

dAVIDE fabbri
WBA Councilor

LEONARDO FORBICIONI
WBA Vice President

Entomologist, naturalist, botanophile for over 25 years. Specialized in Coleoptera Curculionoidea. Numerous collaborations with the Tuscan Archipelago National Park, University of Florence – Faculty of Biology and Museo della Specola.
WBA Onlus Coordinator – Tuscan Archipelago Section. Curator/Head of NatLab – The Naturalistic Museum of the Tuscan Archipelago.

LAURA CAVALLI
WBA Councilor

Pharmacist, holistic operator trainer. He deals with natural medicines and apitherapy. She was co-founder of the Italian Apitherapy Association where she was able to learn more about apitherapy as integrative medicine. In WBA she created the Api & Benessere group with the aim of disseminating knowledge relating to the bioactive properties of beehive products and to promote apitherapy.

Giuliano lazzarin
WBA Councilor

Founding member of WBA onlus. Freelance forest doctor, as well as lichenologist, author of numerous environmental monitoring studies through the use of lichens as bioindicators of phytotoxic gases and bioaccumulators of trace metals. Member of the Academy of Agriculture. Sciences and Letters of Verona.

Stefania chiado’ cutin
WBA Councilor

VALERIA MALAGNINI
WBA Councilor

Gianfranco Caoduro
WBA Honorary President, WBA Ambassador

Cesare Bellò
WBA Honorary Councilor