Wild Edibles and Sustainable Development Goals
暫譯: 野生可食植物與可持續發展目標

Shalini Dhyani (PhD) is a principal scientist at the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), a constituent laboratory under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India. Her work spans over two decades in the fields of ecosystem management, biodiversity conservation, nature-based solutions, and sustainability science. Dr. Dhyani is internationally recognized for her interdisciplinary research that links ecological integrity with social well-being, especially in the context of climate change, forest restoration, and urban resilience. She serves as the Asia Vice Chair and Steering Committee Member of the Commission on Ecosystems Management (CEM) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), where she plays a pivotal role in shaping science-policy for ecosystem-based approaches for conservation and resilience across the region. She is also a UNESCO-TWAS (The World Academy of Sciences) Associate and a Visiting Scientist at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia. Dr. Dhyani has contributed as a lead author to major global and regional assessments, including the IPBES Thematic Assessment on the Sustainable Use of Wild Species (2022), the Asia-Pacific Regional Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (2018), IUFRO Global Assessment on Forests as Pillars of Socio-Economic Resilience (2025), Springshed outlook by ICIMOD, Nepal (2026) and also involved as CLA in report on Rangelands and Pastoralism in Hindukush Himalaya by ICIMOD. Her work emphasizes the integration of diverse knowledge systems including indigenous and local knowledge into policy and practice, with a strong focus on people-centric and multi-sectoral approaches. As an editor, she brings critical insight into the role of ecosystems in shaping sustainable and inclusive futures. She is also a member of the editorial boards of leading journals such as Sustainability Science, Agroforestry Systems, and Restoration Ecology, further advancing interdisciplinary scholarship in ecosystem science and practice.

Esther Katz (PhD) is a French anthropologist, emerita research director at the Institute of Research for Development (IRD), in the Joint Research Unit 208 PALOC IRD/CNRS/MNHN - Local Heritage, Environment and Globalization, based at the National Museum of Natural History (MNHN), in Paris, France. Her main research topics deal with anthropology of food, ethnobiology/ethnoclimatology, indigenous and local knowledge and cultural identity. She has been doing fieldwork with indigenous people and local communities in Mexico, Brazil and on shorter periods in Ecuador and Colombia. She has also carried out fieldworks in Central America, Southeast Asia, central Africa and Europe. She has been seconded to UNAM in Mexico, University of Brasilia in Brazil, and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) in Indonesia. Over the last years, she has been involved in projects on food heritage, agrobiodiversity and environmental change in Latin America. She is presently coordinating a project on edible insects in the same continent. She has contributed as a lead author to IPBES (Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) assessment on Sustainable Use of Wild Species (2022) and to Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science Assessment on Contribution of indigenous people and local traditional communities to Brazilian biodiversity (2021).

沙莉尼·迪亞尼（PhD）是印度科學與工業研究委員會（CSIR）下屬的國家環境工程研究所（NEERI）的首席科學家。她在生態系統管理、生物多樣性保護、基於自然的解決方案和可持續科學等領域擁有超過二十年的工作經驗。迪亞尼博士因其跨學科的研究而在國際上受到認可，該研究將生態完整性與社會福祉聯繫起來，特別是在氣候變化、森林恢復和城市韌性的背景下。她擔任國際自然保護聯盟（IUCN）生態系統管理委員會（CEM）的亞洲副主席和指導委員會成員，在塑造基於生態系統的保護和韌性科學政策方面發揮了關鍵作用。她還是聯合國教科文組織-世界科學院（UNESCO-TWAS）的副研究員，以及印尼國際森林研究中心（CIFOR）的訪問科學家。迪亞尼博士作為主要作者參與了多項全球和區域評估，包括《IPBES可持續利用野生物種主題評估》（2022年）、《亞太地區生物多樣性和生態系統服務評估》（2018年）、《IUFRO全球森林作為社會經濟韌性支柱的評估》（2025年）、尼泊爾ICIMOD的《泉水展望》（2026年），並作為主要聯合作者參與了ICIMOD關於喜馬拉雅山脈的牧場和牧民的報告。她的工作強調將多元知識體系，包括原住民和地方知識，整合進政策和實踐中，並強調以人為中心和多部門的方法。作為編輯，她對生態系統在塑造可持續和包容性未來中的角色提供了重要見解。她還是《可持續科學》、《農林系統》和《恢復生態學》等領先期刊的編輯委員會成員，進一步推進生態系統科學和實踐的跨學科學術研究。

艾絲特·卡茲（PhD）是法國人類學家，曾任法國發展研究所（IRD）研究主任，隸屬於位於法國巴黎國立自然歷史博物館（MNHN）的208號聯合研究單位PALOC IRD/CNRS/MNHN - 地方遺產、環境與全球化。她的主要研究主題涉及食物人類學、民族生物學/民族氣候學、原住民和地方知識及文化身份。她曾在墨西哥、巴西及短期在厄瓜多爾和哥倫比亞與原住民和地方社區進行田野調查。她還在中美洲、東南亞、中非和歐洲進行過田野調查。她曾被派駐墨西哥國立自治大學（UNAM）、巴西巴西利亞大學和印尼國際森林研究中心（CIFOR）。在過去幾年中，她參與了拉丁美洲的食物遺產、農業生物多樣性和環境變化項目。她目前正在協調一個關於可食用昆蟲的項目。她作為主要作者參與了《IPBES（政府間生物多樣性和生態系統服務平台）可持續利用野生物種評估》（2022年）以及巴西科學進步協會對巴西生物多樣性中原住民和地方傳統社區貢獻的評估（2021年）。