SIGNATORIES
ANGOLA*
Dr. Miguel Neto Gonçalves Xavier
Directorate National de la Biodiversité et les Aires de Conservation (INBAC)
Ministère de l'Environnement
Cidade do Kilamba
Email: miguel_xavier2003 [ at ] yahoo.com.br
ARMENIA*
Mr. Sevak Baloyan
Head of the Animal Resources Management Division, Bioresources Management Agency
Ministry of Nature Protection
Yerevan
Email: Sevbaloyan30 [ a ] gmail.com
BELGIUM*
Dr. Els Martens
Assistant to the Director
Coordination Policy Division, Agency for Nature and Forest
Flemish Government
Brussels
Email: els.martens [ at ] lne.vlaanderen.be
BURKINA FASO*
Mme Germaine Ouedraogo Bouda
Spécialiste en aménagement de la faune et de son habitat
Ministère de l'Environnement et des Ressources Halieutiques
Ouagadougou
ouedraogermaine [ at ] yahoo.fr
BURUNDI
Mme Marie Rose Kabura
Conseillère au Cabinet du Ministre
Ministère de l'Eau, de l'Environnement, de l'Aménagement de Territoire
Bujumbura
Email: kaburamr [ at ] yahoo.fr
CHAD
M. Mahamat Hassane Idriss
Ingénieur des Eaux et Forêts, Point Focal CMS
Direction des Parcs Nationaux des Réserves de Faune et de la Chasse
Ministère de l’Environnement et des Ressources Halieutiques
Ndjamena
Email: mhthassan [ at ] hotmail.com
COMOROS*
M. Soule Hamidou
Enseignant Chercheur
Université des Comores
Moroni
Email: soulehamidou [ at ] yahoo.fr
CONGO
M. Jérôme Mokoko Dit Ikonga
Directeur Adjoint de Wildlife Conservation Society, Programme Congo
Ministère du Tourisme et de l'Environnement
Brazzaville
Email: jrmokoko [ at ] gmail.com
CÒTE D'IVOIRE
M. Tia Loua Samo Michel
Spécialiste en ornithologie
Ministère de la Salubrité, de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable
Abidjan
mtialouasamo [ at ] yahoo.com
CROATIA
Dr. Tamara Cimbora Zovko
Senior Expert Advisor
Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection
Zagreb
Email: tamara.cimborazovko [ at ] mzoip.hr
CZECH REPUBLIC*
Ms. Libuše Vlasáková
CMS National Focal Point, Unit of International Conventions
Department of Species Protection and Implementation of International Commitments
Prague
Email: libuse.vlasakova [ at ] mzp.cz
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO*
M. Donatien Muembo Kabemba
Directeur de l’Audit Scientifique et Technique Coordonnateur a.i. du Système de Gestion d’Information d’Aires Protégées (SYGIAP)
Kinshasa
Email: dmuembo2003 [ at ] yahoo.fr
DENMARK*
Ms. Mette Gervin Damsgaard
Head of section, Nature Protection
Danish Agency for Water and Nature Management
Ministry of Environment and Food
Copenhagen
Email: megda [ at ] nst.dk
DJIBOUTI*
Mr. Houssein Abdillahi Rayaleh
Conseiller Technique
Ministère de l'Habitat, de l'Urbanisme, de l'Environnement et de l'Aménagement du Territoire (MHUEAT)
Djibouti
Email: naturedjibouti [ at ] gmail.com
EGYPT
Mr. Wahied Salama Hamid
Head of Central Directorate of Biodiversity
Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency
Nature Conservation Sector
Cairo
Email: hamiednature [ at ] hotmail.com
EQUATORIAL GUINEA*
Sr. Santiago Biyang Mba
Head of the Ministry of Environment and CMS Focal Point
Regional Delegation of the Ministry of Fisheries and Environment
Bata Litoral
Email: santiagobiyang [ at ] yahoo.es
EUROPEAN UNION
Mr. Micheál O'Briain
Acting Head of Unit Nature
Brussels
Email: micheal.o'briain [ at ] ec.europa.eu
FINLAND
Dr. Esko Hyvärinen
Senior Environmental Adviser
Ministry of the Environment
Helsinki
Email: esko.o.hyvarinen [ at ] ym.fi
FRANCE
M. François Lamarque
Chargé de mission pour les actions européennes et internationales en faveur de la faune et de la flore sauvage
Ministère de l'écologie, du développement durable et de l'énergie
Paris
Email: francois.lamarque [ at ] developpement-durable.gouv.fr
GAMBIA*
Mr. Momodou Lamin Kassama
Acting Director
Department of Parks and Wildlife Management
Banjul
Email: mkassama2 [ at ] yahoo.com
GERMANY
Mr. Oliver Schall
Deputy Head of Division
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Bonn
Email: oliver.schall [ at ] bmub.bund.de
GHANA
Mr. Kofi Adu-Nsiah
Executive Director
Wildlife Division of Forestry Commission
Accra
Email: adunsiah [ at ] yahoo.com
GUINEA
M. Bakary Magassouba
Chef de Service Aménagement et Gestion des Aires Protégées
Direction National de la Diversité Biologique et des Aires Protégées
Conakry
Email: magass56 [ at ] yahoo.fr
HUNGARY
Mr. András Schmidt
Deputy Head of Department for Nature Conservation
Ministry of Agriculture
Budapest
Email: andras.schmidt [ at ] fm.gov.hu
INDIA
Mr. Soumitra Dasgupta
Inspector General of Forests (WL)
Ministry of Environment and Forest
New Delhi
Email: igfwl-mef [ at ] nic.in
IRAN
Mr. Mohammad Asghari Tabari
Bird Expert, Wildlife Research Bureau
Department of Environment
Tehran
Email: mohammad_tabari [ at ] hotmail.com
ISRAEL*
Dr. Simon Nemtzov
Deputy Chief Scientist
Nature and National Parks Protection Authority
Wildlife Ecologist and Scientific Authority for the CITES Convention
Jerusalem
Email: simon [ at ] npa.org.il
ITALY
Mr. Marco Valentini
Officer
Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea - DG Nature and Sea protection
Rome
Email: valentini.marco [ at ] minambiente.it
KENYA
Dr. James Gichiah Njogu
Head, conventions and Research Authorisation
Kenya Wildlife Service
Nairobi
Email: jgichiah [ at ] kws.go.ke
LEBANON
Ms. Lara Samaha
Head of Department, Department of Ecosystems
Ministry of Environment
Beirut
Email: l.samaha [ at ] moe.gov.lb
LIBYA
Mr. Essam Bouras
Head of Protected Area Section
Environmental General Authority
Tripoli
Email: eaburass [ at ] yahoo.com
LUXEMBOURG*
M. Gilles Biver
Ministère du Développement durable et des Infrastructures
Département de l'environnement
Luxembourg
Email: gilles.biver [ at ] mev.etat.lu
MADAGASCAR
Mr. Amyot Felix Kofoky
General Direction of Environment
Ministry in Charge of Environment
Antananarivo
Email: kofoky.dgp [ at ] mef.gov.mg
MALI
M. Abdoulaye Bine GUINDO
Ingénieur des Eaux et Forêts
Chef de la Division Aménagement d’Aires de Conservation de la Faune Sauvage et de son Habitat
Bamako
Email: abdoulayebine [ a ] gmail.com
MONACO
Mme Astrid Claudel Rusin
Administrateur
Département de l'Equipement, de l'Environnement
Monaco
Email: arusin [ at ] gouv.mc
MONGOLIA
Dr. Nyambayar Batbayar
Director
Wildlife Science and Conservation Center of Mongolia
Email: nyambayar [ a ] wscc.org.mn
MOROCCO
Mme Hayat Mesbah
Chef de Service de la Conservation de la Flore et de la Faune Sauvages
Haut-Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts et à la Lutte Contre la Désertification
Rabat
Email: mesbah_ef [ at ] yahoo.fr
NEPAL*
Mr. Megh Bahadur Pandey
Director General, Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC)
Kathmandu
Email: pandey.megh [ at ] gmail.com
NETHERLANDS*
Ms. Wilmar Remmelts
Senior Policy Officer
Department of Nature and Biodiversity
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation
Den Haag
Email: w.j.remmelts [ at ] minez.nl
NIGER
M. Hamissou Halilou Malam Garba
Chef de Division des Aires Protégées
Direction de la Faune, de la Chasse et des Aires Protégées à la Direction Générale des Eaux et Forêts
Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Salubrité Urbaine et du Développement Durable
Niamey
Email: hamissou66 [ at ] yahoo.fr
NORWAY
Mr. Øystein Størkersen
Principal Advisor
Norwegian Environment Agency
Trondheim
Email: oystein.storkersen [ at ] miljodir.no
PAKISTAN
Mr. Muhammad Samar Hussain Khan
Assistant Secretary (Wildlife)
National Council for Conservation of Wildlife
Ministry of Climate Change
Islamabad
Email: samar_baloch [ at ] yahoo.com
PORTUGAL
Dr. Joao José Loureiro
Head of the Division on Management of Fauna and Flora Species
Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas
Lisboa
Email: joao.loureiro [ at ] icnf.pt
ROMANIA
Dr. Nela Miaută
Department of Biodiversity
Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
Bucharest
Email: nelamiauta [ at ] yahoo.com
SAUDI ARABIA*
Dr. Hany Muhammed Ali Tatwany
Vice President
The Saudi Wildlife Authority
Email: Hany.Tatwany [ a ] swa.gov.sa
SENEGAL
Mme Ndeye Sene Thiam
Conservateur
Direction des Parcs Nationaux
Dakar
Email: ndeyesenethiam2003 [ at ] yahoo.fr
SLOVAKIA
Mr. Branislav Hrabkovský
Department of State Administration of Nature Protection
Ministry for the Environment
Bratislava
Email: branislav.hrabkovsky [ at ] enviro.gov.sk
Mr. Michal Adamec
Zoologist / Director of Department
State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic
Division of Nature and Landscape Protection
Banská Bystrica
Email: michal.adamec [ at ] sopsr.sk
SOMALIA
Mr. Ahmed Sheikh Mohamoud Osman
Director of Wildlife Department
Mogadishu
Email: busuri555 [ at ] gmail.com
SOUTH AFRICA
Ms. Humbulani Mafumo
Deputy Director, Conservation Management
National Department of Environmental Affairs
Pretoria
Email: hmafumo [ at ] environment.gov.za
SPAIN
Sr. Ricardo Gómez Calmaestra
Jefe del Servicio de Vida Silvestre
Dirección General de Calidad y Evaluación Ambiental y Medio Natural
Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente
Madrid
Email: RGCalmaestra [ at ] magrama.es
SUDAN*
Mr. Sanad Sulieman Ben Sulieman
Director of the Sudanese Wildlife Department
Khartoum
Email: Wildlife_sudan33 [ at ] yahoo.com
SWEDEN
Ms. Louise Bednarz
Species Unit
Nature Department
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Stockholm
Email: Louise.Bednarz [ at ] Naturvardsverket.se
SWITZERLAND
Mrs. Sabine Herzog
Deputy Head of section
Wildlife and Forest Biodiversity
Federal Office of the Environment
Berne
Email: sabine.herzog [ at ] bafu.admin.ch
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
Eng. Ahmad Aidek
Directorate of Biodiversity, Land and Natural Reserves
Ministry of State for Environment Affairs
Damascus
Email: ah_aidek [ at ] hotmail.com
Eng. Belal Alhayek
Director
Directorate of Biodiversity, Land and Natural Reserves
Ministry of State for Environment Affairs
Damascus
Email: blalhayek75 [ at ] gmail.com
TOGO*
M. Kotchikpa Okoumassou
Directeur de la Faune et de la Chasse
Ministère de l'Environnement et des Ressources Forestières
Lomé
Email: direfaune [ at ] yahoo.fr
TUNISIA
Dr. Hela Guidara
Chef de service de la chasse et les aires protégées
Direction Générale des Forêts
Ministère de l'Agriculture
Tunis
Email: guidarahela [ at ] yahoo.fr
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Mr. Obaid Ali Al Shamsi
Biologist
Biodiversity Department
Ministry of Environment and Water
Dubai
Email: oaalshamsi [ a ] moccae.gov.ae
Dr. Shaikha Al Dhaheri
Executive Director
Terrestrial and Marine Biodiversity Sector
Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
Email: saldhaheri [ at ] ead.ae
UNITED KINGDOM
Mr. Jonathan Tweney
Policy Adviser, Birds and Wildlife Management
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Bristol
Email: Jonathan.Tweney [ at ] defra.gsi.gov.uk
Ms. Kate Brickett
Senior Policy Adviser on Wild Birds Conservation
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Bristol
Email: Kate.Brickett [ at ] defra.gsi.gov.uk
YEMEN
Mr. Maeen Lutf Alsewari
Coordinator
Migratory Species Unit
Environment Protection Authority
Sana'a
Email: maeen_swary [ at ] hotmail.com
CO-OPERATING PARTNERS
BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL
Richard Grimmett
Director of Conservation
Email: richard.grimmett [ a ] birdlife.org
Dr. Vicky Jones
Global Flyways Officer
Email: vicky.jones [ a ] birdlife.org
CONVENTION ON MIGRATORY SPECIES
Dr. Borja Heredia
Head of Avian Species Unit
Email: borja.heredia [ a ] cms.int
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR FALCONRY AND THE CONSERVATION OF BIRDS OF PREY
Dr. Adrian Lombard
President
Email: lombard [ a ] iaf.org
Mr. Janusz Sielicki
Vice President
Email: sielicki [ a ] iaf.org
IUCN SSC VULTURE SPECIALIST GROUP
Mr. Andre Botha
Co-Chair
Email: andreb [ a ] ewt.org.za
Mr. Chris Bowden
Co-Chair
Email: chris.bowden [ a ] rspb.org.uk
THE PEREGRINE FUND
Dr. Munir Z. Virani
Vice President & Global Director for Conservation Strategy and External Affairs
Email: virani.munir [ a ] peregrinefund.org
* Provisional National Contact Point