Scientific Committee
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DIVERSITAS activities are guided by the programme Scientific Committee (SC-DIVERSITAS), which comprises leading scientists from around the globe, representing a broad range of natural and social disciplines. With expertise spanning a broad range of particular areas within biodiversity and ecosystem services science, the SC-DIVERSITAS defines, develops and prioritises plans for the Programme, guides its implementation, and publicizes its results at relevant scientific and policy events and fora. It also liaises and facilitates cooperation with other relevant international programmes related to global environmental change.
The SC-DIVERSITAS comprises 12 members, serving a three-year term, renewable once. SC-DIVERSITAS Members are selected based on their standing in the international scientific community and their commitment to the programmatic advancement and mission of DIVERSITAS, with due consideration to regional, gender and disciplinary balance. SC-DIVERSITAS Members are formally appointed by the Institutionnal Sponsors of DIVERSITAS. The Chair, Vice-Chairs and Treasurer of the SC-DIVERSITAS form the Executive Committee. The following representatives serve in an ex-officio capacity:
- Chairs of the DIVERSITAS projects,
- Representatives from each of the Sponsors,
- Representative of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD),
- Representative of the Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES),
- Representative of the Global Earth Observation Biodiversity Observing Network (GEO BON),
- Chairs of the global environmental change programmes: Earth System Science Partnership - ESSP, International Human Dimensions Programme on global environmental change - IHDP, International Geosphere-Biosphere programme - IGBP, and World Climate research Programme - WCRP), and
- The DIVERSITAS Executive Director.
The SC-DIVERSITAS meets once a year. The Executive Committee meets several times per year by teleconference.
Appointed Members
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Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Canada |
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Georgina Mace, Chair NERC Center for Population Biology - Imperial College, UK |
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Institut Méditerranéen d'Ecologie et de Paléoécologie (IMEP), Aix-en-Provence, France |
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Yokohama National University, Japan |
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Universidad Nacional de Córdoba – CONICET, Argentina |
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Harold Mooney, Past Chair Stanford University, USA |
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Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico |
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Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, India |
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State University of Campinas, Brazil |
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Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - CSIR, South Africa |
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Université Laval, Canada |
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Washington State University, USA |
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Mark Lonsdale, Treasurer CSIRO Ecosystems Sciences, Australia |
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Arizona State University, USA |
Ex-officio Members
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Deliang Chen ICSU, France |
Rik Leemans Wageningen University, The Netherlands |
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Jean-Marc Jallon Université Paris-Sud Orsay, France |
James Syvitski University of Colorado, USA |
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Lu Yonglong China-CAST, China |
Partha Dasgupta University of Cambridge, UK |
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Salvatore Arico UNESCO-Natural Sciences, France |
Tony Busalacchi University of Maryland, USA |
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Ahmed Djoghlaf Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Canada |
Anne Larigauderie DIVERSITAS Secretariat, France |
Past Members
Mary Kalin Arroyo, University of Chile, Chile
Edward B. Barbier, University of Wyoming, USA
Antje Boetius, Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany
Doris Capistrano (Vice-Chair), Center for International Forestry Research, Indonesia
Peter Daszak (Treasurer), EcoHealth Alliance, USA
Rodolfo Dirzo (Vice-Chair), Stanford University, USA
Andy P. Dobson, Princeton University, USA
Michael J. Donoghue (Vice-Chair), Yale University, USA
Anantha Duraiappah, International Human Dimension Program, Germany
Carlo H. R. Heip, The Netherland Institute of Ecology, The Netherlands
Kazuhiro Kogure, University of Tokyo, Japan
Michel Loreau (Chair), McGill University, Canada
Melodie McGeoch, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Tohru Nakashizuka (Treasurer), Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan
Charles Perrings (Vice-Chair), Arizona State University, USA
Robin S. Reid, International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya
Peter-Johan Schei, The Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway
Bernhard Schmid, University of Zürich, Switzerland
Robert Scholes (Vice-Chair), CSIR – Environmentek, Natural Resources and Environment, South Africa
Meryl J. Williams, Australian Center for International Agricultural Research, Australia
