Özden Görücü

Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (UNEP-IPBES) 2018-2022 & 2022-2026

Scientific Head Advisor of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, Forest Products Sector.

Correspondent for UNCCD Science and Technology

Undergraduate Courses: Economics Marketing Forest Business Economics Quantitative Analysis I Quantitative Analysis II Introduction to Economics Development Economics Forest Administration Knowledge Professional Communication in Forestry Academic English Graduate Courses: Scientific Research Techniques and Publication Ethics Advanced Techniques in Forest Economics Investment Planning in Forestry (Nursery and Business) Production Planning in Forestry (Wood, seed and non-wood production) Rural Development Sustainable Forestry and Practices Managerial and germination success) Advanced Quantitative Decision-Making Techniques Green Economy (Forest Business and Nursery Infrastructure) Socioeconomic Models in Agroforestry (Seedling Production) Ecosystem Services and Valuation in Forestry Quantitative Decision-Making Techniques in Forestry Other Duties (Selected): 1996-2004 Vice Dean, Faculty of Forestry 1996-2002 Director, Andırın Vocational School 1996-2000 Head of Department of Forest Engineering 2002-2004 Director, Pazarcık Vocational School 2004-2006 General Secretary 2005-2008 Director of Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences 2006-2008 Head of International Relations Unit 2006-2008 Erasmus University Coordinator 2005-2008 Editor of Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences 2005-2008 Head of Book Publication Board 2006-2018 Head of Division of Forest Economics 2009-2010 Dean of Faculty of Education 2008-2010 Vice Rector

Head of Special Expertization Board for Protection of Forest Assets and Combatting Erosion: Turkish Republic Twelfth National Development Plan (2024-2028) Turkish Republic Eleventh National Development Plan (2019-2023)

Project Partner: Interdisciplinary Cooperation on Soil Erosion in the Kahramanmaraş Province of Turkey (Funded by British Council, in collab. with Harper Adams University), 1998. Project Partner: Rural Renewal 2000 International Perspectives. (Funded by British Council, in collab. with Harper Adams University), 2000. Project Partner: Rural Renewal 2000, funded by and in collaboration with The Dutch Approach Larenstein International Agricultural College, The Netherlands, funded by British Council, 2000. Project Partner: Rural Renewal 2000 International Perspectives, funded by and in collaboration with Seinajoki Polytechnic, Ilmajoki School of Agriculture, Finland, 2000. Project Leader: Rural Development in Forest Villages of Kahramanmaraş, funded by KSU Scientific Research Fund, BAP, 2001. Project Partner: Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Project, Environmental Investment Programme, funded by World Bank, 2003. Project Leader: Rural Development Research and Projections of Dereli Basin, funded by KSU Scientific Research Fund, BAP, 2004. Project Leader: Research on the Social, Technical and Legal Aspects of the Employment of Detainees and Convicts in Afforestation Labour, funded by Turkish Ministry of Justice, 2006. Project Leader: Civil and Administrative Structure in the Certification and Accreditation of Sustainable Forestry in Turkey (Andırın and Göksun Forest Operations Directorates Case Study 2003-2007), funded by KSU Scientific Research Fund, 2009. Project Coordinator: Combatting Unregistered Employment in Kahramanmaraş, funded by Ministry of Labour and Social Security, 2006-2009. National Forest Rehabilitation Expert and Author: Sustainable Land Management and Climate Friendly Agriculture in Konya Closed Basin, funded by UN FAO-GEF-MFWA, 2015. Scientific Expert and Consultant: Determining National Set of Sustainable Forest Management Criteria and Indicators in Turkey, funded by Turkish Gen. Directorate of Forestry and UNDP, 2017.

Chief of Executive Board of Employment and Professional Training in Kahramanmaraş, Ministry of Labour and Social Security

International Working Group Member on Planting Resistant Forests to Drought in Cooperation with FAO and Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency, Ministry of Forest and Water Affairs, General Directorate of Combatting Desertification and Erosion

Appointed Turkish Delegate for Negotiation to United Nations Ninth Forum on Forest, Ministry of Forest and Water Affairs, UNFF 9, New York, USA Appointed Turkish Delegate for Negotiation to United Nations Ecosystem Services Workshop, UNECE-FAO, Geneva, Switzerland Appointed Turkish Delegate for Negotiation to United Nations Convention on Combating Desertification, Ministry of Forest and Water Affairs, General Directorate of Combating Desertification and Erosion, UNCCD COP10, Changwon, South Korea Appointed Turkish Delegate for Negotiation to United Nations Tenth Forum on Forest, Ministry of Forest and Water Affairs, UNFF10, İstanbul, Türkiye