Information on the call for the nomination of experts for the IPBES methodological assessment of the impact and dependence of business on biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people (business and biodiversity assessment) is available here.
The group of experts that will prepare the business and biodiversity assessment, 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 assessment 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.
Additional experts may be selected in line with the procedure for filling gaps in expertise set out in annex I to decision IPBES-4/3.
Experts
Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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Matt Jones | Chair | 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) | ![]() |
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Steve Polasky | Chair | United States of America | United States of America |
University of Minnesota | ![]() |
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Ximena Rueda | Chair | Colombia | Colombia United States of America |
Universidad de los Andes | |||
Jane Ingram | Coordinating lead author | United States of America | United States of America |
Pollination | ![]() |
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Vanesa Rodriguez Osuna | Coordinating lead author | Germany | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Germany |
UNEP Finance Initiative | |||
Indah Budiani | Lead author | Indonesia | Indonesia |
Indonesia Business Council for Sustainable Development (IBCSD) | ![]() |
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Edgar De Jesus | Lead author | Philippines | Philippines |
Business for Sustainable Development | ![]() |
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Luis Inostroza | Lead author | Chile | Chile |
Mendel University in Brno | ![]() |
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Elikana Kalumanga | Lead author | United Republic of Tanzania | United Republic of Tanzania |
University of Dar es Salaam | |||
Anouska Perram | Lead author | Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) | Australia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Forest Peoples Programme | ![]() |
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Lisen Schultz | Lead author | Sweden | Sweden |
Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm university | ![]() |
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Jay Shimshack | Lead author | United States of America | United States of America |
University of Virginia | ![]() |
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Gabi Teren | Lead author | South Africa | South Africa |
The Endangered Wildlife Trust | ![]() |
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Rachel Tiller | Review editor | Norway | Norway |
SINTEF Ocean | ![]() |
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Raphael Ayambire | Fellow | Canada | Ghana |
University of Manitoba | ![]() |
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PRIYA PRIYADARSHINI | Fellow | Agroecosystem Specialist Group | India |
Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University | ![]() |
Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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Benis N. Egoh | Coordinating lead author | South Africa | Cameroon |
University of California, Irvine | ![]() |
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Marije Schaafsma | Coordinating lead author | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) |
Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | |||
Hongxia Duan | Lead author | Institute for Environment and Sustainable Development | China |
Institute for Environment and Sustainable Development | |||
Jacob Hochard | Lead author | United States of America | United States of America |
University of Wyoming - Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources | ![]() |
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Wooyeong Joo | Lead author | Republic of Korea | Republic of Korea |
National Institute of Ecology | ![]() |
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Sofia Lopez-Cubillos | Lead author | Colombia | Colombia Spain |
International Institute for Sustainability | ![]() |
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Ivan Paspaldzhiev | Lead author | Bulgaria | Bulgaria |
EY denkstatt | |||
Hristina Prodanova | Lead author | National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences | Bulgaria |
National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NIGGG-BAS) | ![]() |
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Louise Willemen | Lead author | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) |
ITC University of Twente, Netherlands | ![]() |
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Edson Gandiwa | Review editor | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority | ![]() |
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Niak Sian Koh | Fellow | Malaysia | Malaysia |
Stockholm Resilience Centre | ![]() |
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Tuija Lankia | Fellow | Finland | Finland |
Natural resources institute Finland |
Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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Ryo Kohsaka | Coordinating lead author | Japan | Japan |
The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences | ![]() |
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Lisa Mandle | Coordinating lead author | United States of America | United States of America |
Natural Capital Project, Stanford University | ![]() |
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Joseph Bull | Lead author | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
University of Oxford | ![]() |
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Kishaylin Chetty | Lead author | South Africa | South Africa |
Endangered Wildlife Trust | ![]() |
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Beatrice Crona | Lead author | Sweden | Sweden |
Stockholm Resilience Centre | ![]() |
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Mark Johnston | Lead author | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
BP plc | |||
Nicholas Oguge | Lead author | Kenya | Kenya |
University of Nairobi | |||
Rajat Panwar | Lead author | United States of America | India |
Oregon State University | |||
Claudia Romero | Lead author | Colombia | Colombia United States of America |
University of Florida | ![]() |
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Habiba Atta | Review editor | Nigeria | Nigeria |
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria | ![]() |
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Sasha Gennet | Review editor | The Nature Conservancy | United States of America |
The Nature Conservancy | ![]() |
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Daniel Itzamna Avila Ortega | Fellow | Mexico | Mexico |
Stockholm Resilience Centre | ![]() |
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SHARON CHELANGAT | Fellow | Kenya | Kenya |
The National Treasury-Kenya | ![]() |
Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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Sharon Brooks | Coordinating lead author | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
UNEP-WCMC | ![]() |
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Michal Kulak | Coordinating lead author | Switzerland | Poland |
Robeco Switzerland | ![]() |
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Clément Feger | Lead author | France | France |
AgroParisTech / University of Montpellier | ![]() |
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Heera Lee | Lead author | Republic of Korea | Republic of Korea |
Konkuk University | ![]() |
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Bruna Pavani | Lead author | Brazil | Brazil |
International Institute for Sustainability - IIS | ![]() |
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Stephan Pfister | Lead author | Switzerland | Switzerland |
ETH Zurich | ![]() |
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Mark van Oorschot | Lead author | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) |
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency | ![]() |
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Francesca Verones | Lead author | Norway | Switzerland Italy |
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) | |||
Ederson Augusto Zanetti | Lead author | Global Conservation Standard | Brazil |
Global Conservation Standard | ![]() |
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Angelica Faria de Resende | Review editor | Brazil | Brazil |
University of Sao Paulo and University of Stirling | ![]() |
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Michael Vardon | Review editor | Australia | Australia |
Australian National University | ![]() |
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Jacob Bedford | Fellow | UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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David Nemecek | Fellow | Third Generation Environmentalism | Czechia |
E3G (Third Generation Environmentalism) | ![]() |
Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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Laura Sonter | Coordinating lead author | Australia | Australia |
The Biodiversity Consultancy | ![]() |
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Amrei von Hase | Coordinating lead author | South Africa | South Africa |
World Conservation Society | |||
Jacolette Adam | Lead author | Exigent | South Africa |
Exigent | ![]() |
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Steven Dickinson | Lead author | TotalEnergies | France United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
TotalEnergies SE | ![]() |
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Marie-Hélène ENRICI | Lead author | SOLVAY / RHODIA | France |
SOLVAY | ![]() |
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Thao Fabregas | Lead author | Crédit Agricole S.A. | France United States of America |
Credit Agricole S.A. | ![]() |
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Pippa Howard | Lead author | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
NatureMetrics | ![]() |
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Dr Hishmi Husain | Lead author | Tata Steel Limited | India |
Tata Steel Ltd. | ![]() |
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Felicia Lasmana | Lead author | High Conservation Value Network | Indonesia |
HCV Network | ![]() |
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Natalia Lutti | Lead author | Brazil | Brazil |
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Divya Narain | Lead author | Germany Greening Food Systems Finance | India |
Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment | ![]() |
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Olga Barbosa | Review editor | Chile | Chile |
Universidad Austral de Chile, Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas | |||
Tuan Nguyen | Fellow | Belgium | Viet Nam |
Hasselt University | ![]() |
Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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Katie Leach | Coordinating lead author | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Lloyds Banking Group | |||
Rafael Loyola | Coordinating lead author | Brazil | Brazil |
International Institute for Sustainability | ![]() |
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Syed Mohazri Bin Syed Hazari | Lead author | DHI Water & Environment (Malaysia) | Malaysia |
PETRONAS | ![]() |
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Anthony Chatwin | Lead author | United States of America | United States of America |
Smart Nature Solutions | ![]() |
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Inonge Mukumbuta Guillemin | Lead author | Namibia | Zambia Namibia |
United Nations University FLORES | ![]() |
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Caroline Leenders | Lead author | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) |
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency | |||
Mi Sun Park | Lead author | Republic of Korea | Republic of Korea |
Seoul National University | ![]() |
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Alina Sokolenko | Lead author | Ukraine | Ukraine |
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Evonne Yiu | Lead author | Ernst and Young Japan | Singapore |
Ernst and Young Japan | ![]() |
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Jonty Rawlins | Review editor | South Africa | |
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Michel Trommetter | Review editor | France | France |
National Institute for Research in Agriculture and Environment | |||
Klaudia Prodani | Fellow | University of Twente, The Netherlands | Albania |
University of Twente | ![]() |
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Gabriela Rabeschini | Fellow | Brazil | Brazil |
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center |
Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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Erik Grigoryan | Bureau task force/expert group member | Armenia |
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Floyd Homer | Bureau task force/expert group member | Trinidad and Tobago |
Multicrop Facility Ltd | ||||
Germán Andrade Perez | MEP task force/expert group member | Colombia Colombia |
Instituto Humboldt | ||||
Christopher Gordon | MEP task force/expert group member | Ghana United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies, University of Ghana | ![]() |
Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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Orlando Vargas | Technical support unit (head) | Colombia |
Instituto Alexander von Humboldt | ||||
Erika Peñuela Vega | Technical support unit | Colombia |
Alexander von Humboldt Institute | ![]() |
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Olena Tarasova-Krasiieva | Technical support unit | Ukraine |
UNEP-WCMC | ![]() |
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Alina Vera Paz | Technical support unit | Spain |
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