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Invasive alien species experts

 

Co-chairs, Aníbal Pauchard, Helen Roy, and Peter Stoett are leading the assessment team, which consists of more than 80 experts from more than 40 countries encompassing all UN regions and a variety of expertise. This team was carefully selected by the IPBES Multidisciplinary Expert Panel (MEP) and Bureau.

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Experts

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Rizwan Irshad MEP task force/expert group member باكستان
Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Climate Change, Islamabad, PAKISTAN

Chapter 1. Setting the scene 

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Anibal Pauchard Chair شيلي شيلي
University of Concepción ORCID logo 0000-0003-1284-3163
Helen Roy Chair المملكة المتحدة لبريطانيا العظمى وأيرلندا الشمالية المملكة المتحدة لبريطانيا العظمى وأيرلندا الشمالية
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; University of Exeter ORCID logo 0000-0001-6050-679X
Peter Stoett Chair كندا كندا
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Piero Genovesi Review editor Switzerland إيطاليا
IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group ORCID logo 0000-0002-0262-1420
John Wilson Review editor South Africa المملكة المتحدة لبريطانيا العظمى وأيرلندا الشمالية
South African National Biodiversity Institute ORCID logo 0000-0003-0174-3239
Tatsiana Lipinskaya Fellow Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus بيلاروس
Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus ORCID logo 0000-0001-5088-8114
Joana Vicente Fellow البرتغال البرتغال
BIOPOLIS - CIBIO / InBIO ORCID logo 0000-0003-0382-0189

Chapter 2. Synthesis of past and future trends in the spread, pathways, evolutionary change and distribution of invasive alien species

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Laura Meyerson Coordinating lead author الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية
University of Rhode Island ORCID logo ORCID: orcid.org/00
Sebataolo Rahlao Coordinating lead author جنوب أفريقيا ليسوتو
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, South Africa
Hanno Seebens Coordinating lead author ألمانيا ألمانيا
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Franck Courchamp Lead author فرنسا فرنسا
سويسرا
CNRS ORCID logo 0000-0001-7605-4548
Emre Keskin Lead author تركيا تركيا
Ankara University ORCID logo 0000-0002-7279-313X
Petr Pysek Lead author تشيكيا تشيكيا
Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences
Alifereti Tawake Lead author فيجي فيجي
Locally Managed Marine Area (LMMA) Network International Trust ORCID logo 0000-0002-0154-3600
Elena Tricarico Lead author Italy إيطاليا
Department of Biology, University of Florence, Italy ORCID logo 0000-0002-7392-0794
Cang Hui Review editor Stellenbosch University الصين
جنوب أفريقيا
Stellenbosch University ORCID logo 0000-0002-3660-8160
Victoria Werenkraut Review editor Argentina الأرجنتين
INIBIOMA, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, CONICET ORCID logo 0000-0003-2417-3953
Bernd Lenzner Fellow University of Vienna ألمانيا
Bioinvasions, Global Change Macroecology Group, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna ORCID logo 0000-0002-2616-3479
Hanieh Saeedi Fellow Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center إيران (جمهورية - الإسلامية)
Goethe University Frankfurt and Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Germany

Chapter 3. Direct and indirect drivers responsible for, inter alia, the introduction, spread, abundance and dynamics of invasive alien species

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Philip Hulme Coordinating lead author نيوزيلندا نيوزيلندا
المملكة المتحدة لبريطانيا العظمى وأيرلندا الشمالية
Lincoln University ORCID logo 0000-0001-5712-0474
Tohru Ikeda Coordinating lead author اليابان اليابان
Hokkaido University
Vigdis Vandvik Coordinating lead author النرويج النرويج
University of Bergen ORCID logo 0000-0003-4651-4798
Ryan Blanchard Lead author جنوب أفريقيا جنوب أفريقيا
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Morelia Camacho-Cervantes Lead author المكسيك المكسيك
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico ORCID logo 0000-0002-7123-7924
Ileana Herrera Lead author Ecuador فنزويلا (جمهورية - البوليفارية)
إكوادور
Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondón-Ecuador ORCID logo 0000-0002-7201-7085
Asuka Koyama Lead author اليابان اليابان
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Carolina Morales Lead author الأرجنتين الأرجنتين
INIBIOMA (CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue) ORCID logo 0000-0002-9989-5347
Linus Munishi Lead author جمهورية تنزانيا المتحدة جمهورية تنزانيا المتحدة
The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, NM-AIST, Arusha, Tanzania
Nirmalie Pallewatta Lead author سري لانكا سري لانكا
University of Colombo
Jan Pergl Lead author تشيكيا تشيكيا
Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences ORCID logo 0000-0002-0045-1974
Anthony Ricciardi Lead author كندا كندا
McGill University ORCID logo 0000-0003-1492-0054
Franz Essl Review editor Austria النمسا
Aveliina Helm Review editor Estonia إستونيا
University of Tartu ORCID logo 0000-0003-2338-4564
Esra Per Fellow تركيا تركيا
Gazi University ORCID logo 0000-0002-7764-1215
Rafael Xavier Fellow البرازيل البرازيل
Universidade de São Paulo

Chapter 4. Environmental, economic and social impact of invasive alien species

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Sven Bacher Coordinating lead author سويسرا سويسرا
ألمانيا
University of Fribourg ORCID logo 0000-0001-5147-7165
Bella Galil Coordinating lead author إسرائيل إسرائيل
Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University
Martin Nuñez Coordinating lead author الأرجنتين الأرجنتين
Universidad Nacional del Comahue/CONICET - University of Houston ORCID logo 0000-0003-0324-5479
Michael Ansong Lead author غانا غانا
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Phill Cassey Lead author أستراليا نيوزيلندا
University of Adelaide ORCID logo 0000-0002-2626-0172
Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz Lead author ألمانيا ألمانيا
المملكة المتحدة لبريطانيا العظمى وأيرلندا الشمالية
Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University
Georgi Fayvush Lead author Institute of Botany of National Academy of Sciences of Armenia أرمينيا
Institute of Botany of NAS of Armenia
Ankila Hiremath Lead author Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) الهند
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE)
IKEGAMI Makihiko Lead author Japan
National Institute for Environmental Studies ORCID logo 0000-0002-7760-7973
Angeliki- Kelly Martinou Lead author قبرص قبرص
اليونان
Laboratory of Vector Ecology and Applied Entomology/Joint Services Health Unit Cyprus, Enalia Physis, Cyprus Institute
Shana McDermott Lead author الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية
Cristina Preda Lead author تشيكيا رومانيا
Ovidius University of Constanta
Montserrat Vila Lead author إسبانيا إسبانيا
Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC)
Olaf Weyl Lead author South Africa جنوب أفريقيا
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity ORCID logo 0000-0002-8935-3296
Rajesh Rai Review editor Nepal نيبال
Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University ORCID logo 0000-0002-2275-815X
David Richardson Review editor South Africa جنوب أفريقيا
Stellenbosch University ORCID logo 0000-0001-9574-8297
Romina Fernandez Fellow Instituto de Ecología Regional, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán الأرجنتين
FONCyT ORCID logo 0000-0001-8710-6489
Ellen Ryan-Colton Fellow أستراليا أستراليا
Charles Darwin University and Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara ORCID logo 0000-0002-3278-9443

Chapter 5. Effectiveness of past and current programmes and tools for the global, national and local prevention and management of invasive alien species and their impacts

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Sankaran Kavileveettil Coordinating lead author الهند الهند
FAO of the UN
Evangelina Schwindt Coordinating lead author الأرجنتين الأرجنتين
IBIOMAR-CONICET
Andrew Sheppard Coordinating lead author أستراليا أستراليا
CSIRO
John Bukombe Lead author Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute جمهورية تنزانيا المتحدة
جمهورية تنزانيا المتحدة
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute ORCID logo 0000-0003-4096-2629
Rafael Dudeque Zenni Lead author البرازيل البرازيل
Federal University of Lavras (UFLA) ORCID logo 0000-0002-4315-7986
Chika Egawa Lead author اليابان اليابان
Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization ORCID logo 0000-0002-4561-2137
Llewellyn Foxcroft Lead author جنوب أفريقيا جنوب أفريقيا
South African National Parks
Ana Isabel Gonzalez-Martinez Lead author المكسيك المكسيك
CONABIO National Commissio for the knowledge and use of biodiversity
Jana Mullerova Lead author تشيكيا تشيكيا
Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in Usti n. L. ORCID logo 0000-0001-7331-3479
Lora Peacock Lead author نيوزيلندا نيوزيلندا
Ministry for Primary Industries- New Zealand
Sonia Vanderhoeven Lead author بلجيكا بلجيكا
Belgian Biodiversity Platform ORCID logo 0000-0002-6298-5373
Wycliffe Wanzala Lead author Kenya كينيا
Maasai Mara University ORCID logo 0000-0001-9177-3217
Shyama Pagad Review editor New Zealand نيوزيلندا
IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group/ University of Auckland, New Zealand
Silvia Ziller Review editor International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) البرازيل
ألمانيا
The Horus Institute for Environmental Conservation and Development
Maria Loreto Castillo Fellow Centre for Invasion Biology-Stellenbosch University شيلي
Department of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany of the ASCR ORCID logo 0000-0003-1228-172X
Dongang Mangwa Fellow الكاميرون الكاميرون
الكاميرون
Dongang Ceraphine Mangwa, Department of Environmental Science, University of Buea

Chapter 6. Future options for the prevention and management of invasive alien species and provide an analysis of possible support tools for decision makers 

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Melodie McGeoch Coordinating lead author FutureEarth أستراليا
جنوب أفريقيا
Monash University ORCID logo 0000-0003-3388-2241
Alejandro Ordonez Coordinating lead author الدانمرك كولومبيا
هولندا
Aarhus University - Denamrk ORCID logo 0000-0003-2873-4551
Ernesto Brugnoli Lead author أوروغواي أوروغواي
Faculty of Sciences- Universidad de la República
Bridget Bwalya Umar Lead author زامبيا زامبيا
University of Zambia ORCID logo 0000-0003-3655-2248
Chaeho Byun Lead author جمهورية كوريا جمهورية كوريا
Andong National University
Miguel Fernandez Trigoso Lead author NatureServe بوليفيا (دولة - المتعددة القوميات)
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) ORCID logo 0000-0002-8301-1340
Quentin Groom Lead author بلجيكا المملكة المتحدة لبريطانيا العظمى وأيرلندا الشمالية
Meise Botanic Garden ORCID logo 0000-0002-0596-5376
Patricia Howard Lead author المملكة المتحدة لبريطانيا العظمى وأيرلندا الشمالية هولندا
الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية
Wageningen University Dept. of Social Sciences and University of Kent School of Anthropology and Conservation ORCID logo 0000-0002-9215-6146
Stanislav Ksenofontov Lead author Russian Federation الاتحاد الروسي
University of Northern Iowa
Henn Ojaveer Lead author إستونيا إستونيا
University of Tartu
Bharat Shrestha Lead author نيبال نيبال
Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu ORCID logo 0000-0002-9457-2637
Daniel Simberloff Lead author الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية
University of Tennessee
Julie Lockwood Review editor United States of America الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية
Rutgers University ORCID logo 0000-0003-0177-449X
Sophie Riley Review editor Australia أستراليا
University of Technology Sydney ORCID logo 0000-0002-8079-7069
Ninad Mungi Fellow الهند الهند
Wildlife Institute of India ORCID logo 0000-0001-6502-0457
Betty Rono Fellow German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig كينيا
Egerton University and German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig ORCID logo 0000-0001-7886-1511

Bureau and Multidisciplinary Expert Panel representatives

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Rashad Allahverdiyev Bureau task force/expert group member أذربيجان
Khazar University ORCID logo 0000-0002-0295-2377
Eric Fokam MEP task force/expert group member الكاميرون
University of Buea ORCID logo 0000-0003-4531-3580
Shizuka Hashimoto MEP task force/expert group member اليابان
University of Tokyo ORCID logo 0000-0003-4423-9374

Technical Support Unit

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Naoki Amako Technical support unit (head) اليابان
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) ORCID logo 0000-0002-6482-0644
Ryoko Kawakami Technical support unit اليابان
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
Tanara Renard Truong Van Nga Technical support unit فرنسا
IGES - IAS-TSU