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

BES-Net counts with a pool of over 290 experts from around the world in the fields of biodiversity conservation, pollinator conservation, ecosystem-based adaptation, biodiversity finance, Indigenous and local knowledge and more. If you would like to get in touch with one of our experts, please email your request to info@besnet.world.

Ms. Mphatso Kalemba
Profession: Chief Environmental Officer
Organization: Environmental Affairs Department
Languages: English
Technical field(s) of expertise: 1. Access and Benefit sharing 2. Invasive alien species management 3. Environmental and social safeguards 4. Biodiversity finance 5. Ecosystem based adaptation to climate change and disaster risk reduction 6. Biosafety 8. Ecosystem and Species Assessment 9. Policy and legislative development and implementation 10. Stakeholder engagement and management 11. Sustainable Use and Management 12. Wetland conservation initiatives
Dr. Márcia Motta Maués
Profession: Senior Researcher
Organization: Embrapa - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Languages: Portuguese
Technical field(s) of expertise: Pollination ecology, Pollinators, Agro Biodiversity, Native Bees, Floral Biology, Self-incompatibility systems, Phenology, Bee monitoring; Involved as an expert in IPBES assessment on Pollinators, Pollination and food Production.
Professor Morad Moulai Hadj
Profession: Professeur
Organization: Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oran2
Languages: English
Technical field(s) of expertise: Development
Mrs. Mônica Vilaça
Profession: Socióloga
Organization: The Nature Conservancy - Brasil
Languages: English, Portuguese
Technical field(s) of expertise: Gender, Safeguards, Human Rights Gênero, salvaguardas, direitos humanos
Dr. mohamed_elfattah
Profession: Assistant Professor
Organization: Suez Canal University
Languages: English
Technical field(s) of expertise: Bee Biodiversity, Bee taxonomy, Pollination, Bee Biology; Involved as an expert in IPBES assessment on Pollinators, Pollination and food Production.
Ms. Michelle Andrea Menez
Profession: Lead for Sustainability and Partnerships
Organization: Container Living PH
Languages: English
Technical field(s) of expertise: Engineering circular economy
Mr. Mirzohaydar Isoev
Profession: Technical Specialist
Organization: UNDP
Languages: English, Russian, Other
Mrs. Mireille Zebsa
Profession: Chef de Service de la Recherche Scientifique
Organization: Centre Régional de la Recherche Scientifique et de l'Innovation de l'Est
Languages: French
Technical field(s) of expertise: Sustainable management of natural resources
Dr. Miracle Osoh
Profession: Researcher
Organization: Rhodes University
Languages: English, French
Technical field(s) of expertise: Aquatic ecology, Chironomid taxonomy, Chironomid trait, ecotoxicology
Mr. Million Adane
Profession: Researcher and ABS expert
Organization: Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute
Languages: English
Technical field(s) of expertise: Microbial diversity research with a focus on higher fungi; genetic resource access and benefit-sharing (ABS) policy implementation and permitting; documentation and preservation of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK); development of biocultural community protocols; biodiversity conservation education and training; and active engagement in national biodiversity policy processes, including NBSAP alignment with the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).
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