Dr. Chryssy Potsiou was at the General Assembly in June 2014 elected as President of FIG.

Presidents Report at the General Assembly 2018

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The General Assembly 2018 took place during FIG Congress 2018 on 6 and 11 May 2018.
Results of the elections:
Rudolf Staiger, DVW Germany, President for the term 2019-22, New elected vice presidents: Jixian Zhang, China and Diane Dumashie, UK.
Destination for the Congress 2022: Cape Town, South Africa - a close run against Florida, USA which was also a very thorough, appealing and suitable bid.

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FIG has five different levels of membership and two levels of honorary membership. Through different membership categories 121 countries are represented in FIG. The membership categories are:

- Member Associations
- Affiliates
- Corporate Members
- Academic Members
- Correspondents
- Honorary Presidents
- Honorary Members

Members

FIG publishes each month the FIG Article of the Month. This is a high-level paper focusing on interesting topic to all surveyors.

The Article of the Month August 2018: Alternative Approach and toolkits for Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services of Wetlands: An Application to Farlington Marshes, UK by Brett (Venezuela) and Boateng, (United Kingdom) . This article has passed the FIG peer review and was presented at the FIG Congress 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey. This paper attempts to develop an alternative holistic approach to a methodology for the economic valuation of the ecosystem goods and services of wetlands. Read more...