Biodiversity and Bioeconomy

Dr. Kripal Singh (PhD) is a research professor at Andong Nati onal University, Andong, South Korea. He has been working in restorati on ecology, bioenergy research, and biodiversity conservati on since last 17 years at leading research and academic organizati ons in India, South Africa, and South Korea. He has published more than 50 research arti cles in various peer-reviewed internati onal journals and 3 books. He is also sitti ng on editorial boards as regular and guest editor of various high repute journals of Elsevier, Wiley Online, and MDPI and serving as a member of IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management and research advisor for Yancheng Teachers University, China and AF Development Care, New Delhi, India. Prof. Milton Cezar Ribeiro (PhD) is a professor and head of the Department of Biodiversity, State University of São Paulo UNESP—Rio Claro. Milton has been working majorly in the domain of ecological sciences for the last 22 years. His main interest is to understand how land use and environment changes aff ect plant and animals’ community and ecosystem functi oning on temporal and spati al scales. He is the principal investi gator at the Spati al Ecology and Conservati on Lab (LEEC) and is a member of the research groups of Environmental Research Center (CEA, UNESP) and Center for Research on Biodiversity Dynamics and Climate Change (BioGate). Milton has published more than 200 research papers in peer-reviewed high impact journals and 10 book chapters and supervised more than 50 theses, including masters and doctoral work. Dr. Özgül Calicioglu (PhD) is an environmental engineer at a multi lateral investment bank. As part of her work at the World Bank, Özgül supervises various analyti cal studies and investment projects related to agroclimati c and coastal resilience, circular economy, and polluti on management. Previously, Özgül worked at the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons (FAO), on linking sustainable bioeconomy indicators to the 2030 Global Sustainability Agenda, and applied her academic experti se in the life cycle and techno-economic analyses of waste-to-energy systems on climate-smart agriculture projects. Özgül holds an academic track record in environmental engineering and science-policy interface.