Scope Asia Pacific regional and subregional assessment
| Name | Affiliation | Nominating Government/Organisation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madhav Karki | The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) | Nepal | Chair | |
| Sonali Senaratna Sellamuttu | International Water Management Institute | Ramsar Convention Secretariat | Chair | |
| Kimihiko Hyakumura | Kyushu University | Japan | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Ryo Kohsaka | Kanazawa University | Japan | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Alexandros Gasparatos | University of Tokyo | United Nations University | Lead Author | |
| Osamu Saito | United Nations University | Japan | Lead Author | |
| Beria Leimona | World Agroforestry Centre | Indonesia | Lead Author | |
| Gautam Talukdar | Wildlife Institute of india | India | Lead Author | |
| Sadegh Sadeghi Zadegan | Department of Environment | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Lead Author | |
| Wu Jianyong | Gao Jixi | China | Lead Author | |
| Siti Suriawati Isa | Universiti Putra Malaysia | Malaysia | Lead Author | |
| Paolo Magni | National Research Council of Italy | EUROMARINE european consortium | Lead Author | |
| Lars Opgenoorth | University of Marburg/ International Biogeography Society | Germany | Lead Author | |
| Kwai Hin Han | WWF Malaysia | Malaysia | Lead Author | |
| Jedediah Brodie | University of British Columbia | Canada | Lead Author | |
| Randolph Thaman | University of the South Pacific, Fiji | Fiji | Lead Author | |
| Jane Glavan | Environment Agency Abu Dhabi/AGEDI | Review editor | ||
| Ram Prasad Chaudhary | Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur | Nepal | Review editor | |
| Felicia Permata Sari Lasmana | Daemeter Consulting | Daemeter Consulting | Fellow |
| Name | Affiliation | Nominating Government/Organisation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yeo Chang Youn | Seoul National University | Republic of Korea | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Asha Rajvanshi | Wildlife Institute of India | India | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Kirsten Jane Davies | Macquarie University | Australia | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Mahdi Kolahi | City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong | Environmental Monitoring Association of Iran | Lead Author | |
| Yuko Onishi | Research Institute for Humanity and Nature | Japan | Lead Author | |
| Harpinder Sandhu | Flinders University Australia | Australia | Lead Author | |
| Ram Pandit | University of Western Australia | Nepal | Lead Author | |
| Andy Choi | National Institute of Ecology, Republic of Korea | Republic of Korea | Lead Author | |
| Rosie Cooney | International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group | IUCN | Lead Author | |
| Ambika Prasad Gautam | Kathmandu Forestry College | IUCN Nepal | Lead Author | |
| Judith Fisher | Fisher Research Pty Ltd | Australia | Lead Author | |
| Shalini Dhyani | CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute | India | Lead Author | |
| Ather Masoodi | Higher Education Department, Govt. of J & K | India | Lead Author | |
| Jae Chun Choe | National Institute of Ecology | Republic of Korea | Lead Author | |
| Sathyapalan Jyothis | Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) Hyderabad | India | Lead Author | |
| Awang Noor Abd Ghani | Universiti Putra Malaysia | Malaysia | Lead Author | |
| Hishmi Jamil Husain | SWEES | SWEES | Lead Author | |
| Mirza Dikari Kusrini | Bogor Agricultural University | Indonesia | Lead Author | |
| Kaoru Ichikawa | United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability | United Nations University | Lead Author | |
| Chuluun Togtohyn | National University of Mongolia | Liaison expert | ||
| Soojin Park | Seoul National University | Republic of Korea | Liaison expert | |
| Mohd Shahwahid Haji Othman | Universiti Putra Malaysia | Review editor | ||
| Mostafa Panahi | Science and Research Branch/IAU | Review editor | ||
| Amani Al Assaf | University of Jordan- Faculty of Agriculture | University of Jordan | Fellow |
| Name | Affiliation | Nominating Government/Organisation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ Faridah Hanum Binti Ibrahim | Universiti Putra Malaysia | Malaysia | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Tetsukazu Yahara | Graduate School of Sciences, Kyushu University | Japan | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Gopal Rawat | Director WII | India | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Franck Courchamp | CNRS | France | Lead Author | |
| Mounir Abi Said | Lebanese University | Lebanon | Lead Author | |
| Chad Hewitt | University of Waikato | University of Waikato | Lead Author | |
| Tanveer Hussain | Virtual University of Pakistan | Virtual University of Pakistan | Lead Author | |
| Gopinathan Maheswaran | Zoological Survey of India | Zoological Survey of India | Lead Author | |
| Tri Haryoko | Research Center for Biology-Indonesian Institute of Sciences | Indonesia | Lead Author | |
| Richard Corlett | Chinese Academy of Sciences | International Biogeography Society (IBS) | Lead Author | |
| Jeremy Piggott | University of Otago | University of Otago | Lead Author | |
| Tadashi Miyashita | University of Tokyo | Japan | Lead Author | |
| Anil Mohapatra | Zoological Survey of India | Zoological Survey of India | Lead Author | |
| Taku Kadoya | National Institute for Environmental Stuides | Japan | Lead Author | |
| Hendrik Freitag | Ateneo de Manila University | Ateneo de Manila | Lead Author | |
| Brett Murphy | University of Melbourne | Australia | Lead Author | |
| Takehisa Yamakita | Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) | Japan | Lead Author | |
| Tohru Nakashizuka | Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University | Japan | Lead Author | |
| Andrew Sheppard | CSIRO | Australia | Lead Author | |
| Yoshihisa Shirayama | Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) | Japan | Lead Author | |
| B. Mohan Kumar | Indian Council of Agricultural Research | India | Lead Author | |
| Noriko Takamura | National Institute for Environmental Studies | Japan | Lead Author | |
| Ranbeer Rawal | Director, G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development (GBPIHED) | India | Lead Author | |
| Chelladurai Raghunathan | Zoological Survey of India | India | Lead Author | |
| San Thwin | University of Forestry | Myanmar | Liaison expert | |
| Rong Dai | Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China | China | Liaison expert | |
| Yowhan Son | Korea Unviersity | Republic of Korea | Liaison expert | |
| Kazuhiko Takeuchi | The University of Tokyo - Integrated Research System for Sustainablility Science(IR3S) | Review editor | ||
| Muenir Oeztuerk | Universiti Putra Malaysia | Turkey | Review editor | |
| Catherine Mitra Febria Oabel | University of Canterbury | University of Canterbury | Fellow | |
| Aidin Niamir | Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Institute | Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center | Fellow |
| Name | Affiliation | Nominating Government/Organisation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yousef Alhafedh | King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology | Saudi Arabia | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Ning Wu | Internatinal Centre for Integrated Mountain Development | Coordinating Lead Author | ||
| Changyong Wang | Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China | China | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Takakazu Yumoto | Kyoto University | Japan | Lead Author | |
| Anne Gaelle Ausseil | Landcare Research | New Zealand | Lead Author | |
| Chris Turney | University of New South Wales | International Council for Science | Lead Author | |
| Jan Christoph Axmacher | UCL - University College London | International Biogeography Society (IBS) | Lead Author | |
| Subramanian Kumarapuram Apadodharan | Zoological Survey of India | Zoological Survey of India | Lead Author | |
| Hsing Juh Lin | National Chung Hsing University | International Council for Science | Lead Author | |
| Josef Settele | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ | Germany | Lead Author | |
| Satoru Okubo | Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO | Japan | Lead Author | |
| Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore | India | Lead Author | |
| Ayumi Onuma | Keio University | Japan | Lead Author | |
| Guruswamy Srinivasan | Zoological Survey of India | India | Lead Author | |
| Priyanka Kohli | The Energy and Resources Institute, University | India | Lead Author | |
| Linda Broadhurst | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) | Australia | Liaison expert | |
| P. C. Abhilash | Banaras Hindu University | India | Liaison expert | |
| Eun Shik Kim | Kookmin University | Review editor | ||
| Weiguo Sang | Beijing Forest Ecosystem Research Station Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Review editor | |
| Yuanyuan Zhang | MEP/FECO | Foreign Economic Cooperation Office, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China | Fellow |
| Name | Affiliation | Nominating Government/Organisation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haripriya Gundimeda | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | India | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Shunsuke Managi | Kyushu University | Japan | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Philip Riordan | University of Oxford | The Wildlife Institute, Beijing | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Ruchi Badola | Wildlife Institute of India | India | Lead Author | |
| Rajarshi Dasgupta | India | Lead Author | ||
| Shizuka Hashimoto | University of Tokyo | Japan | Lead Author | |
| Choong Ki Kim | Korea Environment Institute (KEI) | Republic of Korea | Lead Author | |
| Nidhi Verma | ICAR- NBPGR,New Delhi | India | Lead Author | |
| Hiroya Yamano | National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan | Japan | Lead Author | |
| Bishwa Nath Oli | Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation, Government of Nepal | Nepal | Lead Author | |
| Jun Wu | Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences (NIES) | China | Lead Author | |
| Reiichiro Ishii | Research Institute for Humanity and Nature | Japan | Lead Author | |
| Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah | Universiti Malaysia Terengganu | International Council for Science | Lead Author | |
| Myron Shekelle | Western Washington University | International Biogeography Society (IBS) | Lead Author | |
| Suneetha Mazhenchery Subramanian | UNU-Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability | United Nations University | Lead Author | |
| Simone Maynard | Australian National University | Australia | Liaison expert | |
| Haigen Xu | Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China | China | Liaison expert | |
| Nijavalli H. Ravindranath | Center for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science | India | Liaison expert | |
| Sinkyu Kang | Kangwon National University | Republic of Korea | Liaison expert | |
| Hiroyuki Matsuda | Yokohama National University | Japan | Review editor | |
| Jonathan Anticamara | Institute of Biology, University of the Philippines - Diliman | Review editor | ||
| Sonali Ghosh | Dr VB Mathur | WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA | Fellow |
| Name | Affiliation | Nominating Government/Organisation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shyam Sharma | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt of India | India | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Amjad Tahir Virk | Ministry of Climate Change | Pakistan | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Lilibeth Acosta Michlik | German Development Institute | International Council for Science | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Ritesh Kumar | Wetlands International South Asia | Ramsar Convention Secretariat | Lead Author | |
| Zara Phang | WWF Malaysia | Malaysia | Lead Author | |
| Nicolas Pascal | CNRS - EPHE | France | Lead Author | |
| Jerome Spaggiari | Atelier phusis | France | Lead Author | |
| Malvika Onial | UNESCO C2C, Wildlife Institute of India | India | Lead Author | |
| Tohru Ikeda | Hokkaido University | Japan | Lead Author | |
| Ganesh Raj Joshi | Central Department of Environmental Sciences, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu | Nepal | Lead Author | |
| Koichi Kuriyama | Kyoto University | Japan | Lead Author | |
| Mitsutaku Makino | Fisheries Research Agency, Japan | Japan | Lead Author | |
| Tianbao Qin | Research Institute of Environmental Law, Wuhan University | China | Lead Author | |
| Kimiko Okabe | Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute | Japan | Lead Author | |
| Md Saiful Karim | Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology | Australia | Lead Author | |
| Ove Hoegh Guldberg | University of Queensland | IPCC | Lead Author | |
| Noraini Binti Mohd Tamin | University of Malaysia | Malaysia | Liaison expert | |
| Ravishankar Thupalli | Independent International Forest Biodiversity, ABS and Community Development Consultant | India | Liaison expert | |
| Mokhlesur Rahman | Center for Natural Resource Studies (CNRS) | Review editor | ||
| Yasuo Takahashi | Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) | Institute for Global Environmental Strategies | Fellow |
| Name | Affiliation | Nominating Government/Organisation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asghar Mohammadi Fazel | ECO-IEST | Bureau expert group member | ||
| Youngbae Suh | Seoul National University | Bureau expert group member | ||
| Saw Leng Guan | Forest Biodiversity Division, Forest Research Institute of Malaysia | MEP expert group member | ||
| Mark Lonsdale | Monash University, Melbourne and Charles Darwin University, Darwin | MEP expert group member | ||
| Vinod Bihari Mathur | Faculty of Wildlife Sciences, Wildlife Institute of India | MEP expert group member | ||
| Yoshihisa Shirayama | Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) | MEP expert group member | ||
| Miho Takahashi | IPBES Secretariat (TSU) | |||
| Maiko Akiya | IPBES Secretariat (TSU) | |||
| Wataru Suzuki | Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainabirity, United Nations University (UNU-IAS) | IPBES Secretariat (TSU) | ||
| Miyuki Ide | IGES, Japan | IPBES Secretariat (TSU) | ||
| Kumiko Totsu | IPBES Secretariat (TSU) | |||
| Sana Okayasu | IGES, Japan | IPBES Secretariat (TSU) | ||
| Noriaki Sakaguchi | IGES, Japan | IPBES Secretariat (TSU) |
| Country | Start date | End date | Event documents | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joint second authors meeting of Regional Assessments (Deliverable 2b) and Land Degradation & Restoration Assessment (Deliverable 3bi) | Germany | 22/08/2016 | 26/08/2016 | |
| Second review by governments and experts of Second Order Draft of the chapters and first order draft of the SPM | 01/05/2017 | 26/06/2017 | ||
| Third author meeting of the regional assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services for Asia and the Pacific | Japan | 24/07/2017 | 28/07/2017 |
First Order Draft
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