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Business and biodiversity scoping experts

Information on the call for the nomination of experts to assist with the scoping of the business and biodiversity assessment is available here. Please scroll down for the selected list of experts.

The group of experts to assist with the scoping of the assessment on business and biodiversity selected by the Multidisciplinary Expert Panel of IPBES is comprised of experts and practitioners with outstanding expertise related to the impact and dependency of different economic sectors on biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people.  Experts and practitioners come from a diversity of backgrounds including from academia and the private sector, and bring to the scoping process a diversity of relevant disciplines, expertise and domains.

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
Cengiz Akandil Scoping expert Switzerland Switzerland
Türkiye
University of Zürich ORCID logo 0000-0001-5092-8921
Katerina Atanasovska Scoping expert North Macedonia North Macedonia
Farmahem DOOEL environmental consultancy ORCID logo 0000-0002-1753-8590
Jan Bebbington Scoping expert United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
New Zealand
University of Lancaster ORCID logo 0000-0001-7251-1780
Kate Brauman Scoping expert United States of America United States of America
University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment ORCID logo 0000-0002-8099-285X
Kalpana Chaudhari Scoping expert India India
Institute for Sustainable development and Research (ISDR)
Farid Chemat Scoping expert France France
Algeria
Avignon University ORCID logo 0000-0002-1712-3969
Dumisani Chirambo Scoping expert United Nations Development Programme Malawi
Seeds of Opportunity ORCID logo 0000-0003-2310-9896
Hamed Daly Scoping expert Tunisia Tunisia
Steven Dickinson Scoping expert TOTAL SE France
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
TotalEnergies SE ORCID logo 0000-0003-1480-8548
Clément Feger Scoping expert France France
AgroParisTech / University of Montpellier ORCID logo 0000-0003-0157-3292
Annelisa Grigg Scoping expert European Union United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Global Balance Ltd
Ernesto Herrera Guerra Scoping expert Mexico Mexico
Reforestamos Mexico
Luis Inostroza Scoping expert Chile Chile
Mendel University in Brno ORCID logo 0000-0002-6303-4529
Norihiro Itsubo Scoping expert Japan Japan
Tokyo city university
Lorena Jaramillo Scoping expert United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Ecuador
UNCTAD
Chulhyun JEON Scoping expert Republic of Korea Republic of Korea
National Institute of Forest Science, 57Hoegi-ro, Dongdaemun-Gu, Seoul, the Republic of Korea ORCID logo 0000-0002-7742-7315
Mark Johnston Scoping expert United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
BP plc
Matt Jones Scoping expert United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) ORCID logo 0000-0002-5690-4274
Elikana Kalumanga Scoping expert United Republic of Tanzania United Republic of Tanzania
University of Dar es Salaam
Pauline Kalunda Scoping expert ECOTRUST - The Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda Uganda
Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda ORCID logo 0000-0003-1268-5943
Michal Kulak Scoping expert Robeco Switzerland Poland
Robeco Switzerland ORCID logo 0000-0002-4599-3195
Koichi Kuriyama Scoping expert Japan Japan
Kyoto University
Jinlong Liu Scoping expert China China
Renmin University of China ORCID logo 0000-0002-0228-0865
Rafael Loyola Scoping expert Brazil Brazil
International Institute for Sustainability ORCID logo 0000-0001-5323-2735
John Mburu Scoping expert International University Network on Cultural and Biological Diversity (IUNCBD) Kenya
University of Nairobi
Warwick Mostert Scoping expert Anglo American South Africa
Anglo American
Valerie Nelson Scoping expert United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
University of Greenwich
Giuseppe Nerilli Scoping expert Italy Italy
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Independent expert ORCID logo 0000000267620955
Fabien Quétier Scoping expert France France
Rewilding Europe ORCID logo 0000-0002-3767-0353
Asha Rajvanshi Scoping expert India India
Independent Expert
Vanesa Rodriguez Osuna Scoping expert Germany Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Germany
UNEP Finance Initiative
Oliver Schelske Scoping expert Switzerland Switzerland
Germany
Swiss Re Institute ORCID logo 0000-0003-4273-5307
Jessica Smith Scoping expert Switzerland Canada
Switzerland
UNEP Finance Initiative ORCID logo 0000-0001-7915-5061
Laura Sonter Scoping expert Australia Australia
The University of Queensland
Claudiana Souza Scoping expert Anglo American Brazil
Anglo American
Rady Tawfik Scoping expert International Union for Conservation of Nature Regional Office for West Asia Egypt
Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) ORCID logo 0000-0002-8524-7023
Michel Trommetter Scoping expert France France
National Institute for Research in Agriculture and Environment
Madhu verma Scoping expert India India
Iora Ecological Solutions ORCID logo 0000-0002-7982-9182
Ederson Augusto Zanetti Scoping expert Global Conservation Standard Brazil
Global Conservation Standard ORCID logo 0009-0005-4766-8563
Yang Zhao Scoping expert China China
Ministry of Ecology and Environment

Bureau and Multidisciplinary Expert Panel representatives

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Floyd Homer Bureau task force/expert group member Trinidad and Tobago
Multicrop Facility Ltd
Julia Marton - Lefevre Bureau task force/expert group member France
United States of America
Germán Andrade MEP task force/expert group member Colombia
Colombia
Instituto Humboldt
Judith Fisher MEP task force/expert group member Australia
Fisher Research Pty Ltd (Director and Principal Socio-ecologist) and Institute of Agriculture University of Western Australia and Curtin University and Western Australian Museum ORCID logo 0000-0003-1773-9832
Marie Stenseke MEP task force/expert group member Sweden
Department of Economy and Society, Gothenburg University ORCID logo 0000-0002-1111-5175