Our team

UN Biodiversity Lab team

Convening partners

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Jamison Ervin

Manager of the Nature for Development Programme, UNDP

Scott Consaul Atkinson

Technical Specialist, UNDP

Liliana Corzo Ramírez

Capacity Building Specialist, UNDP

María Verónica Córdova

Partnership Specialist, UNDP

Xavier Llano

Technical Specialist, UNDP

Casandra Llosa Montagne

Stakeholder Engagement Analyst, UNDP

Marion Marigo

Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator for Spatial Planning, UNDP

Sandra Neubert

Technical Analyst, UNDP

Reina Otsuka

Global Lead, Digital for Planet, UNDP

Enrique Paniagua

Policy Expert, UNDP

Daniel Pérez

Website Specialist, Global Programme on Nature for Development, UNDP

Stanislav Vergeichyk

Senior Technical Assistant, UNDP

Oscar Venter

Lead Scientist, UNDP

Annie Virnig

Strategic Advisor on Spatial Planning, UNDP

Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Jillian Campbell

Head of Monitoring, Review, and Reporting, SCBD

Kieran Mooney

Programme Assistant, SCBD

Claudia Paguaga Trewin

Programme Management Assistant, SCBD

Abhinav Prakash

Information Management Officer, SCBD

Erie Tamale

Head of the Capacity Building and Knowledge Management Unit, SCBD

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Sam Barratt

Chief of Youth, Education and Advocacy, UNEP

UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)

Rachael Adu Baffour

Project Officer – Digital Transformation, UNEP-WCMC

Nina Bhola

Deputy Head of Digital Transformation, UNEP-WCMC

Vincent Blanqué

GIS & EO Specialist, Digital Transformation, UNEP-WCMC

Sam Bradshaw

Full Stack Developer, Digital Transformation, UNEP-WCMC

Neil Burgess

Chief Scientist, UNEP-WCMC

Melissa de Kock

Deputy Director, UNEP-WCMC

Daniel Perrett

Senior Developer, Digital Transformation, UNEP-WCMC

Fondzeyuf Folah

Data Officer, Digital Transformation, UNEP-WCMC

Chamith Jayaweera

Full Stack Developer, Digital Transformation, UNEP-WCMC

Hilary Kemp

UNEP-WCMC

Osgur McDermott-Long

Senior Data Scientist – Digital Transformation, UNEP-WCMC

Violeta Muñoz-Fuentes

Senior Programme Officer – Digital Transformation, UNEP-WCMC

Expert Advisory Committees

Expert Advisory Committee on Spatial Data and Planning (2024-2025)

Alvaro Alexander Davila Giraldo

Minambiente (Ministry of Environment of Colombia)

Brian O'Connor

Spatial Data Specialist, UNCCD

Claudia Fonseca

Geographic Information Systems Specialized Professional, UNDP Colombia

Cornelia Miller

Director, PRIAS Lab

Deshni Pillay

Nature, Climate and Energy Portfolio Manager, UNDP-South Africa

Feras Ziadat

Land and Water Officer, FAO

Gabriel Daldegan

Land Systems Scientist, Conservation International (CI)

Hersson Ramirez

Comisión Nacional para la Gestión de la Biodiversidad (CONAGEBIO), Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica

Jamal Annagylyjova

Forest Biodiversity Officer and Lead on Terrestrial Ecosystems Restoration, UN Convention on Biological Diversity

Jamison Ervin

Global Nature for Development Program, UNDP

Kedibone Ndlovu

Senior Specialist: Spatial Analyst - Ecological Infrastructure, SANBI

Kieran Mooney

Programme Assistant, Secretariat of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity

Sediqa Khatieb

GIS Specialist, SANBI (South African National Biodiversity Institute)

James Watson

Professor, Environmental Management, University of Queensland

Lera Miles

Principal Technical Specialist, Planning for Places, UNEP-WCMC

Pedro Lara Almuedo

Programme Officer - Land Use and Climate Change, LDN Programme
Team Lead - LDN Target Setting

Patrick Roehrdanz

Director, Climate Change and Biodiversity
Moore Center for Science and Solutions
Conservation International

Reina Otsuka

Global Lead, Digital for Planet, UNDP

Roberto Correa

Program Officer, UNEP-WCMC

Sara Minelli

Programme Officer, UNCCD Secretariat

Susana Rodríguez Buriticá

Research Scientist, Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt

Tsamaelo Malebu

GIS Specialist, Biodiversity Information and Planning Directorate, South African National Biodiversity Institute

UNBL Technical Partners

Rachael Adu Baffour

Project Officer - Digital Transformation

Luca Cugliari

Senior Developer - Digital Transformation

Violeta Muñoz-Fuentes

Senior Project Officer - Digital Transformation

ELSA Expert Advisory Committee (2021-2022)

Natasha Ali

Senior Programme Officer, UNEP-WCMC

Peter Arcese

Forest Renewal British Columbia Chair in Conservation Biology – Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia

Iván Ávila Pérez

Remote Sensing Researcher – PRIAS Lab, CeNAT

Steve Brumby

Co-founder, CEO / CTO, Impact Observatory

Jaime Burbano Girón

Adjunct Researcher – Biodiversity Evaluation and Biodiversity, Humboldt Institute

Christina Supples

Senior Advisor on Biodiversity Policy, Science, and Projects, UNDP

Francini Corrales Garro

Computational Researcher – PRIAS Laboratory, CeNAT

Javier Fajardo

Programme Officer, Science, UNEP-WCMC

Genevieve Pence

Conservation Planning, Strategy, and Impact Specialist

Hedley Grantham

Director of Conservation Planning – Wildlife Conservation Society

Andrew Hansen

Professor – Ecology Department, Montana State University

Hugh Possingham

Vice-chancellor's Senior Research Fellow and Professor – The University of Queensland

Justina Ray

President & Senior Scientist – Wildlife Conservation Society Canada

James Watson

Professor – University of Queensland

Cornelia Miller Granados

Director, PRIAS Laboratory

Rafael Monge

Director of the National Center of GeoEnvironmental Information — the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica

Nokutula Mhene

Project Management Specialist, UNDP

Piero Visconti

Senior Research Scholar and Research Group Leader – Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation Group, IIASA

Richard Schuster

Essential Life Support Areas (ELSA) Model Developer, UNDP

Susana Rodríguez Buriticá

Associate Researcher – Analysis and Modelling Lab, Humboldt Institute