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Committee on Mediterranean Forestry Questions - Silva Mediterranea

The Secretariat

The Secretariat of the Committee of the Mediterranean Forestry Questions - Silva Mediterranea coordinates the activities of Member Countries and animates the dialogue and involvement of Member Countries through their focal points.  

The secretariat is not a bureaucratic organ. It is run by all its Members who collectively support it by rotating personnel irregularly between its Members. 

For the period of 2020 to 2025, the Secretariat was held by a nominated unit from the Council of Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), the leading Italian research organization dedicated to agri-food supply chains under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture, food sovereignty and forests (MASAF) (Ministero dell'Agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste).

 

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Valentina Garavaglia is expert on natural resources management. She has a PhD from the Earth, Environment and Biodiversity School and MSc in Analysis and Management of Natural Resources from the University of Milan. Valentina is currently working with the FAO Secretariat of Silva Mediterranea and in the last years she has been collaborating with many other teams of the FAO Forestry Department. She was the scientific secretary of Cost Action FP1202 on marginal/peripheral populations of forest trees (2012-2016) at the Forestry Research Center of Arezzo (Italy). Prior to that, she has worked as researcher at the University of Milan.
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Lucia Rivera Lima is an anthropologist and sociologist with a master’s degree in Development Studies from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. She has worked with international organizations including Slow Food, IFAD, ILO and FAO. Her work focuses on the cultural and socioeconomic dimensions of agrifood systems, particularly forestry and coffee, with a strong focus on youth engagement and Indigenous Peoples’ rights. She is currently a Forest Restoration and Social Inclusion Consultant with FAO, supporting the Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) and the Silva Mediterranea secretariat.

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Irene De Angeli holds a master’s degree in Global Security Policies: Environment, Energy, and Conflicts from Roma Tre University and a bachelor’s in Political, Social, and International Sciences from the University of Bologna. She has worked with Europa Verde as Press Officer and campaign coordinator, and has been Youth Ambassador for WeWorld Onlus, representing Italy in the EU-funded People & Planet project. More recently, she worked as a financial consultant at L4V – Looking for Value, supporting public and third-sector organizations. Irene is currently working as an intern supporting the Silva Mediterranea Secretariat and the Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) team.

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Carolina Gallo Granizo is a Spanish national. She holds a degree in Forest Engineering from the Technical University of Madrid, Spain. She conducted research on watershed management at the Austral University of Chile and Technical University of Madrid. Carolina has field experience in Togo where she contributed to the design and establishment of an experimental plantation with native species. From 2013 to 2015, she worked for FAO Silva Mediterranea on the regional project funded by FFEM. Since then, Carolina has been working with the FLRM on Mediterranean related issues and supporting monitoring activities at global and country levels.