(* = Provisional National Contact Point)
ANGOLA*
Dr Miguel Neto Gonçalves Xavier
Directorate National de la Biodiversité et les Aires de Conservation (INBAC)
Ministère de l'Environnement
Cidade do Kilamba
ARMENIA
Mr Karen Aghababyan
Legal Adviser to the Ministry
Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Armenia
Republic Square, Government House 3, 0010, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
BELGIUM*
Mr Filiep Cardoen
BURKINA FASO*
Ms Germaine Ouedraogo Bouda
Spécialiste en aménagement de la faune et de son habitat
Ministère de l'Environnement et des Ressources Halieutiques
Ouagadougou
BURUNDI
Ms Marie Rose Kabura
Conseillère au Cabinet du Ministre
Ministère de l'Eau, de l'Environnement et de l'Aménagement de Territoire
Bujumbura
CHAD
Mr 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
COMOROS*
Mr Soule Hamidou
Enseignant Chercheur
Université des Comores
Moroni
CONGO
Mr Jérôme Mokoko Dit Ikonga
Directeur Adjoint de Wildlife Conservation Society, Programme Congo
Ministère du Tourisme et de l'Environnement
Brazzaville
CÔTE D'IVOIRE*
M. Kognan Dégrâce
Directeur de l'Ecologie et de la Protection de la Nature
Ministère de le l'Environnement et du Développement Durable
CROATIA
Dr Tamara Cimbora Zovko
Senior Expert Advisor
Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection
Zagreb
CZECH REPUBLIC
Ms Libuše Vlasáková
Senior Advisor
Department of Species Protection and Implementation of International Commitments
Ministry of the Environment
Vršovická 65, 100 10 Prague, Czech Republic
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO*
Mr Mike Ipanga Mwaku
Head of Biodiversity Division
Directorate of Sustainable Development
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
Kinshasa
DENMARK*
Ms Charlotte Brondum
Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark
DJIBOUTI*
Mr Mohamed Elmi Obsieh
Sous-directeur de l'Ecologie et de la Protection de la Nature
Direction de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable
Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable
Zone Industrielle Sud
EGYPT
Mr Wahied Salama Hamid
Head of Central Directorate of Biodiversity
Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency
Nature Conservation Sector
Cairo
EQUATORIAL GUINEA*
Ms Celestina Bindang Ebona
CMS Focal Point
Instituto Nacional de Desarrollo Forestal y Manejo de Areas Protegidas (INDEFOR-AP)
Bata
ETHIOPIA
Mr Mihret Mulualem
Wildlife Research Officer
Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority
Addis Ababa
EUROPEAN UNION
Ms Iva Obretenova
Policy Officer
DG Environment, European Commission
ENV.D3 - Nature Conservation Unit, BRE2 08/DCS, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium
FINLAND
Ms Maria Westerman
Senior Specialist
Ministry of the Environment
Helsinki
FRANCE
Mr Charles-Henri de Barsac
Chargé de mission - Accords ecosystems
Ministère de la transition écologique
Paris
GAMBIA*
Mr Momodou Lamin Kassama
Acting Director
Department of Parks and Wildlife Management
Banjul
GERMANY
Mr Berit Gewert
International Species Conservation, Wildlife Trade
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection
Robert-Schuman-Platz 3, 53175 Bonn, Germany
GHANA
Mr Kofi Adu-Nsiah
Executive Director
Wildlife Division of Forestry Commission
Accra
GUINEA
Mr Bakary Magassouba
Chef de Service Aménagement et Gestion des Aires Protégées
Direction National de la Diversité Biologique et des Aires Protégées
Conakry
HUNGARY
Mr András Schmidt
Deputy Head of Department for Nature Conservation
Ministry of Agriculture
Budapest
INDIA
Mr Soumitra Dasgupta
Inspector General of Forests (WL)
Ministry of Environment and Forest
New Delhi
IRAN
Mr Mohammad Asghari Tabari
Bird Expert, Wildlife Research Bureau
Department of Environment
Tehran
ISRAEL
Mr Ohad Hatzofe
Avian Ecologist
Israel Nature and Parks Authority
Jerusalem
ITALY
Ms Silvia Giardina
Officer
Directorate General for Natural Heritage and Sea
Ministry of Environment and Energy Security
Via Cristoforo Colombo n.44, 00147 Roma, Italy
Ms Arianna Aradis
Researcher
Migratory Birdlife Area
Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA)
JORDAN
Eng. Bilal Qteshat
Director of Nature Protection Direction,
Ministry of Environment
Amman, Jordan
KENYA
Dr James Gichiah Njogu
Head, Conventions and Research Authorisation
Kenya Wildlife Service
Nairobi
LEBANON
Ms Lara Samaha
Head of Department, Department of Ecosystems
Ministry of Environment
Beirut
LIBYA
Mr Essam Bouras
Head of Protected Area Section
Environmental General Authority
Tripoli
LUXEMBOURG*
Mr Gilles Biver
Ministère du Développement durable et des Infrastructures
Département de l'environnement
Luxembourg
MADAGASCAR
Mr Amyot Felix Kofoky
General Directorate of Environment
Ministry in Charge of Environment
Antananarivo
MALI
Mr 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
MONACO
Ms Astrid Claudel Rusin
Administrateur
Département de l'Equipement, de l'Environnement
Monaco
MONGOLIA
Dr Nyambayar Batbayar
Director
Wildlife Science and Conservation Center of Mongolia
MOROCCO
Ms 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
NEPAL*
Mr Megh Bahadur Pandey
Director General, Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC)
Kathmandu
NETHERLANDS
Mr Nick Warmelink
Policy Officer
Nature and Fisheries
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
Bezuidenhoutseweg 73, 2594 AC Den Haag, Netherlands
NIGER
Mr 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
NORWAY
Ms Anne Martinussen
Senior Adviser, Threatened Biodiversity Section
Norwegian Environment Agency
Brattørkaia 15, P.O. Box 5672 Torgarden, Trondheim, Norway
PAKISTAN
Mr Muhammad Samar Hussain Khan
Assistant Secretary (Wildlife)
National Council for Conservation of Wildlife
Ministry of Climate Change
Islamabad
PORTUGAL
Mr João 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
Avenida da República, 16, 1050-191 Lisboa, Portugal
ROMANIA
Dr Nela Miaută
Department of Biodiversity
Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
Bucharest
SAUDI ARABIA
Mr Fahad Algethami
Vice Director
Birds Department
Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture
Eastern Ring Road, 12424 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
SENEGAL
Ms Ndeye Sene Thiam
Inspecteur Technique
Direction des Parcs Nationaux
Ministère de l'Environnement et Developpement Durable
Route des Pères Maristes-hann, Dakar, Senegal
SLOVAKIA
Mr Branislav Hrabkovský
Department of Nature Protection
Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic
Námestie L. Štúra 1, 812 35 Bratislava, Slovakia
Ms Andrea Lešová
Zoologist
Department of Zoology
State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic
Tajovského 28B, 974 01 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
SOMALIA
Mr Ahmed Sheikh Mohamoud Osman
Director of Wildlife Department
Mogadishu
SOUTH AFRICA
Ms Humbulani Mafumo
Deputy Director, Conservation Management
Department of of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Pretoria
SPAIN
Mr Fernando Magdaleno
Deputy Director General of Terrestrial and Marine Biodiversity
General Sub-Directorate for Terrestrial and Marine Biodiversity
Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge
Pza. San Juan de la Cruz s/n, 28071 Madrid, Spain
SUDAN*
Mr Mohammed Ibrahim Awadalla
Lieutenant General / Director of Wildlife Conservation Forces
Wildlife Conservation Forces - Sudan
30 Street, Almaamora, 336 Khartoum, Sudan
SWEDEN*
Mr Jorgen Eriksson
Desk Officer
Natural Environment Department
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Stockholm
SWITZERLAND
Ms Sabine Herzog
Senior Policy Advisor
Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication (DETEC)
Federal Office of the Environment (FOEN), Biodiversity and Landscape Division
Worblentalstrasse 68, 3063 Ittigen, 3003 Bern, Switzerland
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
Eng Venus Suleman
Biodiversity Directorate
Ministry of State for Environment Affairs
P.O. Box 3773
Damascus
TOGO
Mr Kossi Agbodji
Spécialiste de Faune, Chargé d'Études
Ministère de l'Environnement et des Ressources Forestières
Direction des Ressources Forestières
42 Rue de la Kozah, BP 355 Lomé, Togo
TUNISIA
Dr Hela Guidara
Chef de service de la chasse et les aires protégées
Direction Générale des Forêts
Ministère de l'Agriculture
Tunis
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Mr Obaid Alshamsi
Biologist
Biodiversity Department
Ministry of Climate Change and Environment
Dubai Al Ruwayyah 2 Area Beside Zayed University, Dubai - AlAin Road, 1509 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
UNITED KINGDOM
Ms Kate Brickett
Senior Policy Adviser
Department of National Biodiversity
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Horizon House, Deanery Road, BS1 Bristol, United Kingdom
YEMEN
Eng. Omer Ahmed Baeshen
Ministry of Water & Environment
Aden