Christine Fürst, PhD; Prof. for Sustainable Landscape Development, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg with research focus on supporting land use planning and integrating land management aspects in land use and regional resource planning;
Responsibility in the nodal office: overall coordination of the activities.

Susanne Frank, PhD; senior scientist at the Center for Development Research, Dept. Ecology and Natural Resources Management, University of Bonn with research focus on assessing land use and land cover changes with regard to ecosystem services provision and environmental policies;
Responsibility in the nodal office: communication and PR.

Rene Schulze, Software technologist; software specialist and system administrator with specialization in data base programming and web design;
Responsibility in the nodal office: supporting and providing the internet services (website, data base, document management system) needed for the nodal office.

Prof. Carsten Lorz, PhD; full professor for soil sciences at the University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf with research focus on site and soil classification and ecological impact assessment of land management practices on soils and sites;
Responsibility in the nodal office: events and publication organization, networking.

Katrin Pietzsch, PhD; director of PiSolution GmbH, an SME working among others on software applications for land use planning and land management support;
Responsibility in the nodal office: supporting and providing the internet services (website, data base, document management system) needed for the nodal office.

Daniele La Rosa, PhD; Researcher at the Department of Architecture of the University of Catania (Italy). His research interests include urban and landscape planning, environmental indicators, Environmental Strategic Assessment, Land cover and spatial analysis;
Responsibility in the nodal office: networking, transfer, coordination of publications.

Marcin Spyra, PhD; assistant professor at Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Opole University of Technology with research focus on landscape architecture, urban systems and cross-border regions;
Responsibility in the nodal office: consulting planning strategies, linking with landscape architecture.

Davide Geneletti, PhD; Researcher at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering (Spatial Planning for Sustainability Lab), University of Trento with research focus on environmental assessment and ecosystem services in planning and policy-making;
Responsibility in the nodal office: consulting / assessing of and linking with international land policies.

Dereje Teklemariam, PhD; Asst. Professor of Management and Development Studies. Dereje's research combines mixed research methods, socio-economic and environmental assessment models to investigate the dynamics of interactions among business, investment, livelihood, environment and their ramifications for socio-economic and environmental sustainability;
Responsibility in the nodal office: international networking and interface to Global Land Programme.

Further staff resources are located at these core staff members and are provided by the ELI platform. This sharing of tasks and contribution of different partners to the work of the nodal office is already part of the ELI philosophy and therefore well tested on its consistency and sustainability.