History of the establishment of IPBES Members and observers National Focal Points Organization Focal Points Observer organizations Collaboration and partnerships Stakeholders Bureau Multidisciplinary Expert Panel Conflict of interest committee Secretariat Experts Conceptual framework Contact information Experts This page lists national focal points and experts of past and ongoing task forces and expert groups. You can filter by deliverables, name of experts or by the nominating government. Deliverable Deliverable/Category MEP 2026-2029 Workshop on biodiversity and climate change Secretariat Business and biodiversity assessment Monitoring assessment Spatial planning and connectivity assessment Second global assessment Building capacity (2nd work programme -2) Data and knowledge management (2nd work programme) Knowledge generation catalysis (2nd work programme) Indigenous and local knowledge systems (2nd work programme -2) Policy support tools and methodologies (2nd work programme - 2) Further work on scenarios and models (2nd work programme -2) Review of IPBES (2nd work programme - 2) Follow-up to the midterm review of IPBES under the rolling work programme up to 2030 Second global assessment scoping Review of IPBES (2nd work programme) Development of a proposal for future work of IPBES Nature Futures Framework Conflict of Interest Committee (2nd work programme -2) Nexus assessment Transformative change assessment Biodiversity and climate change Invasive alien species assessment Sustainable use assessment Values assessment Global assessment (1st work programme) Paper on roles of MEP and Bureau Paper on the use and impact of the IPBES conceptual framework Plenary Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) Policy support tools and methodologies (2nd work programme) Pollination assessment Preliminary guide on values Regional assessments Review of IPBES (1st work programme) Scenarios and models assessment Scenarios and models assessment 2 Stakeholder engagement Sustainable use assessment scoping Nexus assessment scoping Transformative change assessment scoping Workshop on modelling nature future scenarios Africa assessment Americas assessment Asia-Pacific assessment Biodiversity and pandemics workshop Building capacity (1st work programme) Building capacity (2nd work programme) Bureau 2013-2016 Bureau 2016-2019 Bureau 2019-2023 Bureau 2023-2026 Business and biodiversity assessment scoping Catalogue of assessments Communications Conceptual framework Conflict of interest committee (1st work programme) Conflict of Interest Committee (2nd work programme) Effectiveness of the assessment process Initial scoping for additional assessments (IPBES 10) Europe and Central Asia assessment Further work on scenarios and models (1st work programme) Further work on scenarios and models (2nd work programme) Further work on values (1st work programme) Global assessment scoping (1st work programme) Guide for assessments Improving the effectiveness of the assessment process Indigenous and local knowledge systems (1st work programme) Indigenous and local knowledge systems (2nd work programme) Interim MEP IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop on biodiversity and climate change Knowledge and data (1st work programme) Knowledge and data (2nd work programme) Land degradation and restoration assessment Land degradation and restoration assessment scoping Manual for IPBES national focal points MEP 2015-2018 MEP 2018-2021 MEP 2022-2025 MEP and Bureau arrangements National Focal Points Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP) Search by government Nominating Government Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia European Union Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia (Republic of The) Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Holy See Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands (Kingdom of the) New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue North Macedonia Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe _nocountry Mr. Asghar Mohammadi Fazel Knowledge and data (1st work programme) Bureau expert group co-chair Prof. Youngbae Suh Knowledge and data (1st work programme) Bureau expert group co-chair Dr. Bishwa Nath Oli Indigenous and local knowledge systems (2nd work programme -2) Bureau task force/expert group member Prof. Sebsebe Demissew Woodmatas Paper on the use and impact of the IPBES conceptual framework Bureau task force/expert group member Dr. Douglas Beard Knowledge and data (2nd work programme) Bureau task force/expert group member Prof. Senka Barudanovic Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) Bureau task force/expert group member Dr. Douglas Beard Paper on roles of MEP and Bureau Bureau task force/expert group member Ms. Ana Maria Hernandez Salgar Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) Bureau task force/expert group member Ms. Julia Marton - Lefevre Paper on roles of MEP and Bureau Bureau task force/expert group member Prof. Hamid Čustović Paper on roles of MEP and Bureau Bureau task force/expert group member Ms. Ana Maria Hernandez Salgar Indigenous and local knowledge systems (2nd work programme) Bureau task force/expert group member Prof. Sebsebe Demissew Woodmatas Building capacity (2nd work programme) Bureau task force/expert group member Prof. Youngbae Suh Knowledge and data (1st work programme) Bureau task force/expert group member Dr. Douglas Beard Scenarios and models assessment 2 Bureau task force/expert group member Ms. Ana Maria Hernandez Salgar Paper on the use and impact of the IPBES conceptual framework Bureau task force/expert group member Prof. Sebsebe Demissew Woodmatas Bureau 2023-2026 Bureau member Ethiopia Prof. Yongyut Trisurat Bureau 2023-2026 Bureau member Thailand Prof. Eeva Primmer Bureau 2023-2026 Bureau member Finland Mr. Erik Grigoryan Bureau 2023-2026 Bureau member Armenia Mr. Hesiquio Benítez Díaz Bureau 2023-2026 Bureau member Mexico Dr. Carolyn Lundquist Further work on scenarios and models (2nd work programme) Chair New Zealand Dr. Peter Daszak Biodiversity and pandemics workshop Chair United States of America Dr. Alla Aleksanyan Conflict of Interest Committee (2nd work programme) Conflict of interest committee member Armenia Dr. Raúl Gutiérrez Patiño Conflict of Interest Committee (2nd work programme) Conflict of interest committee member Mexico Prof. Alexandra Aragao Conflict of Interest Committee (2nd work programme) Conflict of interest committee member Portugal Mr. Stadler Trengove Conflict of Interest Committee (2nd work programme) Conflict of interest committee member Dr. Douglas Beard Conflict of Interest Committee (2nd work programme) Conflict of interest committee member Mr. Rashad Allahverdiyev Conflict of Interest Committee (2nd work programme) Conflict of interest committee member Dr. George Essegbey Conflict of Interest Committee (2nd work programme) Conflict of interest committee member Ghana Dr. Sujit Bajpayee Conflict of Interest Committee (2nd work programme) Conflict of interest committee member India Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Last page Last »
Dr. Bishwa Nath Oli Indigenous and local knowledge systems (2nd work programme -2) Bureau task force/expert group member
Prof. Sebsebe Demissew Woodmatas Paper on the use and impact of the IPBES conceptual framework Bureau task force/expert group member
Prof. Senka Barudanovic Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) Bureau task force/expert group member
Ms. Ana Maria Hernandez Salgar Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) Bureau task force/expert group member
Ms. Ana Maria Hernandez Salgar Indigenous and local knowledge systems (2nd work programme) Bureau task force/expert group member
Prof. Sebsebe Demissew Woodmatas Building capacity (2nd work programme) Bureau task force/expert group member
Ms. Ana Maria Hernandez Salgar Paper on the use and impact of the IPBES conceptual framework Bureau task force/expert group member
Dr. Alla Aleksanyan Conflict of Interest Committee (2nd work programme) Conflict of interest committee member Armenia
Dr. Raúl Gutiérrez Patiño Conflict of Interest Committee (2nd work programme) Conflict of interest committee member Mexico
Prof. Alexandra Aragao Conflict of Interest Committee (2nd work programme) Conflict of interest committee member Portugal
Mr. Stadler Trengove Conflict of Interest Committee (2nd work programme) Conflict of interest committee member
Dr. Douglas Beard Conflict of Interest Committee (2nd work programme) Conflict of interest committee member
Mr. Rashad Allahverdiyev Conflict of Interest Committee (2nd work programme) Conflict of interest committee member
Dr. George Essegbey Conflict of Interest Committee (2nd work programme) Conflict of interest committee member Ghana
Dr. Sujit Bajpayee Conflict of Interest Committee (2nd work programme) Conflict of interest committee member India