Prof. Garyfallos Arabatzis has been a Professor at the Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources of Democritus University of Thrace since 2018. He obtained his PhD degree in Forest Economics, Valuation, and Development from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2000. He teaches, among others, the following courses: Investments and Forest Resources Development, Green Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Regional Development, Forest Valuation and Accounting, Land Use Planning, and Financial Management. Garyfallos has a wide spectrum of research interests, with a truly multidisciplinary nature. Most of his research analyses elements of Forest, Rural and Regional Development, Forest Economics, Forest Valuation and Accounting, and the impacts of CAP in the Regional Economy. However, part of his recent work also looks into elements of Socio-economic Evaluation of RES, Operational Research and Natural Resources, Green Finance and Development, and Investment Appraisal. In recent years, Professor Garyfallos Arabatzis has been included in the top 2% of scientists on the Stanford University list.