The assessment is being carried out by the following scientists acting as the members of the Global Forest Expert Panel on Forests for Social and Economic Resilience:

Craig R. Allen - University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA – Panel Chair

Kofi Akamani - Southern Illinois University, USA
Rachel Carmenta - University of East Anglia, UK
Saudamini Das - Institute of Economic Growth, India
Maria del Mar Delgado-Serrano - University of Cordoba, Spain
Shalini Dhyani - National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, India
Ida Djenontin - Pennsylvania State University, USA
Amy Duchelle - FAO, Italy
Joice Ferreira - Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Brazil
Santiago Izquierdo-Tort - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico
Anne Larson - CIFOR-ICRAF, USA
Kathleen McGinley - United States Forest Service (US-FS), USA
Mani Nepal - International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal
Juan M. Pulhin - University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), Philippines
Juan Rocha - Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden


In addition to the members of the Expert Panel, the assessment is supported by the following members of IUFRO's Science-Policy Programme (SciPol):

Nelson Grima – SciPol Programme Coordinator

Christoph Wildburger - SciPol Senior Advisor
Viola Belohrad – SciPol Project Manager
Eva-Maria Schimpf – SciPol Administrative Manager
Gerda Wolfrum – SciPol Communications Manager