IPBES Task Force on Indigenous and Local Knowledge Systems
In 2014 at the second session of the IPBES Plenary, a task force on indigenous and local knowledge systems was formed for the period for this work programme 2014–2018. This task force would be led by the Multidisciplinary Expert Panel in consultation with the Bureau.
MEP and Bureau Members on the Task Force
Name | Affiliation |
Brigitte Baptiste | Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Research on Biological Resources, Colombia |
Tamar Pataridze | Forest Policy Service, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia, Georgia |
Sandra Diaz | Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina |
Marie Roue | Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France |
Adem Bilgin | Ministry of Forest and Water Affairs, Turkey |
Alfred Apau Oteng-Yeboah | University of Ghana, Ghana |
Task Force Members
Name | Affiliation |
Yao Constant Yves Adou | Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d'Ivoire |
Wilfredo Alangui | University of the Philippines, Philippines |
Fikret Berkes | University of Manitoba, Canada |
Peter Bridgewater | UK Joint Nature Conservation Committee, UK / Australia |
Eduardo Sonnewend Brondizio | Indiana University, USA / Brazil |
Manuela Carneiro Da Cunha | Brazilian Academy of Sciences/Third World Academy of Sciences, Brazil |
Viviana Elsa Figueroa | Convention on Biological Diversity / Argentina |
Rosemary Hill | CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Australia |
Kaoru Ichikawa | UNU-IAS, Japan |
Peris Kariuki | National Museums of Kenya, Kenya |
Madhav Karki | IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management / Nepal |
Erik Leitis | Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of Latvia, Latvia |
Zsolt Molnár | MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Hungary |
Diego Pacheco | Ministry of Foreign Affairs and The Ministry of Environment and Water, Bolivia |
Hassan Roba | National Museums of Kenya, Kenya |
Yildiz Thomas | The New Jersey School of Conservation, France / Mauritius |
Dayuan Xue | Ministry of Environmental Protection of China/Minzu University of China, China |
Resource persons
Name | Affiliation |
Joji Cariño | Forest Peoples Programme, UK / Philippines |
Phil Lyver | Landcare Research, New Zealand |
Jeremiah Pinto | US Department of Agriculture, USA |
Former Task Force members (2012-2014)
Name | Affiliation |
Phil Lyver | Landcare Research, New Zealand |
Edgar Perez | San Carlos University, Guatemala |
Randy Thaman | University of South Pacific, Fiji |