Scope ECA regional and subregional assessment
| Name | Affiliation | Nominating Government/Organisation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markus Fischer | University of Bern | Switzerland | Chair | |
| Mark Rounsevell | University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Chair | |
| Andras Zlinszky J. | Centre for Ecological Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences | Hungary | Lead Author | |
| Sander Jacobs | Research Institute for Nature and Forest INBO | Belgium | Lead Author | |
| Inge Liekens | VITO | Belgium | Lead Author | |
| Anton Shkaruba | Central Research Institute for Water Resources | Hungary | Lead Author | |
| Jana Frelichova | Global Change Research Centre | Global Change Research Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic | Lead Author | |
| Anton Shkaruba | Central Research Institute for Water Resources | Lead Author | ||
| Mark Whittingham | Newcastle University | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Lead Author | |
| Alexandra Penedo De Sousa Marques | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig | Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network – GEO BON | Lead Author | |
| Zsolt Molnar | Centre for Ecological Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences | Hungary | Lead Author | |
| Tuija Hilding Rydevik | Swedish Biodiversity Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Sweden | Review editor | |
| Laszlo Podmaniczky | Szent István University | Hungary | Review editor | |
| Fanny Boeraeve | Gembloux Agro Bio-Tech (University of Liege) | Fellow |
| Name | Affiliation | Nominating Government/Organisation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berta Martin Lopez | Leuphana University, Faculty of Sustainability | International Council for Science | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Andrew Church | University of Brighton | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Alexander Van Oudenhoven | Leiden University | IPBES Secretariat | Lead Author | |
| Sandrine Paillard | Future Earth | France | Lead Author | |
| Elisa Oteros Rozas | University Pablo de Olavide | Spain | Lead Author | |
| Hans Keune | INBO | Belgium | Lead Author | |
| Michael Christie | Aberystwyth University | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Lead Author | |
| Claire Chenu | AgroParisTech | France | Lead Author | |
| Axel Rossberg | CEFAS | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science | Lead Author | |
| Magali Gerino | Université P. Sabatier - Toulouse 3 | France | Lead Author | |
| Pamela Berry | University of Oxford | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Lead Author | |
| Esra Basak Dessane | Project House Cooperative | Turkey | Lead Author | |
| Matthias Schroeter | Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research – UFZ | Lead Author | ||
| Francis Turkelboom | INBO - Research Institute for Nature and Forest | Belgium | Review editor | |
| Mimi Urbanc | ZRC SAZU | Slovenia | Review editor | |
| Elena Osipova | IUCN, World Heritage Programme | IUCN | Fellow |
| Name | Affiliation | Nominating Government/Organisation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markus Fischer | University of Bern | Switzerland | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Victoria Elias | WWF Russia | WWF Network | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Isabel Sousa Pinto | CIIMAR, Biology Department of the Faculty of Science of the University of Porto | Portugal | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Piero Visconti | University College London/Zoological Society of London | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Frederique Viard | CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) | France | Lead Author | |
| Dusan Jelic | Croatian Herpetological Society | Croatia | Lead Author | |
| Petr Petrik | Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republik | Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Science | Lead Author | |
| Ilya E. Smelansky | NGO SibEcoCenter | Russian Federation | Lead Author | |
| Zaal Kikvidze | Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Tbilisi | Georgia | Lead Author | |
| Sandra Brucet | University of Vic | Universitat de Vic-Uniersitat Central de Catalunya | Lead Author | |
| Ali Zade Valida | Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences | Azerbaijan | Lead Author | |
| Rodolphe Gozlan | Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) | France | Lead Author | |
| Bertrand Schatz | CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) | France | Lead Author | |
| Andras Baldi | Centre for Ecological Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences | Hungary | Lead Author | |
| Alexandra Lavrillier | Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines | France | Lead Author | |
| Oksana Lipka | WWF Russia | WWF Network | Lead Author | |
| Alan Feest | University of Bristol | Ecosulis Ltd | Lead Author | |
| Elena Bukvareva | A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution Russian Academy of Sciences | A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution Russian Academy of Sciences | Lead Author | |
| Zaal Kikvidze | Institute of Ecology, Ilia State University, Tbilisi | IPBES Secretariat | Lead Author | |
| Xavier Le Roux | INRA (National Institute of Agronomic Research) | France | Lead Author | |
| Paul Caplat | Lund University | Sweden | Lead Author | |
| Kenneth Byrne | University of Limerick | Ireland | Liaison expert | |
| Guntis Brumelis | Latvia | Review editor | ||
| Andreas Troumbis | University of the Aegean | Greece | Review editor | |
| Carlos Antonio Bastos De Morais Guerra | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) | Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas | Fellow |
| Name | Affiliation | Nominating Government/Organisation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niklaus E. Zimmermann | Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL | Switzerland | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Thomas Hahn | Stockholm Resilience Centre | Sweden | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Marine Elbakidze | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Sweden | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Adam Vanbergen | NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Lead Author | |
| Angel Perez Ruzafa | University of Murcia | Spain | Lead Author | |
| Pavel Cudlin | Global Change Research Centre CAS | Czech Republic | Lead Author | |
| Boris Leroy | Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle | France | Lead Author | |
| Philip Roche | IRSTEA | France | Lead Author | |
| Szabolcs Lengyel | Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Ecological Research | Hungary | Lead Author | |
| Piero Genovesi | Institute for Environmental Protection and Research - ISPRA | IUCN | Lead Author | |
| Tommaso Luzzati | University of Pisa | Lead Author | ||
| Nikolai Friberg | Norwegian Institute for Water Research | Norway | Lead Author | |
| Ann Milbau | INBO - Research Institute for Nature and Forest | Belgium | Lead Author | |
| Vigdis Vandvik | University of Bergen | Norway | Lead Author | |
| Bengt Gunnar Jonsson | Society for Conservation Biology/Mid Sweden University | Sweden | Lead Author | |
| Riccardo Guarino | University of Palermo | Forum Plinianum | Lead Author | |
| Aveliina Helm | Plant Ecology, University of Tartu | IPBES Secretariat | Lead Author | |
| Helen Roy | Centre for Ecology & Hydrology | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Lead Author | |
| Heli Saarikoski | Finnish Environment Institute | Finland | Review editor | |
| Theo Van Der Sluis | ALTERRA-WUR | Netherlands | Review editor | |
| Rahat Sabyrbekov | Economics of Land Degradation | American University of Central Asia | Fellow |
| Name | Affiliation | Nominating Government/Organisation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paula Harrison | Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIPBES Secretariat | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Jennifer Hauck | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH ? UFZ | Coordinating Lead Author | ||
| Fernando Santos Martin | Universidad Autonoma de Madrid | Spain | Lead Author | |
| Cosimo Solidoro | OGS national institute of oceanography and experimental geophysic | EUROMARINE european consortium | Lead Author | |
| Antoine Guisan | University of Lausanne | Switzerland | Lead Author | |
| Christian Rixen | Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research | Switzerland | Lead Author | |
| Lluis Brotons | Centre for Ecological Research And Forestry Applications | CTFC-CREAF | Lead Author | |
| Martin Schlaepfer | University of Geneva | Switzerland | Lead Author | |
| Sandra Lavorel | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | France | Lead Author | |
| Jozef Turok | Forest Europe | Slovakia | Lead Author | |
| Gunnar Austrheim | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Norway | Lead Author | |
| Vania Proenca | University of Lisbon/FCT | Portugal | Lead Author | |
| Christine Fuerst | Martin Luther-University Halle | Germany | Lead Author | |
| Gunilla Almered Olsson | University of Gothenburg | Sweden | Lead Author | |
| Zharas Takenov | Freelance Consultant | Kazakhstan | Lead Author | |
| Joachim Claudet | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | EUROMARINE european consortium | Lead Author | |
| Matthew Cantele | International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis | United States of America | Liaison expert | |
| Ian Holman | Cranfield University | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Review editor | |
| Tobias Plieninger | University of Copenhagen | Denmark | Review editor | |
| Zuzana Harmackova | Global Change Research Centre AS CR | Global Change Research Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic | Fellow |
| Name | Affiliation | Nominating Government/Organisation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camilla Sandstroem | Department of Political Science, Umeå University | Sweden | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Irene Ring | Technische Universität Dresden International Institute Zittau | Germany | Coordinating Lead Author | |
| Allard Christina | Luleå University of Technology | Sweden | Lead Author | |
| Malkhaz Adeishvili | EaP GREEN Program, UNIDO | Georgia | Lead Author | |
| Bella S. Galil | Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research | Israel | Lead Author | |
| Ben Ten Brink | PBL-Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency | Netherlands | Lead Author | |
| Riccardo Simoncini | IUCN - European Sustainable Use Group’ | IUCN | Lead Author | |
| Jan Pergl | Institute of Botany, Charles University | Czech Republic | Lead Author | |
| Stephen Hynes | National University of Ireland, Galway | Ireland | Lead Author | |
| Oleg Guchgeldiyev | Institute of Deserts, Flora and Fauna | Turkmenistan | Lead Author | |
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| Christian Albert | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Environmental Politics. | Lead Author | ||
| Raphael Arlettaz | Bern University | Switzerland | Lead Author | |
| Gyoergyi Bela | Szent István University/ESSRG Ltd. | Hungary | Lead Author | |
| Christine Fuerst | Martin Luther-University Halle | Germany | Lead Author | |
| Cristina Marta Pedroso | MARETEC/LARSYS | Portugal | Lead Author | |
| Roland Olschewski | Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL | Switzerland | Lead Author | |
| Anke Fischer | James Hutton Institute | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Lead Author | |
| Sevil Acar Aytekin | Istanbul Kemerburgaz University | Turkey | Lead Author | |
| Ana Mendes | University of Évora | Portugal | Liaison expert | |
| Yaakov Anker | Samaria and the Jordan Rift R&D center | Samaria and the Jordan Rift R&D center | Liaison expert | |
| Ulf Molau | University of Gothenburg | Sweden | Liaison expert | |
| Piotr Matczak | Adam Mickiewicz University | Poland | Review editor | |
| Susan Baker | Cardiff University | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Review editor | |
| Eeva Primmer | Finnish Environment Institute | Finland | Review editor | |
| Luca Coscieme | Trinity College Dublin | Trinity College Dublin | Fellow |
| Name | Affiliation | Nominating Government/Organisation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senka Barudanovic | Faculty of Science, Zmaja od Bosne | Bureau expert group member | ||
| Ivar Andreas Baste | Norwegian Environment Agency | Bureau expert group member | ||
| Robert Watson | Tyndall Center Department of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia | Bureau expert group member | ||
| Marie Stenseke | Department of Economy and Society, Gothenburg University | MEP expert group member | ||
| German Kust | Moscow Lomonosov State University, Soil Science Faculty | Russian Federation | Liaison expert | |
| Toby Gardner | Stockholm Environment Institute | Sweden | Liaison expert | |
| Felicitas Van Der Plaat | IPBES Secretariat | IPBES Secretariat | ||
| Andre Mader | IPBES Technical Support Unit Regional Assessment for Europe and Central Asia | IPBES Secretariat (TSU) | ||
| Amor Torre Marin Rando | University of Bern | IPBES Secretariat (TSU) | ||
| Cigdem Adem | The Public Administration Institute for Turkey & the Middle East (TODAIE) | Task Force Observer | ||
| Nicolas Cesard | UNESCO | Task Force Observer | ||
| Eefje Den Belder | IPBES Secretariat - Technical Support Unit on Scenarios and modelling | Task Force Observer | ||
| Rob J. J. Hendriks | Ministry of Economic Affairs | Task Force Observer | ||
| Walter Jetz | Imperial College London (P/T) and Yale University | Task Force Observer | ||
| Hyejin Kim | National Institute of Ecology (NIE) | Task Force Observer | ||
| Ingunn Storro | IPBES Secretariat - Technical Support Unit on Capacity Building | Task Force Observer |
| Country | Start date | End date | Event documents | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First order draft (FOD) of the ECA assessment | ||||
| Second order draft (SOD) of the Europe and Central Asia assessment and the first draft of the summary for policy makers (SPM) | ||||
| Final draft report and SPM of Europe and Central Asia assessment will be delivered | ||||
| 1st Europe and Central Asia authors meeting | Switzerland | 31/08/2015 | 04/09/2015 | |
| External review of the Europe and Central Asia First order Draft | 30/05/2016 | 18/07/2016 | ||
| Joint second authors meeting of Regional Assessments (Deliverable 2b) and Land Degradation & Restoration Assessment (Deliverable 3bi) | Germany | 22/08/2016 | 26/08/2016 | |
| 2nd Europe and Central Asia authors meeting | Croatia | 05/09/2016 | 09/09/2016 | |
| 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 Europe and Central Asia | Czech Republic | 24/07/2017 | 28/07/2017 |
First Order Draft
The secretariat invites all expert reviewers with relevant knowledge and/or experience to register to review one or more chapters of the Europe and Central Asia regional assessment. Interested reviewers are requested to fill the registration form for external reviewers. Please note that access to this form requires you to login as a user on the IPBES website and register for a new user account if you do not have one yet.
Once your registration has successfully been received, the secretariat will review it and grant you access to the draft chapters located at within 48hrs.




