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Experts

BES-Net brings together a network of experts in biodiversity and ecosystem services and offers a forum to network and learn about the latest research being undertaken in the space.

Our Experts

Currently, BES-Net has a pool of over 130 experts from around the world in the fields of biodiversity conservation, pollinator conservation, ecosystem-based adaptation, biodiversity finance, Indigenous and local knowledge and more.

Mr. josef_settele
Profession: Senior Scientist
Organization: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Languages: English
Technical field(s) of expertise: Biodiversity, Global change, Agro-Ecology, Science-Policy. Involved as an expert in IPBES assessment on pollination, pollinators and food production.
Mr. Josemaria Kokonya
Profession: EXTENSION OFFICER
Organization: N/A
Languages: English
Technical field(s) of expertise: Agriculture Environment conservation Technology
Professor John Garvey
Profession: Associate Professor
Organization: University of Limerick
Languages: English
Technical field(s) of expertise: Financial Markets and Market Design. I am coordinator of a EU Horizon project that is focused on unlocking private finance for biodiversity restoration and protection. The project is examining 1. new business models that protect and restore ecosystem services, 2. governance models for corporate finance and public finance (state owned entities) that protect nature and 3. market structures that create bottlenecks for the deployment of finance for biodiversity linked finance.
Dr. John Esitadimma Onyekuru
Profession: Independent Consultancy
Organization: Individual Practitioner
Languages: English
Technical field(s) of expertise: Biodiversity conservation and sustainable use
Dr. John Mauremootoo
Profession: Director
Organization: InSpiralPathways
Languages: English, French
Technical field(s) of expertise: Biodiversity conservation; Ecosystem restoration; Invasive species; Project management; Project planning; Monitoring and evaluation; Capacity building; Facilitation
Dr. J-Hude MOUDINGO
Profession: Post graduate Research Assistant
Organization: Njala University
Languages: English
Technical field(s) of expertise: Forest and Wetland Ecology, Mangrove Restoration Project management Socioeconomic
Dr. jayne_belnap
Profession: US Geological Survey Research Ecologist
Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Languages: English
Technical field(s) of expertise: Landscape ecology and planning. Involved in the IPBES assessment on Land Degradation and Restoration
Dr. jamison_ervin
Profession: Manager, Global Biodiversity Programme
Organization: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Languages: English, Spanish, Other
Technical field(s) of expertise: Protected area planning, management and assessment; Resilience; Biodiversity finance; Community-based natural resource management; Monitoring and indicators; Biodiversity mainstreaming; E-learning design
Mr. james_leslie
Profession: Technical Advisor, Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Organization: UNDP
Languages: English, Spanish
Technical field(s) of expertise: Ecosystem-based Adaptation; climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, ecosystem services markets, climate change and private sector, biodiversity and climate finance, protected areas, forest conservation, forest policy, local and national development planning, community-based conservation, Latin America, Amazon, Peru.
Mr. Kossi-Messan Jacques AGBOKA
Profession: PhD Student in Climate Change and Biodiversity
Organization: WASCAL (West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use) and International Student Environmental Coalition (ISEC).
Languages: English
Technical field(s) of expertise: Biodiversity conservation, climate adaptation and mitigation, land restoration.
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