Bálint Halpern
Chair, SEH Conservation Committee; LIFE-project manager at MME BirdLife Hungary; Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Focus regions: Palearctic
Bálint Halpern is a conservation biologist working with MME BirdLife Hungary and Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. He chairs the Conservation Committee of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica and works at the interface of research, species conservation and international policy. He co-coordinated the Danube Dragon Action Plan and helped connect the SEH expert team with the DANUBEPARKS protected-area network. His wider work focuses on practical conservation of European amphibians and reptiles, collaboration among institutions, and translating scientific knowledge into implementable action.