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 | ||
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Rizwan Irshad | MEP task force/expert group member | باكستان |
Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Climate Change, Islamabad, PAKISTAN |
Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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Anibal Pauchard | Chair | شيلي | شيلي |
University of Concepción | ![]() |
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Helen Roy | Chair | المملكة المتحدة لبريطانيا العظمى وأيرلندا الشمالية | المملكة المتحدة لبريطانيا العظمى وأيرلندا الشمالية |
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; University of Exeter | ![]() |
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Peter Stoett | Chair | كندا | كندا |
University of Ontario Institute of Technology | |||
Piero Genovesi | Review editor | Switzerland | إيطاليا |
IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group | ![]() |
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John Wilson | Review editor | South Africa | المملكة المتحدة لبريطانيا العظمى وأيرلندا الشمالية |
South African National Biodiversity Institute | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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Joana Vicente | Fellow | البرتغال | البرتغال |
BIOPOLIS - CIBIO / InBIO | ![]() |
Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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Laura Meyerson | Coordinating lead author | الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية | الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية |
University of Rhode Island | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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Emre Keskin | Lead author | تركيا | تركيا |
Ankara University | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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Elena Tricarico | Lead author | Italy | إيطاليا |
Department of Biology, University of Florence, Italy | ![]() |
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Cang Hui | Review editor | Stellenbosch University | الصين جنوب أفريقيا |
Stellenbosch University | ![]() |
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Victoria Werenkraut | Review editor | Argentina | الأرجنتين |
INIBIOMA, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, CONICET | ![]() |
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Bernd Lenzner | Fellow | University of Vienna | ألمانيا |
Bioinvasions, Global Change Macroecology Group, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna | ![]() |
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Hanieh Saeedi | Fellow | Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center | إيران (جمهورية - الإسلامية) |
Goethe University Frankfurt and Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Germany |
Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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Philip Hulme | Coordinating lead author | نيوزيلندا | نيوزيلندا المملكة المتحدة لبريطانيا العظمى وأيرلندا الشمالية |
Lincoln University | ![]() |
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Tohru Ikeda | Coordinating lead author | اليابان | اليابان |
Hokkaido University | |||
Vigdis Vandvik | Coordinating lead author | النرويج | النرويج |
University of Bergen | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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Ileana Herrera | Lead author | Ecuador | فنزويلا (جمهورية - البوليفارية) إكوادور |
Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondón-Ecuador | ![]() |
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Asuka Koyama | Lead author | اليابان | اليابان |
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute | ![]() |
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Carolina Morales | Lead author | الأرجنتين | الأرجنتين |
INIBIOMA (CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue) | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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Anthony Ricciardi | Lead author | كندا | كندا |
McGill University | ![]() |
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Franz Essl | Review editor | Austria | النمسا |
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Aveliina Helm | Review editor | Estonia | إستونيا |
University of Tartu | ![]() |
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Esra Per | Fellow | تركيا | تركيا |
Gazi University | ![]() |
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Rafael Xavier | Fellow | البرازيل | البرازيل |
Universidade de São Paulo |
Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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Sven Bacher | Coordinating lead author | سويسرا | سويسرا ألمانيا |
University of Fribourg | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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Michael Ansong | Lead author | غانا | غانا |
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | |||
Phill Cassey | Lead author | أستراليا | نيوزيلندا |
University of Adelaide | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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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 |
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Cristina Preda | Lead author | تشيكيا | رومانيا |
Ovidius University of Constanta | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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Rajesh Rai | Review editor | Nepal | نيبال |
Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University | ![]() |
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David Richardson | Review editor | South Africa | جنوب أفريقيا |
Stellenbosch University | ![]() |
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Romina Fernandez | Fellow | Instituto de Ecología Regional, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán | الأرجنتين |
FONCyT | ![]() |
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Ellen Ryan-Colton | Fellow | أستراليا | أستراليا |
Charles Darwin University and Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara | ![]() |
Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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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 | ![]() |
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Rafael Dudeque Zenni | Lead author | البرازيل | البرازيل |
Federal University of Lavras (UFLA) | ![]() |
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Chika Egawa | Lead author | اليابان | اليابان |
Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization | ![]() |
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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. | ![]() |
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Lora Peacock | Lead author | نيوزيلندا | نيوزيلندا |
Ministry for Primary Industries- New Zealand | |||
Sonia Vanderhoeven | Lead author | بلجيكا | بلجيكا |
Belgian Biodiversity Platform | ![]() |
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Wycliffe Wanzala | Lead author | Kenya | كينيا |
Maasai Mara University | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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Dongang Mangwa | Fellow | الكاميرون | الكاميرون الكاميرون |
Dongang Ceraphine Mangwa, Department of Environmental Science, University of Buea |
Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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Melodie McGeoch | Coordinating lead author | FutureEarth | أستراليا جنوب أفريقيا |
Monash University | ![]() |
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Alejandro Ordonez | Coordinating lead author | الدانمرك | كولومبيا هولندا |
Aarhus University - Denamrk | ![]() |
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Ernesto Brugnoli | Lead author | أوروغواي | أوروغواي |
Faculty of Sciences- Universidad de la República | |||
Bridget Bwalya Umar | Lead author | زامبيا | زامبيا |
University of Zambia | ![]() |
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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) | ![]() |
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Quentin Groom | Lead author | بلجيكا | المملكة المتحدة لبريطانيا العظمى وأيرلندا الشمالية بلجيكا |
Meise Botanic Garden | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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Sophie Riley | Review editor | Australia | أستراليا |
University of Technology Sydney | ![]() |
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Ninad Mungi | Fellow | الهند | الهند |
Wildlife Institute of India | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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Rashad Allahverdiyev | Bureau task force/expert group member | أذربيجان |
Khazar University | ![]() |
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Eric Fokam | MEP task force/expert group member | الكاميرون |
University of Buea | ![]() |
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Shizuka Hashimoto | MEP task force/expert group member | اليابان |
University of Tokyo | ![]() |