Árni Bragason

CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME: Arni Bragason
BIRTH: 15/07/53
PLACE: Reykjavík
FAMILY: Wife: Anna Vilborg Einarsdóttir M.Sc. Director.
CHILDREN: Ólöf Sara (1977), Eva Maria (1985), Einar Bragi (1989).
CURRENT POSITION: Director, NordGen.
PHONE/E-MAIL: +46738171215, +3546656037.
arni.bragason@nordgen.org

Education:

• B.Sc. Biology 1976, University of Iceland.
• Ph.D. Plant Breeding 1986, Agricultural University of Denmark.

Professional Background:

• Director, Nordic Genetic Recourse Center from June 1. 2011.
• Temporary Director at Nordic Genetic Recourse Center (Dec. 8. 2010 – May 31. 2011).
• Consultant at Efla since 2007 – Nature Conservation, EIA, public administration relating to conservation and planning, consultant for sports- and golf fields, ecological research and assessment (BREEAM).
• Director for Nature Conservation Division and Deputy Director for Environment and Food Agency 2003-2007.
• Director for Nature Conservation Agency, 1998-2003.
• Director for Forest Research, Iceland Forest Service, 1990-1998.
• Consultant for animal fodder production at Iceland Coop, 1986-90.
• Plant Breeding and Seed Production at Agricultural Research Institute 1983-86.
• Ecological research at Agricultural Research Institute, 1976-78.

Other activities, interests and hobbies :

• Football: Involved in management of Breidablik Football Club for 12 years.
• Member of the board of Reykjavik Forest Society 2007-2011.
• Vice chair of Landvernd (Nature Conservation NGO in Iceland) 2009-2011.
• Deputy Town Councillor in Kopavogur 2010 – 2011.
• Member of the Planning Committee of Kopavogur since 2010 -2011.
• Like, hiking in Icelandic nature, fishing and hunting.

Additional, Icelandic and International:

National

• Editorial Board, Icelandic Agricultural Sciences, 1991-1997.
• The Eco label Council from 1998-2002.
• Member of the Icelandic Advisory Committee on Genetically Modified Organisms, 1997-2003.
• Núpsstaður Committee from 1999-2003.
• Member of the Icelandic Advisory Committee for Agenda 21, 2000-2007.
• Member of the Icelandic Advisory Committee for the World Heritage Convention, 2001-2007.
• Member of the Icelandic Advisory Committee for the Convention for Biological Diversity, 2001-2007.
• Member of three committees on the preparation of Vatnajökull National Park 2001-2004. Chairman of the third committee with all the local governments in the region represented.
• Chairman of Committee on roads and trails in the wilderness, 2004-2005.
• Chairman of Working Group on landscapes (Icelandic Master Plan for Hydro and Geothermal Energy Resources ) 2005-2009.

International

• The representative of Iceland in the preparation of the first European Forestry Ministerial meeting in Strasbourg in 1990 and in the Icelandic delegation at the meeting.
• Preparation of a International meeting - Forest Development in Cold Climate, Laugarvatn 1991.
• The representative of Iceland in the preparation of the second European Forestry Ministerial meeting in Helsinki 1993 and in the Icelandic delegation at the meeting.Member of the World Commission on Protected Areas, since 2001.
• Member of the GEOSA Network of Golf Environment Organization, since 2010.

• Editorial Board, Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 1991-1994.
• Representative for the Ministry of Agriculture in a Nordic working group on environmental monitoring of agriculture and forestry 1994-1996.
• Committee for Conference on Sustainable Forestry in Denmark in 1994. Published as TemaNord 1996:578.
• Representative for the Ministry of Agriculture in the steering group for the Nordic Environment Programme for Agriculture and Forestry, 1996-1998.
• Member of Nordic Forest Research Co-operation Committee 1996-1998.
• Member of the EU, COST- TC Forest, 1996-1998.
• Nordic working group for Co-operation between Forestry and Environment 1999-2002.
• The Nordic committee on wetlands and protected areas from 2003-2007.
• National Focal Point for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, 1998-2007.
• Nordic Genetic Resources Council, 2001-2007.

Arni Bragason has been involved in several Icelandic, Nordic and international working groups and projects on environment, agriculture and forestry since 1983. He has given lectures at national and international meetings and at the Icelandic Universities. 

Publication s:

• Editor of several EIA report for road construction and Conservation issues at EFLA Consulting.
• Anna María Ágústsdóttir, Árni Bragason and Andrés Arnalds, 2009. Can Iceland Become a Carbon Neutral Country by Reducing Emissions and Restoring Degraded Land? In Proceedings fram Soils, Socitey and Global Change, Selfoss 2007.
• Árni Bragason 2001. Þróun og nýir straumar í náttúruvernd . Grein í ritinu Áratugur í umhverfisvernd . Umhverfisráðuneytið. (History of Nature Conservation).
• Árni Bragason 1998.  Forestry in Iceland in the Context of Rural Development .  COST-Action E3, European Commission.
• Miljöövervakning inom jord- och skogsbruk i Norden . En av forf. TemaNord 1996:521.
• Árni Bragason 1996. Research priorities and coordination . Í, Sustainable Forest Management, . J. Bo Larsen TemaNord: 202-205. 
• Árni Bragason 1995. Exotic trees in Iceland . Búvísindi 9: 37-45. Rannsóknastofnun landbúnaðarins.
• Snorri Baldursson, Þuríður Yngvadóttir og Árni Bragason 1992. Örfjölgun birkis . Fjölrit Rannsóknastöðvar Skógræktar ríkisins. (In vitro cultivation of birch (Betula pubescense )).
• Árni Bragason 1986. Sammenligning af vårbygpopulationer i Danmark og Island . PhD. Department for Agriculture, Agricultural University of Copenhagen,  90 p.
• Árni Bragason 1981. Thermodormancy i salatfrö . Afdeling for Plantefysiologi, Landbrukshøyskolen, København, 40 p.
• Sturla Friðriksson, Árni Bragason og Guðmundur Halldórsson 1975, 1976 og 1977 Hestvist, rannsókn á mýrlendi I , II og III ( Fjölrit Rala). (Ecology research).

Language :

Icelandic:    Native language
English:   Speaking, writing and reading
Danish:    Speaking, writing and reading
Norwegian:  Understanding and reading
Swedish:    Understanding and reading