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ILTER is a network of hundreds of ecological research sites in thirty-two member networks, categorized into six global regions. 

ILTER is governed by an elected Chair, an Executive Committee composed of one member from each of six regions, and a Coordinating Committee composed of one member from each of the 32 member networks.



  • ILTER Membership
    ILTER is composed of hundreds of scientists representing research sites in thirty-two member networks in six regions of the world. 

  • Coordinating Committee
    The ILTER Coordinating Committee is composed of 32 scientists, each one representing his/her ILTER network. 

  • Executive Committee
    The ILTER Executive Committee is composed of up to eight members, one member representing each ILTER region (there are 6 regions).  Each Executive Committee member serves for three years.

  • Chair
    The ILTER Chair is elected every four years by the ILTER coordinating committee.
    The Chair of the ILTER Network is Terry Parr.

The ILTER Executive Committee Consists of the Following Members:

Chair - Terry Parr (UK Environmental Change Network)
Vice Chair - Steven Hamburg (U.S. LTER Network)
Central/Eastern Europe - Kinga Krause (Poland LTER Network)
Central/South America - Jorge Jimenez (Costa Rica LTER Network)
East Asia/Pacific - Zhao Shidong (CERN)
North America - Manuel Maass (Mexico LTER Network)
Southern Africa (ELTOSA) - Almeida Sitoe (Mozambique LTER Network)
Western Europe - Michael Mirtl (Austria LTER Network)
Science Committee Chair- Patrick Bourgeron (U.S. LTER Network)
Public Policy Committee Chair- Tim Clancy (Australia LTER Network)
Information Management Commtitee Chair- Kristin Vanderbilt (U.S. LTER Network)



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The governing body of the the ILTER Network consists of the full ILTER Coordinating Committee which consists of one voting person from each ILTER Member Network

East Asian-Pacific Regional Network:
Australia LTER Network - Tim Clancy
CERN - Shidong Zhao, Ouyang Zhu
Mongolia LTER Network - Bazartseren Boldgiv
South Korea LTER Network - Eun-Shik Kim, Jeong Soo Oh
TERN - Teng-chiu Lin

Central and Eastern European Regional Network:
CZ LTER Network – Jaroslav Vrba, Viera Straskrabova
Hungary LTER Network – Edit Kovacs-Lang, Miklos Kertesz
Israel DEN – Moshe Shachak, Yehoshua Shkedy
Latvia LTER Network – Viesturs Melecis, Aina Karpa
Lithuania LTER Network – Saulius Svazas
Poland LTER Network – Kinga Krauze
Romania LTER Network – Angheluta Vadineanu, Maria Magdalena Bucur
Slovenia LTER Network – Tanja Pipan, Jeffrey Turk , Janez Mulec
Slovakia LTER Network – Lubos Halada, Henrik Kalivoda
Ukraine LTER Network – Igor Akimov

Western Europe Regional Network:

ALTER Network – Michael Mirtl
France LTER Network – Jacques Baudry
LTER-D Network - Hendrik Schubert
Swiss LWF (Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research) – Norbert Kräuchi
UKECN (Environmental Change Network) – Terry Parr, Mike Morecroft

African Regional Network:
Mozambique LTER Network – Almeida Sitoe, Luisa Santos
Namibia LTER Network – Joh Henschel
SAEON (South Africa Environmental Observatory Network) – Johan Pauw
Zambia LTER Network – Harry Chabwela, Joseph Kanyanga

North American Regional Network:

Canada EMAN (Environmental Monitoring And Assessment Network) – Hague Vaughan
Mex (Mexico)-LTER Network – Manuel Maass, Ana Burgos
U.S. LTER Network – Steven Hamburg, Patrick Bourgeron

Central/South American Regional Network:
Brazil LTER Network - Francisco Barbosa
Colombia LTER Network - Martha Vallejo
Costa Rica LTER Network - Jorge Jimenez, Oscar Madrigal Ovares
Uruguay LTER Network - Carlos Martinez
Venezuela LTER Network - Armando Torres, Hirma Ramirez-Angulo

The United States LTER International Committee:

The U.S. ILTER Committee is a standing committee of the U.S. LTER Network which represents the U.S. LTER in research and collaborations related to the ILTER Network.

Steven Hamburg - HFR (Co-chair through 2005)
Patrick Bourgeron - NWT (Co-chair through 2004)
Nick Brokaw - LUQ
Ted Gragson - CWT
Dave Hartnett - KNZ
Brian Kloeppel - CWT
Kate Lajtha - AND
Berry Lyons - MCM
Chris Madden - FCE
Dennis Ojima - SGS
Kristin Vanderbilt - SEV
Bob Waide - LUQ

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