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INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
 
DR. ATTAULLAH SHAH
Professor and Vice Chancellor
Karakoram International University Gilgit Baltistan Pakistan
PhD Civil Engineering, MS Eco, MS Envir. Design, MSc Civil Engineering, BS Civil Engineering, Post Grad Dip Comp
Sc. Post Doc MMU (Malaysia)
 
Fellowships and Membership
Chair Steering Committee/Member Joint Task Force Himalayan Universities Consortium (HUC) ICIMOD Nepal
Fellow and Vice Chairman Institution of Engineers Pakistan Islamabad.
Fellow Institute of Engineers London UK.
Fellow International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI) USA/Hong Kong
Fellow Pakistan Academy of Engineers (PAE)
Member Asian Council of Science Editors
Member International Association of Engineers Hong Kong
Member Asian Institute of Science and Engineers Hong Kong
Member National Technology Council Pakistan
Member Project Steering Committee Building Resilience and Addressing Vulnerabilities for Emergencies (BRAVE)- Funded by Foreign Commonwealth and Development (FDCO) UK
Member Senate Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE)
Member Advisory Board China Pakistan Study Centre (CPSC), Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI)
Member Board of Directors GB Rural Support Program (GBRSP)
Member Quality Assurance Committee Higher Education Commission HEC Pakistan
Email: drshah965@gmail.com

Weblink(s): http://www.kiu.edu.pk
                    https://www.kiu.edu.pk/message/message-from-vice-chancellor

Web of Science Research ID: S-1748-2019
LinkedIn account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-attaullah-shah-946533a0
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YAArDgYAAAAJ&hl=en
Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Attaullah_Shah
Live DNA: http://livedna.net/?dna=92.10019
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1720-5494
Impactio: https://www.impactio.com/researcher/prof-dr-attaullah-shah

 
 
 
DR. UYGUN AKSOY
Retired Professor
Department of Horticulture
Faculty of Agriculture
Ege University
Bornova/İzmir (TURKEY)
& Chairperson, Association of Ecological Agriculture Organization
Email: uygun.aksoy@gmail.com

Weblink(s): www.eto.org.tr
https://www.researchgate/profile/Uygun-Aksoy
                    http://akademik.ege.edu.tr/?q=tr/bilgiler&id=707
                    https://www.linkedin.com/in/uygun-aksoy-53a2a647/?originalSubdomain=tr

 
 
DR. HANS PETER NACHTNEBEL
Professor Emeritus
Institute of Water Management, Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
Vienna (AUSTRIA)
Email: hans_peter.nachtnebel@boku.ac.at
Weblink(s): https://boku.ac.at/personen/person/EBD4BAA1066AF74D
                  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hans_Nachtnebel
 
 
 
UNIV.- PROF. DR. DRES. H. C. PHILIP KUNIG
Retired Professor of Law
Department of Public Law
Free University of Berlin
Berlin (GERMANY)
& Emeritus Professor of Public Law
Türkisch-Deutsche Universität
(Turkish-German University)
İstanbul (TURKEY)
Email: philip.kunig@fu-berlin.de
Weblink(s): https://www.jura.fu-berlin.de/fachbereich/einrichtungen/
                   oeffentliches-recht/lehrende/kunigp/index.html
 
 
 
PROF. DR. DAWID BUNIKOWSKI
Distinguished Academic & Scholar
University of Eastern Finland (UEF)
& University of Helsinki/University of the Arctic
Joensuu, Kuopio (FINLAND)
Email: dawid.bunikowski@uef.fi
Weblink(s): https://worldagriculturalheritage.org/
http://ronininstitute.org/research-scholars/dawid-bunikowski/
http://www.transnationaltheorynetwork.com/?page_id=268
http://www.law.cf.ac.uk/clr/people/Bunikowski.html
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dawid_Bunikowski
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2505122
https://fi.linkedin.com/in/dawid-bunikowski-ab8545b0
 
 
 
PROF. DR. AÐALHEIÐUR JÓHANNSDÓTTIR
Full Professor
Environmental and Natural Resources Law
Faculty of Law
University of Iceland
Reykjavík (ICELAND)
Email: adalheid@hi.is
Weblink(s): https://english.hi.is/staff/adalheid
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adalheidur-Johannsdottir
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5s1Z0PEAAAAJ&hl=id
https://is.linkedin.com/in/adalheidur-johannsdottir-b1b07ba
 
 
 
DR. TATIANA SEMENOVA
National Program Policy Officer
UN World Food Programme
Kyrgyz Country Office
Bhishkek (KYGYZSTAN)
Email: tanya.semenova78@gmail.com
Weblink(s): http://www.un-csam.org/PPT/kg-index.htm,
http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/mountain_partnership
/doc/IPROMO/IPROMO_2017/Presentation_Semenova.pdf
 
 
 
DR. TIMO KOIVUROVA
Research Professor & Director
Arctic Centre, University of Lapland
Rovaniemi (FINLAND)
Email: timo.koivurova@ulapland.fi
Weblink(s): https://lacris.ulapland.fi/en/persons/timo-koivurova
                   (258e5c53-7a1c-4db3-9cf7-e7bee8ce40e3).html
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Timo_Koivurova
https://www.arcticcentre.org/EN/About/Contacts/Staff/Koivurova
/publications
 
 
PROF. DR. HAFIZ MUMINJANOV
Agriculture Officer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor (Russia)
Professor, Tajik Agrarian University (Tajikistan)
Rome (ITALY)
Email: hafiz.muminjanov@fao.org, mhafiz01@gmail.com
Weblink(s): https://www.linkedin.com/in/hafiz-muminjanov-04773525/
 
 
DR. HONOR G. FAGAN
Professor
Department of Sociology
Maynooth University
Maynooth (IRELAND)
Email: Honor.Fagan@mu.ie
Weblink(s): https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/honor-fagan
                   https://www.researchgate.net/profile/G_Fagan
                   http://nuim.academia.edu/GFagan
 
 
 
DR. GORDANA ĐURIĆ
Professor
Faculty of Agriculture
Cathedra for Biometrics, Head of Cathedra
Cathedra for Horticulture
Institute for Genetic Resources
Programme for Genetic Resources of Republic of Srpska
Coordinator, Working Group for Plant Genetic Resources
Coordinator, Sub-Working Group for Fruits and Vitis
University of Banja Luka
"Univerzitetski grad" Bulevar vojvode Petra Bojovića 1A
78000 Banja Luka (BOSNA i HERCEGOVINA)
Email: gordana.djuric@agro.unibl.org; gordana.djuric@igr.unibl.org
Weblink(s): https://www.unibl.org/
                  https://bch.cbd.int/database/record.shtml?documentid=114580
                  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gordana_Duric
                  https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CJW46l4AAAAJ&hl=sr
                  https://www.linkedin.com/in/gordana-%C4%91uri%C4%87-
 
 
DR. JOHANNES ENGELS
Honorary Research Fellow
Alliance of the Biodiversity International and CIAT
Rome (ITALY)
Email: j.engels@cgiar.org
Weblink(s): https://www.bioversityinternational.org/about-us/who-we-are/
                   staff-bios/single-details-bios/engels-jan/

                   https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Johannes-Engels-2
 
 
DR. SUMUDU ATAPATTU
Distinguished Administrative Program Specialist Director
Research Centers and International Programs
& Executive Director
UW-Madison Human Rights Program
University of Wisconsin Law School
Madison (USA)
Email: sumudu.atapattu@wisc.edu
Weblink(s): https://secure.law.wisc.edu/profiles/saatapattu@wisc.edu
                  https://projects.international.wisc.edu/staff/atapattu-phd-sumudu/
                  https://www.linkedin.com/in/sumudu-atapattu-88a84965
 
 
 
DR. ORNANONG HUSNA BENBOURENANE
Professor of Practice
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Zayed University
Abu Dhabi (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)
Email: OrnanongHusna.Benbourenane@zu.ac.ae
Weblink(s): https://www.zu.ac.ae/main/en/colleges/colleges/__college_
of_humanities_and_social_sciences/faculty_and_staff/_auh/international-studies/_profiles/Ornanong_Husna_Benbourenane.aspx

https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/4409/
 
 
 

Dr. M. Abdul Samad Ibrahim

Senior Academic
Electronic Media Production Centre
& Former Member, Board of Management
Indira Gandhi National Open University
New Delhi (INDIA)
Email: abdulsamadibrahim@ignou.ac.in
 
 
 
DR. MICHELE NORI
ERC Research Associate
Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute
& Lead Researcher
STEPS Centre
Firenze (ITALY)
Email: Michele.Nori@eui.eu
Weblink(s): https://me.eui.eu/michele-nori/
                  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michele_Nori
                  https://steps-centre.org/pastres-team/
 
 
DR. MARTA KORCHEMLYUK
Research Scientist & Head
Laboratory of Analytical Control & Monitoring
Carpathian National Nature Park
Yaremche (UKRAINE)
Email: martakor@yahoo.com
Linkedin: https://ua.linkedin.com/in/marta-korchemlyuk-27606136
 
 
DR. MARIUS WARG
Senior Researcher
The Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research
High North Department
Tromsø (NORWAY)
Email: marius.naess@niku.no, mwnass@outlook.com
Weblink(s): https://pastoralism-climate-change-policy.com/
                   https://www.niku.no/en/ansatt/marius-warg-naess/
                   https://www.linkedin.com/in/marius-warg-n%C3%A6ss-0b0aa067/
                   https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marius_Warg_Naess2
 
 
PROF. NIKOLAY SHISHATSKIY
Head of Krasnoyarsk Department
Institute of Economy & Organization of Industrial Production,
Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
& Associate Professor of Socio-Economic Planning
Siberian Federal University
Krasnoyarsk City (RUSSIA)
Email: nik@ksc.krasn.ru
Weblink(s): https://www.ieie.su/en/about/departs/krasdep.html
 
 
PROF. DR. BEKMAMAT M. DJENBAEV
Chief Academic & Secretary
National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic
Bishkek (KYRGYZSTAN)
Email: bekmamat2002@mail.ru
Weblink(s): https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bekmamat_Djenbaev
 
 
MS. ANKE WEISHEIT
Co-Founder and Chair
Innovation & Business Management
Pharm-Biotechnology and Traditional Medicine
Centre (PHARMBIOTRAC)
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Mbarara (UGANDA)
Email: aweisheit@must.ac.ug, ankeweisheit@web.de
Weblink(s): http://pharmbiotrac.must.ac.ug/
http://www.linkedin.com/in/aweisheit
http://pharmbiotrac.must.ac.ug/staff-members/eng-anke-weisheit/
 
 
PROF. DR. MYKHAILO KHVESYK
Director
Public Institution “Institute of Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”
Kyiv (UKRAINE)
Email: reception.ecos@gmail.com
Academic Networks:
https://scholar.google.com.ua/citations?user=o9wfBZUAAAAJ&hl=ru
https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2160417419_Mykhailo_A_Khvesyk
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4306-4904

ALSO:
Member of the Bureau of the Department of Economics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv,
Ukraine: http://www.nas.gov.ua/EN/NASUDepartment/Pages/default.aspx?DepartmentID=0002174

Member of the Department of Agrarian Economics and Land Relations, National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine: http://en.naas.gov.ua/ustanovy/viddilennya-agrarnoyi-ekonomiki-i-prodovolstva/

Presidium Member, Head of the Section on the Study of Productive Forces of Ukraine, Union of Economists of Ukraine, Kyiv , Ukraine: http://seu.org.ua/

Visiting Professor, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine: https://nubip.edu.ua/en

 
 
 
DR. SANJAY SWAMI
Professor
School of Natural Resource Management
College of Post Graduate Studies in Agricultural Sciences
Central Agricultural University
UMIAM (Barapani) - 793 103, Meghalaya, INDIA
Email: sanjayswamionline@gmail.com, sanjayswamionline@yahoo.com
Weblink(s): http://www.cpgs.ac.in
http://www.cau.ac.in
 
 
DR. AHMAD MAHDAVI
Professor Emeritus
University of Tehran
Focal Point for Mountain Partnership in the University of Tehran,
CMS Preventing Poisoning Group, RAMSAR, WWN, SWS Tehran (IRAN)
Email: bugmahda@gmail.com, biomahda@gmail.com
Weblink(s): http://www.ut.ac.ir
https://www.entsoc.org/resumes/dr-ahmad-mahdavi
https://ir.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-mahdavi-74839a75
 
 
MR. SONAM TOBGAY
Chief Forestry Officer
Forest Resources Management Division
Ministry of Agriculture and Forests
Royal Government of Bhutan
& Honorary Member
The Explorers Club 50 (EC 50)
Thimphu (BHUTAN)
Email: sonamtobgay1@moaf.gov.bt, stobgayl07@gmail.com
Weblink(s): https://www.facebook.com/frmdbhutan/
https://bt.linkedin.com/in/sonam-tobgay-832501a9
 
 
 
 
 
OUTGOING MEMBERS
 
 
 
DR. IBRAHIM H. ABOU EL-DARAG
Professor, Agronomist and Head
Rice Weed Control Program in Egypt
Kafr El-Sheikh (EGYPT)
Email: aboueldarag@yahoo.com
Weblink(s): https://www.linkedin.com/in/ibrahim-aboueldarag-29176b3a
 
 
DR. SHINGO SHIBATA
Professor & Former Dean
Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies
Sophia University
Tokyo (JAPAN)
Email: s-shibata-t5t@sophia.ac.jp
Weblink(s): http://www.genv.sophia.ac.jp/english/research/shibata_office.html
 
 
DR. HENDRIKA BEAULIEU-BOON
Anthropologist & Assistant Professor
Department of Indigenous Studies
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Alberta (CANADA)
Email: beaulieu@uleth.ca
Weblink(s): https://www.uleth.ca/future-student/graduate-studies/beaulieu-hendrika
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hendrika_Beaulieu-Boon
 
 
DR. MOHAMED BEHNASSI
Senior Professor
Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences,
Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco
Director, Centre for Research on Environment, Human Security and Governance (CERES), Morocco
Associate Researcher, UMR ESPACE-DEV, Institute of Research for Development (IRD), France
Agadir Ida-Outanane Prefecture (MOROCCO)
Email: behnassi@gmail.com,m.behnassi@uiz.ac.ma
Weblink(s): https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohamed_Behnassi_PhD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-behnassi-mohamed-1277842/
 
 
DR. D. PARTHASARATHY
India Value Fund Chair Professor
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Convener, Climate Studies Inter-Disciplinary Programme
Associate Faculty, Centre for Policy Studies,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Mumbai (INDIA)
Email: dp@hss.iitb.ac.in, ben.dp@iitb.ac.in, head.climate@iitb.ac.in
Weblink(s): http://www.hss.iitb.ac.in/en/faculty-profile/dparthasarathy
http://www.climate.iitb.ac.in/en/employee-profile/prof-d-parthasarathy
 
 
DR. G. POYYAMOLI
Scientist
Centre for Agroecology, Vaigai Flora Botanical Gardens
Covenant Centre for Development Madurai (INDIA)
(also Retired Professor & Former Head Department of Ecology & Environmental Sciences Pondicherry University, India)
Email: gpoyya9@gmail.com
Weblink(s): https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Poyyamoli_Gopalsamy
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gqMLeNsAAAAJ&hl=en
 
 
DR. TETIANA FEDONIUK
Head, Educational and Scientific Center of Ecology and Environment Protection,
& Associate Professor, Department of Forest Ecology and Life Safety,
Zhytomyr National Agroecological University
Zhytomyr (UKRAINE)
Email: tanyavasiluk2015@gmail.com, nnc_ecologyns@ukr.net
Weblink(s): http://znau.edu.ua/en/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tetyana_Fedonyuk
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UAb4YhoAAAAJ&hl=uk
 
 
KONKANKOH JOSHUA NGWA
Youth Activist (Environmental Conservation),
African Sustainability Specialist & Director/Founder
Better World Cameroon
Bamenda (CAMEROON)
Email: foundation@betterworld-cameroon.com
Weblink(s): www.betterworld-cameroon.com
 
 
ENG. MICHAL CHWIRUT
Senior Software Developer
Poznan (POLAND)
Email: michal.chwirut@gmail.com
 
 
ANOMA ASHI NADEGE
Diplomat, Researcher
Montreal (CANADA)
Email: anomaashi@outlook.com, ladyanoma@gmail.com
Weblink(s): http://linkedin.com/in/ashi-anoma-a7233652
 
 
DR. MARCOS FROMMEL
International Consultant on Sustainable Development, Environment & Climate Change
Oxfam (Canada) -  On-Frontiers (USA) - INNOVACT II (European Union)
Punta del Este (URUGUAY) & Buenos Aires (ARGENTINA)
Email: mfrommel@alumni.uwo.ca
Weblink(s): www.linkedin.com/in/frommelmi2202
                  https://www.developmentaid.org/#!/Marcos.Frommel
 
 
DR. BABAFEMI OYEWOLE
CEO
African Agribusiness Alliance
Cotonou (BENIN REPUBLIC)
Email: oyewolebabafemi@gmail.com
Weblink(s): www.africanagribizalliance.com
                  linkedin.com/in/babafemioyewole
 
 
 
DR. FABIANO DE ANDRADE CORREA
International Consultant (Sustainable Development Law and Policy)
& Senior Fellow
Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL)
Canada Porto Alegre (BRAZIL)
Email: Fabiano.DeAndrade@eui.eu
Weblink(s): http://www.cisdl.org/team/dr-fabiano-de-andrade-correa/
                  http://eui.academia.edu/FabianodeAndradeCorrea/CurriculumVitae
 
 
DR. SANTOSH KUMAR
Professor of Public Policy & Dean
Unitedworld School of Liberal Arts and Mass Communication
Karnavati University
Gandhi Nagar (INDIA)
Email: gpoyya9@gmail.com, kumar29466@yahoo.co.in
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/santosh-kumar-ba06149/
 
 
 
DR. KAMRUL HOSSAIN
Research Professor & Director
Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law
University of Lapland
Rovaniemi (FINLAND)
Email: kamrul.hossain@ulapland.fi
Weblink(s): https://www.arcticcentre.org/niem
                   https://www.arcticcentre.org/EN/About/Contacts/niem
                   https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kamrul_Hossain2
                   https://lacris.ulapland.fi/en/persons/kamrul-hossain(d9cdb49d-5a34
                   -4f2f-9491-aae7ae56e798).html
 
 
 
PROF. DR. PARVIZ KOOHAFKAN
President,
World Agricultural Heritage Foundation
Professor,
Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing (China)
Professor,
Beheshti University, Tehran (Iran)
Professorial Senior Research Fellow,
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto (Japan)
Trevignano Romano (ITALY)
Email: koohafkan@worldagriculturalheritage.org
Weblink(s): https://worldagriculturalheritage.org/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Parviz-Koohafkan
                   https://fr.linkedin.com/in/parviz-koohafkan-824b3840
                   https://www.chikyu.ac.jp/publicity/events/rihn-
                   seminars/img/about_KOOHAFKAN.pdf
 
 
 
DR. DIDIER BAZILE
Biodiversity Advisor & Senior Researcher at UPR GREEN
CIRAD (Center for International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development)
Montpellier Cedex 5 (FRANCE)
Quinoa International Focal Point for FAO
Member of the International Advisory Board of the Quinoa International Center (CIQ, Bolivia) Founder and Facilitator of the Global Collaborative Network on Quinoa (GCN-Quinoa)
Email: didier.bazile@cirad.fr
Weblink(s): https://cirad.academia.edu/DidierBazile
                  https://cirad.academia.edu/DidierBazile
                  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Didier_Bazile2
                  https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=v3d1Xk8AAAAJ&hl=en
 
 
DR. ILSE KÖHLER-ROLLEFSON
Founder
League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development
& Co-Director
Marwar Camel Culture Festival
Ober-Ramstadt (GERMANY)
Email: ilse@pastoralpeoples.org
Weblink(s): http://www.ilse-koehler-rollefson.com/
                  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ilse_Koehler-Rollefson
                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ3xmjEWczU
 
 
 
DR HISHMI JAMIL HUSAIN
Head of Biodiversity, Corporate Sustainability
Tata Steel Limited
Commercial Centre
Jamshedpur (INDIA)
Email: hishmi.husain@tatasteel.com
Weblink(s): https://www.wealsomaketomorrow.com/
                  https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-hishmi-jamil-husain
                  -fls-7068699/CurriculumVitae
 
 
 
DR. NGOZI FINETTE UNUIGBE
Professor of Environmental Law, Policy and Ethics
University of Benin, Benin City (NIGERIA)
Email: ngozistewart@yahoo.com, ngozi.stewart-unuigbe@uniben.edu
Weblink(s): https://ng.linkedin.com/in/ngozi-unuigbe-68922486
https://millsandscope.com/ngozi-finette-unuigbe
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ngozi_Stewart
 
 
 
DR. LUN YIN

Professor & Deputy Director
Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge (CBIK)
Kunming (CHINA)

Email: 13888267735@163.com, lun.yin@gmail.com

Weblink(s):

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201911/16/WS5dcf764ea310cf3e35577c7a_1.html

https://www.climaterealityproject.org/video/24-hours-reality-2017-climate-reality-leader-profiles-dr-lun-yin-china