Yongyut Trisurat is a Full Professor of Forestry at Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand. He has been active in the area of protected areas, biodiversity conservation, landscape ecology, climate change and GIS for over 30 years and has been a frequent contributor to several international agencies (e.g., ADB, CIDA, DANIDA, FAO, GIZ, IPCC, IPBES, ITTO, IUCN,). Professor Yongyut Trisurat is now a member of Thailand’s National Committee for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity, a member of Thailand’s National World Heritage Committee, a Co-chair of the Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network (APBON), Chair of Scientific Committee for International Long-term Ecological Network for the East-Asia Pacific Region (EAP) and the Key Biodiversity Areas representative for EAP. In addition, he was a Coordinating Lead Author of the IPCC AR6 WGII report and a Lead Author of the IPBES Models and Scenarios Report.