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Regional Assessment Experts

Experts

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Awang Noor Abd Ghani Scoping expert Malaysia Malaysia
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Lilibeth Acosta Scoping expert DIVERSITAS Philippines
Global Green Growth Institute ORCID logo 0000-0002-0733-3751
Nur Azura Adam Scoping expert Malaysia Malaysia
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Çiğdem Adem Scoping expert IPBES Secretariat Türkiye
Middle East Technical University
Kossi Adjonou Scoping expert Togo Togo
University of Lome
Luis Fernando Aguirre Scoping expert Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Centro de Biodiversidad y Genética, Universidad Mayor de San Simón
Amani Al Assaf Scoping expert The University of Jordan Jordan
University of Jordan- Shcool of Agriculture ORCID logo 0000-0003-2482-535X
Nevena Alexandrova Scoping expert Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Bulgaria
Assistant Director General of FAO, Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
Saleem Ali Scoping expert Pakistan Pakistan
United States of America
University of Delaware and UN International Resource Panel ORCID logo 0000-0002-2943-9557
Jose Rafael Almonte Perdomo Scoping expert Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
Luciano Andriamaro Scoping expert Madagascar Madagascar
Conservation International ORCID logo 0009-0002-4203-5351
Mourad Arabi Scoping expert Algeria Algeria
Institut National de recherche forestière
Emma Archer Scoping expert South Africa South Africa
Ireland
University of Pretoria ORCID logo 0000-0002-5374-3866
Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo Scoping expert Benin Benin
University of Abomey-Calavi
Teshome Soromesa Aurgessa Scoping expert Ethiopia Ethiopia
Addis Ababa UNiversity
Anne-Gaelle Ausseil Scoping expert New Zealand France
New Zealand
Ministry for the Environment ORCID logo 0000-0001-8923-0774
Gunnar Austrheim Scoping expert Norway Norway
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Mikhail Bagaturov Scoping expert Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Russian Federation
Greece
Leningrad zoo; Zoological Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia/ Insect Taxo Lab.
Francisco Barbaran Scoping expert National Universityof Salta Instituteof Economic Research Argentina
Argentina's National Research Council
Zsófia Benedek Scoping expert Hungary Hungary
Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies ORCID logo 0000-0003-3358-0702
Reinette Biggs Scoping expert DIVERSITAS South Africa
Stellenbosch University
Maka Bitsadze Scoping expert Georgia Georgia
Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural Resources of Georgia
Sally Bunning Scoping expert IPBES Secretariat United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization
Mercedes Bustamante Scoping expert Brazil Brazil
University of Brasília
Francisco Javier Castañeda Moya Scoping expert IPBES Secretariat Guatemala
Center for Conservation Studies
Louis Celliers Scoping expert South Africa South Africa
CSIR
Marta Coll Monton (ecopath) Scoping expert France
Ecopath International Initiative Research Organization
Neville Crossman Scoping expert Australia Australia
University of Adelaide
Andrea Cruz Angón Scoping expert Mexico Mexico
CONABIO
Hamid Čustović Scoping expert Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science - Institute of Soil Science
Dedy Darnaedi Scoping expert Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network – GEO BON Indonesia
Indonesian Institute of Sciences
Jocelyn Davies Scoping expert Australia Australia
CSIRO
Kirsten Davies Scoping expert DIVERSITAS Australia
Macquarie University, Macquarie Law School ORCID logo 0000-0002-6940-4359
Mary T. Kalin De Arroyo Scoping expert Chile New Zealand
Universidad de Chile
Fabrice DeClerck Scoping expert Bioversity International Belgium
Bioversity International/CGIAR ORCID logo 0000-0002-3631-8745
Aisha Elfaki Scoping expert Animal Resources Research Organization Sudan
Ministry of Animal Resources ,Animal Resources Research Corpo, Wildlife Research Center
Thomas Elmqvist Scoping expert The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Sweden
Stockholm University
Markus Fischer Scoping expert Switzerland Switzerland
University of Bern
Nikolai Friberg Scoping expert Norwegian Institute for Water Research Denmark
Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Christine Fuerst Scoping expert Germany Germany
Martin Luther-University Halle
Prudence Tangham Galega Scoping expert Cameroon Cameroon
Ministry of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development
Kelly Garbach Scoping expert United States of America United States of America
Keisha Garcia Scoping expert Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
Jaime Ricardo Garcia Marquez Scoping expert Colombia Colombia
Humboldt University
Alfredo Arnoldo Garcia Vasquez Scoping expert IPBES Secretariat Guatemala
Natural Resources management at 48 Cantones
Oleg Guchgeldiyev Scoping expert Georgia Turkmenistan
Institute of Deserts, Flora and Fauna
Edgar E. Gutierrrez Espeleta Scoping expert Costa Rica Costa Rica
University of Costa Rica
Kwame Hackman Scoping expert Ghana Ghana
WASCAL ORCID logo 0000-0002-2201-9314
Elizabeth Hadly Scoping expert International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) United States of America
Stanford University
Patrick Halpin Scoping expert Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network – GEO BON United States of America
Duke University
Khaled Allam Harhash Scoping expert Egypt Egypt
Nature Conservation Sector, Ministry of Environment ORCID logo 0000-0001-9107-3851
James Harris Scoping expert South Africa United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Cranfield University ORCID logo 0000-0001-9266-4979
Shizuka Hashimoto Scoping expert Japan Japan
University of Tokyo ORCID logo 0000-0003-4423-9374
Geoffrey Hicks Scoping expert New Zealand New Zealand
National Commission UNESCO NZ
Yi Huang Scoping expert China China
Centre of Environmental Sciences, Peking University
Victor Hugo Inchausty Beltran Scoping expert International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), South America
Dušan Jelic Scoping expert Croatia Croatia
Croatian Institute for biodiversity ORCID logo 0000-0003-2790-1522
Ganesh Joshi Scoping expert Nepal Nepal
Visiting Professor, Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Nepal ORCID logo 0000-0001-3705-0335
Rahanna Juman Scoping expert IPBES Secretariat Trinidad and Tobago
Institute of Marine Affairs
Taku Kadoya Scoping expert Japan Japan
National Institute for Environmental Stuides
Alptekin Karagöz Scoping expert Türkiye Türkiye
Ministry of Agriculture
Md Saiful Karim Scoping expert Australia Australia
Bangladesh
Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology ORCID logo 0000-0003-4183-0505
Aventino Kasangaki Scoping expert Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network – GEO BON Uganda
Kabale University ORCID logo 0000-0002-9762-4666
Ádám Kertész Scoping expert Hungary Hungary
Geographical Institute, Research Center for Astronomy and Earth Sciences
Fred Kizito Scoping expert International Center for Tropical Agriculture Uganda
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Mikhail Kozlov Scoping expert Finland Finland
University of Turku
Linda L. Langner Scoping expert United States of America United States of America
U.S. Forest Service, Research and Development
Sandra Lavorel Scoping expert France France
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Szabolcs Lengyel Scoping expert Hungary Hungary
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Ecological Research ORCID logo 0000-0002-7049-0100
Juan Pablo Lozoya Azcárate Scoping expert Uruguay Uruguay
Spain
University of the Republic
Georgina Mace Scoping expert United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
University College London ORCID logo 0000-0001-8965-5211
Berta Martin Lopez Scoping expert Spain Spain
Leuphana University, Faculty of Sustainability ORCID logo 0000-0003-2622-0135
Matías Mastrangelo Scoping expert Argentina 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
Simone Maynard Scoping expert Australia Australia
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management
Suneetha Mazhenchery Subramanian Scoping expert United Nations University India
UNU-Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability ORCID logo 0000-0003-2516-2412
Rodrigo Moreno Villamil Scoping expert Colombia Colombia
The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Research on Biological Resources
Pablo Munoz Scoping expert DIVERSITAS Chile
United Nations University
Brett Murphy Scoping expert Australia Australia
University of Melbourne
Mduduzi Ndlovu Scoping expert South Africa Zimbabwe
South Africa
University of the Free State
Krzysztof Niedzialkowski Scoping expert Georgia Poland
Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences
Elena Nikolaeva Scoping expert International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Russian Federation
Environmental Education Center Zapovedniks
Ruslan Novitsky Scoping expert IPBES Secretariat Belarus
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Francis Nwosu Scoping expert Nigeria Nigeria
University of Calabar
Satoru Okubo Scoping expert Japan Japan
Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO ORCID logo 0000-0002-3736-513X
Gunilla Almered Olsson Scoping expert Sweden Sweden
University of Gothenburg
Jean Pierre Ometto Scoping expert Brazil Brazil
National Institute for Space Research
Chioma Onyige Scoping expert DIVERSITAS Nigeria
Department of Sociology, University of Port Harcourt ORCID logo 0000-0001-7850-2041
Krishna Chandra Paudel Scoping expert Nepal Nepal
Kathmandu Forestry College
Henrique Pereira Scoping expert International Social Science Council (ISSC) Portugal
Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO-BON) ORCID logo 0000-0003-1043-1675
Anjum Perveen Scoping expert Pakistan Pakistan
University of Karachi
Haris Piplas Scoping expert Bosnia and Herzegovina
Switzerland
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
Gabrielle Lalanirina Rajoelison Scoping expert Madagascar Madagascar
University of Antananarivo; Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques. Département Eaux et Forêts
Belinda Reyers Scoping expert South Africa South Africa
Future Africa, University of Pretoria ORCID logo 0000-0002-2194-8656
Cecile Richard Hansen Scoping expert France France
ONCFS
Vanesa Rodriguez Osuna Scoping expert Center for Development Research (ZEF) University of Bonn Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Germany
UNEP Finance Initiative
Mark Rounsevell Scoping expert United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Baris Salihoglu Scoping expert Türkiye Türkiye
Institute of Marine Sciences, Middle East Technical University
Odd Terje Sandlund Scoping expert Norway Norway
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
Fabio Scarano Scoping expert Brazil Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro ORCID logo 0000-0003-3355-9882
Eduardo Secchi Scoping expert International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
Anton Shkaruba Scoping expert Georgia Belarus
Estonian University of Life Sciences ORCID logo 0000-0003-2536-2123
Cristiana Simao Seixas Scoping expert Brazil Brazil
University of Campinas ORCID logo 0000-0002-4464-2094
Pawan Singh Scoping expert International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) India
EES Pvt Ltd
Uma Rani Sinniah Scoping expert Malaysia Malaysia
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Isabel Sousa Pinto Scoping expert Portugal Portugal
Biology Department of the Faculty of Science of the University of Porto and Ciimar ORCID logo 0000-0002-9231-0553
Lilian Chua Swee Lian Scoping expert Malaysia Malaysia
Forest Research Institute Malaysia
Ayfer Tan Scoping expert Türkiye Türkiye
Ministry of food agriculture and livestock
Kasim Tatic Scoping expert IPBES Secretariat Bosnia and Herzegovina
School of Business and Economics, University Sarajevo
Ben Ten Brink Scoping expert Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
PBL-Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Olivier Thebaud Scoping expert France France
IFREMER ORCID logo 0000-0001-8665-3827
San Thwin Scoping expert Myanmar Myanmar
University of Forestry and Environmental Conservation
Murat Türkes Scoping expert Türkiye Türkiye
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University
Sergey Venevsky Scoping expert Tsinghua University Germany
Center for Earth System Sciences, Tsinghua University
Peter Verburg Scoping expert DIVERSITAS Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
VU University Amsterdam ORCID logo 0000-0002-6977-7104
Amjad Virk Scoping expert Pakistan Pakistan
Wildlife Conservation Society-Paksitan
Piero Visconti Scoping expert United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Italy
University College London/Zoological Society of London
Wenjie Wang Scoping expert China China
Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences
Bing Wang Scoping expert China China
Chinese Academy of Forestry
John James Wilson Scoping expert Canada United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
University of Malaya
Bettina Wolfgramm Scoping expert Switzerland Switzerland
University of Bern, Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
Henry Wüstemann Scoping expert Germany Germany
Chair in Landscape Economics, TU Berlin, Germany
Tetsukazu Yahara Scoping expert Japan Japan
Graduate School of Sciences, Kyushu University
María Elena Zaccagnini Scoping expert Argentina Argentina
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria
Ivan Zambrana Flores Scoping expert Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Plurinational Authority of Mother Earth
Goran Zdunic Scoping expert Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation Croatia
Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation
András Zlinszky J. Scoping expert Hungary Hungary
Centre for Ecological Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences