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		Pakistan	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	0000-0003-1284-3163
Helen Roy	Chair	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; University of Exeter	0000-0001-6050-679X
Peter Stoett	Chair	Canada	Canada	University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Piero Genovesi	Review editor	Switzerland	Italy	IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group	0000-0002-0262-1420
John Wilson	Review editor	South Africa	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	South African National Biodiversity Institute	0000-0003-0174-3239
Tatsiana Lipinskaya	Fellow	Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus	Belarus	Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus	0000-0001-5088-8114
Joana Vicente	Fellow	Portugal	Portugal	BIOPOLIS - CIBIO / InBIO	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	United States of America	United States of America	University of Rhode Island	ORCID: orcid.org/00
Sebataolo Rahlao	Coordinating lead author	South Africa	Lesotho	Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, South Africa
Hanno Seebens	Coordinating lead author	Germany	Germany	Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Franck Courchamp	Lead author	France	France Switzerland	CNRS	0000-0001-7605-4548
Emre Keskin	Lead author	Türkiye	Türkiye	Ankara University	0000-0002-7279-313X
Petr Pysek	Lead author	Czechia	Czechia	Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences
Alifereti Tawake	Lead author	Fiji	Fiji	Locally Managed Marine Area (LMMA) Network International Trust	0000-0002-0154-3600
Elena Tricarico	Lead author	Italy	Italy	Department of Biology, University of Florence, Italy	0000-0002-7392-0794
Cang Hui	Review editor	Stellenbosch University	China South Africa	Stellenbosch University	0000-0002-3660-8160
Victoria Werenkraut	Review editor	Argentina	Argentina	INIBIOMA, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, CONICET	0000-0003-2417-3953
Bernd Lenzner	Fellow	University of Vienna	Germany	Bioinvasions, Global Change Macroecology Group, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna	0000-0002-2616-3479
Hanieh Saeedi	Fellow	Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	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	New Zealand	New Zealand United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Lincoln University	0000-0001-5712-0474
Tohru Ikeda	Coordinating lead author	Japan	Japan	Hokkaido University
Vigdis Vandvik	Coordinating lead author	Norway	Norway	University of Bergen	0000-0003-4651-4798
Ryan Blanchard	Lead author	South Africa	South Africa	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Morelia Camacho-Cervantes	Lead author	Mexico	Mexico	Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico	0000-0002-7123-7924
Ileana Herrera	Lead author	Ecuador	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Ecuador	Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondón-Ecuador	0000-0002-7201-7085
Asuka Koyama	Lead author	Japan	Japan	Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Carolina Morales	Lead author	Argentina	Argentina	INIBIOMA (CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue)	0000-0002-9989-5347
Linus Munishi	Lead author	United Republic of Tanzania	United Republic of Tanzania	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	Czechia	Czechia	Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences	0000-0002-0045-1974
Anthony Ricciardi	Lead author	Canada	Canada	McGill University	0000-0003-1492-0054
Franz Essl	Review editor	Austria	Austria
Aveliina Helm	Review editor	Estonia	Estonia	University of Tartu	0000-0003-2338-4564
Esra Per	Fellow	Türkiye	Türkiye	Gazi University	0000-0002-7764-1215
Rafael Xavier	Fellow	Brazil	Brazil	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	Switzerland	Switzerland Germany	University of Fribourg	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	Argentina	Universidad Nacional del Comahue/CONICET - University of Houston	0000-0003-0324-5479
Michael Ansong	Lead author	Ghana	Ghana	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Phill Cassey	Lead author	Australia	New Zealand	University of Adelaide	0000-0002-2626-0172
Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz	Lead author	Germany	Germany United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	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	Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)
IKEGAMI Makihiko	Lead author	Japan		National Institute for Environmental Studies	0000-0002-7760-7973
Angeliki- Kelly Martinou	Lead author	Cyprus	Cyprus Greece	Laboratory of Vector Ecology and Applied Entomology/Joint Services Health Unit Cyprus, Enalia Physis, Cyprus Institute
Shana McDermott	Lead author	United States of America	United States of America
Cristina Preda	Lead author	Czechia	Romania	Ovidius University of Constanta
Montserrat Vila	Lead author	Spain	Spain	Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC)
Olaf Weyl	Lead author	South Africa	South Africa	South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	0000-0002-8935-3296
Rajesh Rai	Review editor	Nepal	Nepal	Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University	0000-0002-2275-815X
David Richardson	Review editor	South Africa	South Africa	Stellenbosch University	0000-0001-9574-8297
Romina Fernandez	Fellow	Instituto de Ecología Regional, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán	Argentina	FONCyT	0000-0001-8710-6489
Ellen Ryan-Colton	Fellow	Australia	Australia	Charles Darwin University and Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara	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	India	FAO of the UN
Evangelina Schwindt	Coordinating lead author	Argentina	Argentina	IBIOMAR-CONICET
Andrew Sheppard	Coordinating lead author	Australia	Australia	CSIRO
John Bukombe	Lead author	Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute	United Republic of Tanzania United Republic of Tanzania	Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute	0000-0003-4096-2629
Rafael Dudeque Zenni	Lead author	Brazil	Brazil	Federal University of Lavras (UFLA)	0000-0002-4315-7986
Chika Egawa	Lead author	Japan	Japan	Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization	0000-0002-4561-2137
Llewellyn Foxcroft	Lead author	South Africa	South Africa	South African National Parks
Ana Isabel Gonzalez-Martinez	Lead author	Mexico	Mexico	CONABIO National Commissio for the knowledge and use of biodiversity
Jana Mullerova	Lead author	Czechia	Czechia	Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in Usti n. L.	0000-0001-7331-3479
Lora Peacock	Lead author	New Zealand	New Zealand	Ministry for Primary Industries- New Zealand
Sonia Vanderhoeven	Lead author	Belgium	Belgium	Belgian Biodiversity Platform	0000-0002-6298-5373
Wycliffe Wanzala	Lead author	Kenya	Kenya	Maasai Mara University	0000-0001-9177-3217
Shyama Pagad	Review editor	New Zealand	New Zealand	IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group/ University of Auckland, New Zealand
Silvia Ziller	Review editor	International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)	Brazil Germany	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	0000-0003-1228-172X
Dongang Mangwa	Fellow	Cameroon	Cameroon Cameroon	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 South Africa	Monash University	0000-0003-3388-2241
Alejandro Ordonez	Coordinating lead author	Denmark	Colombia Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	Aarhus University - Denamrk	0000-0003-2873-4551
Ernesto Brugnoli	Lead author	Uruguay	Uruguay	Faculty of Sciences- Universidad de la República
Bridget Bwalya Umar	Lead author	Zambia	Zambia	University of Zambia	0000-0003-3655-2248
Chaeho Byun	Lead author	Republic of Korea	Republic of Korea	Andong National University
Miguel Fernandez Trigoso	Lead author	NatureServe	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)	0000-0002-8301-1340
Quentin Groom	Lead author	Belgium	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Meise Botanic Garden	0000-0002-0596-5376
Patricia Howard	Lead author	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Netherlands (Kingdom of the) United States of America	Wageningen University Dept. of Social Sciences and University of Kent School of Anthropology and Conservation	0000-0002-9215-6146
Stanislav Ksenofontov	Lead author	Russian Federation	Russian Federation	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	0000-0002-9457-2637
Daniel Simberloff	Lead author	United States of America	United States of America	University of Tennessee
Julie Lockwood	Review editor	United States of America	United States of America	Rutgers University	0000-0003-0177-449X
Sophie Riley	Review editor	Australia	Australia	University of Technology Sydney	0000-0002-8079-7069
Ninad Mungi	Fellow	India	India	Wildlife Institute of India	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	0000-0001-7886-1511

Bureau and Multidisciplinary Expert Panel representatives
Name	Role	Nationality(ies)	Affiliation	ORCID Identifier
Rashad Allahverdiyev	Bureau task force/expert group member	Azerbaijan	Khazar University	0000-0002-0295-2377
Eric Fokam	MEP task force/expert group member	Cameroon	University of Buea	0000-0003-4531-3580
Shizuka Hashimoto	MEP task force/expert group member	Japan	University of Tokyo	0000-0003-4423-9374

Technical Support Unit
Name	Role	Nationality(ies)	Affiliation	ORCID Identifier
Naoki Amako	Technical support unit (head)	Japan	Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)	0000-0002-6482-0644
Ryoko Kawakami	Technical support unit	Japan	Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
Tanara Renard Truong Van Nga	Technical support unit	France	IGES - IAS-TSU