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Invasive alien species experts

 

Co-chairs, Aníbal Pauchard, Helen Roy, and Peter Stoett are leading the assessment team, which consists of more than 80 experts from more than 40 countries encompassing all UN regions and a variety of expertise. This team was carefully selected by the IPBES Multidisciplinary Expert Panel (MEP) and Bureau.

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Experts

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Rizwan Irshad MEP task force/expert group member Pakistán (el)
Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Climate Change, Islamabad, PAKISTAN

Chapter 1. Setting the scene 

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Anibal Pauchard Chair Chile Chile
University of Concepción ORCID logo 0000-0003-1284-3163
Helen Roy Chair Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte (el) Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte (el)
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; University of Exeter ORCID logo 0000-0001-6050-679X
Peter Stoett Chair Canadá (el) Canadá (el)
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Piero Genovesi Review editor Switzerland Italia
IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group ORCID logo 0000-0002-0262-1420
John Wilson Review editor South Africa Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte (el)
South African National Biodiversity Institute ORCID logo 0000-0003-0174-3239
Tatsiana Lipinskaya Fellow Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Belarús
Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus ORCID logo 0000-0001-5088-8114
Joana Vicente Fellow Portugal Portugal
BIOPOLIS - CIBIO / InBIO ORCID logo 0000-0003-0382-0189

Chapter 2. Synthesis of past and future trends in the spread, pathways, evolutionary change and distribution of invasive alien species

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Laura Meyerson Coordinating lead author Estados Unidos de América (los) Estados Unidos de América (los)
University of Rhode Island ORCID logo ORCID: orcid.org/00
Sebataolo Rahlao Coordinating lead author Sudáfrica Lesotho
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, South Africa
Hanno Seebens Coordinating lead author Alemania Alemania
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Franck Courchamp Lead author Francia Francia
Suiza
CNRS ORCID logo 0000-0001-7605-4548
Emre Keskin Lead author Turquía Turquía
Ankara University ORCID logo 0000-0002-7279-313X
Petr Pysek Lead author Chequia Chequia
Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences
Alifereti Tawake Lead author Fiji Fiji
Locally Managed Marine Area (LMMA) Network International Trust ORCID logo 0000-0002-0154-3600
Elena Tricarico Lead author Italy Italia
Department of Biology, University of Florence, Italy ORCID logo 0000-0002-7392-0794
Cang Hui Review editor Stellenbosch University China
Sudáfrica
Stellenbosch University ORCID logo 0000-0002-3660-8160
Victoria Werenkraut Review editor Argentina Argentina (la)
INIBIOMA, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, CONICET ORCID logo 0000-0003-2417-3953
Bernd Lenzner Fellow University of Vienna Alemania
Bioinvasions, Global Change Macroecology Group, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna ORCID logo 0000-0002-2616-3479
Hanieh Saeedi Fellow Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center Irán (República Islámica del)
Goethe University Frankfurt and Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Germany

Chapter 3. Direct and indirect drivers responsible for, inter alia, the introduction, spread, abundance and dynamics of invasive alien species

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Philip Hulme Coordinating lead author Nueva Zelandia Nueva Zelandia
Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte (el)
Lincoln University ORCID logo 0000-0001-5712-0474
Tohru Ikeda Coordinating lead author Japón (el) Japón (el)
Hokkaido University
Vigdis Vandvik Coordinating lead author Noruega Noruega
University of Bergen ORCID logo 0000-0003-4651-4798
Ryan Blanchard Lead author Sudáfrica Sudáfrica
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Morelia Camacho-Cervantes Lead author México México
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico ORCID logo 0000-0002-7123-7924
Ileana Herrera Lead author Ecuador Venezuela (República Bolivariana de)
Ecuador (el)
Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondón-Ecuador ORCID logo 0000-0002-7201-7085
Asuka Koyama Lead author Japón (el) Japón (el)
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Carolina Morales Lead author Argentina (la) Argentina (la)
INIBIOMA (CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue) ORCID logo 0000-0002-9989-5347
Linus Munishi Lead author República Unida de Tanzanía (la) República Unida de Tanzanía (la)
The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, NM-AIST, Arusha, Tanzania
Nirmalie Pallewatta Lead author Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
University of Colombo
Jan Pergl Lead author Chequia Chequia
Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences ORCID logo 0000-0002-0045-1974
Anthony Ricciardi Lead author Canadá (el) Canadá (el)
McGill University ORCID logo 0000-0003-1492-0054
Franz Essl Review editor Austria Austria
Aveliina Helm Review editor Estonia Estonia
University of Tartu ORCID logo 0000-0003-2338-4564
Esra Per Fellow Turquía Turquía
Gazi University ORCID logo 0000-0002-7764-1215
Rafael Xavier Fellow Brasil (el) Brasil (el)
Universidade de São Paulo

Chapter 4. Environmental, economic and social impact of invasive alien species

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Sven Bacher Coordinating lead author Suiza Suiza
Alemania
University of Fribourg ORCID logo 0000-0001-5147-7165
Bella Galil Coordinating lead author Israel Israel
Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University
Martin Nuñez Coordinating lead author Argentina (la) Argentina (la)
Universidad Nacional del Comahue/CONICET - University of Houston ORCID logo 0000-0003-0324-5479
Michael Ansong Lead author Ghana Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Phill Cassey Lead author Australia Nueva Zelandia
University of Adelaide ORCID logo 0000-0002-2626-0172
Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz Lead author Alemania Alemania
Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte (el)
Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University
Georgi Fayvush Lead author Institute of Botany of National Academy of Sciences of Armenia Armenia
Institute of Botany of NAS of Armenia
Ankila Hiremath Lead author Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) India (la)
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)
IKEGAMI Makihiko Lead author Japan
National Institute for Environmental Studies ORCID logo 0000-0002-7760-7973
Angeliki- Kelly Martinou Lead author Chipre Chipre
Grecia
Laboratory of Vector Ecology and Applied Entomology/Joint Services Health Unit Cyprus, Enalia Physis, Cyprus Institute
Shana McDermott Lead author Estados Unidos de América (los) Estados Unidos de América (los)
Cristina Preda Lead author Chequia Rumania
Ovidius University of Constanta ORCID logo 0000-0002-3513-7344
Montserrat Vila Lead author España España
Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC)
Olaf Weyl Lead author South Africa Sudáfrica
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity ORCID logo 0000-0002-8935-3296
Rajesh Rai Review editor Nepal Nepal
Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University ORCID logo 0000-0002-2275-815X
David Richardson Review editor South Africa Sudáfrica
Stellenbosch University ORCID logo 0000-0001-9574-8297
Romina Fernandez Fellow Instituto de Ecología Regional, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán Argentina (la)
FONCyT ORCID logo 0000-0001-8710-6489
Ellen Ryan-Colton Fellow Australia Australia
Charles Darwin University and Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara ORCID logo 0000-0002-3278-9443

Chapter 5. Effectiveness of past and current programmes and tools for the global, national and local prevention and management of invasive alien species and their impacts

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Sankaran Kavileveettil Coordinating lead author India (la) India (la)
FAO of the UN
Evangelina Schwindt Coordinating lead author Argentina (la) Argentina (la)
IBIOMAR-CONICET
Andrew Sheppard Coordinating lead author Australia Australia
CSIRO
John Bukombe Lead author Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute República Unida de Tanzanía (la)
República Unida de Tanzanía (la)
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute ORCID logo 0000-0003-4096-2629
Rafael Dudeque Zenni Lead author Brasil (el) Brasil (el)
Federal University of Lavras (UFLA) ORCID logo 0000-0002-4315-7986
Chika Egawa Lead author Japón (el) Japón (el)
Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization ORCID logo 0000-0002-4561-2137
Llewellyn Foxcroft Lead author Sudáfrica Sudáfrica
South African National Parks
Ana Isabel Gonzalez-Martinez Lead author México México
CONABIO National Commissio for the knowledge and use of biodiversity
Jana Mullerova Lead author Chequia Chequia
Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in Usti n. L. ORCID logo 0000-0001-7331-3479
Lora Peacock Lead author Nueva Zelandia Nueva Zelandia
Ministry for Primary Industries- New Zealand
Sonia Vanderhoeven Lead author Bélgica Bélgica
Belgian Biodiversity Platform ORCID logo 0000-0002-6298-5373
Wycliffe Wanzala Lead author Kenya Kenya
Maasai Mara University ORCID logo 0000-0001-9177-3217
Shyama Pagad Review editor New Zealand Nueva Zelandia
IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group/ University of Auckland, New Zealand
Silvia Ziller Review editor International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Brasil (el)
Alemania
The Horus Institute for Environmental Conservation and Development
Maria Loreto Castillo Fellow Centre for Invasion Biology-Stellenbosch University Chile
Department of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany of the ASCR ORCID logo 0000-0003-1228-172X
Dongang Mangwa Fellow Camerún (el) Camerún (el)
Camerún (el)
Dongang Ceraphine Mangwa, Department of Environmental Science, University of Buea

Chapter 6. Future options for the prevention and management of invasive alien species and provide an analysis of possible support tools for decision makers 

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Melodie McGeoch Coordinating lead author FutureEarth Australia
Sudáfrica
Monash University ORCID logo 0000-0003-3388-2241
Alejandro Ordonez Coordinating lead author Dinamarca Colombia
Países Bajos (los)
Aarhus University - Denamrk ORCID logo 0000-0003-2873-4551
Ernesto Brugnoli Lead author Uruguay (el) Uruguay (el)
Faculty of Sciences- Universidad de la República
Bridget Bwalya Umar Lead author Zambia Zambia
University of Zambia ORCID logo 0000-0003-3655-2248
Chaeho Byun Lead author República de Corea (la) República de Corea (la)
Andong National University
Miguel Fernandez Trigoso Lead author NatureServe Bolivia (Estado Plurinacional de)
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) ORCID logo 0000-0002-8301-1340
Quentin Groom Lead author Bélgica Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte (el)
Meise Botanic Garden ORCID logo 0000-0002-0596-5376
Patricia Howard Lead author Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte (el) Países Bajos (los)
Estados Unidos de América (los)
Wageningen University Dept. of Social Sciences and University of Kent School of Anthropology and Conservation ORCID logo 0000-0002-9215-6146
Stanislav Ksenofontov Lead author Russian Federation Federación de Rusia (la)
University of Northern Iowa
Henn Ojaveer Lead author Estonia Estonia
University of Tartu
Bharat Shrestha Lead author Nepal Nepal
Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu ORCID logo 0000-0002-9457-2637
Daniel Simberloff Lead author Estados Unidos de América (los) Estados Unidos de América (los)
University of Tennessee
Julie Lockwood Review editor United States of America Estados Unidos de América (los)
Rutgers University ORCID logo 0000-0003-0177-449X
Sophie Riley Review editor Australia Australia
University of Technology Sydney ORCID logo 0000-0002-8079-7069
Ninad Mungi Fellow India (la) India (la)
Wildlife Institute of India ORCID logo 0000-0001-6502-0457
Betty Rono Fellow German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig Kenya
Egerton University and German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig ORCID logo 0000-0001-7886-1511

Bureau and Multidisciplinary Expert Panel representatives

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Rashad Allahverdiyev Bureau task force/expert group member Azerbaiyán
Khazar University ORCID logo 0000-0002-0295-2377
Eric Fokam MEP task force/expert group member Camerún (el)
University of Buea ORCID logo 0000-0003-4531-3580
Shizuka Hashimoto MEP task force/expert group member Japón (el)
University of Tokyo ORCID logo 0000-0003-4423-9374

Technical Support Unit

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Naoki Amako Technical support unit (head) Japón (el)
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) ORCID logo 0000-0002-6482-0644
Ryoko Kawakami Technical support unit Japón (el)
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
Tanara Renard Truong Van Nga Technical support unit Francia
IGES - IAS-TSU