High-Level Panel on Resourcing

Background to the High-Level Panel

In 2012, the United Kingdom-India sponsored High-Level Panel (HLP) on the Global Assessment of the Resources for Implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 reported on ‘Resourcing the Aichi Biodiversity Targets’ – including acknowledgement of uncertainties, time and data constraints – to the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-11), held in Hyderabad, India on 8-19 October 2012. Read more.

In Decision XI/4, COP-11 welcomed the initial findings of the High-Level Panel on global assessment of resources for implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, and invited the High-level Panel, in collaboration with other relevant initiatives that could provide a more bottom-up approach, to continue its work with a broadened composition and to report back on the results of its work to COP-12. Hence, with the generous financial support of the Government of the United Kingdom and the European Commission, the first HLP was expanded to create a regionally-balanced Panel of 15 members through the usual process of nomination by Parties and formal appointment by the CBD Executive Secretary. The work of the Panel mainly consisted of providing strategic guidance to the research required to support the HLP in developing its findings.

The research support was provided by the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and ICF-GHK in close collaboration with the CBD secretariat. Observers on the Panel included the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the World Bank and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

The HLP was administered by the CBD Secretariat in order to facilitate broader support for the work programme, ensure linkages to relevant CBD decisions, work to provide continuity to the Phase I of the assessment accomplished in 2012, and alignment with intersessional initiatives such as those for the CBD (e.g. GBO-4) as well as the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) processes.

For more information, please contact secretariat@cbd.int.

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Members of the HLP (Second phase)

Chair	Mr. Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, Costa Rica
AFRICA
Madagascar	Ms. Laurette H. Rasoavahiny	Director, Conservation of Biodiversity and Protected Areas, Ministry of Environment and Forests
Botswana	Dr. Hillary Masundire	Senior Lecturer, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Botswana
South Africa	Mr. Fundisile Mketeni	Deputy Director General, Biodiversity and Conservation, Department of Environmental Affairs
ASIA
Philippines	Ms. Rina Maria P. Rosales	Resource Economist, Resources Environment Economic Center for Studies
China	Mr. Wang Xin (replaced Mr. Zhu Liucai)	Director, Foreign Economic Cooperation Office, Ministry of Environmental Protection
India	Dr. A Damodaran	Professor, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Management
EUROPE
Sweden	Ms. Maria Schultz	Director, The Resilience and Development Programme (SwedBio), Stockholm Resilience Centre
Germany	Dr. Heidi Wittmer	Deputy Head of Department, Department of Environmental Politics, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
United Kingdom	Prof. Sir Robert Watson	Co-Chair, UK National Ecosystem Assessment
JUSSCANNZ
Norway	Mr. Tom Rådahl	Secretary General, Ministry of the Environment
Canada	Dr. Ussif Rashid Sumaila	Director, Fisheries Centre and Fisheries Economics Research Unit, University of British Columbia
Republic of Korea	Dr. Tae Yong Jung	Professor, Korea Development Institute (KDI), School of Public Policy and Management
LATIN AMERICA
Costa Rica	Mr. Carlos Manuel Rodriguez	Vice President and Senior Advisor, Global Policy, Conservation International
Brazil	Mr. Roberto Brandão Cavalcanti	Secretary, Biodiversity and Forests, Ministry of Environment
Mexico	Ms. Mariana Bellot Rojas	Director General, General Directorate for Institutional Development and Promotion, National Commission for Protected Areas (CONANP)
REPRESENTATIVES OF UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
GEF Secretariat	Mr. Mark Zimsky	Senior Biodiversity Specialist, Natural Resources
OECD Secretariat	Dr. Katia Karousakis	Economist, Climate Change, Biodiversity and Development Division
TEEB Secertariat	Mr. Nicolas Bertrand	Interim Coordinator
UNDP	Mr. Nik Sekhran	Head of Environment and Energy Group
	Ms. Caroline Petersen	Head of Ecosystems and Biodiversity, Bureau for Development Policy
	Mr. Yves de Soye	Manager of the Biodiversity Finance (BIOFIN) Initiative
	Dr. Jamison Ervin	Technical Advisor to the Biodiversity Finance (BIOFIN) Initiative
UNEP	Mr. Bakary Kante	Director, Division of Environmental Law and Conventions
	Mr. Alphonse Kambu	Programme Officer, Division of Environmental Law and Conventions
World Bank	Dr. Valerie Hickey	Biodiversity Specialist
RESEARCH TEAM REPRESENTATIVES
UNEP-WCMC	Mr. Jerry Harrison	Head of Programme, Conventions and Policy Support
	Ms. Sarah Smith	Senior Programme Officer, Conventions and Policy Support
ICF GHK	Mr. Matt Rayment	Principal Consultant
	Ms. Mavoureen Conway	Senior Consultant
SECRETARIAT OF THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias		Executive Secretary
Mr. Ravi Sharma		Principal Officer, Technical Support for Implementation
Mr. Tristan Tyrrell		HLP Project Manager (Consultant)
GOVERNMENT OBSERVERS
India	Mr. Hem Pande	Additional Secretary, Biodiversity Programme, Ministry of Environment and Forests
Japan	Mr. Rikiya Konishi	Deputy Director, Global Biodiversity Strategy Office, Nature Conservation Bureau, Ministry of the Environment
Norway	Ms. Tone Solhaug	Senior Adviser, Department for Biodiversity, Outdoor Recreation and Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Environment
United Kingdom	Mr. Jeremy Eppel	Deputy Director, International Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Evidence, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	Mr. James Vause	Economist (Biodiversity), Natural Environment Economics, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	Mr. Richard Earley	International Biodiversity Policy Advisor, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
European Commission	Ms. Laure Ledoux	Biodiversity Unit, Directorate General for the Environment