UNITED
NATIONS
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IPBES/3/INF/15
Intergovernmental Science-Policy
Platform on Biodiversity and
Ecosystem Services
Distr.: General
16 October 2014
English only
Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy
Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Third session
Bonn, Germany, 12–17 January 2015
Item 7 (a) of the provisional agenda 
Rules and procedures for the operation of the Platform:
nomination and selection of members of the
Multidisciplinary Expert Panel
Compilation of curricula vitae of proposed members of the
Multidisciplinary Expert Panel
Note by the secretariat
1.
The annex to the present note, prepared by the secretariat, provides a list of the candidates
proposed as members of the Multidisciplinary Expert Panel. The list reflects the order of the names set
out in document IPBES/3/11 and on the website of the Platform. The curricula vitae are set out in the
addenda to the present note.
2.
The six addenda to the present note are the following:
(a)
IPBES/3/INF/15/Add.1: proposed members from African States;
(b)
IPBES/3/INF/15/Add.2: proposed members from Asia-Pacific States;
(c)
IPBES/3/INF/15/Add.3: proposed members from Eastern European States;
(d)
IPBES/3/INF/15/Add.4: proposed members from Latin American and
Caribbean States;
(e)
other States;
(f)
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IPBES/3/INF/15/Add.5: proposed members from Western European and
IPBES/3/INF/15/Add.6: proposed members from observer States.
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Annex
List of candidates proposed as members of the Multidisciplinary
Expert Panel (by region)
African States (IPBES/3/INF/15/Add.1)
Etotépé Sogbohossou, Benin
Prudence Galega, Cameroon
Mostafa Fouda, Egypt
Sebsebe Demissew, Ethiopia
Jean Bruno Mikissa, Gabon
Agnes Muthumbi, Kenya
Gideon Nyamasyo, Kenya
Stella Simiyu, Kenya
Voahangy Raharimalala, Madagascar
Ivy Sahoby Randriamahaleo, Madagascar
Mohamed Dakki, Morocco
Hamissou Halilou Malam Garba, Niger
Charlotte Karibuhoye Said, Senegal
Kiruben Naicker, South Africa
Mohamed Abbas, Sudan
Asia Mohamed, Sudan
Samson Gwali, Uganda
Evelyn Lutalo, Uganda
George Kafumu, United Republic of Tanzania
Asia-Pacific States (IPBES/3/INF/15/Add.2)
Ghulam Mohd Malikyar, Afghanistan
Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, Bangladesh
Bojie Fu, China
Yi Huang, China
Junsheng Li, China
Haigen Xu, China
Randolph Thaman, Fiji
Vinod Mathur, India
Rosichon Ubaidillah, Indonesia
Yoshihisa Shirayama, Japan
Leng Guan Saw, Malaysia
Hussein Zahir, Maldives
Krishna Chandra Paudel, Nepal
Syed Najam Khurshid, Pakistan
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Vincent V. Hilomen, Philippines
Nina Rivera Ingle, Philippines
Perry S. Ong, Philippines
Elpidio Ven Peria, Philippines
Eastern European States (IPBES/3/INF/15/Add.3)
Djana Bejko, Albania
Ruslan Novitsky, Belarus
Roman Ozimec, Croatia
Maja Vasilijević, Croatia
Tamar Pataridze, Georgia
György Pataki, Hungary
Katalin Török, Hungary
Yury Dgebuadze, Russian Federation
Victoria Elias, Russian Federation
Rustam Sagitov, Russian Federation
Nikolay Sobolev, Russian Federation
Alexandr Sorokin, Russian Federation
Rastislav Rybanič, Slovakia
Günay Erpul, Turkey
Nihan Yenilmez-Arpa, Turkey
Latin American and Caribbean States (IPBES/3/INF/15/Add.4)
Sandra Diaz, Argentina
Maria Gabriela Palomo, Argentina
Gervasio Piñeiro, Argentina
Sergio Zalba, Argentina
Diego Pacheco, Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Carlos Ivan Zambrana Flores, Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Mercedes Bustamante, Brazil
Manuela da Cunha, Brazil
Carlos Joly, Brazil
Fabio Scarano, Brazil
Brigitte Baptiste, Colombia
Venecia Álvarez, Dominican Republic
Yocasta Sistina Valenzuela Arias, Dominican Republic
Edgar Perez, Guatemala
César Domínguez, Mexico
Rodrigo Medellín, Mexico
Daniel Piñero, Mexico
Víctor Sánchez-Cordero, Mexico
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Marina Rosales Benites De Franco, Peru
Floyd Homer, Trinidad and Tobago
Susana González, Uruguay
Western European and other States (IPBES/3/INF/15/Add.5)
Mark Lonsdale, Australia
Jake Rice, Canada
Sara Wilson, Canada
Paul Leadley, France
Marie Roué, France
James Wilson, Ireland
Christian Mulder, Netherlands
Urbano Fra Paleo, Spain
Esteban Manrique Reol, Spain
Unai Pascual, Spain
Luis E. Santamaría Galdón, Spain
Marie Stenseke, Sweden
Markus Fischer, Switzerland
Judith Weis, United States of America
Observer States (IPBES/3/INF/15/Add.6)
Aram Aghasyan, Armenia
Vitaliy Gromov, Kazakhstan
Elina Maltseva, Kazakhstan
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