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Academician
Ferdo Bašić
Professor Emeritus
Academic Activity (1971-2013)
In the list of publications, alongside the name of Academician Bašić, you will find as many as 451 co-authors by name, including 164 from abroad, representing 38 countries across all continents: Australia; Africa (Ethiopia, South Africa, Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzania); Asia (the Philippines, China, Japan, Laos, and Malaysia); South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru); Europe (Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Montenegro, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Hungary, the Netherlands, Germany, Romania, Slovenia, Scotland, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom); and North America (Canada and the United States of America).
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- Research Profile
- Academic Qualifications
- Professional Experience
- Academic and Public Service
- Academic Promotions, Honours and Distinctions
ACADEMIC AND PUBLIC SERVICE
Membership in Croatian Scientific Associations
- Croatian Society of Soil Science – Founder and First President (after Croatian independence)
- Croatian Society for Water and Marine Protection
Membership in International Scientific Associations
- International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS)
- International Soil Tillage Research Organisation (ISTRO)
- European Society for Soil Conservation (ESSC)
Service in Academic and Professional Bodies
- Member of the Presidency, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Zagreb)
- Secretary of the Department of Natural Sciences, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Vice-President for Scientific Affairs, Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Croatia
- President of the Scientific Council for Nature Protection, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 1998 – 2010: Member, European Soil Bureau Network (ESBN), Joint Research Centre of the European Commission – Institute for Environment and Sustainability (Ispra, Italy)
- 2008 – 2010: Member of the ESBN Steering Committee
- Member (two terms), National Committee for Biotechnical Sciences – Election to Scientific Titles
- 2004 – 2008: Member of the Working Group for the National Programme for Drought Mitigation and Soil Degradation Control (Republic of Croatia)
- Member of the Croatian State Delegation to the World Food Summit (Rome, 1996); Coordinator of the National Report on Food Security
- Member, ICA – Interuniversity Conference for Agricultural and Related Sciences (European network of agricultural universities)
- Member of the Parliamentary Committee for Environmental Protection of the Republic of Croatia (responsible for soil and forest protection)
Academic Leadership and Public Functions
- Vice-Dean for Scientific Affairs, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb (1993 – 1995; 1995 – 1997)
- President of the Governing Council, Higher Agricultural College in Križevci
- Co-founder and long-term collaborator of the environmental NGO "Lijepa Naša"
- President of the “Eco-Food” Group, Croatian Chamber of Economy
