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Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Eduardo Brondizio Chair Brazil Brazil
United States of America
Department of Anthropology at Indiana University, United States of America ORCID logo 0000-0001-9376-8366
Sandra Diaz Chair FutureEarth Argentina
Italy
CONICET - Universidad Nacional de Cordoba ORCID logo 0000-0003-0012-4612
Josef Settele Chair Germany Germany
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ ORCID logo 0000-0002-8624-4983

Chapter 1: introduction and setting the stage.

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Eduardo Brondizio Coordinating lead author Brazil Brazil
United States of America
Department of Anthropology at Indiana University, United States of America ORCID logo 0000-0001-9376-8366
Sandra Diaz Coordinating lead author FutureEarth Argentina
Italy
CONICET - Universidad Nacional de Cordoba ORCID logo 0000-0003-0012-4612
Josef Settele Coordinating lead author Germany Germany
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ ORCID logo 0000-0002-8624-4983
Xuemei Bai Lead author Australia Australia
Australian National University ORCID logo 0000-0001-6556-8041
Arne Geschke Lead author Germany Germany
School of Physics, University of Sydney ORCID logo 0000-0001-9193-5829
Unai Pascual Lead author Spain
Ikerbasque (Basque Foundation for Science); Basque Centre for Climate Change (Spain); and Centre for Development and Environment (University of Bern), Switzerland ORCID logo 0000-0002-5696-236X
Alan Simcock Lead author United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Maria Manuela Carneiro Da Cunha Review editor Portugal
The University of Chicago ORCID logo 0000-0001-6961-0606
Georgina Mace Review editor United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
University College London ORCID logo 0000-0001-8965-5211
Harold Mooney Review editor United States of America United States of America
United States of America
Stanford University ORCID logo 0000-0001-5864-1538

Chapter 2. Status and trends of Status and Trends – Drivers of Change, Nature and Nature’s Contributions to People

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Patricia Balvanera Coordinating lead author Mexico Mexico
Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad (IIES), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ORCID logo 0000-0001-6408-6876
Kate Brauman Coordinating lead author Institute on the Environment United States of America
University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment ORCID logo 0000-0002-8099-285X
Lucas Garibaldi Coordinating lead author Argentina Argentina
Universidad Nacional de Río Negro (UNRN)
Kazuhito Ichii Coordinating lead author Japan
Chiba University ORCID logo 0000-0002-8696-8084
Zsolt Molnár Coordinating lead author Hungary Hungary
Centre for Ecological Research ORCID logo 0000-0001-5454-4714
David Obura Coordinating lead author Kenya Kenya
Coastal Oceans Research and Development – Indian Ocean (CORDIO) East Africa. ORCID logo 0000-0003-2256-6649
Alexander Pfaff Coordinating lead author United States of America United States of America
Duke University, Sanford School of Public Policy ORCID logo 0000-0002-6886-6906
Steve Polasky Coordinating lead author United States of America
University of Minnesota ORCID logo 0000-0003-4934-2434
Andy Purvis Coordinating lead author United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The Natural History Museum, London ORCID logo 0000-0002-8609-6204
Katherine Willis Coordinating lead author United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Oxford University ORCID logo 0000-0002-6763-2489
Cynthia Zayas Coordinating lead author Ugnayang Pang-AghamTao, Inc. (Anthropological Association of the Philippines) Philippines
University of the Philippines ORCID logo 0000-0003-3936-6889
Yildiz Aumeeruddy Thomas Lead author Mauritius Mauritius
Centre National de la Recherce Scientifique (CNRS) ORCID logo 0000-0002-2690-0571
Nakul Chettri Lead author International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) India
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) ORCID logo 0000-0002-3338-8879
Fabrice DeClerck Lead author Belgium Belgium
Bioversity International/CGIAR ORCID logo 0000-0002-3631-8745
Mohammad Dulloo Lead author Mauritius Mauritius
CGIAR ORCID logo 0000-0001-5567-8220
Bardukh Gabrielyan Lead author National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia Armenia
Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology
Eduardo Garcia Frapolli Lead author Mexico
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Julian Gutt Lead author Germany Germany
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Andrew Hendry Lead author United States of America
McGill University ORCID logo 0000-0002-4807-6667
Syed Ainul Hussain Lead author India India
Wildlife Institute of India ORCID logo 0000-0003-3229-806X
Ute Jacob Lead author Germany Germany
Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity ORCID logo 0000-0002-6672-8526
Emre Keskin Lead author Türkiye Türkiye
Ankara University ORCID logo 0000-0002-7279-313X
Matías Mastrangelo Lead author Argentina
National Research and Technology Council of Argentina (CONICET), Universidad de Mar del Plata, Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research ORCID logo 0000-0002-3049-3534
Leticia Merino Lead author Mexico
National University of Mexico
Peter Akong Minang Lead author Cameroon Kenya
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
Nidhi Nagabhatla Lead author United Nations University India
United Nations University (UNU-INWEH) Institute for Water, Environment and Health ORCID logo 0000-0002-5941-2048
Aidin Niamir Lead author Germany Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Senckenberg Society for Natural Research ORCID logo 0000-0003-4511-3407
Nsalambi Nkongolo Lead author Democratic Republic of the Congo
United States of America
Institut Facultaire des Sciences Agronomiques (IFA) de Yangambi, Kisangani, Dem. Rep. Congo ORCID logo 0000-0003-2485-4759
Bayram Öztürk Lead author Türkiye Türkiye
İstanbul University ORCID logo 0000-0001-7844-2448
Hannes Palang Lead author Estonia Estonia
Tallinn University, School of Humanities ORCID logo 0000-0002-1981-2071
Pedro Henrique Santin Brancalion Lead author Brazil
Universidade de São Paulo ORCID logo 0000-0001-8245-4062
Lynne Shannon Lead author South Africa South Africa
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town ORCID logo 0000-0001-7842-0636
Madhu verma Lead author India India
Iora Ecological Solutions ORCID logo 0000-0002-7982-9182
Andres Viña Lead author Colombia
Michigan State University ORCID logo 0000-0001-6240-6610
Hazel Arceo Review editor Philippines
Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines
Stanley Asah Review editor Cameroon United States of America
Cameroon
University of Washington ORCID logo 0000-0003-4888-2797
Rodolfo Dirzo Review editor Mexico
United States of America
Stanford University - Woods Institute for the Environment ORCID logo 0000-0002-5751-9888
Eric Lambin Review editor Belgium
Earth & Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain and Department of Earth System Science, School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University
Jayalaxshmi Mistry Review editor United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Royal Holloway University of London ORCID logo 0000-0001-7582-3739
Sebsebe Demissew Woodmatas Review editor Ethiopia
Addis Ababa University ORCID logo 0000-0002-0123-9596
Pedro Jaureguiberry Fellow Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) Argentina
IMBIV (CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Córdoba) ORCID logo 0000-0002-7392-5157
Rashad Salimov Fellow Azerbaijan
Institute of Botany of ANAS ORCID logo 0000-0001-8363-4663
Uttam Babu Shrestha Fellow Global Young Academy Nepal
Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Nepal ORCID logo 0000-0002-8766-279X
Anna Sidorovich Fellow The Scientific and Practical Centre for Bioresources of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Belarus
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus - Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources ORCID logo 0000-0001-7523-5048

Chapter 3: progress towards meeting major international objectives related to biodiversity and ecosystem services

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Stuart Butchart Coordinating lead author United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
BirdLife International
Suneetha Mazhenchery Subramanian Coordinating lead author United Nations University India
UNU-Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability ORCID logo 0000-0003-2516-2412
Patricia Miloslavich de Klein Coordinating lead author Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
University of Tasmania/Universidad Simon Bolivar ORCID logo 0000-0001-5409-1401
Belinda Reyers Coordinating lead author South Africa South Africa
Future Africa, University of Pretoria ORCID logo 0000-0002-2194-8656
Cristina Adams Lead author Brazil
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
School of Arts, Sciences and Humanity ORCID logo 0000-0003-2594-9186
Elena Bennett Lead author United States of America United States of America
McGill University ORCID logo 0000-0003-3944-2925
Bálint Czúcz Lead author Hungary Hungary
Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA) ORCID logo 0000-0002-6462-7633
Leonardo Galetto Lead author Argentina Argentina
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina ORCID logo 0000-0003-3828-657X
Kathleen Galvin Lead author United States of America United States of America
Colorado State University
Leah Gerber Lead author Ecoservices Group, Arizona State University United States of America
School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
Tamrat Gode Lead author Ethiopia Ethiopia
Addis Abeba University ORCID logo 0000-0002-1596-4991
Walter Jetz Lead author FutureEarth Germany
Imperial College London (P/T) and Yale University ORCID logo 0000-0002-1971-7277
Ishmael Bobby Mphangwe Kosamu Lead author Malawi Malawi
Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (MUBAS) ORCID logo 0000-0001-5463-6897
Maria Gabriela Palomo Lead author Argentina Argentina
National History Museum ORCID logo 0000-0002-9102-1282
Mostafa Panahi Lead author ECO-IEST Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University ORCID logo 0000-0001-7480-6232
Victoria Reyes García Lead author Spain Spain
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) ORCID logo 0000-0002-2914-8055
Elizabeth Selig Lead author Norway United States of America
Norwegian Institute for Water Research/Stanford University ORCID logo 0000-0002-5479-6580
Gopal Shankar Singh Lead author India
Banaras Hindu University
David Tarkhnishvili Lead author Georgia
Ilia State University ORCID logo 0000-0003-1479-9880
Haigen Xu Lead author China China
Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China
Fikret Berkes Review editor Canada
Türkiye
University of Manitoba ORCID logo 0000-0001-8402-121X
Thomas Brooks Review editor United States of America United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) ORCID logo 0000-0001-8159-3116
Abigail Lynch Fellow United States of America United States of America
U.S. Geological Survey, National Climate Adaptation Science Center ORCID logo 0000-0001-8449-8392
Tuyeni Mwampamba Fellow United Republic of Tanzania United Republic of Tanzania
Institute for Ecosystems & Sustainability Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico ORCID logo 0000-0003-4635-5774
Aibek Samakov Fellow Kyrgyzstan
Universität Tübingen ORCID logo 0000-0001-7615-7264

Chapter 4: plausible futures of nature, nature's benefits to people and their contributions to a good quality of life

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Almut Arneth Coordinating lead author Germany Germany
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology ORCID logo 0000-0001-6616-0822
Guy Midgley Coordinating lead author South Africa South Africa
University of Stellenbosch ORCID logo 0000-0001-8264-0869
Rinku Roy Chowdhury Coordinating lead author United States of America
Clark University ORCID logo 0000-0003-0762-226X
Yunne Jai Shin Coordinating lead author France France
Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) ORCID logo 0000-0002-7259-9265
Yaw Agyeman Boafo Lead author Ghana
Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Studies, University of Ghana
Elena Bukvareva Lead author Russian Federation
Biodiversity Conservation Center ORCID logo 0000-0003-0023-7270
Andreas Heinimann Lead author Switzerland Switzerland
Wyss Academy for Nature at the University of Bern ORCID logo 0000-0001-8905-8169
Andra-Ioana Horcea-Milcu Lead author Romania
Germany
Kassel Institute for Sustainability ORCID logo 0000-0003-1757-6615
Pavel Kindlmann Lead author Czechia Czechia
Global Change Research Centre, Academy of Sciences, Brno ORCID logo 0000-0003-4772-1182
Melanie Kolb Lead author Mexico Mexico
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ORCID logo 0000-0002-3329-3861
Zdenka Krenova Lead author Czechia
Global Change Research Centre, AS CR ORCID logo 0000-0003-3539-601X
Paul Leadley Lead author France
United States of America
Ecology, Systematics evolution Labaratory, Paris-Saclay University ORCID logo 0000-0002-8994-5507
Thierry Oberdorff Lead author Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) France
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement ORCID logo 0000-0001-7323-2599
Philip Osano Lead author Stockholm Environment Institute Kenya
Stockholm Environment Institute ORCID logo 0000-0002-6065-5151
Ramon de La Concepcion Pichs Madruga Lead author Asociacion Nacional de Economistas y Contadores de Cuba (ANEC) Cuba
Centre for World Economy Studies (CIEM)
Carlo Rondinini Lead author International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Italy
Sapienza University of Rome ORCID logo 0000-0002-6617-018X
Osamu Saito Lead author Japan Japan
United Nations University ORCID logo 0000-0003-3763-1079
Jyothis Sathyapalan Lead author India India
India
National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj - NIRD ORCID logo 0000-0002-0220-1063
TianXiang Yue Lead author China China
Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences ORCID logo 0000-0002-1517-1094
Milan Chytrý Review editor Czechia
Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University ORCID logo 0000-0002-8122-3075
Md Zeenatul Basher Fellow Michigan State University Bangladesh
Michigan State University ORCID logo 0000-0002-6439-8324
Ignacio Palomo Fellow Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) Spain
Basque Centre for Climate Change
Patricio Pliscoff Fellow Chile Chile
Universidad Catolica de Chile

Chapter 5: scenarios and pathways towards a sustainable future

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
John Agard Coordinating lead author Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
University of the West Indies ORCID logo 0000-0002-8139-7665
Kai Chan Coordinating lead author Canada Canada
University of British Columbia ORCID logo 0000-0002-7804-3276
Jianguo Liu Coordinating lead author United States of America China
ORCID logo 0000-0001-6344-0087
Dolors Armenteras Pascual Lead author Universidad Nacional de Colombia Colombia
Spain
Universidad Nacional de Colombia ORCID logo 0000-0003-0922-7298
Agni Boedhihartono Lead author Indonesia
University of British Columbia ORCID logo 0000-0002-5741-3688
Wai Lung (William) Cheung Lead author FutureEarth Canada
China
The University of British Columbia ORCID logo 0000-0001-9998-0384
Ana Paula Dutra De Aguiar Lead author Brazil
Brazilian Institute for Space Research (INPE)/Stockholm Resilience Centre ORCID logo 0000-0002-0683-1142
Shizuka Hashimoto Lead author Japan Japan
University of Tokyo ORCID logo 0000-0003-4423-9374
Gladys Cecilia Hernández Pedraza Lead author Cuba
CIEM Centre for World Economy Studies
Thomas Hickler Lead author Germany Germany
Goethe University
Jens Jetzkowitz Lead author Germany Germany
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin ORCID logo 0000-0002-8524-6936
Marcel Kok Lead author Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency ORCID logo 0000-0003-1332-8040
Michael Alan Murray-Hudson Lead author University of Botswana Botswana
University of Botswana Okavango Research Institute ORCID logo 0000-0001-6873-0913
Patrick OFarrell Lead author South Africa South Africa
University of the Western Cape ORCID logo 0000-0002-9538-8831
Theresa (Terre) Satterfield Lead author Canada Canada
University of British Columbia ORCID logo 0000-0001-9807-6836
Ali Saysel Lead author Türkiye Türkiye
BOĞAZİÇİ University ORCID logo 0000-0001-7524-1050
Ralf Seppelt Lead author Germany Germany
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research ORCID logo 0000-0002-2723-7150
Bernardo Strassburg Lead author Brazil
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro ORCID logo 0000-0002-8598-3020
Dayuan Xue Lead author China China
School of Life and Environmental Science, Minzu University of China ORCID logo 0000-0002-6725-3884
Karen Esler Review editor South Africa
Conservation Ecology & Entomology Department, Stellenbosch University ORCID logo 0000-0001-6510-727X
Lenke Balint Fellow Birdlife International Romania
Hungary
BirdLife International ORCID logo 0000-0002-5814-3114
Assem Abdelmonem Ahmed Mohamed Fellow Egypt
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (MALR), Central Laboratory for Agricultural Climate (CLAC)
Odirilwe Selomane Fellow Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) South Africa South Africa
University of Pretoria ORCID logo 0000-0002-6892-4221

Chapter 6: opportunities and challenges for decision makers

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Jona Razzaque Coordinating lead author United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Department of Law, Faculty of Business and Law, University of the West of England ORCID logo 0000-0003-3357-2008
Ingrid Visseren Coordinating lead author United States of America Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Radboud University ORCID logo 0000-0002-8495-6282
Ambika Gautam Lead author Nepal
Kathmandu Forestry College ORCID logo 0000-0001-3705-0335
Mine Islar Lead author Türkiye Türkiye
Sweden
Lund University Centre For Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) ORCID logo 0000-0001-9479-4734
Md Saiful Karim Lead author Australia Australia
Bangladesh
Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology ORCID logo 0000-0003-4183-0505
Eszter Kelemen Lead author Hungary Hungary
ESSRG; Institute for Sociology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ORCID logo 0000-0002-6409-1883
Jinlong Liu Lead author China China
Renmin University of China ORCID logo 0000-0002-0228-0865
Gabriel Lui Lead author Brazil
Department of Forests and Control of Deforestation, Brazilian Ministry of the Environment
Pamela Mcelwee Lead author United States of America United States of America
Rutgers University ORCID logo 0000-0003-3525-9285
Abrar Juhar Mohammed Lead author Addis Ababa University Ethiopia
The University of Tokyo ORCID logo 0000-0003-4873-3337
Eric Dada Mungatana Lead author Kenya
University of Pretoria ORCID logo 0000-0003-2426-8960
Roldan Muradian Lead author Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Universidade Federal Fluminense ORCID logo 0000-0002-5995-6483
Graciela Rusch Lead author Noregian institute for nature research Argentina
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research ORCID logo 0000-0003-3769-8345
Esther Turnhout Lead author Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
University of Twente, The Netherlands ORCID logo 0000-0002-2190-2076
Meryl Williams Lead author Australia
AsiaPacific-FishWatch ORCID logo 0000-0001-5656-951X
Julia Carabias Lillo Review editor Mexico
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Jan Plesník Review editor Czechia Czechia
Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic (NCA CR)
Ivis Julieta Chan Fellow Belize
Plantlife International
Álvaro Fernández Llamazares Fellow University of Helsinki Spain
University of Helsinki
Michelle Lim Fellow International Social Science Council (ISSC) Australia
Adelaide Law School ORCID logo 0000-0002-0559-0113

Bureau and Multidisciplinary Expert Panel representatives

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Ivar Andreas Baste Bureau task force/expert group member Norway
Norwegian Environment Agency
Ana Maria Hernandez Salgar Bureau task force/expert group member Colombia
Independent
Asghar Mohammadi Fazel Bureau task force/expert group member Iran (Islamic Republic of)
ECO-IEST ORCID logo 0000-0001-7494-2357
Robert Watson Bureau task force/expert group member United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Tyndall Center Department of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
Luthando Dziba MEP task force/expert group member South Africa
Wildlife Conservation Society ORCID logo 0000-0001-6974-5578
Markus Fischer MEP task force/expert group member Switzerland
University of Bern
Yi Huang MEP task force/expert group member China China
Centre of Environmental Sciences, Peking University
Madhav Karki MEP task force/expert group member Nepal
Ministry of Forest and Environment, Govt. of Nepal and IPBES ORCID logo 0000-0003-0842-3836
Isabel Sousa Pinto MEP task force/expert group member Portugal
Biology Department of the Faculty of Science of the University of Porto and Ciimar ORCID logo 0000-0002-9231-0553
Katalin Török MEP task force/expert group member Hungary
Centre for Ecological Research ORCID logo 0000-0002-5910-7027
Bibiana Vilá MEP task force/expert group member Argentina
Spain
CONICET: National Research Council ORCID logo 0000-0002-1616-1920