(* = 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