Sep 24, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. Jorgen Bo Larsen from Denmark has been elected as Chairman of The European Forest Institute (EFI) Board, EFI said in a statement received by Lesprom Network. Liisa Saarenmaa continues as Vice-chairman of the Board. Jean-Marc Guehl and Michael Köhl have been elected as new Board members for the period 2010-2013. The EFI Board members are: Dr José Antonio Bonet Lledós, Spain; Dr. Miroslav Benko, Croatia; Prof. Dr. Jean-Marc Guehl, France; Prof. Dr. Michael Köhl, Germany; Prof. Jim Lynch, United Kingdom; Dr Harald Mauser, Austria; Dr. Liisa Saarenmaa, Finland and Prof. J. Bo Larsen, Denmark. The outgoing Board members are Konstantin von Teuffel from Germany and Andrey Selikhovkin from Russia. EFI is an international organisation established by European States. It is the leading institution conducting and advocating forest research and facilitating forest research networking at the pan-European level. It is an acknowledged provider of and a major contact point for unbiased, policy-relevant information on European forests and forestry.