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Members of the Indigenous and local knowledge task force (IPBES 10 - IPBES 13)

Information on the call for the nomination of experts for the task force on Indigenous and local knowledge is available here (EM/2023/37). Please scroll down for the selected list of task force members.

The group of experts for the task force on Indigenous and local knowledge selected by the Multidisciplinary Expert Panel of IPBES is comprised of experts and practitioners with outstanding expertise relevant to Indigenous and local knowledge. 

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
Wilfredo Vidal Alangui Expert Cordillera Disaster Response & Development Services Inc Филиппины
University of the Philippines Baguio ORCID logo 0000-0001-6702-9236
Qapaj Conde Expert Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Боливия (Многонациональное Государство)
Binota Moy Dhamai Expert Zabarang Kalyan Samity Бангладеш
Австралия
Australian National University
Guadalupe Yesenia Hernández Márquez Expert Mexico Мексика
Rueda de Medicina A.C. / Biodiversity Women Caucus/ Partnership for financing Community based Conservation and Restoration of ORCID logo 0009-0000-1883-8010
Mariaelena Huambachano Expert UNESCO Перу
Новая Зеландия
Syracuse University ORCID logo 0000-0002-9583-0239
ETHEL KAMBA Expert Malawi Малави
Government Employee ORCID logo 0009-0006-3991-3925
Paulina Karim Expert National Dong Hwa University Российская Федерация
Австралия
Forestry Bureau/ National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
Kanembwa Mukoma Expert Zambia Замбия
Forestry Department of Zambia ORCID logo 0000-0002-2047-0398
Jocelyn Nettleton Expert United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Соединенное Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии
Forest Peoples Programme ORCID logo 0000-0002-1348-6180
Loupa Pius Expert Coalition of Pastoralist Civil Society Organisations Уганда
Уганда
COPACSO ORCID logo 0000-0003-4782-2522
Nicholas (Nick) Roskruge Expert Tahuri Whenua Incorporated Society Новая Зеландия
Tahuri Whenua National Maori Horticultural Collective, New Zealand ORCID logo 0000-0002-2914-6316
John Scott Expert International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity Австралия
AIATSIS
Nataliya Stryamets Expert Nature reserve Roztochya Украина
University Ca' Foscari of Venice ORCID logo 0000-0001-8815-1783
Kyle Whyte Expert United States of America Соединенные Штаты Америки
University of Michigan

Bureau and Multidisciplinary Expert Panel representatives

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Catherine Febria MEP task force/expert group member Канада
University of Windsor ORCID logo 0000-0002-3570-3588
Adriana Flores-Díaz MEP task force/expert group member Мексика
Universidad Iberoamericana / Global Water Watch Mex

Technical Support Unit

Name Role Nominating government/organisation Nationality(ies) Affiliation ORCID Identifier
Peter Bates Technical support unit (head) Соединенное Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии
UNESCO
Mariana Cantu Fernandez Technical support unit