The FAO LEAP Secretariat and Steering Committee are delighted to announce the names of the experts selected to take part in the new FAO LEAP Technical Advisory Group on Ecosystem Services following an open call for applications.

The Technical Advisory Group will assess and evaluate the contribution of ecosystem services from livestock value chains, and develop technical guidelines on measuring and accounting for ecosystem services provided by livestock species and production systems.

By actively engaging a diverse group of professionals from different parts of the world, the FAO LEAP Partnership is committed to creating a greener and more sustainable future for the livestock sector.

Congratulations to the following experts:

Alessandra Crisà, Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agrarian (Italy)

Ammar Hajer, University of Carthage (Morocco)

Cinzia Marchitelli, Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria (Italy)

Daniel Martín Collado, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria de Aragón (Spain)

Dean Timothy Thomas, CSIRO (Australia)

Farhad Mirzaei, Animal Science Research Institute of Iran (Iran)

Francesco Accatino, Institut national de la recherche agronomique (France)

Gloria Claudia Rotolo, National Institute of Agricultural Technology (Argentina)

Gregory Sawyer, University of Sydney (Australia)

Irene Cabeza Luna, Tecnovit (Spain)

Jens Pistorius, Julius Kühn-Institut (Gemany)

Jeremy Pittman, University of Waterloo (Canada)

Johannes Fritz (Jo) Sauer, Technical University of Munich (Germany)

John Walker Recha, International Livestock Research Institute (Kenya)

Jorge Gonzalo Nicolás Irisarri, Rothamsted Research (United Kingdom)

Jianbin Guo, China Agricultural University (China)

Lukas Beule, Julius Kühn-Institut (Gemany)

Marcelo Beltrão Molento, Federal University of Paraná (Brazil)

Marie-Pierre Ellies-Oury, Institut national de la recherche agronomique (France)

Muhammad Riaz, Government College University Faisalabad (Pakistan)

Olawale F. Olaniyan, University of Gambia (Gambia)

Oscar Ricardo Blumetto Velazco, National Institute of agricultural Research (Uruguay)

Pablo Cañada, Buenos Aires University (Argentina)

Raimon Ripoll Bosch, Wageningen University and Research (Netherlands)            

Serkan Ates, Oregon State University (United States of America)

Shelby C. McClelland, Cornell Univeristy (United States of America)

Sikhalazo Dube, International livestock Research Institute (Zimbabwe)

Sílvia Regina Silva de Oliveira Bento, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Brazil)

Sophie Bertrand,Centre National Interprofessionnel de l'Economie Laitière (France)

Vincent Manneville, Institut de l’Elevage (France)

Walter Oyhantçabal (Uruguay)

Zhiping Zhu, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (China)