Organization chart

Founder members

The founder members participated to the foundation of the WBA to the Museum of Natural History of Verona, October 4th, 2004.

Founder members
DANIELE AVESANI
Naturalist, hydrobiologist
CESARE BELLÓ
Entomologist, Company manager
GIANFRANCO CAODURO
Forester, biospeleologist
ANDREA CERADINI
Veterinarian, speleologist
DAVID JOHN HOSKING
Geologist, archeologist
GIULIANO LAZZARIN
Forester, botanist
GIOVANNI ONORE
Entomologist, marianist friar
NICOLA ROVETTI
Educator, photographer
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DANIELE AVESANI
Naturalist, hydrobiologist

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GIANFRANCO CAODURO
Forester, biospeleologist

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DAVID JOHN HOSKING
Geologist, archeologist

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GIOVANNI ONORE
Entomologist, marianist friar

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CESARE BELLÓ
Entomologist, Company manager

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ANDREA CERADINI
Veterinarian, speleologist

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GIULIANO LAZZARIN
Forester, botanist

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NICOLA ROVETTI
Educator, photographer

Scientific committee

The WBA Scientific Committee is a statutory expert body constituted by experts nominated by the WBA Directing Council. The members of the Scientific Committee are elected for a three year term and they are re-eligible. For the triennium 2014-2016 the WBA Scientific Committee is formed by the following experts:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Directing council

The WBA Directing Council is elected by the WBA Assembly every three years; it is composed by three to nine councillors. For the triennium 2020-2022 the following members have been elected councillors:

Directing council members
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PAOLO FONTANA
WBA President

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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.

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Enrico ruzzier
WBA Councilor

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

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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.

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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.

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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

Invited members

Gianfranco Caoduro
WBA Honorary President, WBA Ambassador

Cesare Bellò
WBA Honorary Councilor