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Members of the data and knowledge management task force (IPBES 10 - IPBES 13)

Information on the call for the nomination of experts for the task force on data and knowledge management is available here (EM/2023/37). Please scroll down for the selected list of task force members.

The group of experts for the task force on data and knowledge management selected by the Multidisciplinary Expert Panel of IPBES is comprised of experts and practitioners with outstanding expertise relevant to data and knowledge management. 

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
Brenda Daly Expert South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)
ORCID logo 0000-0002-3732-8339
Adriana De Palma Expert Natural History Museum London United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Italy
Natural History Museum ORCID logo 0000-0002-5345-4917
Debora Drucker Expert Brazilian Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (BPBES) Brazil
Embrapa ORCID logo 0000-0003-4177-1322
Golda Edwin Expert Association for Promoting Sustainability in Campuses and Communities
APSCC
Kwame Hackman Expert Ghana Ghana
WASCAL ORCID logo 0000-0002-2201-9314
Rainer Krug Expert Switzerland Germany
University of Zürich ORCID logo 0000-0002-7490-0066
Hanno Seebens Expert Germany Germany
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Aysegul Sirakaya Expert Türkiye Türkiye
Belgium
Lund University, Natural History Museum ORCID logo 0000-0003-3330-1750
Zheping Xu Expert China China
National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences ORCID logo 0000-0001-5858-2347
Mayra Zurbaran Nucci Expert Italy Italy
Colombia
DG Joint Research Centre of the European Commission ORCID logo 0000-0003-1231-3859

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
Milan Mataruga MEP task force/expert group member Bosnia and Herzegovina
Faculty of Forestry, University of Banja Luka
Ricardo Pinto-Coelho MEP task force/expert group member Brazil
Brazil
Chief Executive Officer ORCID logo 0000-0003-4486-1243

Technical Support Unit

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Aidin Niamir Technical support unit (head) Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Senckenberg Society for Natural Research ORCID logo 0000-0003-4511-3407
Renske Gudde Technical support unit Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung ORCID logo 0000-0003-4727-1011
Yanina Sica Technical support unit Argentina
IPBES technical support unit for data ORCID logo 0000-0002-1720-0127