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 | Pakistan (le) |
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 | Chili (le) | Chili (le) |
University of Concepción |  0000-0003-1284-3163 |
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| Helen Roy | Chair | Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord (le) | Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord (le) |
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; University of Exeter | 0000-0001-6050-679X |
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| Peter Stoett | Chair | Canada (le) | Canada (le) |
University of Ontario Institute of Technology | |||
| Piero Genovesi | Review editor | Switzerland | Italie (l') |
IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group | 0000-0002-0262-1420 |
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| John Wilson | Review editor | South Africa | Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord (le) |
South African National Biodiversity Institute | 0000-0003-0174-3239 |
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| Tatsiana Lipinskaya | Fellow | Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus | Bélarus (le) |
Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus | 0000-0001-5088-8114 |
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| Joana Vicente | Fellow | Portugal (le) | Portugal (le) |
BIOPOLIS - CIBIO / InBIO | 0000-0003-0382-0189 |
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Meyerson | Coordinating lead author | États-Unis d'Amérique (les) | États-Unis d'Amérique (les) |
University of Rhode Island | ORCID: orcid.org/00 |
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| Sebataolo Rahlao | Coordinating lead author | Afrique du Sud (l') | Lesotho (le) |
Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, South Africa | |||
| Hanno Seebens | Coordinating lead author | Allemagne (l') | Allemagne (l') |
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre | |||
| Franck Courchamp | Lead author | France (la) | France (la) Suisse (la) |
CNRS | 0000-0001-7605-4548 |
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| Emre Keskin | Lead author | Turquie (la) | Turquie (la) |
Ankara University | 0000-0002-7279-313X |
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| Petr Pysek | Lead author | Tchéquie (la) | Tchéquie (la) |
Institute of Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences | |||
| Alifereti Tawake | Lead author | Fidji (les) | Fidji (les) |
Locally Managed Marine Area (LMMA) Network International Trust | 0000-0002-0154-3600 |
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| Elena Tricarico | Lead author | Italy | Italie (l') |
Department of Biology, University of Florence, Italy | 0000-0002-7392-0794 |
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| Cang Hui | Review editor | Stellenbosch University | Chine (la) Afrique du Sud (l') |
Stellenbosch University | 0000-0002-3660-8160 |
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| Victoria Werenkraut | Review editor | Argentina | Argentine (l') |
INIBIOMA, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, CONICET | 0000-0003-2417-3953 |
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| Bernd Lenzner | Fellow | University of Vienna | Allemagne (l') |
Bioinvasions, Global Change Macroecology Group, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna | 0000-0002-2616-3479 |
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| Hanieh Saeedi | Fellow | Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center | Iran (République islamique d') |
Goethe University Frankfurt and Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Germany |
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Hulme | Coordinating lead author | Nouvelle-Zélande (la) | Nouvelle-Zélande (la) Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord (le) |
Lincoln University | 0000-0001-5712-0474 |
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| Tohru Ikeda | Coordinating lead author | Japon (le) | Japon (le) |
Hokkaido University | |||
| Vigdis Vandvik | Coordinating lead author | Norvège (la) | Norvège (la) |
University of Bergen | 0000-0003-4651-4798 |
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| Ryan Blanchard | Lead author | Afrique du Sud (l') | Afrique du Sud (l') |
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research | |||
| Morelia Camacho-Cervantes | Lead author | Mexique (le) | Mexique (le) |
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico | 0000-0002-7123-7924 |
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| Ileana Herrera | Lead author | Ecuador | Venezuela (République bolivarienne du) Équateur (l') |
Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondón-Ecuador | 0000-0002-7201-7085 |
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| Asuka Koyama | Lead author | Japon (le) | Japon (le) |
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute | |||
| Carolina Morales | Lead author | Argentine (l') | Argentine (l') |
INIBIOMA (CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue) | 0000-0002-9989-5347 |
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| Linus Munishi | Lead author | République-Unie de Tanzanie (la) | République-Unie de Tanzanie (la) |
The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, NM-AIST, Arusha, Tanzania | |||
| Nirmalie Pallewatta | Lead author | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka |
University of Colombo | |||
| Jan Pergl | Lead author | Tchéquie (la) | Tchéquie (la) |
Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences | 0000-0002-0045-1974 |
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| Anthony Ricciardi | Lead author | Canada (le) | Canada (le) |
McGill University | 0000-0003-1492-0054 |
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| Franz Essl | Review editor | Austria | Autriche (l') |
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| Aveliina Helm | Review editor | Estonia | Estonie (l') |
University of Tartu | 0000-0003-2338-4564 |
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| Esra Per | Fellow | Turquie (la) | Turquie (la) |
Gazi University | 0000-0002-7764-1215 |
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| Rafael Xavier | Fellow | Brésil (le) | Brésil (le) |
Universidade de São Paulo |
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sven Bacher | Coordinating lead author | Suisse (la) | Suisse (la) Allemagne (l') |
University of Fribourg | 0000-0001-5147-7165 |
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| Bella Galil | Coordinating lead author | Israël | Israël |
Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University | |||
| Martin Nuñez | Coordinating lead author | Argentine (l') | Argentine (l') |
Universidad Nacional del Comahue/CONICET - University of Houston | 0000-0003-0324-5479 |
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| Michael Ansong | Lead author | Ghana (le) | Ghana (le) |
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | |||
| Phill Cassey | Lead author | Australie (l') | Nouvelle-Zélande (la) |
University of Adelaide | 0000-0002-2626-0172 |
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| Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz | Lead author | Allemagne (l') | Allemagne (l') Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord (le) |
Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University | |||
| Georgi Fayvush | Lead author | Institute of Botany of National Academy of Sciences of Armenia | Arménie (l') |
Institute of Botany of NAS of Armenia | |||
| Ankila Hiremath | Lead author | Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) | Inde (l') |
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) | |||
| IKEGAMI Makihiko | Lead author | Japan | |
National Institute for Environmental Studies | 0000-0002-7760-7973 |
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| Angeliki- Kelly Martinou | Lead author | Chypre | Chypre Grèce (la) |
Laboratory of Vector Ecology and Applied Entomology/Joint Services Health Unit Cyprus, Enalia Physis, Cyprus Institute | |||
| Shana McDermott | Lead author | États-Unis d'Amérique (les) | États-Unis d'Amérique (les) |
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| Cristina Preda | Lead author | Tchéquie (la) | Roumanie (la) |
Ovidius University of Constanta | |||
| Montserrat Vila | Lead author | Espagne (l') | Espagne (l') |
Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC) | |||
| Olaf Weyl | Lead author | South Africa | Afrique du Sud (l') |
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity | 0000-0002-8935-3296 |
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| Rajesh Rai | Review editor | Nepal | Népal (le) |
Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University | 0000-0002-2275-815X |
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| David Richardson | Review editor | South Africa | Afrique du Sud (l') |
Stellenbosch University | 0000-0001-9574-8297 |
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| Romina Fernandez | Fellow | Instituto de Ecología Regional, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán | Argentine (l') |
FONCyT | 0000-0001-8710-6489 |
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| Ellen Ryan-Colton | Fellow | Australie (l') | Australie (l') |
Charles Darwin University and Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara | 0000-0002-3278-9443 |
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sankaran Kavileveettil | Coordinating lead author | Inde (l') | Inde (l') |
FAO of the UN | |||
| Evangelina Schwindt | Coordinating lead author | Argentine (l') | Argentine (l') |
IBIOMAR-CONICET | |||
| Andrew Sheppard | Coordinating lead author | Australie (l') | Australie (l') |
CSIRO | |||
| John Bukombe | Lead author | Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute | République-Unie de Tanzanie (la) République-Unie de Tanzanie (la) |
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute | 0000-0003-4096-2629 |
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| Rafael Dudeque Zenni | Lead author | Brésil (le) | Brésil (le) |
Federal University of Lavras (UFLA) | 0000-0002-4315-7986 |
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| Chika Egawa | Lead author | Japon (le) | Japon (le) |
Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization | 0000-0002-4561-2137 |
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| Llewellyn Foxcroft | Lead author | Afrique du Sud (l') | Afrique du Sud (l') |
South African National Parks | |||
| Ana Isabel Gonzalez-Martinez | Lead author | Mexique (le) | Mexique (le) |
CONABIO National Commissio for the knowledge and use of biodiversity | |||
| Jana Mullerova | Lead author | Tchéquie (la) | Tchéquie (la) |
Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in Usti n. L. | 0000-0001-7331-3479 |
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| Lora Peacock | Lead author | Nouvelle-Zélande (la) | Nouvelle-Zélande (la) |
Ministry for Primary Industries- New Zealand | |||
| Sonia Vanderhoeven | Lead author | Belgique (la) | Belgique (la) |
Belgian Biodiversity Platform | 0000-0002-6298-5373 |
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| Wycliffe Wanzala | Lead author | Kenya | Kenya (le) |
Maasai Mara University | 0000-0001-9177-3217 |
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| Shyama Pagad | Review editor | New Zealand | Nouvelle-Zélande (la) |
IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group/ University of Auckland, New Zealand | |||
| Silvia Ziller | Review editor | International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) | Brésil (le) Allemagne (l') |
The Horus Institute for Environmental Conservation and Development | |||
| Maria Loreto Castillo | Fellow | Centre for Invasion Biology-Stellenbosch University | Chili (le) |
Department of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany of the ASCR | 0000-0003-1228-172X |
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| Dongang Mangwa | Fellow | Cameroun (le) | Cameroun (le) Cameroun (le) |
Dongang Ceraphine Mangwa, Department of Environmental Science, University of Buea |
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melodie McGeoch | Coordinating lead author | FutureEarth | Australie (l') Afrique du Sud (l') |
Monash University | 0000-0003-3388-2241 |
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| Alejandro Ordonez | Coordinating lead author | Danemark (le) | Colombie (la) Pays-Bas (les) |
Aarhus University - Denamrk | 0000-0003-2873-4551 |
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| Ernesto Brugnoli | Lead author | Uruguay (l') | Uruguay (l') |
Faculty of Sciences- Universidad de la República | |||
| Bridget Bwalya Umar | Lead author | Zambie (la) | Zambie (la) |
University of Zambia | 0000-0003-3655-2248 |
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| Chaeho Byun | Lead author | République de Corée (la) | République de Corée (la) |
Andong National University | |||
| Miguel Fernandez Trigoso | Lead author | NatureServe | Bolivie (État plurinational de) |
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) | 0000-0002-8301-1340 |
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| Quentin Groom | Lead author | Belgique (la) | Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord (le) |
Meise Botanic Garden | 0000-0002-0596-5376 |
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| Patricia Howard | Lead author | Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord (le) | Pays-Bas (les) États-Unis d'Amérique (les) |
Wageningen University Dept. of Social Sciences and University of Kent School of Anthropology and Conservation | 0000-0002-9215-6146 |
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| Stanislav Ksenofontov | Lead author | Russian Federation | Fédération de Russie (la) |
University of Northern Iowa | |||
| Henn Ojaveer | Lead author | Estonie (l') | Estonie (l') |
University of Tartu | |||
| Bharat Shrestha | Lead author | Népal (le) | Népal (le) |
Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu | 0000-0002-9457-2637 |
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| Daniel Simberloff | Lead author | États-Unis d'Amérique (les) | États-Unis d'Amérique (les) |
University of Tennessee | |||
| Julie Lockwood | Review editor | United States of America | États-Unis d'Amérique (les) |
Rutgers University | 0000-0003-0177-449X |
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| Sophie Riley | Review editor | Australia | Australie (l') |
University of Technology Sydney | 0000-0002-8079-7069 |
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| Ninad Mungi | Fellow | Inde (l') | Inde (l') |
Wildlife Institute of India | 0000-0001-6502-0457 |
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| Betty Rono | Fellow | German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig | Kenya (le) |
Egerton University and German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig | 0000-0001-7886-1511 |
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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| Rashad Allahverdiyev | Bureau task force/expert group member | Azerbaïdjan (l') |
Khazar University | 0000-0002-0295-2377 |
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| Eric Fokam | MEP task force/expert group member | Cameroun (le) |
University of Buea | 0000-0003-4531-3580 |
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| Shizuka Hashimoto | MEP task force/expert group member | Japon (le) |
University of Tokyo | 0000-0003-4423-9374 |
| Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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| Naoki Amako | Technical support unit (head) | Japon (le) |
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) | 0000-0002-6482-0644 |
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| Ryoko Kawakami | Technical support unit | Japon (le) |
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies | ||||
| Tanara Renard Truong Van Nga | Technical support unit | France (la) |
IGES - IAS-TSU |