Transformative change assessment experts
Please note: The allocation of experts to chapters may be subject to change.
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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Arun Agrawal | Chair | United States of America | United States of America |
University of Michigan | |||
Lucas Garibaldi | Chair | Argentina | Argentina |
Universidad Nacional de Río Negro (UNRN) | |||
Karen O'Brien | Chair | Norway | Norway |
University of Oslo | |||
Janita Gurung | Coordinating lead author | ICIMOD | Nepal |
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development | ![]() |
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Julia Leventon | Coordinating lead author | Czechia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences | ![]() |
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Fern Wickson | Coordinating lead author | Norway | Norway Australia |
UiT - the Arctic University of Norway | ![]() |
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Juan Dabezies | Lead author | Uruguay | Uruguay |
Universidad de la República | ![]() |
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Teresia Olemako | Lead author | United Republic of Tanzania | |
MS - Training Centre for Development Co-operation | |||
Jerneja Penca | Lead author | Slovenia | Slovenia |
Science and Research Centre Koper | ![]() |
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Asha Rajvanshi | Lead author | India | India |
Independent Expert | |||
Roseline Remans | Lead author | Belgium | Belgium |
Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) | ![]() |
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Esther Turnhout | Lead author | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) |
University of Twente, The Netherlands | ![]() |
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Yuki Yoshida | Lead author | Japan | Japan |
National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan | ![]() |
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Peter Bridgewater | Review editor | Australia | Australia |
University of Canberra | ![]() |
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Belinda Reyers | Review editor | South Africa | South Africa |
Future Africa, University of Pretoria | ![]() |
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Adla Kahrić | Fellow | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Center for marine and freshwater biology Sharklab ADRIA | ![]() |
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Josheena Naggea | Fellow | Stanford University | Mauritius |
Stanford University | ![]() |
Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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Chuan Liao | Coordinating lead author | Arizona State University | China |
Arizona State University | |||
Lynne Shannon | Coordinating lead author | EUROMARINE european consortium | South Africa |
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town | ![]() |
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Sebastian Villasante | Coordinating lead author | Spain | Spain Argentina |
University of Santiago de Compostela | ![]() |
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Constant Yves Adou | Lead author | Côte d'Ivoire | Côte d'Ivoire |
Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny | ![]() |
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Ermias Betemariam | Lead author | United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Secretariat | Ethiopia |
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) | |||
Saul Cunningham | Lead author | Australia | Australia |
Australian National University | ![]() |
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Erle Ellis | Lead author | Future Earth | United States of America |
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | ![]() |
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Ambika Gautam | Lead author | IUCN | Nepal |
Kathmandu Forestry College | ![]() |
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Vera Hausner | Lead author | Norway | Norway |
UiT-The Arctic University of Norway | |||
Jinlong Liu | Lead author | China | China |
Renmin University of China | ![]() |
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Lelani Mannetti | Lead author | Urban Studies Institute Georgia State University | Namibia |
Urban Studies Institute, Georgia State University | ![]() |
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Akira Mori | Lead author | Japan | Japan |
Yokohama National University | ![]() |
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Iago Otero | Lead author | University of Lausanne | Spain |
Interdisciplinary Centre for Mountain Research, University of Lausanne | |||
Gervasio Piñeiro | Lead author | Uruguay | Uruguay Argentina |
Facultad de Agronomia Univerisidad de Buenos Aires | ![]() |
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Sandra Waddock | Lead author | United States of America | United States of America |
Boston College | ![]() |
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Helen Wheeler | Lead author | British Ecological Society | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Anglia Ruskin University | ![]() |
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Lun Yin | Lead author | Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge | China |
Center for Ecological Civilization, Southwest Forestry University | ![]() |
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Néstor Mazzeo | Review editor | Uruguay | Uruguay |
Udelar & SARAS Institute | ![]() |
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Arabinda Mishra | Review editor | ICIMOD | India |
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) | ![]() |
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Timothée Fouqueray | Fellow | France | France |
Université du Québec en Outaouais | ![]() |
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Oleksandr Karasov | Fellow | Estonia | Ukraine |
University of Helsinki | ![]() |
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Geraud Canis Tasse Taboue | Fellow | Laboratory for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology University of Buea | Cameroon |
Institute of Agricultural Research for Development | ![]() |
Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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Elena Bennett | Coordinating lead author | United States of America | United States of America |
McGill University | ![]() |
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Reinette Biggs | Coordinating lead author | South Africa | South Africa |
Stellenbosch University | |||
Sevil Acar | Lead author | Türkiye | Türkiye |
Boğaziçi University | ![]() |
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Zuhre Aksoy | Lead author | Türkiye | Türkiye |
Bogazici University | ![]() |
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Francisco Alpizar | Lead author | Costa Rica | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) |
Wageningen University and Research | ![]() |
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Rafael Calderón Contreras | Lead author | Mexico | Mexico |
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana | ![]() |
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Claudia Campos | Lead author | Argentina | Argentina |
Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas (IADIZA- CONICET) | ![]() |
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Andra-Ioana Horcea-Milcu | Lead author | Romania | Romania |
Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca | ![]() |
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David Lam | Lead author | Germany | Germany |
Leuphana University Lüneburg | ![]() |
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Björn-Ola Linnér | Lead author | Sweden | Sweden |
Linköping University | ![]() |
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Lyla Mehta | Lead author | Austria | Austria |
Institute of Development Studies; Noragric, Norway | ![]() |
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Maiko Nishi | Lead author | Japan | Japan |
United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) | ![]() |
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Miles Richardson | Lead author | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | |
University of Derby | |||
Nicholas (Nick) Roskruge | Lead author | International Science Council (ISC) | New Zealand |
School of Agriculture & Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand | ![]() |
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Catherine Sabinot | Lead author | France | France |
Institute of Research for the Development | ![]() |
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Cristiana Simao Seixas | Lead author | Brazil | Brazil |
University of Campinas | ![]() |
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Håkon B. Stokland | Lead author | Norway | Norway |
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Norway | ![]() |
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Kai Chan | Review editor | Canada | Canada |
University of British Columbia | ![]() |
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Lian Pin Koh | Review editor | Singapore |
National University of Singapore | ![]() |
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Rachel Golden Kroner | Fellow | United States of America | United States of America |
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) | ![]() |
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Andressa V. Mansur | Fellow | Center for the Analysis of Social Ecological Landscapes-Indiana University Bloomington | Brazil |
Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, University of Georgia | ![]() |
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Stephen Woroniecki | Fellow | Sweden | Sweden United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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Niki Frantzeskaki | Coordinating lead author | Greece |
Utrecht University, The Netherlands | ![]() |
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Sergio Lambertucci | Coordinating lead author | Argentina | Argentina Spain |
Instituto de Biodiversidad y Medio Ambiente, CONICET - Universidad Nacional del comahue | ![]() |
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coleen vogel | Coordinating lead author | South Africa | South Africa |
University Witwatersrad | |||
Mialy Andriamahefazafy | Lead author | Madagascar | Madagascar |
Geneva Science-Policy Interface, University of Geneva | ![]() |
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Silke Beck | Lead author | Germany | Germany |
UFZ Leipzig | ![]() |
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Wiebren Boonstra | Lead author | Sweden | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) Sweden |
Uppsala University | ![]() |
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Edward Carr | Lead author | United States of America | United States of America |
Clark University | ![]() |
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Ruishan Chen | Lead author | China | China |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | ![]() |
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Jessica Dempsey | Lead author | Canada | Canada |
University of British Columbia | |||
Edgar Espinoza-Cisneros | Lead author | Costa Rica | Costa Rica |
University of Costa Rica | ![]() |
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Keisha Garcia | Lead author | Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Esmail Karamidehkordi | Lead author | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
Tarbiat Modares University and Iran's CBD | ![]() |
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Kanako Morita | Lead author | Japan | Japan |
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute | ![]() |
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Valerie Nelson | Lead author | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
University of Greenwich | |||
Tobias Plieninger | Lead author | Germany | Germany |
University of Göttingen and University of Kassel | |||
Andy Stirling | Lead author | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex | ![]() |
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Kanae Tokunaga | Lead author | United States of America | Japan |
Gulf of Maine Research Institute | ![]() |
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Jean Paul Metzger | Review editor | Brazil | Brazil France |
University of São Paulo | ![]() |
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Margaret (Peggy) Smith | Review editor | Canada | Canada |
Faculty of Natural Resources Management, Lakehead University | ![]() |
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Fernanda Rojas-Marchini | Fellow | Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | Chile |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso | ![]() |
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Asmita Sengupta | Fellow | Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) | India |
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment | ![]() |
Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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Hannah Gosnell | Coordinating lead author | United States of America | United States of America |
Oregon State University | ![]() |
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Victoria Reyes García | Coordinating lead author | Spain | Spain |
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) | ![]() |
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Yves Zinngrebe | Coordinating lead author | Germany | Germany |
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research | ![]() |
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Karina Benessaiah | Lead author | Tunisia | Tunisia Greece |
Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics | ![]() |
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Martha Bonilla | Lead author | Mexico | Mexico |
Inecol | ![]() |
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Rodwell Chandipo | Lead author | Zambia | Zambia |
Zambia Environmental Management Agency | |||
Joachim Claudet | Lead author | France | France |
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | |||
Tim Forsyth | Lead author | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
London School of Economics and Political Science | ![]() |
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Barbara Gemmill Herren | Lead author | United States of America | United States of America Switzerland |
Prescott College; World Agroforestry Centre | ![]() |
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Patrick Huntjens | Lead author | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) |
Maastricht Sustainability Institute (MSI), School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University | ![]() |
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Chinwe Ifejika Speranza | Lead author | Switzerland | Nigeria Switzerland |
University of Bern | ![]() |
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Rafael Magris | Lead author | Brazil | Brazil |
ICMBio | ![]() |
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Juana Mariño De Posada | Lead author | Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH) | Colombia |
Independent | ![]() |
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Fumiko Nakao | Lead author | Japan | Japan |
Hokkaido University | |||
Ram Pandit | Lead author | Nepal | Nepal |
The University of Western Australia | ![]() |
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Laura Maureen Bosch Pereira | Lead author | South Africa | South Africa Portugal |
University of the Witwatersrand | |||
Kristina Raab | Lead author | Germany | Canada United States of America |
Independent | |||
Ingrid Visseren | Lead author | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) |
Radboud University | ![]() |
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YOUN Yeo-Chang | Lead author | Republic of Korea | Republic of Korea |
Seoul National University | ![]() |
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Carlos Alfredo Joly | Review editor | Brazil | Brazil |
Brazilian Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services/BPBES | ![]() |
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María Elena Zaccagnini | Review editor | Argentina | Argentina |
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria | |||
Xiaona Guo | Fellow | China | China |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | |||
Koji Miwa | Fellow | Japan | Japan |
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)/ Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo |
Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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Floyd Homer | Bureau task force/expert group member | Trinidad and Tobago |
Multicrop Facility Ltd | ||||
Asia Mohamed | Bureau task force/expert group member | Sudan |
University of Khartoum, Institute of Environmental Studies | ||||
Markus Fischer | MEP task force/expert group member | Switzerland |
University of Bern | ||||
Özden Görücü | MEP task force/expert group member | Türkiye |
Kahramanmaraş Sutcu Imam University | ![]() |
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Madhav Karki | MEP task force/expert group member | Nepal |
Ministry of Forest and Environment, Govt. of Nepal and IPBES | ![]() |
Name | Role | Nominating government/organisation | Nationality(ies) | Affiliation | ORCID Identifier | ||
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Laurence Perianin | Technical support unit (head) | France |
Université de Montpellier (MUSE) | ||||
Camille Guibal | Technical support unit | France |
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Anouk Renaud | Technical support unit | France |
University of Montpellier | ![]() |