I have been working as a Project Coordinator and Environmentalist at the Management Body of Chelmos-Vouraikos, for the administration and management of the homonymous National Park and UNESCO Global Geopark, since 2007 until today. My initial degree is Environmental management and natural resources at the University of Ioannina (2004). I hold a Master Degree in Science in Agriculture to the Agricultural University of Athens (2007). My PhD study refers to the research in the field of ecosystem services that depend on the sustainable management of biodiversity and natural capital of the country, choosing as a study area the Chelmos-Vouraikos National Park, which is also a UNESCO Global Geopark. My research interests focus on highlighting the particular biodiversity and geodiversity of the Park in terms of providing ecosystem services that can be a competitive advantage for the integrated management of the area. In other words, how ecosystem services research results contribute to sustainable management of biodiversity in the protected area, to the promotion and utilization of natural capital and to the creation of "green jobs" and whether there is a need to modify the existing legal framework for protection and licensing of projects and activities, through ecosystem services.