UAlbert van Jaarsveld okwangoku unguMcebisi, iiProjekthi eziKhethekileyo, kwiSekela-Ngqonyela kwiYunivesithi yaseStellenbosch, eMzantsi Afrika. Ngaphambili, wayenguMlawuli Jikelele we-International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). Ngaphambi kokuba ajoyine i-IIASA, wayenguSekela-Ngqonyela kunye neNqununu yeYunivesithi yaKwaZulu-Natal eMzantsi Afrika, kunye noMongameli kunye ne-CEO yeSouth African National Research Foundation (NRF).
UVan Jaarsveld wafumana iPhD yakhe kwiZoology (iYunivesithi yasePitoli), wenza izifundo zasemva kobugqirha kunye nophando kwibhayoloji yolondolozo kunye nokhuseleko lwehlabathi eOstreliya nase-UK, kwaye ugqibezele uqeqesho lolawulo oluphezulu kwiYunivesithi yaseHarvard. Umsebenzi wakhe wophando ugxile kwizinto eziphilayo, ukucwangciswa kolondolozo, izinto eziphilayo kunye nokutshintsha kwemozulu, kunye neenkonzo ze-ecosystem. Waqeshwa njengonjingalwazi opheleleyo kuzo zombini iDyunivesithi yasePitoli naseStellenbosch waza wapapasha ngaphezu kwe-100 lamaphepha ophando aphambili, kubandakanywa nemisebenzi ecatshulwe kakhulu kwiNzululwazi neNdalo.
UVan Jaarsveld usebenze njengosihlalo-kunye wolandelelwano lwe-MEA: Uvavanyo oluphantsi kwehlabathi, ilungu lekomiti yokutyumba iBhunga leSayensi leHlabathi (i-ICSU), indawo ephambili ye-IPBES, Ube nguSihlalo weqela labaphathiswa besayensi be-G8 lamagosa aphezulu kwiziseko zophando lwehlabathi, usihlalo we-IGFA, uSihlalo-kunye weBelmont Forum, ilungu lephaneli yophononongo lwe-ICSU (2013), iphaneli yophononongo lwangaphandle lwe-IPBES (2018), iPhaneli yophononongo lwangaphandle lwe-Future Earth (2020) kunye nakwiKhomishini ye-ISC yeMisebenzi yokuZinza (2021-ngoku).
Iphepha lihlaziywe ngoMeyi ka-2024.
