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Second global assessment scoping experts


Information on the call for the nomination of experts to assist with the scoping of the second global assessment is available here (EM/2023/35). Please scroll down for the selected list of experts.

The group of experts to assist with the scoping of the second global assessment selected by the Multidisciplinary Expert Panel of IPBES is comprised of experts and practitioners with outstanding expertise relevant to the second global assessment. 

They have been selected in their individual expert capacity and not to represent the views of any public or private organization. The Multidisciplinary Expert Panel aimed at a wide geographical representation from the five UN regions and gender balance, within the limits of the pool of nominations received. 

Experts

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Sevil Acar Expert Türkiye Türkiye
Boğaziçi University ORCID logo 0000-0001-5535-8673
Sandra Verónica Acebey Quiroga Expert Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Ecologia y Empresa S.R.L. ORCID logo 0000-0003-2525-6283
Zuhre Aksoy Expert Türkiye Türkiye
Bogazici University ORCID logo 0000-0003-2142-2766
Mekuria Argaw Denboba Expert Center for Development Research (ZEF) University of Bonn Ethiopia
Addis Ababa University ORCID logo 0000-0001-6697-6709
Almut Arneth Expert Germany Germany
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology ORCID logo 0000-0001-6616-0822
Habiba Atta Expert Nigeria Nigeria
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria ORCID logo 0000-0003-3918-5666
Myrle Ballard Expert Canada Canada
University of Calgary / Environment and Climate Change Canada ORCID logo 0000-0002-3069-0941
Nigel Barker Expert University of Pretoria South Africa
University or Pretoria, Department of Plant & Soil Sciences ORCID logo 0000-0002-4612-1399
Alexandre Caron Expert France France
CIRAD ORCID logo 0000-0002-5213-3273
Ricardo Castro-Diaz Expert National University of Colombia Colombia
National University of Colombia ORCID logo 0000-0001-7089-5485
Wenting Chen Expert Norway
Norwegian Insitute for Water Research ORCID logo 0000-0001-6039-4476
Nakul Chettri Expert International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) India
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) ORCID logo 0000-0002-3338-8879
Marta Coll Monton Expert Spain Spain
Intitute of Marine Science (ICM) - Spanish Scientific Resarch Council (CSIC) ORCID logo 0000-0001-6235-5868
Tamara Contador Expert Cape Horn International Center Chile
Universidad de Magallanes ORCID logo 0000-0002-0250-9877
Bálint Czúcz Expert Norway Hungary
Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA) ORCID logo 0000-0002-6462-7633
Laura German Expert University of Georgia United States of America
Center for Integrative Conservation Research; University of Georgia ORCID logo 0000-0003-4943-4515
Wame Hambira Expert Department of Environmental Affairs Botswana
Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Gladys Cecilia Hernández Pedraza Expert Centre for World Economy Studies (CIEM) Cuba
CIEM Centre for World Economy Studies
Forest Isbell Expert United States of America United States of America
University of Minnesota ORCID logo 0000-0001-9689-769X
Hiroe Ishihara Expert Japan Japan
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo ORCID logo 0000-0002-6977-0412
Sander Jacobs Expert Belgium Belgium
Research Institute for Nature and Forest INBO ORCID logo 0000-0003-4674-4817
Miguel Jácome-Flores Expert Centro del Cambio Global y la Sustentabilidad Mexico
Centro del Cambio Global y la Sustentabilidad ORCID logo 0000-0003-1504-7920
Gensuo Jia Expert International Science Council (ISC) China
Global Change Research Center for East Asia, CAS Institute of Atmospheric Physics ORCID logo 0000-0001-5950-9555
Marijana Kapovic Solomun Expert Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
University of Banja Luka
Oxana Klimanova Expert Russian Federation
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Jagdish Krishnaswamy Expert Indian Institute for Human Settlements India
School of Environment and Sustainability, Indian Institute for Human Settlements ORCID logo 0000-0001-7985-0005
Paul Leadley Expert Future Earth France
United States of America
Ecology, Systematics evolution Labaratory, Paris-Saclay University ORCID logo 0000-0002-8994-5507
Rafael Magris Expert Brazil Brazil
ICMBio ORCID logo 0000-0002-1471-6603
Ieva Misiune Expert Lithuania Ilia State University Lithuania
Vilnius University ORCID logo 0000-0003-4457-1094
Nsalambi Nkongolo Expert Democratic Republic of the Congo 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
Chioma Onyige Expert International Science Council (ISC) Nigeria
Department of Sociology, University of Port Harcourt ORCID logo 0000-0001-7850-2041
Oluwakemi Osunderu Expert Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria Nigeria
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria ORCID logo 0000000308586897
Jerneja Penca Expert Slovenia Slovenia
Science and Research Centre Koper ORCID logo 0000-0002-2817-3443
Steve Polasky Expert United States of America United States of America
University of Minnesota ORCID logo 0000-0003-4934-2434
Andy Purvis Expert 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
Helen Roy Expert United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; University of Exeter ORCID logo 0000-0001-6050-679X
Uttam Babu Shrestha Expert Nepal Nepal
Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Nepal ORCID logo 0000-0002-8766-279X
Cosimo Solidoro Expert Italy Italy
OGS national institute of oceanography and experimental geophysic
Andrew Stott Expert United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Independent ORCID logo 0009-0008-6778-0810
Alexander Turra Expert Brazil Brazil
Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo - Unesco Chair for Ocean Sustainability ORCID logo 0000-0003-2225-8371
Haigen Xu Expert Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network – GEO BON China
Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China

Bureau and Multidisciplinary Expert Panel representatives

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Douglas Beard Bureau task force/expert group member United States of America
U.S. Geological Survey, National Climate Adaptation Science Center
David Obura Bureau task force/expert group member Kenya
Coastal Oceans Research and Development – Indian Ocean (CORDIO) East Africa. ORCID logo 0000-0003-2256-6649
Antonio Diaz-de-Leon MEP task force/expert group member Mexico
Mexico
Innovative Cutting Edge Solutions (ICES) ORCID logo 0000-0002-1801-7033
Josef Settele MEP task force/expert group member Germany
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ ORCID logo 0000-0002-8624-4983