Please note: The allocation of experts to chapters may be subject to change.
Additional experts may be selected in line with the procedure for filling gaps in expertise set out in annex I to decision IPBES-4/3.
Experts
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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| John Donaldson | Chair | South Africa | South Africa |
IPBES Expert |  0000-0002-7930-1695 |
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| Marla Emery | Chair | United States of America | United States of America |
USDA Forest Service (retired) and Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) | 0000-0003-2178-3027 |
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| Jean-Marc Fromentin | Chair | France | France |
Ifremer | 0000-0002-1496-4332 |
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| Enrique Michaud | Lead author | Peru | Peru |
The Mountain Institute | |||
| Ana Parma | Lead author | Argentina | Argentina |
Argentine Council for Scientific and Technological Research | 0000-0003-0461-2904 |
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| Kevin St. Martin | Lead author | United States of America | United States of America |
Rutgers University | 0000-0003-3775-1601 |
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| Robert Bitariho | Review editor | Uganda | Uganda |
Mbarara University of Science and Technology | 0000-0002-3461-0013 |
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| Eduardo Brondizio | Review editor | Brazil | Brazil United States of America |
Department of Anthropology at Indiana University, United States of America | 0000-0001-9376-8366 |
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| Håkon B. Stokland | Fellow | Norway | Norway |
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Norway | 0000-0001-9668-8492 |
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Rice | Coordinating lead author | Canada | Canada |
Retired (Scientist Emeritus) | |||
| Tamara Ticktin | Coordinating lead author | United States of America | United States of America Canada |
University of Hawaii, United States | 0000-0003-4227-2584 |
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| Caroline Akachuku | Lead author | Nigeria | Nigeria |
The Council , Michael Okapra University of Agriculture Umudike | |||
| Isabel Díaz-Reviriego | Lead author | Spain | Spain |
Leuphana University of Lüneburg | 0000-0002-0665-3833 |
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| Takuya Furukawa | Lead author | Japan | Japan |
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan | 0000-0003-2006-6560 |
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| Edson Gandiwa | Lead author | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority | 0000-0003-0708-350X |
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| Lusine Margaryan | Lead author | Armenia | Armenia Sweden |
Mid Sweden University | 0000-0003-4227-2584 |
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| Pua'ala Pascua | Lead author | United States of America | United States of America |
American Musuem of Natural History Center for Biodiversity and Conservation; Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance- Ahupuaʻa Accelerator Initiative | |||
| Jyothis Sathyapalan | Lead author | India | India India |
National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj - NIRD | 0000-0002-0220-1063 |
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| Cristiana Simao Seixas | Review editor | Brazil | Brazil |
University of Campinas | 0000-0002-4464-2094 |
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| Esther Turnhout | Review editor | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) |
University of Twente, The Netherlands | 0000-0002-2190-2076 |
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| Vukan Lavadinović | Fellow | Serbia | Serbia |
University of Belgrade - Faculty of Forestry | 0000-0002-8134-5849 |
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Barron | Coordinating lead author | United States of America | United States of America Norway |
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology | 0000-0003-2926-765X |
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| Ram Prasad Chaudhary | Coordinating lead author | Nepal | Nepal |
Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal | 0000-0002-1839-0727 |
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| Sonia Carvalho Ribeiro | Lead author | Brazil | Portugal |
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais | 0000-0002-3045-8632 |
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| Chabi Djagoun | Lead author | Benin | Benin |
Laboratory of Applied Ecology, University of Abomey-Calavi | 0000-0002-6352-2450 |
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| Eric Gilman | Lead author | United States of America | United States of America |
Pelagic Ecosystems Research Group | 0000-0002-4216-2513 |
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| Jaqueline Hess | Lead author | Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) | Germany |
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research | 0000-0003-3281-5434 |
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| Ray Hilborn | Lead author | United States of America | United States of America Canada |
University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences | 0000-0003-2326-2305 |
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| Esther Katz | Lead author | France | France |
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement | 0000-0003-3620-9327 |
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| Ritah Kigonya | Lead author | Uganda | Uganda |
Norwegian University of Science and Technology | 0000-0002-0689-3087 |
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| Hicham Masski | Lead author | Morocco | Morocco France |
INRH | 0000-0002-2863-4107 |
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| Prateep Nayak | Lead author | Canada | Canada |
University of Waterloo | 0000-0001-7750-4854 |
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| Helder Lima Queiroz | Lead author | Brazilian Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (BPBES) | Brazil |
Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá - IDSM-OS/MCTI | 0000-0002-4425-3208 |
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| Anna Sidorovich | Lead author | National Academy of Sciences of Belarus - Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources | Belarus |
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus - Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources | 0000-0001-7523-5048 |
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| Renato Silvano | Lead author | Brazil | Brazil Portugal |
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) | 0000-0003-0171-6628 |
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| Yan Zeng | Lead author | China | China |
Endangered Species Scientific Commission, Chinese Academy of Sciences. | 0000-0002-1474-0873 |
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| Ryo Kohsaka | Review editor | Japan | Japan |
The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences | 0000-0001-6822-4340 |
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| Charlie Shackleton | Review editor | South Africa | South Africa |
Rhodes University | 0000-0002-8489-6136 |
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| Laura Mesa | Fellow | Colombia | Colombia |
Universidad de los Llanos | 0000-0002-7117-9912 |
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| Penelope Mograbi | Fellow | South Africa | South Africa |
School of Animal, Plant & Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa & School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh | 0000-0001-8437-7021 |
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ganesan Balachander | Coordinating lead author | India | India |
Krishi Bounty Pvt Ltd. (ex-Ford Foundation, ex-CGIAR, ATREE, Nature for Justice (N4J) | 0000-0003-4971-6790 |
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| Marwa Halmy | Coordinating lead author | Egypt | Egypt |
Alexandria University | 0000-0002-4183-973X |
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| Brenda Parlee | Coordinating lead author | Canada | Canada |
Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, University of Alberta | 0000-0003-2545-4706 |
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| Buuveibaatar Bayarbaatar | Lead author | Mongolia | Mongolia |
Wildlife Conservation Society's Mongolia Program | 0000-0003-1803-0745 |
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| Duan Biggs | Lead author | South Africa | South Africa Australia |
Northen Arizona university, USA | |||
| Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor | Lead author | Mexico | Mexico Canada |
School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University | 0000-0002-4132-5317 |
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| Marie Christine Cormier Salem | Lead author | France | France |
Institute of Research for Development | 0000-0002-8853-0764 |
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| Rajarshi Dasgupta | Lead author | India | India |
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi | 0000-0003-0051-5090 |
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| Janaina Diniz | Lead author | Brazil | Brazil |
University of Brasilia | |||
| Aisha Elfaki | Lead author | Sudan | Sudan |
Ministry of Animal Resources ,Animal Resources Research Corpo, Wildlife Research Center | |||
| Lisa Hiwasaki | Lead author | Japan | Japan |
University of Rhode Island, U.S.A. | 0000-0003-0658-6017 |
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| Tien Ming Lee | Lead author | Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University | Singapore |
Sun Yat-sen University | 0000-0003-2698-9358 |
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| Gabriela Lichtenstein | Lead author | Argentina | Argentina Germany |
National Research Council (CONICET)/IUCN | 0000-0002-1717-0941 |
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| Andries Richter | Lead author | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Germany |
Wageningen University | 0000-0003-3423-4377 |
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| Manzoor Shah | Lead author | India | India |
Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, India | 0000-0003-2639-3167 |
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| Patricia Shanley | Lead author | United States of America | United States of America |
People and Plants International, Ridgeview Conservancy, Woods & Wayside International | |||
| Uttam Babu Shrestha | Lead author | Nepal | Nepal |
Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Nepal | 0000-0002-8766-279X |
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| Sara Hernandez | Review editor | Colombia | Colombia France |
Sara Hernandez Consulting, France | |||
| Sheona Shackleton | Review editor | South Africa | South Africa United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
University of Cape Town, African Climate and Development Initiative, South Africa | 0000-0002-6133-9070 |
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| Murali Chatakonda | Fellow | India | India |
Amity University, Noida, India | 0000-0002-6169-091X |
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| Shiva DEVKOTA | Fellow | Nepal | Nepal |
Himalayan Climate & Science Institute (HCSI) | 0000-0002-5290-1113 |
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christo Fabricius | Coordinating lead author | World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) | South Africa |
Nelson Mandela University | 0000-0003-2223-5671 |
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| Maria Gasalla | Coordinating lead author | Brazil | Brazil Spain |
University of Sao Paulo, Oceanographic Institute | 0000-0003-1506-7040 |
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| Derek Tittensor | Coordinating lead author | Canada | Canada United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Dalhousie University | 0000-0002-9550-3123 |
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| Emma Archer | Lead author | South Africa | South Africa Ireland |
University of Pretoria | 0000-0002-5374-3866 |
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| Ghassen Halouani | Lead author | Tunisia | Tunisia |
Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer | 0000-0001-6610-293X |
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| Kasper Kok | Lead author | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) |
Wageningen University | 0000-0002-6319-9227 |
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| E J Milner-Gulland | Lead author | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Oxford University | 0000-0003-0324-2710 |
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| Pablo Pacheco | Lead author | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) | 0000-0001-7192-6861 |
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| Rosie Cooney | Review editor | Australia | Australia |
Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University | 0000-0001-8384-8469 |
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| Carolina Minte-Vera | Review editor | Brazil | Brazil Chile |
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission | 0000-0002-0537-1519 |
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| Israel Borokini | Fellow | Nigeria | Nigeria United States of America |
Department of Ecology, Montana State University Bozeman | 0000-0002-1258-7932 |
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| Denise Margaret Matias | Fellow | Philippines | Philippines |
Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development | 0000-0002-6047-1176 |
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| Monicah Mbiba | Fellow | Nelson Mandela University | Zimbabwe |
Nelson Mandela University |
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christina Hicks | Coordinating lead author | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Kenya |
Lancaster University | |||
| Mi Sun Park | Coordinating lead author | Republic of Korea | Republic of Korea |
Seoul National University | 0000-0003-2350-3017 |
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| Véronique Avila Foucat | Lead author | Mexico | Mexico France |
Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | 0000-0002-0540-9417 |
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| Shalini Dhyani | Lead author | India | India |
CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute | 0000-0002-0915-5733 |
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| Jeppe Kolding | Lead author | Norway | Denmark |
University of Bergen | 0000-0002-2643-1285 |
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| Paola Mosig Reidl | Lead author | Mexico | Mexico |
CONABIO and TRAFFIC International, United Kingdom | |||
| Kristina Raab | Lead author | Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) | Canada United States of America |
Independent | |||
| Anton Shkaruba | Lead author | Estonian University of Life Sciences | Belarus |
Estonian University of Life Sciences | 0000-0003-2536-2123 |
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| Rachel Wynberg | Lead author | South Africa | South Africa |
University of Cape Town | 0000-0002-2984-9759 |
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| Juana Mariño De Posada | Review editor | Colombia | Colombia |
Independent | 0000-0002-4736-8457 |
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| Dilys Roe | Review editor | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
IIED and IUCN SULi | 0000-0002-6547-6427 |
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| Camila Islas | Fellow | Brazil | Brazil Uruguay |
International Institute for Sustainability, Brazil | 0000-0002-6797-8519 |
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| Zina Skandrani | Fellow | France | Tunisia Germany |
Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d'Ecologie Marine et Continentale |
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ana Maria Hernandez Salgar | Bureau task force/expert group member | Colombia |
Independent | ||||
| Sebsebe Demissew Woodmatas | Bureau task force/expert group member | Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa University | 0000-0002-0123-9596 |
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| Germán Andrade | MEP task force/expert group member | Colombia Colombia |
Instituto Humboldt | ||||
| Leng Guan Saw | MEP task force/expert group member | Malaysia |
Forest Research Institute Malaysia | 0000-0002-7170-7922 |
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| Marie Stenseke | MEP task force/expert group member | Sweden |
Department of Economy and Society, Gothenburg University | 0000-0002-1111-5175 |
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| Mohammed Sghir Taleb | MEP task force/expert group member | Morocco |
Institut Scientifique, Université Mohammed 5 de Rabat | ||||
| Ning Wu | MEP task force/expert group member | China |
Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |