Our team
UNBL team
UN Biodiversity Lab team
Convening partners
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Technical Specialist, United Nations Development Programme – UNDP
Manager of the Nature for Development Programme – UNDP
Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator for Spatial Planning – UNDP
Stakeholder Engagement Analyst– UNDP
Website Specialist, Global Programme on Nature for Development – UNDP
Biodiversity and Spatial Planning Analyst – UNDP
Senior Advisor on Biodiversity Policy, Science, and Projects – UNDP
Strategic Advisor on Spatial Planning – UNDP
Di Zhang
Spatial Planning Analyst – UNDP
UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
Chief Scientist – UNEP-WCMC
Data Manager – UNEP-WCMC
Deputy Director – UNEP-WCMC
Technical partners
Impact Observatory
Co-Founder, Head of Operations – Impact Observatory
Head of Product – Impact Observatory
ELSA team
Essential Life Support Areas team
Core team
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Technical Specialist – UNDP
Spatial Data Analyst – UNDP
Policy Advisor, Nature-based Solutions – UNDP
Manager of the Nature for Development Programme – UNDP
Senior Policy Adviser, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC) Engagement – UNDP
Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator for Spatial Planning – UNDP
Policy Expert – UNDP
Stakeholder Engagement Analyst– UNDP
Website Specialist, Global Programme on Nature for Development – UNDP
Biodiversity and Spatial Planning Analyst – UNDP
Essential Life Support Areas (ELSA) Model Developer – UNDP
Senior Advisor on Biodiversity Policy, Science, and Projects – UNDP
Lead Scientist – UNDP
Strategic Advisor on Spatial Planning – UNDP
Spatial Planning Analyst – UNDP
ELSA Expert Advisory Committee
Senior Programme Officer – UNEP-WCMC
Forest Renewal British Columbia Chair in Conservation Biology – Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia
Remote Sensing Researcher – PRIAS Lab, CeNAT
Adjunct Researcher – Biodiversity Evaluation and Biodiversity, Humboldt Institute
Computational Researcher – PRIAS Laboratory, CeNAT
Programme Officer, Science – UNEP-WCMC
Director of Conservation Planning – Wildlife Conservation Society
Professor – Ecology Department, Montana State University
Project Management Specialist – UNDP
Director of the National Center of GeoEnvironmental Information — the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica
Vice-chancellor's Senior Research Fellow and Professor – The University of Queensland
President & Senior Scientist – Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
Senior Research Scholar and Research Group Leader – Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation Group, IIASA
Professor – University of Queensland
Conservation Planning, Strategy, and Impact Specialist
