Dr. Rigas Tsiakiris is a forester of the Forestry Department of Ioannina. With postgraduate studies in the UK and a PhD in Ecology from the Department of Biology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, he worked at the Institute of Forestry Research and in environmental organizations in mountainous and island areas of the Nature 2000 network throughout Greece. He has published dozens of scientific papers, articles, conference papers, etc., while he was a scientific collaborator of the Alternate and the Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy and the Alternate Minister of Agricultural Development and Food. His interest is focused on the study and sustainable management of the Mediterranean agroforestry landscape.