**About the Editors**

### **Kikuko Shoyama**

Dr. Kikuko Shoyama is an Associate Professor at the Department of Regional and Comprehensive Agriculture, College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Japan. Her research interests are in the quantitative analysis of socio-ecological systems related to land use change, ecosystem services, and disaster resilience, in particular, the role of scenario modeling in decision-making under uncertain and changing environmentd. She contributed to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) as a Lead Author for the Methodological Assessment on Scenarios and Models of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.

### **Rajarshi Dasgupta**

Dr. Rajarshi Dasgupta is a Senior Policy Researcher in the Integrated Sustainability Center, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies. His research interests are risk-sensitive land use planning, ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR), socio-environmental scenario planning, spatial quantification of ecosystem services, community-based conservation, and disaster risk management. He served as a Lead Author (LA) for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Asia-Pacific Regional Assessment Report and Assessment of Sustainable Use of Wild Species, and a Chapter Scientist and contributing author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) sixth assessment report (WG II).

### **Ronald C. Estoque**

Dr. Ronald C. Estoque is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Biodiversity and Climate Change, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan. He is, by profession, a forester and geo-environmental scientist. His research interests are at the interface between nature and society (sustainability; land change; ecosystem services; forest cover change; urbanization; and climate change mitigation, vulnerability, risk, and adaptation), with the application of various tools and techniques including remote sensing and GIS. He was a Contributing Author (CA) to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) sixth assessment report (WG II, Chapter 10). Currently, he serves as a Review Editor (RE) for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services' (IPBES) nexus assessment (Chapter 2).
