SUSAN BRAGDON
Susan Bragdon is an international lawyer, natural resource ecologist and patent agent with significant experience working with governments, UN agencies, multilateral institutions and donor organisations on policy related to sustainable food systems, biodiversity, small-scale farmers, and agroecology.
NETH DANO
Elenita ‘Neth’ Daño is co-executive director of the Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC Group). Neth has published work on various issues in agriculture, technology, plant genetic resources and climate change in developing countries.
GRAHAM DUTFIELD
Graham Dutfield is Professor of International Governance at the School of Law at the University of Leeds. His research on intellectual property crosses several disciplines, including law, history, politics, economics and anthropology.
SARAH LAIRD
Sarah Laird works with communities to conserve cultural forests around Mt Cameroon and undertakes policy research on the commercial use of genetic and biological resources, and the Convention on Biological Diversity.
MANUEL RUIZ MULLER
Manuel Ruiz Muller is a Peruvian lawyer specialising in environmental policy. He has conducted legal research and project development in a broad range of issues, including genetic resources, agrobiodiversity, trade and the environment, and intellectual property.
ELPIDIO PERIA
Elpidio Peria is a lawyer based in the Philippines with extensive experience on ABS and related issues at the community, academic and policy levels, including the CBD, Nagoya Protocol, and Article 10 of the Paris Agreement.
RACHEL WYNBERG
Rachel Wynberg holds a Research Chair on the Bioeconomy in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town. Her research interests are underpinned by a strong focus on environmental and social justice and range from bio-politics and the biodiversity-based economy, through to agroecology and alternative agricultural futures.