Our Team

BES-Net is guided by an Advisory Committee comprising the consortium (UNDP, UNEP-WCMC and UNESCO), donors (the Government of Germany and SwedBio) and other strategic partners such as IPBES, CBD, UNCCD and SGAN.

Yuko Kurauchi

Programme Specialist, BES-Net, UNDP

Marlyn Omondi

Technical Officer, BES-Net, UNDP

Victor Mutua

Project Associate, BES-Net, UNDP

Alexandra Postrigan

Partnership Building and Stakeholder Engagement Officer, BES-Net, UNDP

Alice Fogliata Cresswell

Online Platforms Management Officer, BES-Net, UNDP

Ana Costiniu

Communications Analyst, BES-Net, UNDP

Juanita Chaves

Senior Programme Officer - Ecosystem Assessment and Policy Support, UNEP-WCMC

Claire Brown

Principal Technical Specialist - Ecosystem Assessment and Policy Support, UNEP-WCMC

Pratik Tandon

Communications Officer, UNEP-WCMC

Joseph Karanja

BES-Net ILK Project Officer, UNESCO

Nigel Crawhall

Chief of Section, Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS), UNESCO

Sofía María Delger

BES-Net ILK Support Unit Communications and LAC Focal Point, UNESCO