Dr. Günter Köck

assoziierter Mitarbeiter (in retirement)
Guenter.Koeck(at)oeaw.ac.at

www.higharctic-research.at

Current functions

  • Member of the Advisory Group of the World Network of Mountain Biosphere Reserves (WNMBR)
  • Member of the EuroMAB Steering Committee 2019-2024
  • Advisor to the current Austrian delegate to the 36th Meeting of the International Coordinating Council of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB-ICC 2024)
  • Member of two UNESCO missions  to Bhutan (February 2020 and May 2023) to support the establishment of the Kingdom's first biosphere reserve
  • Member of the Board of Trustees (Nationalpark-Kuratorium) of the „Hohe Tauern“ National Park
  • Member of the Plenary "Forum Landschaft, Alpen Pärke" of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT)
  • Chair of ISCAR's Working Group for Protected Areas (ISCAR-P)
  • Member of the Advisory Board of ABOL (Austrian Barcode of Live Initiative)

Awards

  • 2000: Canada Award of the University of Innsbruck
  • 2010: "Silberner Hahn" and "Goldener Hahn" for the book "Planet Austria" (best Public Relation project)
  • 2010: The Canadian Government´s "Go for Gold" honorary medal for exceptional contributions to Canada-Austria Relations
  • 2011: Gourmand World Cookbook Award in the category “Sustainable food”  for the cookbook "A Connoisseur´s World - The Austrian Biosphere Reserves"
  • 2013: Designation "Official Austrian UN Project of the Decade for Sustainable Development 2005-2014" for the project "Enjoying diversity / Vielfalt genießen"