Governance
The Bureau of the Association DNI is composed of the following persons, elected among the Steering Committee by the Steering Committee members.
Bureau of DesertNet International 2023-2024
| Role | Name | Country | |
| Co-Chair | Fei WANG | China |
wafe@ms.iswc.ac.cn |
| Treasurer | María José MARQUÉS | Spain | mariajose.marques@uam.es |
| Secretary General | Giovanna SEDDAIU | Italy | gseddaiu@uniss.it |
The Association is administered by a Steering Committee consisting of up to 20 members. Members of the Steering Committee are elected by the General Assembly. The Steering Committee should maintain a fair balance between human and bio-physical disciplines. The members of the Steering Committee represent the interests of all members of DNI. The Chair and Co-Chair are part of the Steering Committee and are elected by the members of the Steering Committee by simple majority. Positions on the Steering Committee are not remunerated. Re-election is possible.
Steering Committee of DesertNet International 2023-2024
| Name | Institution | Country | |
| Elena María ABRAHAM | Argentine Institute for Research on Arid Lands, National Scientific and Technological Research Council | Argentina | abraham@mendoza-conicet.gob.ar |
| Mariam AKHTAR-SCHUSTER | German Aerospace Center, Project Management Agency (DLR-PT) | Germany | mariam.akhtar-schuster@dlr.de |
| Youssef BRAHIMI | CAP& DEV | France/Algeria | y.brahimi@cap-and-devcom |
| Mauro CENTRITTO | Institute for Sustainable Pant Protection – National Research Council of Italy | Italy | mauro.centritto@cnr.it |
| Michael CHERLET | Joint Research Centre, European Commission | France | Michael.cherlet@ec.europa.eu |
| Giuseppe ENNE | NRD – University of Sassari | Italy | ennegiuseppe@gmail.com |
| Anna LUISE | Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research – ISPRA | Italy | anna.luise@isprambiente.it |
| María José MARQUÉS | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | Spain | mariajose.marques@uam.es |
| Quirico MIGHELI | NRD – University of Sassari | Italy | qmigheli@uniss.it |
| Kakha NADIRADZE | Association for Farmers Rights Defense, AFRD-EUFRAS | Georgia | nadiradzekakha@gmail.com |
| Mélanie REQUIER-DESJARDINS | Inst. Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier – CIHEAM | France | requier@iamm.fr |
| Pier Paolo ROGGERO | NRD – University of Sassari | Italy | pproggero@uniss.it |
| Ute SCHMIEDEL | University of Hamburg | Germany | Ute.Schmiedel@uni-hamburg.de |
| Giovanna SEDDAIU | NRD – University of Sassari | Italy | gseddaiu@uniss.it |
| Rachid SERRAJ | UM6P, Morocco | Morocco | Rachid.serraj@um6p.ma |
| Elias SYMEONAKIS | Manchester Metropolitan University | United Kingdom | e.symeonakis@mmu.ac.uk |
| Yang YU | Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) | China | yuyang@ms.xjb.ac.cn |
| Fei WANG | Inst. of Soil & Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University | China | wafe@ms.iswc.ac.cn |
| Claudio ZUCCA | Department of Agricultural Sciences and NRD, University of Sassari | Italy | clzucca@uniss.it |
The General Assembly is composed of all Association members and have the power to decide on all matters affecting the Association. The General Assembly determines changes in the articles of Association, and the dissolution of the Association. The General Assembly will elect the new Steering Committee by simple majority.
It is constituted by 347 members: 72 from Asia; 37 from Africa; 216 from Europe; 10 from Latin America and Caribbean, 12 from Australia, Canada and USA.