SPARC TEAM

SPARC Core Project Team

Patrick R. Roehrdanz - Project Manager and Scientist - Conservation International: proehrdanz@conservation.org

Lee Hannah - Principal Investigator/Project Lead — Conservation International: lhannah@conservation.org

Vlasova Gonzalez - Financial Manager — Conservation International

Principal Investigators

Brian Enquist — University of Arizona

Richard Corlett — Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Gardens

Jon Lovett — University of Leeds

Guy Midgley — Stellenbosch University

Wendy Foden — South Africa National Parks

Pablo Marquet — Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Africa Regional Assessment Team

Guy Midgley — Principal Investigator — Stellenbosch University

Jon Lovett — Principal Investigator — University of Leeds

Wendy Foden — Principal Investigator — South Africa National Parks

Yolanda Chirango - Africa Coordinator/Project Researcher — Stellenbosch University

Benedictus Freeman — Project Researcher — University of Kansas

Caitlin Kelly — Project Researcher — Stellenbosch University

Heath Beckett — Project Researcher — Stellenbosch University

Elias Nkiaka — Project Researcher — University of Leeds

Maria Emilia Rueda — Project Researcher — University of Leeds

Dabwiso Sakala — Project Researcher — University of Leeds

Kevin Coldrey — Project Researcher — Anchor Environmental

Experts and Collaborators

Ezequiel Fabiano — University of Namibia

Mpaphi Bonyongo — University of Botswana

Claire Davis — CSIR

Luthando Dziba — Conservation Services Director - SAN Parks 

Stephen Holness — Nelson Mandela National University

Japhet Kashaigili — Sokoine University of Agriculture

Alan Lee — University of Cape Town

Mervyn Lotter — Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks

Nicola Stevens — SAEON

Dewidine van der Colff — SANBI

Daniel Olago — University of Nairobi

Sandra Zenda — Chinhoyi University of Technology

Geoffrey Sabiiti — Makerere University

Ian Rushworth — Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife

Chevonne Reynolds — University of Cape Town

David Gwynne-Evans — Cape Nature

Jasper Slingsby — SAEON

Simon Scheiter — Senckenberg Research Institute

Neotropical Assessment Team

Pablo Marquet — Principal Investigator — Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Derek Corcoran — Neotropical Coordinator/Project Researcher — Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Javier Fajardo — Project Researcher — Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/WCMC

Angela Cuervo-Robayo — Project Researcher — CONABIO

Paola Arias — Project Researcher — Universidad de Antioquia

Jelena Maksic — Project Researcher — Center for Earth System Science (CCST), INPE, Brazil

Experts and Collaborators

Carlos Scaramuzza — Flexus Biodiversity and Sustainabiity Consulting

Patricia Koleff — CONABIO

Francisco Prieto — Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Ecuador

Odacy Davis — Deputy Comissioner Protected Areas, Guyanas

Maria Eugenia Rinaudo Mannucci — Humboldt Institute

Maria del Pilar Jacobo — CONANP

Matias Arim — Universidad de La Republica Uruguay

Juan Armesto — Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Deyvis C. Huaman Mendoza — SERNANP

Luca Bartesaghi — Director of National Protected Areas System Uruguay

Marlon Cobos — Ecuador/University of Kansas

Bruno Coutinho — CI Brazil

Sebastian Herzog — Asociacion Armonia, Bolivia

Pablo Imbach — CIAT, Vietnam

Rafael Loyola — Universidade Federal de Goias, Brazil

Enrique Martinez-Meyer — UNAM, Mexico

Javier Nori — Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina

Patricio Pliscoff — Catholic University of Chile

Mariana Vale — Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Janeth Lessman — Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Candida Vale — University of Porto

Asia Regional Assessment Team

Richard Corlett — Principal Investigator — Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Gardens

Yongyut Trisurat — Regional Coordinator — Kasetsart University, Thailand

Neils Raes — Project Researcher — Naturalis Biodiversity Institute, Leiden

Rodrigo Camara Leret — Project Researcher — ETH Zurich

Robert Zomer — Project Researcher — CGIAR

Tommaso Savini — Project Researcher — KMUTT

Xing Shuang — Project Researcher — Beijing Forest University

Sedricke Lapuz — Project Researcher — Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Gardens

Experts and Collaborators

Songtam Suksawang — National Park Office, DNP (Rep DG)

Tim Bonebrake — Hong Kong University

Saw Leng Guan — Penang Botanic Garden

Kyle Tomlinson — Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Gardens

Alice Hughes — Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Gardens

Charlie Heatubun — The Provincial Government of West Papua and Universitas Papua

Ferry Slik — Universiti Brunei Darussalam

Somsanith Bouamanivong — Biotechnology and Ecology Institute, Laos

Dang Nguyen Dong Phuong — Nong Lam University, Vietnam

Kim Sobon — Forest Administration, Cambodia

Chheang Dany — Forest Administration, Cambodia

Suchart Podchong — Wildlife Conservation, DNP

Thanarin Na Nakhon — Plant and Wildlife Research Office, DNP

Manop Poopath — Forest Herbarium, DNP

Woranuch Emmanuch — Royal Forest Department

Monthip Srirattana — NRCT

Benchamaporn Wattanatongchai — ONEP (CBD Focal Point)

Kamonthip Kongprasertamorn — ONEP (CC)

Mrs. Sivach Kaencharoen — ONEP (CC)

George Gale — KMUTT

Naruemon Tantipisanuh —KMUTT

Niti Sukumal — KMUTT

Philip D Round — Mahidol University

Rattanawat Chaiyarat — Mahidol University

Nantida Suthammawong —Taksin University, Thailand

Pasuta Sunthornhao — Kasetsart University, Thailand

Ronglarp Sukmasuang — Kasetsart University, Thailand

Kamolthip Suwandech — Kasetsart University, Thailand

Biodiversity Informatics and Modeling Team (BIEN Network)

Brian Enquist — Principal Investigator — University of Arizona

Brian Maitner — Project Researcher — University of Arizona

Cory Merow — Project Researcher — University of Connecticut

Xiao Feng — Project Researcher — University of Arizona

Experts and Collaborators

Brad Boyle — University of Arizona

Erica Newman — University of Arizona

Daniel Park — Harvard University

Naia Morueta-Holme — University of Copenhagen

Jens-Christian Svenning — Aarhus University

Pep Serra-Diaz — AgroParisTech

Thomas Courveur — Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador

Cyrille Violle — CNRS