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Second global assessment scoping experts


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
Sevil Acar Expert Türkiye Turquie (la)
Boğaziçi University ORCID logo 0000-0001-5535-8673
Sandra Verónica Acebey Quiroga Expert Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bolivie (État plurinational de)
Ecologia y Empresa S.R.L. ORCID logo 0000-0003-2525-6283
Zuhre Aksoy Expert Türkiye Turquie (la)
Bogazici University ORCID logo 0000-0003-2142-2766
Mekuria Argaw Denboba Expert Center for Development Research (ZEF) University of Bonn Éthiopie (l')
Addis Ababa University ORCID logo 0000-0001-6697-6709
Almut Arneth Expert Germany Allemagne (l')
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology ORCID logo 0000-0001-6616-0822
Habiba Atta Expert Nigeria Nigéria (le)
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria ORCID logo 0000-0003-3918-5666
Myrle Ballard Expert Canada Canada (le)
University of Calgary / Environment and Climate Change Canada ORCID logo 0000-0002-3069-0941
Nigel Barker Expert University of Pretoria Afrique du Sud (l')
University or Pretoria, Department of Plant & Soil Sciences ORCID logo 0000-0002-4612-1399
Alexandre Caron Expert France France (la)
CIRAD ORCID logo 0000-0002-5213-3273
Ricardo Castro-Diaz Expert National University of Colombia Colombie (la)
National University of Colombia ORCID logo 0000-0001-7089-5485
Wenting Chen Expert Norway
Norwegian Insitute for Water Research ORCID logo 0000-0001-6039-4476
Nakul Chettri Expert International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Inde (l')
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) ORCID logo 0000-0002-3338-8879
Marta Coll Monton Expert Spain Espagne (l')
Intitute of Marine Science (ICM) - Spanish Scientific Resarch Council (CSIC) ORCID logo 0000-0001-6235-5868
Tamara Contador Expert Cape Horn International Center Chili (le)
Universidad de Magallanes ORCID logo 0000-0002-0250-9877
Bálint Czúcz Expert Norway Hongrie (la)
Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA) ORCID logo 0000-0002-6462-7633
Laura German Expert University of Georgia États-Unis d'Amérique (les)
Center for Integrative Conservation Research; University of Georgia ORCID logo 0000-0003-4943-4515
Wame Hambira Expert Department of Environmental Affairs Botswana (le)
Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Gladys Cecilia Hernández Pedraza Expert Centre for World Economy Studies (CIEM) Cuba
CIEM Centre for World Economy Studies
Forest Isbell Expert United States of America États-Unis d'Amérique (les)
University of Minnesota ORCID logo 0000-0001-9689-769X
Hiroe Ishihara Expert Japan Japon (le)
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo ORCID logo 0000-0002-6977-0412
Sander Jacobs Expert Belgium Belgique (la)
Research Institute for Nature and Forest INBO ORCID logo 0000-0003-4674-4817
Miguel Jácome-Flores Expert Centro del Cambio Global y la Sustentabilidad Mexique (le)
Centro del Cambio Global y la Sustentabilidad ORCID logo 0000-0003-1504-7920
Gensuo Jia Expert International Science Council (ISC) Chine (la)
Global Change Research Center for East Asia, CAS Institute of Atmospheric Physics ORCID logo 0000-0001-5950-9555
Marijana Kapovic Solomun Expert Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnie-Herzégovine (la)
University of Banja Luka
Oxana Klimanova Expert Russian Federation
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Jagdish Krishnaswamy Expert Indian Institute for Human Settlements Inde (l')
School of Environment and Sustainability, Indian Institute for Human Settlements ORCID logo 0000-0001-7985-0005
Paul Leadley Expert Future Earth France (la)
États-Unis d'Amérique (les)
Ecology, Systematics evolution Labaratory, Paris-Saclay University ORCID logo 0000-0002-8994-5507
Rafael Magris Expert Brazil Brésil (le)
ICMBio ORCID logo 0000-0002-1471-6603
Ieva Misiune Expert Ilia State University Lituanie (la)
Vilnius University ORCID logo 0000-0003-4457-1094
Nsalambi Nkongolo Expert Democratic Republic of the Congo République démocratique du Congo (la)
États-Unis d'Amérique (les)
Institut Facultaire des Sciences Agronomiques (IFA) de Yangambi, Kisangani, Dem. Rep. Congo ORCID logo 0000-0003-2485-4759
Chioma Onyige Expert International Science Council (ISC) Nigéria (le)
Department of Sociology, University of Port Harcourt ORCID logo 0000-0001-7850-2041
Oluwakemi Osunderu Expert Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria Nigéria (le)
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria ORCID logo 0000000308586897
Jerneja Penca Expert Slovenia Slovénie (la)
Science and Research Centre Koper ORCID logo 0000-0002-2817-3443
Steve Polasky Expert United States of America États-Unis d'Amérique (les)
University of Minnesota ORCID logo 0000-0003-4934-2434
Andy Purvis Expert United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord (le)
The Natural History Museum, London ORCID logo 0000-0002-8609-6204
Helen Roy Expert United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord (le)
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; University of Exeter ORCID logo 0000-0001-6050-679X
Uttam Babu Shrestha Expert Nepal Népal (le)
Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Nepal ORCID logo 0000-0002-8766-279X
Cosimo Solidoro Expert Italy Italie (l')
OGS national institute of oceanography and experimental geophysic
Andrew Stott Expert United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord (le)
Independent ORCID logo 0009-0008-6778-0810
Alexander Turra Expert Brazil Brésil (le)
Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo - Unesco Chair for Ocean Sustainability ORCID logo 0000-0003-2225-8371
Haigen Xu Expert Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network – GEO BON Chine (la)
Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China

Bureau and Multidisciplinary Expert Panel representatives

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Douglas Beard Bureau task force/expert group member États-Unis d'Amérique (les)
U.S. Geological Survey, National Climate Adaptation Science Center
David Obura Bureau task force/expert group member Kenya (le)
Coastal Oceans Research and Development – Indian Ocean (CORDIO) East Africa. ORCID logo 0000-0003-2256-6649
Antonio Diaz-de-Leon MEP task force/expert group member Mexique (le)
Mexique (le)
Innovative Cutting Edge Solutions (ICES) ORCID logo 0000-0002-1801-7033
Josef Settele MEP task force/expert group member Allemagne (l')
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ ORCID logo 0000-0002-8624-4983