CMS Focal Points

Mrs. Klodiana Marika

Director of Biodiversity and Protected Areas

Department of Biodiversity & Protected Areas

Ministry of Environment Albania

Albania

E-mail:

Ms. Fifi Mouhoubi

Cheffe de bureau de l'Organisation de la Chasse a la Direction Générale des Forêts

Direction Générale des Forêts (Ministere de l'Agriculture et du Developpement Rural)

Algeria

E-mail:

Mr. Miguel Xavier Neto Gonçalves

Consultant Technique

Instituto Nacional da Biodiversidade

Ministère de la Culture, Tourisme et Environnement

Angola

E-mail:

H.E. Ms. Diann Black-Layne

Ambassador

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Office of the Prime Minister

Antigua and Barbuda

E-mail:

Sra. Saissac Eliana Ester

Ministra, Directora de Asuntos Ambientales

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto

Argentina

E-mail:

Mr. Sevak Baloyan

Head of the Bioresources permitting division

Department for licenses, permits and compliances

Ministry of Environment

Armenia

E-mail:

Ms. Narelle Montgomery

Assistant Director, Migratory Species Section

Migratory Species Section Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Australia

E-mail:

Ms. Klara Kamper

MSc

Division II/4

Federal Ministry Republic of Austria, Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology

Austria

E-mail:

Ms. Birgit Leitner

Mag.iur.

Federal Ministry Republic of Austria, Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology

Austria

E-mail:

Mr. Ali Mansoor Abbas

Head of Marine Monitoring Unit

Supreme Council for Environment

Bahrain

E-mail:

Mr. MD Moyeenuddin Khan

Deputy Chief Conservator of Forests

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Bangladesh

E-mail:

Mr. Vitaly Korenchuk

Consultant, Division of Biological Diversity

Department of Biological and Landscape Diversity

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus

Belarus

E-mail:

Ms. Lucie Rivière

Biodiversity Expert

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Walloon Administration of Belgium

Belgium

E-mail:

Ms. Gnido Amandine ASSOGBA DELEKE

Benin EPI Focal Point

General Directorate of Water, Forests and Wildlife of Benin

Benin

E-mail:

Mr. Rodolfo Oscar Rojas Villegas

Professional in Management of Biodiversity and Wildlife

Ministry of Environment and Water

Bolivia

E-mail:

Ms. Nada Mlinar

Department for Environmental Protection

Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations

Bosnia and Herzegovina

E-mail:

Mr. Leandro Magalhaes Silva de Sousa

Secretary

Environment Division I

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil

Brazil

E-mail:

Mrs. Yana Velina

Senior Expert, Biodiversity Department

National Nature Protection Service Directorate

Ministry of Environment and Water

Bulgaria

E-mail:

Mme. Germaine Ouedraogo Bouda

Contrôleur des Eaux et Forêts

Direction de la Faune et des Chasses

Ministère de l’Environnement et des Ressources Halieutiques

Burkina Faso

E-mail:

M. Obed Ntineshwa

'l'Office Burundi pour la Protection de l'Environnement (OBPE)

Ministère de l'Eau, de l'Environnement,

Burundi

E-mail:

Ms. Liza Helena Alves Lima

Biologist

General Directorate of Environment

Cabo Verde

E-mail:

Mme. Ngalie Maha

Directeur de la Faune et des Aires Protégés

Ministere des Forets et de la Faune

Cameroon

E-mail:

Mr. Salomon Yamale

Ingénieur agronome, filière forestérie

Ministère des Eaux, Forets, Chasse et Peche

Central African Republic

E-mail:

M. Mahamat Hassane Idriss

Ingénieur des Eaux et Forêts, Chef de Service de Sensibilisation d' Information et de Formation

Direction de Conservation de la Biodiversité, des Parcs Nationaux et de la Chasse

Ministère de l’Agriculture et de l’Environnement

Chad

E-mail:

M. Mahamat Hassan Hatcha

Ingenieur de Conception en Ecologie, Point Focal de CMS

Ministere de l'Agriculuture et de l'Environnement

Chad

E-mail:

Sra. María-Fernanda Vila

Consejera

Dirección de Medio Ambiente y Asuntos Oceánicos

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile

Chile

E-mail:

Ms. Paola Rossana Rossi Muñoz

Technical Focal Point

Department of Wildlife

Agricultural and Livestock Service/Ministry of Agriculture

Chile

E-mail:

Mr. Jean Bosco Nganongo

Ingénieur des Eaux et Forets de la catégorie I

Ministère de l'Economie Forestiere

Congo (Brazzaville)

E-mail:

Ms. Tepaeru Herrmann

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration

Cook Islands

E-mail:

Sra. Gina Cuza Jones

Funcionaria del Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación (SINAC)

Ministerio de Ambiente, Energía y Telecomunicaciones

Costa Rica

E-mail:

Mr. N'DA Kognan Dégrâce

ingénieur Principal des Eaux et Forêts

Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement

Côte d'Ivoire

E-mail:

Ms. Ivana Jelenić

Head of Sector for Biodiversity and Strategic Affairs

Nature Protection Directorate

Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development

Croatia

E-mail:

Ms. Ana Kobaslic

Expert Advisor

Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development

Croatia

E-mail:

Mr. Enrique Moret Hernández

Director

International Affairs Department

Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment

Cuba

E-mail:

Mr. Despo Zavrou

Environment Officer A'

Department of Environment

Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment

Cyprus

E-mail:

Ms. Libuše Vlasáková

Senior Advisor

Department for the International Conservation of Biodiversity

Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

E-mail:

Mr. Peter Lyhne Højberg

Head of Section Species and Nature

Species and Nature

Agency for Green Transition and Aquatic Environment

Denmark

E-mail:

Mr. Mohamed Elmi Obsieh

Ministère de l'Urbanisme, de l'Environnement et du Tourisme

Djibouti

E-mail:

Mr. Pedro Julio Araujo

Tecnico del Departamento de Vida Silvestre - Technical Focal Point

Ministry of Environment

Dominican Republic

E-mail:

Mr. Carlos Augusto Batista Batista

Viceminister of Protected Areas

Ministry of Environment

Dominican Republic

E-mail:

Ms. Marina Hernandez

Director of the Directorate of Biodiversity

Ministry of Environment

Dominican Republic

E-mail:

Sra. Gloria Maria Santana Zorrilla

Head of the Wildlife Department - Technical Focal Point

Direccion de Biodiversidad

Ministry of Environment

Dominican Republic

E-mail:

Sra. Irina Barba

Director de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Movilidad Humana

Ecuador

E-mail:

Mr. Moustafa Fouda

Minister Advisor on Biodiversity

Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency

Egypt

E-mail:

Sr. Santiago Biyang MBA Menguenga

Jefe de Seccion Medio Ambiente

Delegacion Regional Bata-Litoral

Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería, Bosques y Medio Ambiente

Equatorial Guinea

E-mail:

Mr. Tekleab Mesghena

Director General

Ministry of Agriculture

Eritrea

E-mail:

Mr. Hanno Zingel

Advisor of Ministry

Nature Conservation Department

Ministry of the Environment

Estonia

E-mail:

Mr. Thulani Methula

Chief Executive Officer

Swaziland National Trust Commission

Eswatini National Trust Commission

Eswatini

E-mail:

Mr. Kumera Wakjera

Director General

Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority

Ethiopia

E-mail:

Mr. Hans Stielstra

Deputy Head of Unit

Directorate-General for the Environment

European Commission

European Union

E-mail:

Mr. Krishneel Nand

Principal Environment Officer

Office of the Prime Minister

Department of Environment

Fiji

E-mail:

Mr. Esko Hyvärinen

Environment Counsellor

Department of the Natural Environment

Ministry of the Environment

Finland

E-mail:

Mr. Charles-Henri de Barsac

Chargé de mission pour les actions européennes et internationales en faveur de la faune et de la flore sauvages

Direction de l'eau et de la biodiversité (DEB) Direction générale de l'aménagement, du logement et de la nature (DGALN)

Ministère de la Transition Ecologique et Solidaire (MTES)

France

E-mail:

Ms. Alphonsine Koumba Mfoubou

Coordinatrice National Wetlands International, Chef de Service des Inventaires et de la Protection de la Faune

Immeuble Ministère des Eaux et Forêts Libreville

Gabon

E-mail:

Mr. Momodou Lamin Kassama

Acting Director

Department of Parks and Wildlife Management

Gambia

E-mail:

Ms. Irine Lomashvili

Chief Spesialist, Department of Biodiversity Policy

Department of Biodiversity Policy

Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture

Georgia

E-mail:

Mr. Jürgen Friedrich

Head of Division

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

Germany

E-mail:

Mr. Joseph Boakye

Executive Director

Wildlife Division, Forestry Commission

Ghana

E-mail:

Ms. Kalomoira Agapitou

Section of Wildlife and Game Management

Directorate of Forest Management

Greece

E-mail:

Mr. Charalampos Ververis

National Focal Point to the CMS

Directorate of Natural Environment and Biodiversity Management

Ministry of Environment and Energy

Greece

E-mail:

Mr. Saidou Conde

Chef Division Etude et Planification

Ministère de l'Environnement, des Eaux et Forets

Guinea

E-mail:

Mr. Kaoussou Diombéra

Conseiller du Ministre

Ministère de l'Agriculture et du Développement Rural

Guinea-Bissau

E-mail:

[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Sr. Juan Carlos Ramos Ramirez

Secretario de de Estado

Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente

Honduras

E-mail:

Ms. Eva Fejes

Biodiversity Expert, Secondary FP

Ministry of Agriculture

Hungary

E-mail:

Mr. Levente Körösi

Head of Biodiversity and Gene Conservation Department

Ministry of Agriculture

Hungary

E-mail:

Mr. Sushil Kumar Awasthi

Additional Director General of Forests

Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India

India

E-mail:

Mr. Seyed Mohammad Sadati Nejad

Director General

International Environmental and Sustainable Development Affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Iran

E-mail:

[email protected],[email protected],[email protected]

Mr. Arif Shamkhi Jaber

Senior Biologist

Ministry of Environment

Iraq

E-mail:

Ms. Áinle Ní Bhriain

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Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Science and Biodiversity Section

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Ireland

E-mail:

Mr. Noam Leader

Head of Science Division

Ecology Department

Israel Nature and Parks Authority

Israel

E-mail:

Ms. Silvia Giardina

Officer

Directorate General for Natural Heritage and Sea

Ministry of Environment and Energy Security

Italy

E-mail:

Mr. Lorenzo Senni

Advisor

Directorate General for Natural Heritage and Sea

Ministry for Environment and Energy Security

Italy

E-mail:

Mr. Bilal Qteshat

Director of Nature Protection Directorate

Ministry of Environment

Jordan

E-mail:

H.E. Mr. Aiman A. Soleiman

Minister

Ministry of Environment

Jordan

E-mail:

Mr. Andrey Kim

Deputy Chairman

Forestry and Wildlife Committee of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

E-mail:

Mr. Charles Musyoki

Director Wildlife & Community Service

Biotechnology & Information Management

Kenya Wildlife Service

Kenya

E-mail:

Mr. Kumar Mambetaliyev

Director of the State Agency

Environment Protection and Forestry

Kyrgyzstan

E-mail:

Mr. Vilnis Bernards

Head of Species and Habitats Conservation Division

Ministry of the Environment of Latvia

Latvia

E-mail:

Ms. Lara Samaha

Head of Department

Department of Ecosystems

Ministry of the Environment

Lebanon

E-mail:

Ms. Hawa Kortu Walker

Assistant Manger

Environment Protection Agency (EPA)

Liberia

E-mail:

Mr. Ali Elkekli

Director

Cooperation and Technical Consultation Department Environment General Authority (EGA)

Libya

E-mail:

Mr. Oliver Müller

Head of Section Nature and Landscape, Curator of Natural History

Office of Forests, Nature and Land Management

Liechtenstein

E-mail:

Ms. Laura Janulaitienë

Senior Advisor

Nature Protection Policy Group

Lithuania

E-mail:

Mr. Gilles Biver

Attaché de Gouvernement

Département de l’environnement

Ministère de l’Environnement, du Climat et du Développement durable

Luxembourg

E-mail:

Ms. Felana Jeanne Henriette Andrianirina (Alternate)

Substitute National Focal Point to the CMS

Ministère de l'environnement et du développement durable

Madagascar

E-mail:

Mr. Rivosoa Rabenandrianina

Directeur Général du Développement Durable auprès du Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable

Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable

Madagascar

E-mail:

Mr. William Oscar Mgoola

Assistant Director

Department of National Parks and Wildlife

Malawi

E-mail:

Ms. Lisama Sabry

Senior Conservation Officer

Ministry of Environment

Maldives

E-mail:

Mr. Iham Atho Mohamed

Maldives

E-mail:

M. Modibo Konate

Ingénieur des Eaux et Forêts, Chef de la Division Aménagement d’Aires de Conservation de la Faune Sauvage et de son Habitat

Ministère de l’Environnement, de l’Assainissement et du Développement Durable

Mali

E-mail:

Mr. Darrin T. Stevens

Head, Biodiversity

Environment and Resources Authority

Malta

E-mail:

Mr. Djibril Ly

Directeur adjoint de la DPREM

DPREM

Mauritania

E-mail:

Mr. Kevin Ruhomaun

Director

Ministry of Agro Industry and Food Security

Mauritius

E-mail:

Mme. Céline van Klaveren-Impagliazzo

Secrétaire des Relations Extérieures

Direction des Affaires Internationales (Département des Relations Extérieures)

Monaco

E-mail:

Mr. Baljinnyam Tudevdorj

Director General

Natural Resources Policy and Management Department of MECC

Mongolia

E-mail:

Ms. Aleksandar Perovic

M.Sc, Head of Department for International Cooperation and EU Integration

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Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism

Montenegro

E-mail:

Mr. Zouhair Amhaouch

Chef de la Division des Parcs et Réserves Naturelles

Direction de la Lutte Contre la Désertification et de la Protection de la Nature

Haut Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts et à la Lutte Contre la Désertification

Morocco

E-mail:

Mr. Anselmo César Gaspar

Senior Officer

National Directorate of Environment

Mozambique

E-mail:

Ms. Anne-Marie Svoboda

Senior Policy Officer

Department of Nature and Biodiversity

Ministry of Agriculture, Nature, Food Quality

Netherlands

E-mail:

Ms. Alexandra Macdonald

Senior International Advisor

Department of Conservation

International Unit, Research and Development Group, - Te Papa Atawhai, Department of Conservation

New Zealand

E-mail:

Ms. Samaila Sahailou

Directrice de la Faune, de la Chasse et des Aires Protégées

Direction de la Faune et de la Chasse et des Aires Protégées

Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Salubrité Urbaine, et du Développement Durable (MESU/DD)

Niger

E-mail:

Mr. Matthew Olufemi Okunuga

CMS National Focal Point

Department of Forestry

Federal Ministry of Environment

Nigeria

E-mail:

Mr. Isuf Fetai

Advisor for Management and Monitoring of NATURA 2000

Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning

North Macedonia

E-mail:

Ms. Anne Martinussen

Senior Advisor

Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management

Norwegian Environment Agency

Norway

E-mail:

Mr. Muhammad Samar Hussain Khan

Deputy Conservator (Wildlife Inventory)

Ministry of Climate Change

Pakistan

E-mail:

Mr. Percy Rechelluul

Fisheries Technician

Bureau of Marine Resources

Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment & Tourism

Palau

E-mail:

Mr. Tomás Fernández

Director of Protected Areas and Biodiversity

Ministry of Environment

Panama

E-mail:

Mr. Darío Madelburger

Director general

Dirección de Vida Solvestre

Dirección General de Protección y Conservación de la Biodiversidad

Paraguay

E-mail:

Mr. Andres Martin Garrido Sanchez

Director de Medio Ambiente

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores

Peru

E-mail:

Mr. Consejero Eduardo Manuel Lopez Echevarria

Subdirector de Biodiversidad y Ecosistemas

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores

Peru

E-mail:

Mr. Natividad Y. Bernardo

Director, Department of Environment and Natural Resources Ninoy Aquino Parks & Wildlife Nature Center

Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Biodiversity Management Bureau (BMB)

Philippines

E-mail:

Ms. Monika Lesz

Department of Forestry and Nature

Ministry of the Environment

Poland

E-mail:

Mr. João José Loureiro

Head of Unit

National Coordination of Preventive Surveillance and Inspection (UCNVPF)

Institute of Nature Conservation and Forests (ICNF); Ministry of Environment and Climate Action

Portugal

E-mail:

Mr. Vasile Bîrsan

Senior Consultant

Department of Nature Conservation and Biosecurity Policies

Ministry of Environment

Republic of Moldova

E-mail:

Ms. Nela Miauta

Counselor

Department of Biodiversity

Ministry of Environment

Romania

E-mail:

Mr. Alexis Nizeyimana

Environmental Research and Information Specialist

Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA)

Rwanda

E-mail:

Ms. Peseta Noumea Simi

Chief Executive Officer

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Samoa

E-mail:

Mr. Mohammad Al Shamlan

Focal Point

National Center for Wildlife (NCW)

Saudi Arabia

E-mail:

M. Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane Djigo

Point Focal National auprès de la CMS

Division Études et Aménagement en Qualité

Senegal

E-mail:

Ms. Marija Mladenovic

Advisor

Ministry of Environmental Protection

Serbia

E-mail:

Ms. Frauke Fleischer-Dogley

Chief Executive Officer

Seychelles Island Foundation

Seychelles

E-mail:

Mr. Branislav Hrabkovský

State Officer

Nature and Biodiversity Protection, Department Nature and Biodiversity Protection Directorate

Ministry of the Environment

Slovakia

E-mail:

Mr. Andrej Bibic

Senior Expert

Sector for Nature Conservation Policy

Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning

Slovenia

E-mail:

Mr. Abdirashid Artan Abdirahman

CMS National Focal Point

Ministry of Environment and Climate Change

Somalia

E-mail:

Ms. Mukond Matshusa

Director Biodiversity Conservation

Biodiversity Conservation

Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Department of Environmental Affairs

South Africa

E-mail:

Sr. Fernando Magdaleno Mas

Subdirector General de Medio Natural

Dirección General de Biodiversidad, Bosques y Desertificación Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico

Spain

E-mail:

Mr. Bogoda Arachchige Don Suhada Jayawardana

CMS National Focal Point

Department of Wildlife Conservation

Sri Lanka

E-mail:

Ms. Ninni Lundblad

Senior Advisor

Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

Sweden

E-mail:

Ms. Isabelle Dunand

Scientific Policy Advisor

Biodiversity and Landscape Division

Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN)

Switzerland

E-mail:

Mr. Muhannad Abutarab

Biodiversity, Land and Natural Reserves Directorate,

Ministry of Local Administration and Environment

Syrian Arab Republic

E-mail:

Mr. Khurshed Shamsiddinzoda

Head of the State Institution "specially Protected Natural Areas"

Department of State Control and Protection of Flora and Fauna

Committee on Environmental Protection

Tajikistan

E-mail:

Mr. Kokou Messan Edoh

Specialiste de la faune aviaire

Direction des ressources forestieres

Togo

E-mail:

Mr. Denny Dipchansingh

Conservator of Forests

Forestry Division

Trinidad and Tobago

E-mail:

M. Bedhief Sahbi

Directeur de la Conservation des Forêts

Direction Générale des Forêts

Ministère de Agriculture des Ressources Hydrauliques et de la Pêche

Tunisia

E-mail:

Mr. Mergen Yusupov

Deputy Head of the Department on Coordination of International Environment Cooperation and Project of Ministry of Agriculture

Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Protection of Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan

E-mail:

Mr. George Owoyesigire

Ag. Principal Wildlife Officer

Wildlife Conservation

Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife

Uganda

E-mail:

Mr. Yurii Rasiuk

Head of Biosafety and Protection

Reproduction of Flora and Fauna Division, Department of Nature Reserve Fund

Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine

Ukraine

E-mail:

Mr. Obaid Ali Al Shamsi

Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

United Arab Emirates

E-mail:

Ms. Caroline Daisley

Senior Advisor, CMS and Ramsar

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

United Kingdom

E-mail:

Ms. Rhiannon Hudson-Jones

Team Leader, CMS and Ramsar

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

United Kingdom

E-mail:

Mr. Mzamilu Kaita

Principal Wildlife Officer

Wildlife Department Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism

United Republic of Tanzania

E-mail:

Ms. Mariana Rios

Biodiversity Protection and Sustainable Use Manager

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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services National Direction

Uruguay

E-mail:

Mr. Javokhir Abdukhalikov

Chief Specialist of International Cooperations and Ratings

Protection and Use under the State Committee on Ecology and Environmental Protection

Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change

Uzbekistan

E-mail:

[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Mr. Omer Ahmed Baeshen

CMS National Focal point

Environment Protection Authority (EPA)

Yemen

E-mail:

Ms. Patience Gandiwa

Director General

Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority

Zimbabwe

E-mail: