Information on the call for the nomination of experts to assist with the scoping of the second global assessment is available here (EM/2023/35). Please scroll down for the selected list of experts.
The group of experts to assist with the scoping of the second global assessment selected by the Multidisciplinary Expert Panel of IPBES is comprised of experts and practitioners with outstanding expertise relevant to the second global assessment.
They have been selected in their individual expert capacity and not to represent the views of any public or private organization. The Multidisciplinary Expert Panel aimed at a wide geographical representation from the five UN regions and gender balance, within the limits of the pool of nominations received.
Experts
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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| Sevil Acar | Expert | Türkiye | تركيا |
Boğaziçi University |  0000-0001-5535-8673 |
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| Sandra Verónica Acebey Quiroga | Expert | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | بوليفيا (دولة - المتعددة القوميات) |
Ecologia y Empresa S.R.L. | 0000-0003-2525-6283 |
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| Zuhre Aksoy | Expert | Türkiye | تركيا |
Bogazici University | 0000-0003-2142-2766 |
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| Mekuria Argaw Denboba | Expert | Center for Development Research (ZEF) University of Bonn | إثيوبيا |
Addis Ababa University | 0000-0001-6697-6709 |
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| Almut Arneth | Expert | Germany | ألمانيا |
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | 0000-0001-6616-0822 |
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| Habiba Atta | Expert | Nigeria | نيجيريا |
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria | 0000-0003-3918-5666 |
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| Myrle Ballard | Expert | Canada | كندا |
University of Calgary / Environment and Climate Change Canada | 0000-0002-3069-0941 |
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| Nigel Barker | Expert | University of Pretoria | جنوب أفريقيا |
University or Pretoria, Department of Plant & Soil Sciences | 0000-0002-4612-1399 |
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| Alexandre Caron | Expert | France | فرنسا |
CIRAD | 0000-0002-5213-3273 |
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| Ricardo Castro-Diaz | Expert | National University of Colombia | كولومبيا |
National University of Colombia | 0000-0001-7089-5485 |
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| Wenting Chen | Expert | Norway | |
Norwegian Insitute for Water Research | 0000-0001-6039-4476 |
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| Nakul Chettri | Expert | International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) | الهند |
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) | 0000-0002-3338-8879 |
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| Marta Coll Monton | Expert | Spain | إسبانيا |
Intitute of Marine Science (ICM) - Spanish Scientific Resarch Council (CSIC) | 0000-0001-6235-5868 |
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| Tamara Contador | Expert | Cape Horn International Center | شيلي |
Universidad de Magallanes | 0000-0002-0250-9877 |
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| Bálint Czúcz | Expert | Norway | هنغاريا |
Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA) | 0000-0002-6462-7633 |
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| Laura German | Expert | University of Georgia | الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية |
Center for Integrative Conservation Research; University of Georgia | 0000-0003-4943-4515 |
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| Wame Hambira | Expert | Department of Environmental Affairs | بوتسوانا |
Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources | |||
| Gladys Cecilia Hernández Pedraza | Expert | Centre for World Economy Studies (CIEM) | كوبا |
CIEM Centre for World Economy Studies | |||
| Forest Isbell | Expert | United States of America | الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية |
University of Minnesota | 0000-0001-9689-769X |
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| Hiroe Ishihara | Expert | Japan | اليابان |
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo | 0000-0002-6977-0412 |
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| Sander Jacobs | Expert | Belgium | بلجيكا |
Research Institute for Nature and Forest INBO | 0000-0003-4674-4817 |
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| Miguel Jácome-Flores | Expert | Centro del Cambio Global y la Sustentabilidad | المكسيك |
Centro del Cambio Global y la Sustentabilidad | 0000-0003-1504-7920 |
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| Gensuo Jia | Expert | International Science Council (ISC) | الصين |
Global Change Research Center for East Asia, CAS Institute of Atmospheric Physics | 0000-0001-5950-9555 |
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| Marijana Kapovic Solomun | Expert | Bosnia and Herzegovina | البوسنة والهرسك |
University of Banja Luka | |||
| Oxana Klimanova | Expert | Russian Federation | |
Lomonosov Moscow State University | |||
| Jagdish Krishnaswamy | Expert | Indian Institute for Human Settlements | الهند |
School of Environment and Sustainability, Indian Institute for Human Settlements | 0000-0001-7985-0005 |
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| Paul Leadley | Expert | Future Earth | فرنسا الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية |
Ecology, Systematics evolution Labaratory, Paris-Saclay University | 0000-0002-8994-5507 |
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| Rafael Magris | Expert | Brazil | البرازيل |
ICMBio | 0000-0002-1471-6603 |
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| Ieva Misiune | Expert | Lithuania Ilia State University | ليتوانيا |
Vilnius University | 0000-0003-4457-1094 |
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| Nsalambi Nkongolo | Expert | Democratic Republic of the Congo | جمهورية الكونغو الديمقراطية الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية |
Institut Facultaire des Sciences Agronomiques (IFA) de Yangambi, Kisangani, Dem. Rep. Congo | 0000-0003-2485-4759 |
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| Chioma Onyige | Expert | International Science Council (ISC) | نيجيريا |
Department of Sociology, University of Port Harcourt | 0000-0001-7850-2041 |
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| Oluwakemi Osunderu | Expert | Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria | نيجيريا |
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria | 0000000308586897 |
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| Jerneja Penca | Expert | Slovenia | سلوفينيا |
Science and Research Centre Koper | 0000-0002-2817-3443 |
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| Steve Polasky | Expert | United States of America | الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية |
University of Minnesota | 0000-0003-4934-2434 |
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| Andy Purvis | Expert | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | المملكة المتحدة لبريطانيا العظمى وأيرلندا الشمالية |
The Natural History Museum, London | 0000-0002-8609-6204 |
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| Helen Roy | Expert | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | المملكة المتحدة لبريطانيا العظمى وأيرلندا الشمالية |
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; University of Exeter | 0000-0001-6050-679X |
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| Uttam Babu Shrestha | Expert | Nepal | نيبال |
Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Nepal | 0000-0002-8766-279X |
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| Cosimo Solidoro | Expert | Italy | إيطاليا |
OGS national institute of oceanography and experimental geophysic | |||
| Andrew Stott | Expert | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | المملكة المتحدة لبريطانيا العظمى وأيرلندا الشمالية |
Independent | 0009-0008-6778-0810 |
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| Alexander Turra | Expert | Brazil | البرازيل |
Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo - Unesco Chair for Ocean Sustainability | 0000-0003-2225-8371 |
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| Haigen Xu | Expert | Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network – GEO BON | الصين |
Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China |
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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| Douglas Beard | Bureau task force/expert group member | الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية |
U.S. Geological Survey, National Climate Adaptation Science Center | ||||
| David Obura | Bureau task force/expert group member | كينيا |
Coastal Oceans Research and Development – Indian Ocean (CORDIO) East Africa. | 0000-0003-2256-6649 |
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| Antonio Diaz-de-Leon | MEP task force/expert group member | المكسيك المكسيك |
Innovative Cutting Edge Solutions (ICES) | 0000-0002-1801-7033 |
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| Josef Settele | MEP task force/expert group member | ألمانيا |
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ | 0000-0002-8624-4983 |