Prof. Tomas Reznik, a full professor of cartography, geoinformatics and Remote Sensing at Masaryk University, the Czech Republic, has led or co-led dozens of research teams in environmental geospatial data modelling within the last 20 years. As an FAO international consultant, he has developed the Global Soil Information System (GloSIS) data model. As a scientific officer in the European Commission, he was responsible for establishing the European Infrastructure for Spatial Information (INSPIRE). Tomas Reznik has written or co-authored more than 100 scientific publications. He has founded the "Nature Balance" non-profit organisation to deliver tangible and positive impact of scientific results into nature.