Author of the IPBES report *Assessment of Diverse Values of Nature*
Mette Termansen
Mette Termansen is a professor at the University of Copenhagen specializing in environmental and resource economics. She has primarily worked on land-use-related environmental and resource economic issues concerning water, climate, biodiversity, and recreation. Mette has extensive experience in interdisciplinary research, where she develops methods and models to link environmental models to economic models in collaboration with natural science research communities. In particular, Mette is interested in the use of integrated models to analyze alternative policy measures.
What does it mean in practice when a research institute contributes to a global IPBES report?
Bo Jellesmark Thorsen, former head of the Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO) and now dean of SCIENCE, and Mette Termansen, professor of environmental and resource economics, both at the University of Copenhagen, share their experiences working on IPBES’s global report on the values of biodiversity
Author of the IPBES report ” Invasive Alien Species Assessment“
Alejandro Ordonez Gloria
Alejandro Ordonez Gloria is an associate professor at Aarhus University specializing in macroecology and global change. His research focuses, among other things, on the responses of species and communities to environmental changes, as well as the consequences of these changes for both nature and humans. Alejandro’s current work focuses on how human impact on the biosphere influences when, where, and how new ecosystems are expected to emerge. Alejandro served as coordinating lead author for the IPBES report on invasive species, *Assessment on Invasive Alien Species*, with a focus on exploring future policy options and tools for managing, controlling, and reducing the emergence of invasive alien species.
Alejandro Ordonez Gloria was recently selected as the lead author for Chapter 2 of the second IPBES Global Status Report, “Diverse Knowledge Systems and the Role of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities.” The second Global Status Report will be released by IPBES in 2028.
Learn more about Alejandro Ordonez Gloria’s background and work
Author of the IPBES report *Assessment on Monitoring Biodiversity and Nature’s Contributions to People*
Neil David Burgess
Neil David Burgess is a professor at the University of Copenhagen and Chief Scientist at the UN Environment Programme World Conservation and Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). He specializes in international nature conservation and works at the intersection of science and policy, with a particular focus on developing the scientific basis for finding practical solutions to the biodiversity crisis. His primary research areas include protected areas and their effectiveness, wildlife trade, social impacts, and the benefits nature provides to people. In recent years, Neil has collaborated with governments, the UN, and various organizations on projects in both Africa and Europe, contributing to both the understanding of and solutions to threats to biodiversity at both the global and local levels. Neil is the lead author of the IPBES Monitoring Assessment, expected to be released in 2026, which addresses methods and tools for monitoring biodiversity, ecosystem services, global changes, and the status and progress of the UN’s 23 global biodiversity targets for 2030.
