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Demakov Yuriy Petrovich, born 15 October 1948 in the village of Ronga, Sovetsky District, Mari El Republic, Soviet Union (since 1992 – Russia). Graduated from M. Gorki Mari Polytechnic Institute (at the present time – Volga State University of Technology), Faculty of Forestry (at the present time – Institute of Forestry and Nature Management), with a specialty in Forestry, in the city of Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El Republic, Russia (1976). Candidate (PhD, 1990) and Doctor (DSc, 2001) of Biological Sciences in Forest Science, Forestry, Forest Fires & Fire Fighting, and in Ecology. PhD thesis: «Populyatsionnaya Dinamika Sosnovykh Luboedov i Otsenka Informativnosti Pokazatekey ikh Razmnozheniya v Srednem Povolzh'e» (Population Dynamics of Pine Beetles and Assessment of the Information Content of Their Reproduction Indicators in the Middle Volga Region), Voronezh, Voronezh Inst. For. Engineer. (at the present time – Voronezh St. Univ. For. & Technol. named after G. F. Morozov), 1990 (in Russian). DSc thesis: «Ustoychivost' Lesnykh Ekosistem: Diagnostika, Prognoz, Upravlenie (na Primere Sosnyakov Mariyskogo Zavolzh'ya)» (Sustainability of Forest Ecosystems: Diagnostics, Forecast, Management (on the Example of Mari Trans-Volga Pine Forests), Moscow, Inst. For. Sci., Rus. Acad. Sci., 2000 (in Russian). Professor for the Department of Ecology, Soil Science and Nature Management, Institute of Forestry and Nature Management, Volga State University of Technology, Chief Research Scientist for the «Bolshaya Kokshaga» State Wildlife Reserve, in the city of Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El Republic, Russia. Scientific interests in biogeocenology, nature management, social ecology, mathematical modeling of biocenotic processes, forest protection, and dendrochronology. Advised 7 PhD students. Author and co-author of more than 270 scientific publications, including 5 books, and 5 tutorials.