Membership of the Informal Advisory Group on Technical and Scientific Cooperation

Parties
1.Tricia LovellAntigua and Barbuda
2.Karel MokanyAustralia
3.Galina Mozgova*Belarus
4.Abraham (Han) de Koeijer*Belgium
5.Marcelo Henrique Aguiar de Freitas*Brazil
6.Yan Liu*China
7.Diana Pulido*Colombia
8.Jan PlesnikCzechia
9.Grégoire Dubois*European Union
10.Kinga Öllerer*Hungary
11.Gono SemiadiIndonesia
12.Motohiro Hasegawa*Japan
13.Martha Mphatso Kalemba*Malawi
14.Eduardo Robelo*Mexico
15.Mostafa Madbouhi*Morocco
16.Onyeka Kingsley NwosuNigeria
17.Jeongeun LimRepublic of Korea
18.Mukondi Matshusa*South Africa
19.Ejebay KokanovaTurkmenistan
20.Philip McGowanUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Major Groups
21.Biswash PrajaCentre for Indigenous Peoples' Research and Development (CIPRED)
22.Pamela Tapia DiazCBD Women's Caucus
23.Mika Mei Jia TanGlobal Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN)
Organizations
24.Carlo CarlosASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
25.Carlo FaddaAlliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
26.Valerie D’Hoedt MeyerInternational Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
27.Issa BadoOrganisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
28.Paulette Bynoe*Science Panel for the Amazon
29.Christina Supples*United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
30.Natasha AliUnited Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
31.Talia SpeakerWorld Wildlife Fund (WildLabs)
Ex-Officio Members (CSP Co-Chairs)
32.Carlos Adolfo Hernandez MercadoInstituto Humboldt
33.Britta GarfieldSmithsonian Institution

*Members currently serving a second term

Operational Procedures and Modalities

As provided in decision 15/8, the Informal Advisory Group on Technical and Scientific Cooperation is composed of experts nominated by Parties and by indigenous peoples and local communities, the scientific community, and relevant organizations, including those representing women and youth.

Members are selected through a formal nomination process, based on the criteria in Annex III of decision 15/8, and with due regard to regional and gender balance, for a term of two years. The current membership was announced through notification 2023-038.

More information is available in the operational procedures and modalities.

Co-Chairpersons

2025-2027

  • Mukondi Matshusa (South Africa)
  • Jan Plesnik (Czechia)

2023-2025

  • Motohiro Hasegawa (Japan)
  • Paulette Bynoe (Science Panel for the Amazon)