Members of the Scientific Advisory Committee

MEMBERS OF THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SAC)
OF THE UNCCD THIRD SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE
Mariam AKHTAR-SCHUSTER
Secretariat DesertNet International
University of Hamburg
GERMANY
Ashot KHOETSYAN
Professor
Department of Physical geography and
Hydrometeorology
Yerevan State University
ARMENIA
Miriam DIAZ
Full profesor Ameritus
Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de
Miranda
Centre of Ecology and Arid Lands (CIEZA – UNEFM)
VENEZUELA
Pietro LAUREANO
General Director, President
International Traditional Knowledge Institute
Roma
ITALY
Cristobal Felix DIAZ MOREJON
Environmental Specialist
Dirección de Medio Ambiente
Ministerio de Ciencia Tecnología y Medio Ambiente
La Habana
CUBA
William Albert PAYNE
Director of CGIAR Research Program on Dryland
Systems
International Centre for Agricultural Research in the
Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Beirut Office
LEBANON
Patrice DJAMEN NANA
West and Central sub regional Coordinator
Africa Conservation Tillage Network
BURKINA FASO
Melanie REQUIER-DESJARDINS
Scientific Administrator
Agronomic Mideterranean institute
CIHEAM – IAMM
Montpellier cedex 5
FRANCE
Gordana GRUJIC
Project Manager/Coordinator
Oasis association
Belgrade
REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
Graham Paul VON MALTITZ
Senior Researcher
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Pretoria
SOUTH AFRICA
Sahibzada Irfanullah KHAN
Provincial Project Coordinator
Sustainable Land Management Project (SLMP)
Planning & Development Department
Civil Secretariat in Peshawar
PAKISTAN
Tao WANG
Director
Key Lab of Desert and Desertification
Researcher Professor of Cold and Arid Regions
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing
CHINA