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Prof. Dr. Nilgül Karadeniz
Department of Landscape Architecture
Ankara University
She graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Landscape Architecture. Her postgraduate studies focused on protected area planning and management of sensitive ecosystems.
She contributes NGOs and public institutions that focus on nature conservation, which includes: Doğa Derneği (Board Member, 2003–2008); UNESCO MaB Expert Committee (Member, 2003-2014); Nature Conservation Center Foundation (Founding member, 2014), UNDP GEF-SGP National Steering Committee (Member, 2003-2004); National Wetland Commission (Member, 2003-2004); Local Wetland Commission (Member, 2015-2022). She is among the founding members of the Association of Empower with Nature (2022).
Between 2006 and 2012, she was Secretary General and Vice President of ECLAS (European Association of Landscape Architecture Schools). She was a Steering Committee member between 2002-2013 in the LE:NOTRE Project. She is among the founding members of the LE:NOTRE Institute, which was established in the Netherlands in 2013. She was Vice President of the Institute between 2013-2016; she was President of the Institute between 2016-and 2018. She currently is one of the Board members of the Institute.
She worked as the Project Coordinator in the "Identification and Quantification of Ecosystem Services Project" carried out in cooperation with FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and undertaken by ANCEO Company in 2018-2019. She was
a National Protected Area Consultant in the "Conservation and Sustainable Management of Turke's Steppe Ecosystems Project" conducted in cooperation with FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in 2018-2021. Since 2020, she has contributed as the Director of the Ecology Work Program at the Institute of Urban Studies in Ankara.