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: [email protected]
ARMENIA*
Mr. Sevak Baloyan
Head of the Animal Resources Management Division, Bioresources Management Agency
Ministry of Nature Protection
Yerevan
Email: [email protected]
BELGIUM*
Dr. Janine van Vessem
Head of International Relations
Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Brussels
Email: [email protected]
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
Email: [email protected]
BURUNDI
Mme Marie Rose Kabura
Conseillère au Cabinet du Ministre
Ministère de l'Eau, de l'Environnement, de l'Aménagement de Territoire
Bujumbura
Email: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
COMOROS*
M. Soule Hamidou
Enseignant Chercheur
Université des Comores
Moroni
Email: [email protected]
CONGO
M. Jérôme Mokoko Dit Ikonga
Directeur Adjoint de Wildlife Conservation Society, Programme Congo
Ministère du Tourisme et de l'Environnement
Brazzaville
Email: [email protected]
CÒTE D'IVOIRE
M. Tia Loua Samo Michel
Spécialiste en ornithologie
Ministère de la Salubrité, de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable
Abidjan
Email: [email protected]
CROATIA
Dr. Tamara Cimbora Zovko
Senior Expert Advisor
Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection
Zagreb
Email: [email protected]
CZECH REPUBLIC*
Ms. Libuše Vlasáková
CMS National Focal Point, Unit of International Conventions
Department of Species Protection and Implementation of International Commitments
Prague
Email: [email protected]
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO*
M. Mike Ipanga Mwaku
Head of Biodiversity Division
Directorate of Sustainable Development
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
Kinshasa
Email: [email protected]
DENMARK*
Ms. Charlotte Brondum
Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark
Email: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
EGYPT
Mr. Wahied Salama Hamid
Head of Central Directorate of Biodiversity
Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency
Nature Conservation Sector
Cairo
Email: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
ETHIOPIA
Mr. Mihret Mulualem
Wildlife Research Officer
Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority
Addis Ababa
Email: [email protected]
EUROPEAN UNION
Mr. Micheál O'Briain
Acting Head of Unit Nature
Brussels
Email: micheal.o'[email protected]
FINLAND
Dr. Esko Hyvärinen
Senior Environmental Adviser
Ministry of the Environment
Helsinki
Email: [email protected]
FRANCE
M. Charles-Henri de Barsac
Chargé de mission - Accords ecosystems
Ministère de la transition écologique
Paris
Email: [email protected]
GAMBIA*
Mr. Momodou Lamin Kassama
Acting Director
Department of Parks and Wildlife Management
Banjul
Email: [email protected]
GERMANY
Mr. Oliver Schall
Deputy Head of Division
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Bonn
Email: [email protected]
GHANA
Mr. Kofi Adu-Nsiah
Executive Director
Wildlife Division of Forestry Commission
Accra
Email: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
HUNGARY
Mr. András Schmidt
Deputy Head of Department for Nature Conservation
Ministry of Agriculture
Budapest
Email: [email protected]
INDIA
Mr. Soumitra Dasgupta
Inspector General of Forests (WL)
Ministry of Environment and Forest
New Delhi
Email: [email protected]
IRAN
Mr. Mohammad Asghari Tabari
Bird Expert, Wildlife Research Bureau
Department of Environment
Tehran
Email: [email protected]
ISRAEL*
Dr. Simon Nemtzov
Wildlife Ecologist and Head of International Relations
Israel Nature and Parks Authority
Jerusalem
Email: [email protected]
ITALY
Mr. Marco Valentini
Officer
Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea - DG Nature and Sea protection
Rome
Email: [email protected]
KENYA
Dr. James Gichiah Njogu
Head, conventions and Research Authorisation
Kenya Wildlife Service
Nairobi
Email: [email protected]
LEBANON
Ms. Lara Samaha
Head of Department, Department of Ecosystems
Ministry of Environment
Beirut
Email: [email protected]
LIBYA
Mr. Essam Bouras
Head of Protected Area Section
Environmental General Authority
Tripoli
Email: [email protected]
LUXEMBOURG*
M. Gilles Biver
Ministère du Développement durable et des Infrastructures
Département de l'environnement
Luxembourg
Email: [email protected]
MADAGASCAR
Mr. Amyot Felix Kofoky
General Direction of Environment
Ministry in Charge of Environment
Antananarivo
Email: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
MONACO
Mme Astrid Claudel Rusin
Administrateur
Département de l'Equipement, de l'Environnement
Monaco
Email: [email protected]
MONGOLIA
Dr. Nyambayar Batbayar
Director
Wildlife Science and Conservation Center of Mongolia
Email: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
NEPAL*
Mr. Megh Bahadur Pandey
Director General, Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC)
Kathmandu
Email: [email protected]
NETHERLANDS*
Mr. Nick Warmelink
Policy Officer
Directorate- General for Nature, Fisheries and Rural Affairs
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
The Hauge
Email: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
NORWAY
Ms. Anne Martinussen
Senior Advisor
Norwegian Environment Agency
Trondheim
Email: [email protected]
PAKISTAN
Mr. Muhammad Samar Hussain Khan
Assistant Secretary (Wildlife)
National Council for Conservation of Wildlife
Ministry of Climate Change
Islamabad
Email: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
ROMANIA
Dr. Nela Miaută
Department of Biodiversity
Ministry of Environment and Climate Change
Bucharest
Email: [email protected]
SAUDI ARABIA*
Mr. Hussain Bin Jaber Al-Huraisi
Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture
Email: [email protected]
SENEGAL
Mme Ndeye Sene Thiam
Conservateur
Direction des Parcs Nationaux
Dakar
Email: [email protected]
SLOVAKIA
Mr. Branislav Hrabkovský
Department of State Administration of Nature Protection
Ministry for the Environment
Bratislava
Email: [email protected]
Mr. Michal Adamec
Zoologist / Director of Department
State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic
Division of Nature and Landscape Protection
Banská Bystrica
Email: [email protected]
SOMALIA
Mr. Ahmed Sheikh Mohamoud Osman
Director of Wildlife Department
Mogadishu
Email: [email protected]
SOUTH AFRICA
Ms. Humbulani Mafumo
Deputy Director, Conservation Management
Department of of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Pretoria
Email: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
SUDAN*
Mr. Sanad Sulieman Ben Sulieman
Director of the Sudanese Wildlife Department
Khartoum
Email: [email protected]
SWEDEN
Ms. Louise Bednarz
Species Unit
Nature Department
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Stockholm
Email: [email protected]
SWITZERLAND
Mrs. Sabine Herzog
Deputy Head of section
Wildlife and Forest Biodiversity
Federal Office of the Environment
Berne
Email: [email protected]
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
Eng. Belal Alhayek
Director
Directorate of Biodiversity, Land and Natural Reserves
Ministry of State for Environment Affairs
Damascus
Email: [email protected]
TOGO*
M. Kotchikpa Okoumassou
Directeur de la Faune et de la Chasse
Ministère de l'Environnement et des Ressources Forestières
Lomé
Email: [email protected]
TUNISIA
Dr. Hela Guidara
Chef de service de la chasse et les aires protégées
Direction Générale des Forêts
Ministère de l'Agriculture
Tunis
Email: [email protected]
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Mr. Obaid Ali Al Shamsi
Biologist
Biodiversity Department
Ministry of Environment and Water
Dubai
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Shaikha Al Dhaheri
Executive Director
Terrestrial and Marine Biodiversity Sector
Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
Email: [email protected]
UNITED KINGDOM
Mr. Jonathan Tweney
Policy Adviser, Birds and Wildlife Management
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Bristol
Email: [email protected]
Ms. Kate Brickett
Senior Policy Adviser on Wild Birds Conservation
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Bristol
Email: [email protected]
YEMEN
Mr. Maeen Lutf Alsewari
Coordinator
Migratory Species Unit
Environment Protection Authority
Sana'a
Email: [email protected]
CO-OPERATING PARTNERS
BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL
Richard Grimmett
Director of Conservation
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Vicky Jones
Global Flyways Officer
Email: [email protected]
CONVENTION ON MIGRATORY SPECIES
Dr. Tilman Schneider
Associate Programme Officer - Avian Species Unit
Email: [email protected]
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR FALCONRY AND THE CONSERVATION OF BIRDS OF PREY
Dr. Adrian Lombard
President
Email: [email protected]
Mr. Janusz Sielicki
Vice President
Email: [email protected]
IUCN SSC VULTURE SPECIALIST GROUP
Mr. Andre Botha
Co-Chair
Email: [email protected]
Mr. Chris Bowden
Co-Chair
Email: [email protected]
THE PEREGRINE FUND
Dr. Munir Z. Virani
Vice President & Global Director for Conservation Strategy and External Affairs
Email: [email protected]
* Provisional National Contact Point