International Mechanism Of Scientific Expertise on Biodiversity

The ISC

The first International Steering Committee (ISC) of the Consultative Process towards an IMoSEB gathered February 21st and 22nd in Paris at the National Museum of Natural History. The ISC is composed of about 90 members:

• Scientists from various disciplines (natural, social, applied and environmental sciences) and countries: Gaston Achoudong, Mary Kalin Arroyo, Carlo Heip, Leonard Hirsch, Yvon Le Maho, Michel Loreau, Keping Ma, Georgina Mace, Harold A. Mooney, Alfred Oteng-Yeboah, Charles Perrings, Peter Raven, José Sarukhan, Robert J. Scholes, Arkady Tishkov, Jacques Weber;

• Representatives of governments: Austria, Canada, China, Costa-Rica, France, Gabon, Germany, India, Italy, Jamaica, Madagascar, Morocco, Madagascar, Namibia, New-Zealand, Poland, Senegal, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, UK, USA;

• Inter-Governmental or international Organizations, United Nations and Specialized Agencies, Non-governmental organizations, Research initiatives and others: CITES, CMS, Conservation International, DIVERSITAS, EPBRS, European Commission - DG Research, EEA, FAO, GBIF, Greenpeace (as observer), ICES – CIEM, ICSU, International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity, IPGRI, IUCN, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Ramsar Convention, Swedish Scientific Council on Biological Diversity, Swiss Biodiversity Forum, The Nature Conservancy, UNCBD, UNCBD - SBSTTA, UNCCD, UNEP - DEWA, UNEP - WCMC, UNESCO, UNU - IAS, World Bank, WWF..