Dr Chrysovalantis Malesios
Small Group Project 2027
Fire, Flock, and Commons: Amplifying Pastoral Community Voice in Co-Producing Nature-Based Solutions to Greece’s Wildfire Crisis
With Debashree De
This project places pastoral community voice at its centre. Working with the Livestock Cooperative of Thracian Lambs—whose membership includes descendants of traditional transhumant pastoral communities—in the region devastated by the 2023 Evros fire, we co-produce with community members a ‘regenerative service supply chain’ framework: a governance model that formally integrates traditional pastoral knowledge with scientific evidence to reconnect grazing, commercial production, and wildfire resilience.
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Dr Chrysovalantis Malesios is Associate Professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Development, Agricultural University of Athens. His research applies statistical and econometric modelling to environmental and agricultural data, with interests spanning sustainable development, environmental responsibility and sustainability indicators, environmental economics, forestry and grazing data, and the spatial and temporal dynamics of zoonotic disease. He has also contributed extensively to research on sustainability, lean practices and circular economy in small and medium-sized enterprises across the UK and Europe. He has published over 60 papers in international journals, including the British Journal of Management, Ecological Economics and Journal of Cleaner Production.
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