Convention to Combat Desertification

UNITED
NATIONS
Convention to Combat
Desertification
Distr.
GENERAL
ICCD/COP(8)/INF.4
7 January 2008
ENGLISH/FRENCH/GERMAN/
ITALIAN/PORTUGUESE/
SPANISH ONLY
Conference of the Parties
Eighth session
Madrid, 3–14 September 2007
List of participants
The attached list of participants attending the eighth session of the Conference of the
Parties to the Convention, held from 3 to 14 September 2007, has been prepared on the basis of
information received by the secretariat as at 14 September 2007.
GE.08-60020
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PARTIES
AFGHANISTAN
H.E. Mr. Ghulam Mustafá Jawad
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry
and Food
Mr. Said Hamed Wahdat Ahmadzada
Segundo Secretario de Esta Mision
Diplomatica
Embassy of Afghanistan, Madrid
ALBANIA
H.E. Mr. Lufter Xhuveli
Minister
Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Water
Management
M. Abdelkader Mekideche
Directeur de la Coopération Internationale
Ministère de l'Aménagement du Territoire, de
l'Environnement et du Tourisme
M. Abdelkader Khelifa
Directeur de la Mise en Valeur des Terres et
de la Lutte contre la Désertification
Direction Générale des Forêts
Ministère de l'Agriculture et du
Développement Rural
Mr. Tibourtine Nabil
Secretario Diplomatico
Association de Réflexion, d'Echanges et
d'Action pour l'Environnement et le
Développement
ANDORRA
Mr. Sajmir Hoxha
Director for Nature Protection Policy
Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Water
Management
Mr. Tom Thercaj
Advisor of the Minister
Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Water
Management
ALGERIA
Excmo. Sr. D. Mohammed Haneche
Embajador
Embajada de Argelia, Madrid
M. Abdesselam Chelghoum
Secrétaire Général
Ministère de l'Agriculture et du
Développement Rural
M. Mohamed Seghir Mellouhi
Directeur Général
Division des Forêts
Ministère de l'Agriculture et du
Développement Rural
M. Abdellah Nedjahi
Directeur Général
Institut National de Recherche en Foresterie
M. Djamel Echirk
Inspecteur Général de l'Environnement
Ministère de l'Aménagement du Territoire, de
l'Environnement et du Tourisme
Ms. Meritxell Marsa
First Secretary
Embassy of Andorra, Spain
ANGOLA
Hon. Mr. José Diekumpuna Sita
Minister
Ministry of Urban Affairs and Environment
Eccmo. Sr. Virgílio Marques de Faria
Embajador,
Director de la DORINT
Ministry of External Relations
Excmo. Sr. Armando Da Cruz Neto
Embajador
Embajada de Angola, Madrid
Mr. João Da Costa Vintém
National Directorate for Environment
Ministry of Urban Affairs and Environment
Mr. Arsenio Victorino Machado
Director Gabinete de Intercambio
Internacional
Ministério do Urbanismo e Ambiente
Mr Pedro Agostinho de Neri
Director
Ministry of Local Government
Ms. Edith Lourenco Catraio
Consejera de esta Mision Diplomatica
Embajada de Angola, Madrid
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ANGOLA (continued)
ARMENIA
Excmo. Señor Pedro Lando Bumba Canga
Técnico de la DORINT
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
H. E. Dr. Simon Papyan
First Deputy Minister
Ministry of Nature Protection
Sr. Domingos Francisco Assunçao G. Pires
Protocolo
Embajada de Angola, Madrid
Mr. Ashot Vardevanyan
Deputy Head
Bioresources Management Agency
Ministry of Nature Protection
Sr. Zacarias Panda
Protocolo
Embajada de Angola, Madrid
Sr. Rafael Jesús Contreras Herrero
Protocolo
Embajada de Angola, Madrid
ARGENTINA
Sr. Miguel Enrique Pellerano
Subsecretario de Planificación y Política
Ambiental
Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo
Sustentable
Ing. Octavio Pérez Pardo
Director Nacional de Conservación del Suelo
y Lucha contra la Desertificacion
Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo
Sustentable
Sr. Ricardo Segundo Larriera
Ministro de Segunda
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores,
Comercio Internacional y Culto
Sra. Maria Belen Bogado
Secretario de Segunda
Embassy of Argentina, Madrid
Sr. Pablo Hernan Viegas Aurelio
Asesor Legal y Tecnico Dirección de
Conservación del Suelo y Lucha contra la
Desertificación
Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo
Sustentable
AUSTRALIA
H.E. Mr. Noel Campbell
Ambassador to Spain
Embajada de Australia, Madrid
Dr. Annemarie Watt
Natural Resource Management Policy Branch
Land, Water and Coasts Division
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources
Mr. Edward Palmisano
Tercer Secretario y Agregado Cultural
Embajada de Australia, Madrid
AUSTRIA
Ms. Katharina Wieser
Head of Unit for Environment and
Sustainable Development
Federal Ministry for European and
International Affairs
Mr. Wolfgang Spadinger
Austrian Ambassy Madrid
Embassy of Austria, Spain
Ms. Brigitte Pfriemer
Second Secretary
Embassy of Austria, Spain
Ms. Sandra Wibmer
Advisor, Environment and Natural Resources
Austrian Development Agency
AZERBAIJAN
Sra. Carolina Von Oertel
Técnico Subsecretaría Planificación y Política
Ambiental
Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo
Sustentable
Mr. Ogtay Jafarov
Senior Consultant
National Expertise Department
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
Mr. Javid Kazimov
Attaché of the Embassy
Embassy of Azerbaidjan, Madrid
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BAHAMAS
Ms. Loraine Cox
Senior Technical Officer
Bahamas Environment, Science and
Technology Commission
BAHRAIN
H. E. Mr. Mansoor Hasan Abdulrasool Bin
Rajab
Minister of Municipalities Affairs and
Agriculture
Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and
Agriculture
Mr. Jaafar Habib Ahmed Hasan
Assistant Undersecretary for Agricultural
Production
Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and
Agriculture
Mr. Own Ali Abdulla Al-Khenaizi
Technical Adviser to the Minister
Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and
Agriculture
BARBADOS
H. E. Ms. Elizabeth Thompson
Minister
Ministry of Energy and the Environment
Mr. Lionel Nurse
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Energy and the Environment
Mr. Steve Devonish
Director
Natural Heritage Department
Ministry of Energy and the Environment
Ms. Nicole Scholar-Best
Environmental Officer
Environment Unit
Ministry of Energy and the Environment
BELARUS
Dr. Uladzimir Sauchanka
Head
Department for Land, Forest and Landscape
Protection
Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environmental Protection
Mr. Ayman Ahmed Mohsen Mohsen AlKhudur
Technical Adviser to the Minister
Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and
Agriculture
BELGIUM
Mr. Ahmed Abdulrahman Al-Jowder
Head of Planning Studies Department and
Urban Planning Affairs
Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and
Agriculture
BELIZE
Mr. Mohamed Abbas Isa Yusuf
Senior,
Documentation & Information Specialist
Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and
Agriculture
BENIN
BANGLADESH
H.E. Dr. Saiful Amin Khan
Ambassador
Embassy of Bangladesh, Madrid
Mr. Muhammad Shafi ul Alam
Minister
Embassy of Bangladesh, Madrid
Mr. Jozef Buys
Chargé de Mission
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Ramon Frutos
Acting Chief Meteorologist
National Meteorological Service
S.E. Mme Juliette Koudenoukpo Biao
Ministre
Ministère de l'Environnement et de la
Protection de la Nature
Mme Armande Zanou Aïvohozin
Point Focal de la Convention
Ministère de l'Environnement et de la
Protection de la Nature
M. Thomas Adoumasse
Directeur des Organisations Internationales
Ministère de l'Environnement et de la
Protection de la Nature
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BHUTAN
Mr. Chencho Norbu
Programme Director
National Soil Center
Ministry of Agriculture
Mr. Sonny Mokgwathi
Senior Forestry and Range Resources Officer
Department of Forestry and Range Resources
Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and
Tourism
BRAZIL
Mr. Karma Galey
Land Management Officer
Ministry of Agriculture
Sr. Fernando Coimbra
Head of the Environment Division
Ministry of External Relations
BOLIVIA
Excmo. Sr. D. Abel Mamani Marca
Ministro
Ministerio del Agua
Sr. Alex Santiago Galvez Manani
Funcionario
Ministerio del Agua
Sr. Marco Barroso Mendizabal
Funcionario
Embajada de Bolivia, Madrid
Sr. Alvaro Francisco del Pozo Carafa
Encargado de Negocios
Embajada de Bolivia, Madrid
Sra. Carla Borda Rocha
Directora General de Asuntos Juridicos
Ministerio del Agua
Excma. Sra. Dña. Maria del Carmen
Almendras Camargo
Embajadora
Embajada de Bolivia, Madrid
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Prof. Mihajlo Markovic
Head
Institute of Agroecology and Soil Sciences,
Faculty of Agriculture
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic
Relations
BOTSWANA
Mr. Emmanuel Otsogile
Principal Natural Resources Officer
Department of Environmental Affairs
Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and
Tourism
Mr. Pedro A.F.C. de Andrade
Environment Division
Ministry of Foreign Relations
Sr. Egon Krakhecke
Secretary for Extrativism and Sustainable
Rural Development
Ministry of Environment
Sr. José Roberto de Lima
Coordenador Técnico
Secretaria de Extrativismo e
Desenvolvimento Rural Sustentavel
Ministry of Environment
Sr. Carlos Roberto De Carvalho Fonseca
International Issues Advisor
Ministry of Environment
Sra. Daniela Freitas Fenerich Russo
Ministry of Environment
Sra. Eliana de Souza
Ministry of Environment
Sr. Marco Antonio Ferreira Bueno
Ministry of Environment
Sr. Vania Apolonio Trajano
Ministry of Environment
Sr. Julio Cesar Rocha
State of Bahia
Office for Water Resources
Sr. Leib Carteado
Director
Office for Water Resources
Sr. Othelino Nova Altes Neto
State of Marahao
Secretary for the Environment and Natural
Resources
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BULGARIA
Ms. Tatyana Marinova Dimitrova
Expert
Subsurface and Underground Resources
Directorate
Ministry of Environment and Water
Mr. Hristo Vladimirov Tasez
Director Department Investment Politics
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
CAMBODIA
Mr. Koum Saron
Director General
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries
Mr. Chuop Paris
Deputy Director
Department of International Cooperation
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries
BURKINA FASO
CAMEROON
S.E. M. Laurent Sedogo
Ministre
Ministère de l'Environnement et du Cadre de
Vie
M. Michel P. Sedogo
Point Focal
du Comité pour la Science et la Technologie
Ministère de l'Environnement et du Cadre de
Vie
Mme Delphine Bernadette Ouédraogo
Directrice du Partenariat et de la Coordination
des Conventions Internationales en Matière
d'Environnement
Ministère de l'Environnement et du Cadre de
Vie
M. Michel Jérôme Tankoano
Chargé de Programme
Conseil National pour l'Environnement et le
Développement Durable (SP/CONEDD)
Mme Christine Segdo Akolo
Assistante du Ministre
Ministère de l'Environnement et du Cadre de
Vie
BURUNDI
Mme Marie-Rose Kabura
Point focal de l'UNCCD
Directeur Général des Forêts, du Tourisme et
de l'Environnement
Ministère de l'Aménagement du Territoire, de
l'Environnement et du Tourisme
M. Albéric Ndayisaba
Conseiller à la Direction Générale des Forêts,
Tourisme et de l'Environnement
Ministère de l'Aménagement du Territoire, de
l'Environnement et du Tourisme
M. Joseph Claude Abeda
Directeur des Forêts
Ministère des Forêts et de la Faune
CANADA
Mr. Paul Samson
Acting Vice President
Policy Branch
Canadian International Development Agency
Mr. Christopher Braeuel
Senior Policy Advisor
Environment Division
Canadian International Development Agency
Ms. Catherine Coleman
Senior Policy Advisor
Environment Division
Canadian International Development Agency
Mr. Lawrence Townley-Smith
Agriculture Ecologist
Prairie Fram Rehabilitation Administration
Agriculture and Agri-Food
Mr. Stephen Randall
Legal Officer
Oceans and Environmental Law Division
Foreign Affairs and International Trade
CAPE VERDE
H.E. Mr. Arnaldo Andrade Ramos
Embaixador Extraodinario e Plenipotenciario
Embassy of Cape Verde, Madrid
Dra. Maria Ivone Andrade Lopes
Directrice de l'Environnement,
Direction Générale de l'Environnement
Ministère de l'Environnement et de
l'Agriculture
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CAPE VERDE (continued)
Dra. Adelaide Ribeiro
Directora dos Servicos de Estudos
Planeamento e Cooperacao
CHILE
Sr. Wilfredo Alfaro Catalán
Coordinador Nacional PANCCD-Chile
Secretario Ejecutivo Pro-Tempore PASPUNA
Ministerio de Agricultura
Eng. Domingos Barros
Ingénieur Forestier
Direction Générale de l'Agriculture,
Sylviculture et Elevage
Ministère de l'Environnement et de
l'Agriculture
Sr. Eduardo Gàndara Wolch
Jefe Secretaria Relaciones Internacionales
Corporacìon Nacional Forestal
Ministerio de Agricultura
Dra. Cristina Pereira
Chefe da Aeccao Consular
Embassy of Cape Verde, Madrid
Sr. José Miguel Torres Hidalgo
Director Regional CONAF Region de
Coquimbo
Corporacion Nacional Forestal
Ministerio de Agricultura
Sr. Manuel Brito
Técnico da DGASP
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Mme Sophie Pulchérie Gbadin
Conseiller Culturel,
Chargée des Relations avec l'UNESCO
Ambassade de Centrafrique, Paris
M. Michel César Manzangue
Assistant du Point Focal CCD
Ministère des Eaux, Forêts, Chasse et Pêche,
Chargé de l'Environnement
Sr. Mario Lagos Subiabre
Representante Comité Consultivo Nacional
LCD&S
Servicio Agricola y Ganadero
CHINA
H.E. Mr. Lieke Zhu
Vice-Minister
State Forestry Administration
Mr. Wei Su
Deputy Director General
Department of Treaty and Law
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
CHAD
S.E. Dr. Haoua Outhman Djame
Ministre
Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Qualité
de Vie et des Parcs Nationaux
Mr. Sandjima Dounia
Secrétaire Général
Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Qualité
de Vie et des Parcs Nationaux
M. Gaourang Mamadi N'garkelo
Directeur du Cabinet du Ministre de
l'Environnement
Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Pêche
M. Maïbe Komandje
Coordonnateur National
Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Pêche
Mr. Puchun Jin
Deputy Director General
Department of International
Cooperation
State Forestry Administration
Mr. Tuo Liu
Director General
National Bureau to Combat Desertification
Mr. Min Jin
Vice President
Chinese Academy of Forestry
Ms. Ting Li
First Secretary
Department of Treaty and Law
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Guangqing Chen
Secretary to the Vice Minister
State Forestry Administration
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CHINA (continued)
Ms. Xiaoxia Jia
Division Chief of CCD Implementation
and International Cooperation
National Bureau to Combat Desertification
National Bureau to Combat Desertification
CONGO
M. Alexis Minga
Directeur Général de l'Environnement
Ministère du Tourisme et de l'Environnement
COSTA RICA
Ms. Xin Liu
Programme Officer
Division of Multilateral Affairs
Department of International Cooperation
State Forestry Administration
Mr. Zhong Zheng
Program Officer
State Forestry Administration
Sr. Rubén Muñoz Robles
Director de Cooperación y Relaciones
Internacionales
Punto Focal UNCCD
Ministerio de Ambiente y Energia
CÔTE D'IVOIRE
M. Yao Bernard Koffi
Directeur de la Qualité de l'Environnement
Ministère d'Etat
Ministère de l'Environnement et des Eaux et
Forêts
Mr. Haihua Qu
Programm Officer of CCD Implementation
and International Cooperation
National Bureau to Combat Desertification
Mr. Hongbo Ju
Director
Institute of Resource and Information
Technique
Chinese Academy of Forestry
M. Patrick Léon Pédia
Chargé du développement durable
Ministère de l'Environnement et des Eaux et
Forêts
CROATIA
Ms. Kun Pan
Programme Officer
Department of Treaty and Law
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ms. Jasenka Necak
Head of Sector
Sector for Atmosphere, Sea and Soil
Ministry of Environmental Protection,
Physical Planning and Construction
Mr. Jie Wang
Deputy Division Director
Department of Nature and Ecology
Conservation
State Environmental Protection
Administration
COLOMBIA
Sra. Faryde Carlier Gonzalez
Segundo Secretario de Relaciones Exteriores
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
COMOROS
M. Ambadi Issouf
Responsable du programme forestier
Institut national de recherche pour
l'agriculture, la pêche et l'environnement
Ministère du Développement Rural, de la
Pêche, de l'Artisanat et de l'Environnement
Mr. Darnir Zupan
Head of Section
UN Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European
Immigration
CUBA
Excmo. Sr. D. Alberto Velasco San José
Embajador
Embajada de Cuba, España
Sr. Jorge Luis Fernández Chamero
Director
Dirección de Colaboración Internacional
Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio
Ambiente
Sr. Enrique Moret Hernandez
Dirección de Colaboración Internacional
Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio
Ambiente
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CUBA (continued)
Ing. María Nery Urquiza Rodríguez
Especialista
Centro de Información, Gestión, y Educación
Ambiental
Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio
Ambiente
CYPRUS
Ms. Christina Pantazi
Environment Officer
Environment Service
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources
and Environment
CZECH REPUBLIC
Mr. Jirí Hlavácek
Adviser to the Minister
Director of Multilateral Relations
Ministry of Environment
Ms. Ivana Biková
Department of Multilateral Relations
Ministry of Environment
Ms. Katerina Jilmovà
Department of Multilateral Relations
Ministry of Environment
Mr. Jaroslav Zàhora
Mendel University of Agriculture and
Forestry in Brno
Ms. Lisbeth Moller Jespersen
Head of Section
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
DJIBOUTI
S.E. M. Abdoul kader Kamil Mohamed
Ministre
Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage et de
la Mer, chargé des Ressources Hydrauliques
M. Aboubaker Doualé Waiss
Secrétaire Général
Ministère de l'Habitat, de l'Urbanisme, de
l'Environnement et de l'Aménagement du
Territoire
M. Mohamed Moussa Mohamed
Directeur de l'Agriculture et des Forêts
Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage et de
la Mer, chargé des Ressources Hydrauliques
DOMINICA
Mr. Lloyd Gabriel Pascal
Director,
Environmental Coordinating Unit
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and the
Environment
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Ing. Ernesto Reyna Alcántara
Viceministro
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos
Naturales
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
M. Djunganumbe Etumesaku
Point Focal National UNCCD
Conseiller chargé de l'Environnement
Ministère de l'Environnement
DENMARK
Mr. Geert Aagaard Andersen
Ambassador
Department for Environment and Sustainable
Development
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Niels Pultz
Ambassador of Denmark to Spain
Embassy of Denmark, Spain
Dr. Victor R. Vinas-Nicolàs
Asesor and
Corresponsal Cientifico-Tecnico UNCCD
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos
Naturales
Sr. Freddy Bautista
Subsecretario de Estado
Secretaria de Estado de la Juventud
Sr. Sesar Rodriguéz
Director Ejecutivo Consorcio Ambiental
Dominicano (CAD)
Punto Focal Alterno RIOD
ECUADOR
Ing. Jorge Arturo Guzmán Ortega
Fonctionario de la Dirección de Biodiversidad
Ministerio del Ambiente
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EGYPT
Dr. Ismail Abdel Galil Hussein
Chairman of
Desert Research Center
Ministry of Agriculture and Land
Reclamation
Sr. D. Assem Hanafy Elseify
Consejero
Embassy of Egypt, Madrid
Sr. D. Hesham Abdel Alim Khalil
Encargado de Negocios
Embassy of Egypt, Madrid
EL SALVADOR
Sr. Carlos Humberto Salazar
Dirección de Patrimonio Natural
Ministerio del Medio Ambiente y Recursos
Naturales
Sra. Anabella Machuca
Ministra Consejera
Embajada de El Salvador, Madrid
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Excmo. Sr. D. Vicente Rodriguez Siosa
Ministro
Ministerio de Pesca y Medio Ambiente
Sr. Santiago Francisco Engonga Osono
Director General
Ministerio de Pesca y Medio Ambiente
Sr. Antonio Micha Ondo
Ingeniero Técnico
Dirección General de Medio Ambiente
Ministerio de Pesca y Medio Ambiente
ERITREA
H.E. Mr. Arefaine Berhe
Minister
Ministry of Agriculture
Mr. Redae Teclai
Coordinator of UNCCD Project
Ministry of Agriculture
Mr. Heruy Asghedom Woldemariam
Director General of Agricultural Promotion
and Development
Ministry of Agriculture
ETHIOPIA
Mr. Dessalegne Mesfin
Deputy Director General
Environmental Protection Authority
Mr. Ababu Anage Zeleke
Head, Ecosystem Department
Environmental Protection Authority
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
Mr. Marco Morettini
Policy Desk Officer
Environment and Rural Development
Directorate General Development
European Commission
Mr. Etienne Coyette
Policy Officer
International Environmental Governance and
Developing Countries
Directorate General Environment
European Commission
Mr. Jacques Huchet
Policy Officer
European Commission
Mr. Luca Montanarella
Action Leader
Land Management and Natural Hazards
Directorate General Joint Research Centre
European Commission
Ms. Claudia Olazabal
Head of Sector Environment and Agriculture
Directorate General Environment
European Commission
Ms. Marie Yeroyanni
Management of Natural Resources and
Services
Directorate General Research
European Commission
Mr. Gian Luigi Faure
Administrator
DGE II
External Relations
Development Cooperation
Geneva Secretariat of the Council of EU
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FIJI
Mr. Inoke Ratukalou
Land Use and Resources Policy Adviser
Secretariat of the Pacific Community
FINLAND
Mr. Markku Aho
Counselor
Department for Global Affairs
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Ms. Tita Korvenoja
Senior Adviser
Unit of International Affairs
Ministry of the Environment
Mr. Matti Nummelin
Environmental Adviser
Department for Development Policy
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
FRANCE
M. Bruno Delaye
Ambassadeur
Ambassade de France, Espagne
M. Laurent Stefanini
Ambassadeur Délégué à l'Environnement
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et
Européennes
M. Moncef Follain
Rédacteur Environnement, Développement
Durable
Direction des Nations Unies et des
Organisations Internationales
Affaires Economiques
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et
Européennes
Mme Estelle Godart
Chargée de mission
Bureau des politiques environnementales
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et
Européennes
M. Marc Fagot
Chargé de mission
Service des affaires internationales
Ministère de l'Ecologie, du développement et
de l'aménagement durables
M. Jean Marc Hoffmann
Chef de Bureau
Service des Affaires Internationales
Ministère de l'Ecologie, du développement et
de l'aménagement durables
M. Jean-François Richard
Chargé de Mission
Division Développement Agricole et Rural
Agence française de développement
Mme Constance Corbier-Barthaux
Chargée de Mission
Division Environnement et Equipement
Agence française de développement
M. Marc Bied-Charreton
Président du Comité Scientifique Français de
la Désertification
Comité scientifique français contre la
désertification
M. Antoine Cornet
Représentant de l'Institut de Recherche pour
le Développement
Institut de recherche pour le Développement)
Mr. Gérard Begni
Chercheur
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
M. Richard Escadafal
Directeur de Recherche
CESBIO
Institut de recherche pour le Développement)
M. Jean-Paul Chassany
Professeur d'économie
École nationale supérieure d'agronomie de
Montpellier
Institut national de la Recherche Agronome
Mme Anne Suard
Conseillère
Ambassade de France, Espagne
GABON
S.E. M. André Christ Nguimbi
Ministre Délégué auprès du Vice Premier
Ministre
Ministère de l'Environnement, de la
Protection de la Nature et de la Ville
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GABON (continued)
M. Georges Rigondja
Inspecteur de l'Environnement
Ministère de l'Economie Forestière, des Eaux
et de la Pêche
M. Jean Bodia Mounanga
Conseiller du Ministre Délégué auprès du
Vice Premier Ministre
Ministère de l'Environnement, de la
Protection de la Nature et de la Ville
Mme Marianne Bibalou
Premier Conseiller à l'Ambassade
Ambassade du Gabon, Madrid
GAMBIA
H.E. Mr. Edward Singhatey
Secretary of State for Forestry and the
Environment
Department of State for Forestry and the
Environment
Mr. Ralf Wyrwinski
Desk Officer
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation
and Development
Mr. Christian Krüger
Desk Officer
Unit 404
Federal Foreign Office
Dr. Annette Rexroth
Embassy of Germany, Madrid
Dr. Reinhard Bodemeyer
CCD project
German Agency for Technical Cooperation
Mr. Anselm Duchrow
CCD Project
German Agency for Technical Cooperation
Ms. Barbara Kunz
CCD project
German Agency for Technical Cooperation
Mr. Jato Sillah
Director of Forestry
Forestry Department
Mr. Ulrich Nicklas
CCD Project
German Agency for Technical Cooperation
Mr. Ebrima Darboe
Administrative Officer
Department of State for Forestry and the
Environment
Dr. Anneke Trux
CCD Project Coordinator
German Agency for Technical Cooperation
GEORGIA
Mr. Giorgi Kolbin
Head
Division of International Relations
Ministry of Environment Protection and
Natural Resources
GERMANY
Dr. Christoph Kohlmeyer
Head of Unit 314
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation
and Development
Dr. Manfred Konukiewitz
Director "Global and Sectoral Tasks"
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation
and Development
Ms. Mariam Akhtar-Schuster
Biocentre Klein Flottbek and Botanical
Garden
European DesertNet
Dr. Benno Pilardeaux
Scientific Advisor
German Advisory Council on Global Change
Dr. Heike Ostermann
GTZ Morocco
German Agency for Technical Cooperation
Ms. Antje Hagena
Embassy of Germany, Madrid
GHANA
H.E. Mr. Maxwell Kofi Jumah
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Local Government, Rural
Development and Environment
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Ing. Johany Estuardo Suchini Padilla
Punto Focal Técnico
Ministerio de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
GHANA (continued)
H.E. Mr. Francis Tsegah
Ambassador
Embassy of Ghana, Madrid
GUINEA
Ms Betty Osafo-Mensah
Counsellor
Political and Economic
Embassy of Ghana, Madrid
S.E. M. Mahmoud Camara
Ministre
Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage, de
l'Environnement et des Eaux et Forêts
Mr. Stephen Osei-Amakye
Deputy Director
Head of the Department of Natural
Resources/Desertification Control
Environmental Protection Agency
M. Djiramba Diawara
Chef de la Division Foresterie Rurale
Direction Nationale des Eaux et Forêts
Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage, de
l'Environnement et des Eaux et Forêts
Mr. Jonathan Addo Allotey
Executive Director
Environmental Protection Agency
Mme Christine Sagno
Directrice nationale des Eaux et Forêts
Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage, des
Eaux et Forêts
GREECE
GUINEA-BISSAU
Ms. Aggeliki Boura
Expert Councellor
D5 Directorate
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dr. Athena Mourmouris
Environmental Engineer-Planner
Ministry of Environment, Physical Planning
and Public Works
M. Kaoussou Diombera
Conseiller du Ministre
Point Focal de l'UNCCD
Ministère de l'Agriculture et du
développement rural
GUYANA
Mr. Andrew Bishop
Commissioner of Lands and Surveys
Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission
Ms. Despoina Paitaridou
Forester
Ministry of Rural Development and Food
HAITI
Mr. Konstantinos Kosmas
Professor of Soil Science
Agricultural University of Athens
S.E. M. Jean Marie Claude Germain
Ministre
Ministère de l'Environnement
GRENADA
Mr. Augustus Ronald Thomas
F1 Forestry Officer
Forestry and National Park's Department
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Lands and
Fisheries
GUATEMALA
Sr. Juan Mario Dary Fuentes
Minister
Ministerio de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
M. Nicolas Janvier
Secrétaire Général au Cabinet Particulier du
Ministre
Ministère de l'Environnement
M. Vernet Joseph
Point focal
Programme de lutte contre la désertification
Ministère de l'Environnement
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HONDURAS
Ing. Jorge Palma
Subsecretario de Ambiente
Secretaría de Estado en los Despachos de
Recursos Naturales y Ambiente
Ing. Kenneth Rivera Ayestas
Director General de Recursos Hidricos
Secretaría de Estado en los Despachos de
Recursos Naturales y Ambiente
Ms. Carolina Bocanegra
Directora de Cooperacion Externa
Secretaría de Estado en los Despachos de
Recursos Naturales y Ambiente
Excmo. Carlos Humberto Pineda Mejía
Vice-Ministro de Ambiente
Punto Focal de la Convención
Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente
Mr. Eduardo Martell
Ambasador
Secretaría de Estado en los Despachos de
Recursos Naturales y Ambiente
HUNGARY
Dr. Adrienn Sallai
Counselor
Ministry of Environment and Water
Mr. Tamàs Szentmàry
Agricultural Attaché
Embassy of the Republic of Hungary, Madrid
ICELAND
Mr. Bjarni Sigtryggsson
Counselor
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dr. Andrés Arnalds
Deputy Director
Soil Conservation Service
INDIA
H.E. Ms. Meena Gupta
Secretary of State
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Mr. Siddhartha Behura
Special Secretary
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Mr. Sanjay Kumar
Deputy Inspector General
Ministry of Environment and Forests
INDONESIA
Ex. Sr. D. Slamet Santoso Mustafa
Embajador de Indonesia en Espana
Embassy of Indonesia, Madrid
Sr. Markum Singodimedjo
Miembro del Parlamento Indonesio
Embassy of Indonesia, Madrid
Mr. B. Tamam Achda
Miembro del Parlamento
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Musthofa Taufik Abdul Latif
Consejero
Embassy of Indonesia, Madrid
Mr. Yoshi Iskandar
Primer Secretario
Embassy of Indonesia, Madrid
Mr. Adi Winarso
Tercer Secretario
Embassy of Indonesia, Madrid
Mr. Naik Sinukaban
Professor of Soil Science
Department of Soils
Bogor Agricultural University
Mr. Ir Suharisno
Director of Watershed Management
Directorate General of Land Rehabilitation
and Social Forestry
Ministry of Forestry
Mr. Saeful Rachman
Directorate General of Land Rehabilitation
and Social Forestry
Ministry of Forestry
Dr. Syaiful Anwar
Head
Watershed Data and Information
Ministry of Forestry
Mr. Darori
Director General of Land Rehabilitation and
Social Forestry
Ministry of Forestry
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IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)
H.E. Dr. Forood Sharifi
Deputy Minister
Head of FRWO
Forest, Range and Watershed Management
Organization
Mr. Naser Moghaddasi
National Focal Point UNCCD - FRWO
Forest, Range and Watershed Management
Organization
Dr. Hassan Ahmadi
Professor
CST Expert Group Member
Karaj Natural Resources Faculty
Dr. Seyed Ata Rezaei
Head of Desert Department
Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands
IRELAND
Mr. Robert Meade
Assistant Principal Officer
Department of Foreign Affairs
Ms. Sonja Hyland
Counsellor
Embassy of Ireland, Madrid
ISRAEL
H.E. Mr. Raphael Schutz
Ambassador of Israel to Spain
Embassy of Israel, Madrid
Mr. Amos Wohl
Minister for Economic and Commercial
Affairs
Embassy of Israel, Madrid
Mrs. Alona Fisher Kamm
Minister
Embassy of Israel, Madrid
Ms. Beth-Eden Kite
Director of Training
MASHAV
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Prof. Alon Tal
Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Prof. Uriel Safriel
Professor of Ecology
Department of Ecology, Systematics and
Evolution
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Prof. Avigad Vonshak
Director
Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Prof. Pedro Berliner
Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Dr. Nir Atzmon
Researcher
Embassy of Israel, Madrid
Mr. Jonathan Badichi
Embassy of Israel, Madrid
Mr. Naftali Campanos
Administration
Embassy of Israel, Madrid
Mr. Edwin Yabo
Counselor
Embassy of Israel, Madrid
ITALY
H.E. Ms. Patrizia Sentinelli
Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
H.E. Mr. Bruno Dettori
Undersecretary for Environment
Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea
Mr. Claudio Martini
Presidente
Regione Toscana
Mr. Giorgio Sfara
Minister Plenipotentiary, Coordinator for
Environmental Affairs
Directorate General for Development
Cooperation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Marco Baccin
Minister Plenipotentiary
Head of the Bureau of the Vice Minister for
Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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ITALY (continued)
Mr. Paolo Soprano
Director
Division for Sustainable Development
General Direction for Environmental
Research
Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea
Mr. Mauro Perini
Director
Regione Toscana
Mr. Pier Luigi Petrillo
Director
International Affairs
Office of the Cabinet of the Minister
Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea
Ms. Francesca De Crescenzo
Expert
Division for Sustainable Development
General Direction for Environmental
Research
Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea
Prof. Piero Gagliardo
Presidente
Comitato Nazionale per la lotta alla Siccità e
alla Desertificazione
Mr. Pietro Laureano
Architect
Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea
Dr. Rudi Berti
Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea
Mr. Maurizio Sciortino
Expert
National Body for Environment and Energy
Ms. Orietta Casali
Researcher
National Body for Environment and Energy
Ms. Federico Benvenuti
Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea
Mr. Lorenzo Baliva
Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea
Mr. Ottavio Di Bella
Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea
Mr. Aldo Dejana
Head
Bureau of the Undersecretary
Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea
Ms. Federica Incocciati
International Affairs Observatory
Cabinet of the Minister
Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea
Dr. Lavinia Monti
Joint Officer
Environmental Affairs Coordination
Directorate General for Development
Cooperation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ms. Loredana Dall'Ora
Expert,
Division for Environmental Research and
Development
Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea
Mr. Mauro Pedalino
Expert
Africa Desk
DG Development Cooperation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Rafi Korn
Expert
Cabinet of the Minister
Ministry of Environment and Territory
Ms. Anna Luise
Officer
National Agency for Environmental
Protection and Technical Service
Prof. Giuseppe Enne
Director
Research Centre on Drought and
Desertification
University of Sassari
JAMAICA
Mr. Philbert Brown
Senior Director
Ministry of Local Government and
Environment
JAPAN
Mr. Jun Yamazaki
Deputy Director General
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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H.E. Mr. Motohide Yoshikawa
Ambassador
Embassy of Japan in Spain, Madrid
Amb. Wellington P. Godo
Ambassador Permanent
Representative Mission to the United Nations
UNEP
National Environment Management Authority
Mr. Koji Hattori
Deputy Director
Global Environment Issues Division
Ministry of Environment
Dr. Timothy Uzziah Khayadi M'mella
Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Environment and Natural
Resources
Dr. Eiji Toyoda
Official
Climate Change Division
International Cooperation Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Kirimi Kaberia
Chargé d'Affaires
Embassy of the Republic of Kenya, Madrid
JAPAN (continued)
Mr. Yoshikawa Yoshifumi
First Secretary
Embassy of Japan in Spain, Madrid
Mr. Kazuhiko Takeuchi
Professor
Laboratory for Landscape Ecology and
Planning
Department of Ecosystem Studies
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life
Sciences
University of Tokyo
Mr. Santiago Minano
Adviser
Embassy of Japan, Madrid
Mr. Timothy Kaluma
Second Counselor
Kenya Mission to the United Nations
Mr. Samson Bokea
Research Officer
National Environment Management Authority
Dr. Godfrey Olukoye
Senior Lecturer
Environmental Sciences
Kenyatta University
Mr. Frank Msafiri
Technical Officer
Department of Resource Surveys and Remote
Sensing
Ministry for Environment and Natural
Resources
JORDAN
H.E. Eng. Faris Al Junaidi
Secretary General
Ministry of Environment
Mr. Hussein Shahin
Director
Nature Protection Directorate
Ministry of Environment
KENYA
H.E. Mr David Mwiraria
Minister
Ministry of Environment and Natural
Resources
Prof. James Ole Kiyiapi
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Environment and Natural
Resources
Dr. Avignon Muusya Mwinzi
General Director
National Environment Management Authority
Mr. Kimani G. Kuria
Head/Chancery
Embassy of the Republic of Kenya, Madrid
Mr. Martin Mwiti
Personal Assistant
Ministry for Environment and Natural
Resources
KIRIBATI
Ms. Teboranga Tioti
Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Environment, Lands and
Agriculture Development
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KIRIBATI (continued)
Ms. Tererei Abete-Reema
Director
Environment and Conservation Division
Ministry of Environment, Lands and
Agriculture Development
KUWAIT
Ms. Ebtisam Al-Obaid
Director of Soil & Aridlands Departmebr
Environment Public Authority
KYRGYZSTAN
H.E. Mr. Sooronbay Jeenbekov
Minister
Ministry of Agriculture, Water Economy and
Processing Industry
Mr. Kubanychbek Kulov
Director
Kyrgyz Research Irrigation Institute
National Focal Point for UNCCD
Ministry of Agriculture, Water Economy and
Processing Industry
LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
Ms. Viengvone Kittavong
Deputy Director General
Department of Treaties and Law
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Kongsaysy Phommaxay
Director
Division of International Cooperation
Department of Environment
Cabinet of Science, Technology and
Environment Agency
LATVIA
Mr. Rolands Bebris
Director
Department of Environmental Protection
Ministry of Environment
Ms. Evisa Abolina
Senior Officer
Environmental Protection Department
Ministry of Environment
LEBANON
Mr. Hussein Dib Nasrallah
Director of Studies and Coordination
Ministry of Agriculture
LESOTHO
H.E. Mr. Ralechate Lincoln Mokose
Minister
Ministry of Forestry and Land Reclamation
Ms. Nkareng Mahlompho Mota
Principal Secretary
Ministry of Forestry and Land Reclamation
Mr. Neo Mothokho
Chief Conservation Officer
Ministry of Forestry and Land Reclamation
Mr. Malefetsane Joachim Nthimo
Acting Director
Soil and Water Conservation
Ministry of Forestry and Land Reclamation
LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
Dr. Bashir Ahmad Nwer
Focal Point of UNCCD
Ministry of Agriculture
Dr. Abubakr Embarek El Mansouri
Secretario
Comité Popular General para la Agricultura y
Recursos Ganaderos y Marinos
Dr. Hassin Mohammed Hadi Amar
Representative from the Directorate General
for International Organisations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Abudlgani Aun
Delegate
National Committee to Combat
Desertification
Mr. Anwer Said Sulaimani
Representative of National Programme to
Develop Vegetative Cover (NPDV)
National Programme to Develop Vegetative
Cover (NPDV)
Dr. Mohamed El Etweir
Member
Embassy of Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madrid
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MADAGASCAR
MAURITANIA
Mme Herivololona Ralalarimanana
Point Focal National
Ministère de l'Environnement, des Eaux et
Forêts
S.E. Mme Aïcha Sidi Bouna
Ministre
Ministère Délégué auprès du Premier Ministre
chargé de l'Environnement
Mme Lucienne Tsilavirainy
Membre du Comité de Pilotage du Plan
d'Action pour le Développement Rural
Cadre auprès du Ministère de
l'Environnement, des Eaux et Forêts
Ministère de l'Environnement, des Eaux et
Forêts
S.E. M. Salem Ould Memou
Embajador Extraordinario y Plenipotenciario
Ambassade de la République Islamique de
Mauritanie, Madrid
MALAWI
Mr. Wellings Watson Mtawa Simwela
Deputy Director of Forestry
Department of Forestry
Ministry for Mines, Natural Resources and
the Environment
Mr. Custom Nkhamoza Nyirenda
Forestry Extension Office Department
Ministry for Mines, Natural Resources and
the Environment
M. Sidati Ould Cheikh
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
Ambassade de la République Islamique de
Mauritanie, Madrid
M. Mohamed Yahya Ould Lafdal
Directeur de la Programmation, de la
Coordination Intersectorielle et de la
Coopération
Ministère Délégué auprès du Premier Ministre
chargé de l'Environnement
Mme Fatma Cheikh
Fonctionnaire
Ministère Délégué auprès du Premier Ministre
chargé de l'Environnement
MALI
MAURITIUS
S. E. M. Natié Plea
Ministre
Ministère de l'Environnement et de
l'Assainissement
M. Alassane Boncana Maiga
Conseiller Technique du Ministre
Ministère de l'Environnement et de
l'Assainissement
Mr. Vishnu Tezoo
Acting Conservator of Forests
Ministry of Agro-Industry and Fisheries
Mr. Seemadree Appanah Paupiah
Project Manager
UNDP/CTEF/GIOM Project
MEXICO
M. Mamadou Gakou
Secrétaire Technique Permanent
Cadre Institutionnel de la Gestion des
Questions Environnementales
Ministère de l'Environnement et de
l'Assainissement
M. Souleymane Cisse
Ministère de l'Environnement et de
l'Assainissement
Ms. Michaela Braun-Yao
Conseillère technique
Ministère de l'Environnement et de
l'Assainissement
Excmo. Sr. D. Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada
Ministro
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos
Naturales
Ing. Jorge Luis García Rodríguez
Subgerente de Monitoreo de Suelos y Lucha
contra la Desertificación
Comisión Nacional Forestal
Sr. Jose Cibrian Tobar
General Director
Comisión Nacional Forestal
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MEXICO (continued)
Sr. Luis Alberto Lopez Carbajal
Director General del Sector Primario y
Recursos Naturales Renovables
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos
Naturales
Sr. Vicente Arriaga Martinez
Coordinador General de Conservacion y
Restauracion
Comision Nacional Forestal
Sr. Ernesto Sosa Gallegos
Encargado de Asuntos Politicos
Embajada de Mexico, Madrid
Sra. Guadalupe Rivera Ruiz
Directora de Suelos
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos
Naturales
Sr. Enrique Lendo Fuentes
Titular de la Unidad Coordinadora de Asuntos
Internacionales
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos
Naturales
Sr. Fernando Carbonell Paredes
Coordinator General de Comunicacion Social
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos
Naturales
MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF)
Ms. Cynthia Ehmes
Program Manager
Environment and Sustainable Development
Unit
Division of Resource Management and
Development
Department of Foreign Affairs
MOLDOVA
H.E. Mr. Constantin Mihailescu
Minister
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
Mr. Ilie Boian
First Deputy Director
State Hydrometeorological Service
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
MONACO
M. Jérôme Froissart
Chef de Division
Direction de la Coopération Internationale
MONGOLIA
Mr. Lkhagvaa Undes
Deputy Director,
Sustainable Development Strategic Planing
Department
Ministry for Nature and Environment
MOROCCO
M. Farid Aoulouhaj
Ministro Consejero de la Embajada en Madrid
Embassy of Morocco, Madrid
M. Mohamed Ghanam
Chef de Service de Coordination et de Suivi
de la CCD
Haut Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts et à la
Lutte contre la Désertification
M. Abderrahim Diab
Ingénieur
Ministère de l'Aménagement du Territoire, de
l'Eau et de l'Environnement
MOZAMBIQUE
Excmo. Sr. D. Àlvaro Do Ó Da Silva
Embaixador
Embassy of Mozambique, Madrid
Ms. Sónia da Silveira
Deputy National Director for Environmental
Management
Ministry for Coordination of Environmental
Affairs
Mr. Jose Manuel Guambe
Permanent Secretary
Ministry for Coordination of Environmental
Affairs
Ms. Lolita Hilario Fondo
National Focal Point
Ministry for Coordination of Environmental
Affairs
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MYANMAR
Mr. Kyaw Htun
Director of Planning and Statistics
Department
Ministry of Forestry
NIGER
M. Hassane Saley
Secrétaire exécutif
Conseil National de l'Environnement pour un
Développement Durable
Cabinet du Premier Ministre
NAMIBIA
H.E. Rev. Willem Konjore
Minister
Ministry of Environment and Tourism
Mr. Henny Seibeb
Personal Assistant to the Minister
Ministry of Environment and Tourism
Ms. Uazamo Kaura
Conservation Scientist
Directorate of Environmental Affairs
Ministry of Environment and Tourism
Mr. Sem Shikongo
Deputy Director
Directorate of Environmental Affairs
Ministry of Environment and Tourism
Ms. Julianne Zeidler
Integrated Environmental Consultants
Namibia
Ministry of Environment and Tourism
Mme Zalia Yacouba
Chargée de l'Unité lutte contre la
désertification/énergie
Conseil National de l'Environnement pour un
Développement Durable
M. Iro Moussa Morphi
DRE LCD
Tahoua
ME/LCD
M. Hamadou Mamoudou
Coordonateur Projet PAFN
ME/LCD
Mme Aïssa Ouahido
Chargée de Programme Environnement
PNUD
M. Yayé Manou Amadou
Expert
Suivi-Evaluation/Capitalisation
Conseil National de l'Environnement pour un
Développement Durable
NEPAL
Mr. Laxman Prasad Mainali
Officiating Secretary
Ministry of Environment, Science and
Technology
Mr. Khum Raj Punjali
Joint Secretary
Chief of the Environment Division
Ministry of Environment, Science and
Technology
NETHERLANDS
Ms. Therese Marjan Schippers
Head Natural Resources and Ecosystem
Management Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Ronald Peter Havinga
Senior Policy Advisor
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
M. Djibril Saidou
Membre du comité Jeunesse Mediaterre
Association Alternative au Niger
M. ElHadj Mahamane Abdou Dodo
Representant ONG
Coordination nationale de la plateforme
paysanne du Niger
Mme Noura Fatchima
Representant ONG
Association Nigerienne des Scouts de
l’Environment
NIGERIA
Mr. Muntari Abdu Kaita
Minister in the Embasy
Embassy of Nigeria, Germany
Mr. Ositadinma Anaedu
Minister
Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United
Nations, Geneva
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NIGERIA (continued)
PANAMA
Mr. O.A. Bamgbose
Assistant Director
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Sra. Ligia Castro De Doens
Administratora General
Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente
Mr. Haruna Ginsau
Chargé d'Affaires
Embassy of Nigeria, Madrid
Ing. Israel Torres
Jefe del Departamento de Desertificación
Punto focal técnico
Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente
NORWAY
PARAGUAY
Mr. Per Ludvig Magnus
Ambassador
Embassy of Norway, Madrid
Sra. Terumi Ma Tsuo de Claverol
Directora de Asuntos Internacionales
Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores
Mr. Jon Heikki Aas
Senior Advisor
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Sr. Luis Molinas Belén
Director de Planificación Estratégica
Secretaría del Ambiente
Mr. Michael Angstreich
Senior Advisor
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Sra. Rosanna Caceres
Consejera
Embajada de Paraguay, Madrid
Ms. Gunn Paulsen
Senior Adviser
Directorate for Nature Management
Mr. Frank Eklo
Adviser
Directorate for Nature Management
PAKISTAN
Mr. Sami-ul-Haq Khilji
Additional Secretary
Ministry of Environment
Mr. Mahmood Khawar
Third Secretary
Embassy of Pakistan, Madrid
Dr. Bashir Ahmed Wani
Inspector General Forests
Ministry of Environment
Mr. Farukh Iqbal Khan
Director (UN)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ms. Sidra Zia
National Project Coordinator
Ministry of Environment
Ing. Gloria Leon
Ingeniera
Embajada de Paraguay, Madrid
PERU
Sr. Guillermo José Carlos Avanzini Pinto
Asesor de Jefatura
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales
Sr. Carlos Javier Arevalo Van O'rdt
Tercer Secretario
Embajada del Peru en el Reino de Espana
PHILIPPINES
Mr. Jose Maria Cariño
Director
Office of United Nations and International
Organizations
Department of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Wilfredo E. Cabezon
Deputy Focal Point
Assistant Director
Bureau of Soils and Water Management
Department of Agriculture
Dr. William Dar
Director General
International Crops Research Institute for the
Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
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POLAND
H.E. Ms. Agnieszka Bolesta
Undersecretary of State
Ministry of Environment
Mr. Jakub Gibek
Chief Expert
Planning and Water Resources Department
National Water Management Authority
Ms. Olga Zawadzka-Kucharska
Development Cooperation Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
PORTUGAL
H. E. Mr. Rui Nobre Gonçalves
Secretary of State
Desenvolvimento Rural e das Florestas
H.E. Mr. Humberto Rosa
Secretary of State for Environment
Ministry for the Environment
Dr. Fransisco Castro Rego
Director General of Forest Resources
Ministry of Agriculture
Mr. João Cândido Campos de Sousa Teixeira
General Directorate for Forest Resources
Ministry for Agriculture, Rural Development
and Fisheries
Ms. Maria da Conceição Laires Cortes
Figueiredo Ferreira
General Directorate for Forest Resources
Ministry for Agriculture, Rural Development
and Fisheries
Ms. Alexandra Ferreira de Carvalho
Deputy Director of the International Relations
Department
Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning
and Regional Development
Mr. Lúcio do Rosàrio
General Directorate for Forest Resources
Ministry for Agriculture, Rural Development
and Fisheries
Mr. Fausto Brito e Abreu
Advisor of H.E. the Secretary of State for
Environment
Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning
and Regional Development
Dr. Filipe Canas da Silva
Department for Economics and Technical
Affairs
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Dr. Peter Pitrez
International Relations Department
Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning
and Regional Development
Ms. Anna-Maria Almeida Gomes
Directorate General of Forests
Ministry for Agriculture, Rural Development
and Fisheries
Ms. Maria João Furtado Mendes
Counsellor
Embassy of Portugal, Madrid
Mr. Eugénio Menezes Sequeira
President
Portugese League for the Protecion of Nature
Sr. Miguel Serrão Moura Santos
Executive Director
SOBIEN - Bioenergy Solutions S.A
Sr. Carlos Manuel Martin Pais
Secretario de Estado
Desenvolvimento Rural e das Florestas
QATAR
Mr. Ghanem Abdullah Mohammad
Director de la Administracion de la
Proteccion de la Vida Primitiva
Supreme Council for the Environment and
Natural Reserves
Mr. Sultan Hassan Al-Jammaly
Head of Human Resources
CBD National Focal Point
Supreme Council for the Environment and
Natural Reserves
Mr. Mohammad Ahmed Alkhenji
UNCCD Focal Point
Supreme Council for the Environment and
Natural Reserves
Mr. Khaldi Djelloul
Public Relationships
Embassy of Qatar, Madrid
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REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Mr. Su-Cheon Choi
Director
Korea Forest Service
Mr. Chang-Won Hong
Secretary
Korea Forest Service
Dr. Chun-Yong Lee
Senior Researcher
Forest Soil Conservation Division
Korea Forest Research Institute
Mr. Andrey V. Pronin
First Secretary
Department of International Organizations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Sr. Alexander Rogov
Primer Secretario de la Embajada de Rusia en
Espana
Embassy of Russia, Madrid
Ms. Maria Kuznetsova
Agregada
Embassy of Russia, Madrid
RWANDA
Mr. Mam-Lim Choi
Director
Gyeongnam Provincial Government
Mr. Jong-Soo Oh
Deputy Director
Gyeongnam Provincial Government
Mr. In-Hoan Jung
Team Leader
Changwon Exhibition Convention Center
Mr. Yeong-Sik Yoo
Primer Secretario encargado de Asuntos
Economicos de la Embajada de Corea
Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Madrid
ROMANIA
Mr. Ciprian Pahontu
General Director
General Division of Management of Forestry,
land and game fund
Mr. Doru Leonard Irimie
Counsellor
Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural
Development
Mr. Viorel Blujdea
Researcher
Forest Research and Management Planning
Institute
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
H.E. Mr. Alexander Kuznetsov
Embajador Extraordinario y Plenipotenciario
de Rusia en Espana
Embassy of Russia, Madrid
M. Claudien Habimana
Point Focal de la CCD
Ministère des Terres, de l’Environnement, des
Forêts, de l'Eau et des Mines
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
Mr. Patrick Williams
Senior Physical Planning Officer
Ministry of Sustainable Development
SAINT LUCIA
Mr. Michel Gaspard Andrew
Chief Forestry Officer
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
Mr. Edmund Jackson
Coordinator
Environmental Services Unit
Ministry of Health and the Environment
SAMOA
H.E. Mr. Faumuina Tiatia Liuga
Minister
Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment
and Meteorology
Mr. Tapuai Sepulona Moananu
Associate Minister
Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment
and Meteorology
Ms. Afoa Arasi Tiotio
General Manager
Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment
and Meteorology
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SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
M. Heliodoro Pires Quaresma
Ingénieur Cartographe
Direction des Services Geografiques et
Cadastraux
Ministère de l'Infrastructure et Oeuvre
Publique
SAUDI ARABIA
Mr. Abdu Gasem Al-Shareef Al Assiri
General Director
Department of Natural Resources
Ministry of Agriculture
Dr. Bandar M. Al Otaibi
Ministry of Agriculture
Eng. Naser B. Almarri
Ministry of Agriculture
Mr. Meteb A. Alshammari
Geologist
Ministry of Water and Electricity
Mr. Abdulaziz A Alabdullatif
Ministry of Finance
Mr. Abdullah M. Alshoaibi
Senior Engineer
Saudi Development Fund
Mr. Rabah G. Alharbi
National Commission for Wildlife
Conservation and Development
Mr. Tarik Al Abbasi
National Commission for Wildlife
Conservation and Development
Mr. Suleiman Ali Albudair
First Secretary
Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Madrid
SENEGAL
S.E. M. Abas Ndiour
Ambassadeur
Ambassade du Sénégal, Madrid
M. Matar Cisse
Directeur des Eaux, Forêts, Chasses et de la
Conservation des Sols
Ministère de l'Environnement, de la
Protection de la Nature, des Bassins de
Rétention et des Lacs Artificiels
Mme Gogo Banel Ndiaye Macina
Conseillère Technique
Conseil Supérieur des Ressources Naturelles
et de l'Environnement (CONSERE)
Ministère de l'Environnement, de la
Protection de la Nature, des Bassins de
Rétention et des Lacs Artificiels
M. Abdourahmane Samoura
Chef
Division Reboisement et Conservation des
Sols
Ministère de l'Environnement, de la
Protection de la Nature, des Bassins de
Retention et des Lacs Artificiels
M. Mamadou Sangare
Point Focal FEM
Direction de l'Environnement et des
Etablissements Classés (DEEC)
Ministère de l'Environnement, de la
Protection de la Nature, des Bassins de
Rétention et des Lacs Artificiels
Mme Aichatou Bintou Abdoulaye Lo
Primera Secretaria
Embajada de Senegal, Madrid
M. Ibrahima Sounkarou Ndiaye
Coordonnateur
Projet de Gestion et Réhabilitation des Terres
Dégradées du Bassin Arachidier
Ministère de l'Environnement, de la
Protection de la Nature, des Bassins de
Rétention et des Lacs Artificiels
M. Boucar Sene
Conseiller de l'Ambassade du Sénégal
Ambassade du Sénégal, Madrid
M. Mouhamed Thiam
Directeur du Génie Rural, des Bassins de
Rétention et Lacs Artificiels
Ministère de l'Environnement, de la
Protection de la Nature, des Bassins de
Rétention et des Lacs Artificiels
SEYCHELLES
Mr. Basil Esther
Senior Project Officer
National Parks and Forestry Section
Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources
and Transport
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SLOVAKIA
Mr. Prof. Pavol Bielek
Director
Soil Science and Conservation Research
Institute
SLOVENIA
Mr. Silvo Zlebir
Director General
Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for
Environment
Mr. Gregor Gregoric
Head of Section for Meteorological
Observations and Applications
Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for
Environment
Mr. Emil Ferjancic
Head of Section of International Affairs
Ministry of the Environment and Spatial
Planning
SOLOMON ISLANDS
Mr. Joe Horokou
Director
Environment and Conservation Division
Ministry of Forest, Environment and
Conservation
Ms. Helen Beck
Consellor
Permanent Mission of Solomon Islands, New
York
SOMALIA
Mr. Idd. B. Mohamed
First Counselor
Permanent Mission of Somalia to the United
Nations, New York
Mr. Bonga Msomi
Senior Manager
Land Use and Soil Management
Department of Agriculture
Mr. Fundisile Goodman Mketeni
Deputy Director General
Department of Environmental Affairs and
Tourism
Ms. Maria Mbengashe
Chief Policy Advisor:
Biodiversity and Marine International
Cooperation
Department of Environmental Affairs and
Tourism
Hon. Langa Zita
Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee for
Environmental Affairs and Tourism
Saint Lucia Wetland Park Authority
Mr. Keith Paul Taylor
Deputy Director
Land and Soil Use Management
Department of Agriculture
Mr. Jones Muleso Kharika
Director of Resource Use
Department of Tourism and Environment
Ms. Masego Moshesh
Office Administrator to the Director General
Adviser
Department of Environmental Affairs and
Tourism
Mr. Zaheer Fakir
Chief Policy Advisor: International
Governance and Resource
Department of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Masingita Chauke
Resource Conservation Officer
Department of Agriculture
SOUTH AFRICA
H.E. Ms. Rejoice Mabudafhasi
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Environmental Affairs and
Tourism
Ms. Pamela Yako
Director General
Department of Environmental Affairs and
Tourism
Mr. Kulani Machaba
Senior Policy Advisor: Biodiversity and
Heritage International Cooperation
Department of Environmental Affairs and
Tourism
Ms. Gugulethu Zulu
Personal Assistant to the Deputy Minister
Adviser
Department of Environmental Affairs and
Tourism
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SOUTH AFRICA (continued)
Mr. Ellwyn O. Beck
Consejero
Embajada Sudafrica, Spain
Mr. Andrew Philip Zaloumis
Chief Executive Officer
Saint Lucia Wetland Park Authority
Mr. Fhatuwani Tshivhase
Deputy Director Sustainable Land
Management
Department of Environmental Affairs and
Tourism
Sra. Yolanda Florez Blasco
Jefa de Protocolo
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Sr. Eduardo Del Palacio Fernández-Montes
Jefe del Área de Hidrología y Zonas
Desfavorecidas
Dirección General para la Biodiversidad
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Sr. Sergio Àlvarez Sànchez
Jefe del Area
de Relaciones Multilaterales
Subdireccion General
de Relaciones Internacionales
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
SPAIN
Excma. Sra. Dña. Cristina Narbona Ruiz
Ministra
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Excmo. Antonio Serrano Rodríguez
Secretario General para el Territorio
y la Biodiversidad
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Excmo. Juan Pablo De Laiglesia y Gonzàlez
de Peredo
Secretario General de la AECI
Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y
Coordinación
Sra. Concepción Toquero Plaza
Subsecretaria
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Sr. Juan Manuel De la Torre Acosta
Director del Gabinete de la Ministra
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Sr. José Luís Herránz Sáez
Director General para la Biodiversidad
Ministerio del Medio Ambiente
Sra. Maria Jesús Rodríguez de Sancho
Subdirectora General de Política Forestal de
Desertificación
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Sra. Amparo Rambla
Subdirectora General de Relaciones
Internacionales
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Sr. Benito Pinilla Pasalodos
Coordinador de Programa de la Subdirección
General de Relaciones Internacionales
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Sr. Gustavo Jerez Alarnes
Jefe Gabinete de Prensa
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Sr. Leopoldo Rojo Serrano
Jefe de Servicio de Formación y
Documentación
Dirección General para la Biodiversidad
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Sr. Gerardo Sánchez Peña
Jefe de SPCAN
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Sra. Ascensión Ramírez Sobrino
Jefa de Sección de Evaluación y Programas
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Sra. Manuela Fernandez Moreno
Tecnico Superior del MMA
Subdireccion General de Relaciones
Internacionales
Sra. María Torres-Quevedo García de
Quesada
Jefa de Seccion
de Economica Montaña
Direccion General para la Biodiversidad
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Sr. Luis Martin Fernàndez
Asesir Técnico de Hidrología
Direccion General
para la Biodiversidad
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
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SPAIN (continued)
Sr. José Luis Salazar Mañez
Asesor
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Sra. Myriàm Martín Vallejo
Oficina Técnica del PAN
Dirección General para la Biodiversidad
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Sra. Beatriz Bueno González
Oficina Técnica del PAN
Tecnologias y Recursos Agrarias SA
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Sra. Araceli Martínez Ruiz
Oficina Técnica del Programa de Acción
Nacional
Tecnologías y Recursos Agrarios
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Sra. Sara Torre Sales
Oficina Técnica del PAND
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Sra. Paloma Ramos Fernàndez
Oficina Técnica del PAND
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Sra. Marta García Vargas
Oficina Téchnica del PAND
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Sra. Laura Castro Flórez
Oficina Técnica del PAND
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente
Excma. Leire Pajín Iraola
Secretaria de Estado de Cooperación
Internacional
Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y
Coordinación
Sr. José Cuenca Anaya
Embajador de España Misión Especial para
Medio Ambiente y Nuevas Tecnologías
Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores
Sra. Consuelo Femenía Guardiola
Subdirectora General de Programas y
Convenios Culturales y Científicos
Direccíon General de Relaciones Culturales
y Científicas
Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y
Coordinación
Sr. Antonio García Ferrer
Vocal Asesor
Gabinete Técnico del Secretario General
Agencia Española de Cooperación
Internacional
Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y
Coordinación
Sr. José Jiménez García-Herrera
Consejero Técnico Programa Azahar AECI
Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y
Coordinación
Sra. Mónica Ruiz Bustos
Jefa del Area
S.G. de Programas y Convenios Científicos
Dirección General de Programas y Convenios
Culturales y Científicos
Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores
Sra. Rossana Roselló Bas
Coordinadora de Actividades
del Gabinete Técnicodel S.G. AECI
Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y
Coordinación
Sra. Asha Sukhwani
Técnico Superior Examinador de la Oficina
Española de Patentes y Marcas
Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio
Sr. Alejandro Nieto
Jefe de Área de la Dirección General de
Financiación Exterior
Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda
Sr. Victor Castillo Sánchez
Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada
del Segura
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Cientificas
Sr. Juan Sánchez Díaz
Centro de Investigaciones sobre
Desertificacìon
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Cientificas
Sr. Victoriano Ramón Vallejo Calzada
Profesor
Universidad de Barcelona
Sr. Joan Pallisé Conflent
Director General de Medio Natural
Generalidad de Cataluña
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SPAIN (continued)
Sr. D. Manuel Vázquez Fernández
Consejero de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
Sostenible
Junta de Galicia
Sr. Emilio Fernández Suárez
Director General
Junta de Galicia
Sra. Fuensanta Coves Botella
Consejera de Medio Ambiente de la Junta
Andalucia
Junta de Andalucía
Sra. Rosa Mª Mendoza Castellón
Junta de Andalucía
Sr. José Ramon García Antón
Conseller de Medio Ambiente, Agua
Urbanismo y Vivienda de la Comunidad
Valenciana
Sr. José Luis Martínez Guijarri
Consejero de Medio Ambiente y de
Desarrollo Rural
Comunidad de Castilla la Mancha
Sr. José Ignacio Nicolás Dueñas
Director General de Política Forestal
Comunidad de Castilla la Mancha
Sra. Carmen Pavón Collado
Directora del Gabinete
Junta de Andalucía
Sr. Guillermo Crespo Parra
Director General del Medio Natural
(Extramudera)
Junta de Extremadura
Sr. Antonio Luis Sanjuan Bericat
Subdirector General del Medio Natural
Consejeria de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación
del Territorio, Comunidad de Madrid
Sr. Pablo Sanjuanbenito García
Jefe de Area de Desarrollo Forestal
Comunidad de Madrid
Sr. Álvaro González Dueñas
Técnico Forestal Superior
Consejeria de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación
del Territorio, Comunidad de Madrid
SRI LANKA
Mr. Ranasinghege Semasinghe
Director for Natural Resource Division
Ministry of Environment and Natural
Resources
SUDAN
Mr. Mohamed Elamin Abdelrahman
Mohamed
Director General
Ministry of Agriculture and Forests
Prof. Mukhtar Ahmed Mustafa
Director
Desertification and Desert Cultivation Studies
Centre
Sr. Gerardo Berriel Martínez
Consejero de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación
Territorial
Comunidad de Canarias
Mr. Salah Eldin Abdalla Elabaid Nasih
UNCCD Focal Point
Ministry of Agriculture and Forests
Sr. Cándido Padrón Padrón
Viceconsejero de Medio Ambiente
Comunidad de Canarias
Mr. Siddig Abdalla
Chargé d'Affaires
Embassy of Sudan, Madrid
Sr. José Luis Navarro Ribera
Consejero de Industria, Energia
Junta de Extremadura
Mr. Elhassan Ahmed Elhussein Elarabi
Counselor
Embassy of Sudan, Madrid
Sra. María A. Pérez Fernández
Directora General de Evaluación y Calidad
Ambiental
Junta de Extremadura
SWAZILAND
H.E. Mr. Mtiti Fakudze
Minister
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
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SWAZILAND (continued)
Mr. Bongani Masuku
Land Development Officer
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
SWEDEN
Mr. Patrick Rabe
Deputy Director
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Ms. Asa Hindenborg
Desk Officer
Department for Multilateral Development
Cooperation
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Mr. Anders Hjort-Af-Ornäs
Professor
Linköping University
SWITZERLAND
S.E. M. Jean-Philippe Tissières
Ambassadeur
Direction du Développement et de la
Coopération
M. Martin Sommer
Chef de la Délégation de Négociation
Direction du Développement et de la
Coopération
Mme Liliane Ortega
Chef Suppléante
Délégation de Négociation
Direction du Développement et de la
Coopération
M. Kurt Kunz
Ambassade de Suisse, Espagne
M. Martin Krebs
Conseiller
Directorate of Political Affairs DP
M. Jacques Borel
Desk Officer
Direction du Développement et de la
Coopération
M. Markus Bürli
Conseiller
Direction du Développement et de la
Coopération
M. Ernst Gabathuler
Centre Développement et Environnement
University of Bern
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
Mr. Khaled Al-Shara'a
Director
Office for Implementation of the Convention
and National Coordination
Ministry of Local Administration and
Environment
Mr. Nasser El Din Kheir-Allah
Embajada de la R. A. Siria, Madrid
TAJIKISTAN
Mr. Nozaninov Nusratullo Bodomovich
Chief of Department of International
Economic Relations
Deputy Focal Point for the UNCCD
Ministry for Environmental Protection
THAILAND
Mr. Banphot Hongtong
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Mr. Chaiwat Sittibush
Director General
Land Development Department
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Mr. Sompol Panmanee
Secretary General
Royal Development Projects Board
Mr. Amnarj Sonimsart
Advisor to the Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Mr. Chawin Jermsuwan
Director of Land and Developmment
Regional Office 1,
Land and Development Department
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Mr. Seree Juengnijnirund
Director of Land and Development,
Regional Office 5,
Land and Development Department
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
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THAILAND (continued)
Mr. Chumphon Khongin
Director of Land Development,
Regional Office 10,
Land and Development Department
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Mr. Deolindo Da Silva
National Director
of Agriculture and Livestock
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries
TOGO
Mr. Arnon Noncie
Policy and Plan Analyst,
Foreign Agriculturla Relations Division
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
M. Boundjouw Sama
Directeur des Eaux et Forêts, Point focal CCD
Ministère de l'Environnement et des
Ressources Forestières
Dr. Pitayakon Limtong
Senior Agronomist,
Land Development Department
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
M. Abdoumisamilou Issifou
Chef du Centre National des Semences
Forestières
Ministère de l'Environnement et des
Ressources Forestières
Ms. Auschada Chitechote
Senior Forest Technical Officer,
Department of National Park, Wildlife and
Plant Conservation
Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment
Mr. Sopon Chomchan
Adviser to the Director General
Land Development Department
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Mr. Prapun Tanakitroungruang
Senior Forester,
Royal Forest Department
Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment
Ms. Chulawan Promsuwan
Senior Forest Administrator,
Royal Forest Department
Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment
Mr. Worapong Waramit
Senior Policy and Plan Analyst
Land Development Department
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
TIMOR-LESTE
Mr. Mario Ribeiro Nunes
National Director of Coffee and Forestry
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries
TONGA
Dr. Viliami Fakava
Deputy Director
Head of Corporate Services Division
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Ms. Jacqueline Ganteaume Farrell
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Public Utilities and the
Environment
Mr. Kenneth Roach
Senior Sector Specialist
Ministry of Public Utilities and the
Environment
Mr. Hilton Sandy
Secretary of Agriculture, Marine Affairs and
the Environment
Ministry of Public Utilities and the
Environment
Ms. Gillian Clarke-Stanislaus
Environmental Officer II
Ministry of Public Utilities and the
Environment
TUNISIA
S.E. M. Habib M'Barek
Ambassadeur
Ambassade de Tunisie, Madrid
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TUNISIA (continued)
M. Noureddine Kaabi
Directeur
Ministère du Développement et de la
Coopération Internationale
M. Issam Anatar
Ingénieur en chef
Direction Générale pour l'Aménagement et la
Conservation des Terres Agricoles
Ministère de l'Agriculture et des Ressources
Hydrauliques
M. Hamda Aloui
Chef de Service
Ministère de l'Environnement et du
Développement Durable
M. Karim Ben Becher
Ministre Plénipotentiaire
Ambassade de Tunisie, Madrid
Mr. Ömer Ümran Özdenören
Expert
Turkish International Cooperation and
Development Agency
Mr. Mehmet Ceyhun Aloglu
Engineer
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Mr. Ibrahim Biroglu
Engineer
General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works
Ms. Mediha Özcan
Assistant Expert
Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Ms. Canan Alpaslan
Technical Aid Deputy Expert
Turkish International Cooperation and
Development Agency
TURKMENISTAN
M. Mohamed Mehdi Mlika
Président
Association du Réseau Méditerranéen pour le
Développement Durable
M. Ali Abaab
Expert National
Ministère de l'Environnement et du
Développement Durable
M. Helmi Sabara
Expert National
Ministère de l'Environnement et du
Développement Durable
M. Adel Ayara
Membre
Association du Réseau Méditerranéen pour le
Développement Durable
TURKEY
Mr. Erdogan Ozevren
UNCCD Focal Point
Chief of Section
Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Mr. Erdogan Sirin
Division Director
Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Mr. Mevlüt Düzgün
Expert
Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Dr. Durikov Muhamet
National Coordinator of UNCCD
National Institute of Deserts, Flora and Fauna
Ministry of Nature Protection
TUVALU
Mr. Kilifi Talakatoa O'Brien
Environment Impact Assessment Officer,
UNCCD Secondary Focal Point
Ministry of Natural Resources and Lands
UGANDA
Mr. Justine Lawrence Bwogi
Ag Director for Lands
Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban
Development
Ms. Rhoda Tumusiime
Commissioner for Agricultural Planning
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and
Fisheries
Mrs. Edith Kateme-Kassaja
Commissioner for Planning
Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban
Development
Mr. Samuel A.A Amule
Commissioner, Local Authorities Inspection
Ministry of Local Government
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UGANDA (continued)
Rev. Sandra Mwebaze
Ag Commissioner
Animal Production
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and
Fisheries
Mr. Stephen Muwaya
Senior Range Ecologist
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and
Fisheries
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN
AND NORTHERN IRELAND
Ms. Gemma Cook
Deputy Policy Analyst
Global Environmental Assets Team
Policy Division
Department for International Development
Ms. Izabella Koziell
Biodiversity and Desertification Adviser,
Global Environmental Assets Team
Department for International Development
UKRAINE
Dr. Yuriy Kolmaz
Head
Land Resources Division
Directorate of Biotic Resources and EcoNet
Ministry of Environmental Protection
Mr. Jolyon Thomson
Lawyer
International Environment Division
Department of Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs
UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
H.E. Dr. Mohammed Saeed Alkindi
Minister of Environment and Water
Ministry of Environment and Water
Excmo. Sr. Sultan M. Al Qortasi Al Noaimi
Embajador Extraordinario y Plenipotenciario
Environment Agency
H.E. Dr. Salem Msarri Al Dhaheri
Director General
Federal Environment Agency
Dr. Saad Al Deen Mohammed Al Numairy
Environmental Advisor
Federal Environment Agency
Mr. Burkan Khaliefa Abdulla Al Khalifa
Legal Adviser
Ministry of Environment and Water
Mr. Abdul Nasser Ali Al Shamsi
Director of the Terrestrial Environment
Research Center
Environment Agency
Mr. Mohammed Nawas Khan
Director of
Forestry Department
Environment Agency
Mr. Hmaid Ali AlSabousi
Second Secretary
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Hon. Prof. Mark J. Mwandosya
Minister of State
Vice-President's Office
Ms. Ruth H. Mollel
Permanent Secretary
Vice-President's Office
Mr. Ali Juma Hamad
Director of Environment
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and
Environment
Mr. Ruzika N. Muheto
Director of Environmental Planning and
Resarch
National Environment Management Council
Mr. Sulle M. Sella
Deputy Director, Department of Multilateral
Copeeration
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International
Cooperation
Mr. Joseph Qamara
Assistant to the Minister of State
Vice-President's Office
Mr. George R. Kafumu
Senior Environmental Officer
Vice-President's Office
Mr. Patrick Ndaki
Division of Environment
Vice-President's Office
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UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
(continued)
Mr. Jerome S. Assey
Personal Assistant to the Vice President
Vice-President's Office
Mr. Samwel N. Marwa
Economist
Ministry of Finance
Mr. Michael Pellant
Great Basin Restoration Initiative Coordinator
Bureau of Land Management
Department of the Interior
URUGUAY
Embajador Dr. Ariel Rusiñol
Director de Medio Ambiente
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de
Uruguay
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Mr. Franklin Moore
Director
Office of Environment and Science Policy
Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture
and Trade
United States Agency for International
Development
Ms. Kelly Milton
Foreign Affairs Officer
Office of Ecology and Terrestrial
Conservation
Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science
Department of State
Mr. John Tuminaro
Foreign Affairs Officer
Office of Economic and Development Affairs
Bureau of International Organization Affairs
Department of State
Mr. Charles V. Barber
Environmental Adviser
Office of Environment and Science Policy
Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture
and Trade
United States Agency for International
Development
Dr. Mary Rowen
Wildlife and Biodiversity Adviser
Office of Natural Resources Management
Bureau of Economic Growth, Agriculture and
Trade
United States Agency for International
Development
Ms. Maxine Levin
Soil Scientist
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture
Sra. Giselle Beja Valent
Directora
Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente
Asesoría de Asuntos Internacionales
Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento
Territorial y Medio Ambiente
Sra. Ines Rodriguez
Ministra Consejera
Embajada de Uruguay, Madrid
UZBEKISTAN
Dr. Bakhtiyor Kadyrov
First Deputy Director of Uzhydromet
Cabinet of Ministers (Uzhydromet)
VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF)
H.E. Mr. Hely Vladimir Villegas Poljak
Viceministro
Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones
Exteriores
H.E. Mr. Miguel Leonardo Rodríguez
Viceministro de Conservacion Ambiental
Ministerio del Poder Popular para el
Ambiente
H.E. Sr. Cristobal N. Francisco Ortiz
Viceministro de gestion de agua
Ministerio del Poder Popular para el
Ambiente
H.E. Ms. Aura Mahuampi Rodríguez de Ortiz
Embajadora Alterna en la Misión Permanente
de Venezuela en la ONU
Misión Permanente de la República
Bolivariana de Venezuela en la ONU, Nueva
York
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VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF)
Ing. Rodolfo Roa Delgado
Director General de Cuencas Hidrográficas
Dirección General de Cuencas Hidrográficas
Ministerio del Poder Popular para el
Ambiente
Ing. Domingo Benitez
Director de Suelos
Ministerio del Poder Popular para el
Ambiente
Ms. Genoveva Campos Gil
Segundo Secretario
Despacho del Viceministro para América del
Norte y Asuntos Multilaterales del Ministerio
del Poder Popular para Relaciones Exteriores
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Ms. María Elizabeth Rodríguez
Tercer Secretario
Despacho del Viceministro para Asia, Medio
Oriente y Oceania
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Sra. Claudia Salerno Caldera
Coordinadora de Relaciones Internacionales
II,
Direccion General de Soberania
Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones
Exteriores
Sra. Ana De Azcoitia
Asistente Especial
Misión Permanente de la República
Bolivariana de Venezuela en la ONU, Nueva
York
Mr. Luong Van Linh
Deputy Director
Department of Agriculture
Office of Government
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development
Mr. Dinh Ngoc Minh
Deputy Director
Department of Agricultural Economics
Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI)
Mr. Nguyen Xuan Bao Tam
Deputy Director
Cooperation Department
Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment
Mr. Le Huu Tan
Counselor
Embassy of S.R. Vietnam, Madrid
Mr. Pham Trong Hien
Senior Officer
Department of International Cooperation
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development
Dr. Pham Manh Cuong
UNCCD National Office
Department of Forestry
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development
Mr. Duong Thanh An
Head of Division
National Environment Protection Agency
Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment
VIET NAM
YEMEN
H.E. Mr. Hua Duc Nhi
Vice Minister
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development
Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Binh
Director General
Department for Forestry Development
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development
H.E. Mr. Mansour Ahmed A. Al Hawshabi
Minister
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation
H.E. Mr. Abdulrahman Karmani
Embajador
Embassy of Yemen, Cuba
Mr. Mutahar Zaid Mutahar
General Director of Irrigation Department
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation
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YEMEN (continued)
Mr. Ahmed Husain Abubaker Al-Attas
General Director of Forestry and
Desertification
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation
Mr. Allaadeen M. Al Sharjabi
National Expert
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation
ZAMBIA
H. E. Mr. Michael Kaingu
Minister
Ministry of Tourism, Environment and
Natural Resources
Mr. Godwin Fishani Gondwe
Chief Environmental Management Officer
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources
Ministry of Tourism, Environment and
Natural Resources
Ms. Anna Chileshe Masinja
Director
Forestry Department
Ministry of Tourism, Environment and
Natural Resources
Mr. Lawrence Mulama
Chief Accountant
Ministry of Tourism, Environment and
Natural Resources
Mr. Bwalya Lyapa Nondo
Public Relations Officer
Ministry of Tourism, Environment and
Natural Resources
Ms. Nasilele Lubinda
Senior Economisr
Department of Economic and Technical
Cooperation
Ministry of Finance and National Planning
Mr. Gideon Lintini
Director
Department of Planning and Information
Ministry of Commerce Trade and Industry
Mr. Felix Chabala
Principal Inspector (Environmental Impact
Assessment)
Environment Council of Zambia
Mr. Davies Zulu
Assistant Director
Ministry of Local Government and Housing
Mr. Martin Nyambe Sishekanu
Chief Agricultural Specialist (Land
Husbandry)
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Mr. Rodrick Ngolo
Executive Officer
Ministry of Tourism, Environment and
Natural Resources
Mr. Obote Shakacite
General Manager
Zaffico Limited
ZIMBABWE
H.E. Mr. F. C. D. Nhema
Minister of Environment and Tourism
Ministry of Environment and Tourism
Ms. Mutsa Dorothy Chasi
Director General
Environmental Management Agency
Ministry of Environment and Tourism
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OBSERVER STATES
HOLY SEE
H.E. Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro
Apostolic Nuncio
Apostolic Nunciature, Spain
Dr. Tomás Sancho Marco
Apostolic Nunciature, Spain
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ORGANIZATIONS HAVING RECEIVED A STANDING INVITATION TO
PARTICIPATE AS OBSERVERS IN THE SESSION AND THE WORK OF
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND MAINTAINING PERMANENT
OBSERVER MISSIONS AT HEADQUARTERS
PALESTINE
Mr. Nedal Abdelqader Abdallah Katbehbader
Deputy Director General
Directorate of Environmental Resources
Environment Quality Authority
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UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT OFFICES, SPECIALIZED AGENCIES AND
RELATED ORGANIZATIONS
CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF
MIGRATORY SPECIES OF WILD ANIMALS
Mr. Robert Hepworth
Executive Secretary
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Sra. Lucia Pita Gutierrez
Aministrative Assistant
Mr. German Rojas
Chief, FAO Informative Office for Spain and
Andorra
Communication Division
Knowledge and Communication Department
Mr. Dominique Lantieri
Remote Sensing Officer
Environmental Assessment and Management
Unit
Environment, Climate Change and Bioenergy
Division
Mr. Luc Dubreuil
Environment Officer
Investment Centre
Technical Cooperation Department
Focal Point GM
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Mr. Kanayo Nwanze
Vice President
Ms. Farhana Haque-Rahman
Chief of Media Relations, Special Events and
Programmes
Mr. Rodney Cooke
Director
Technical Advisory Division
Ms. Khalida Bouzar
Global Environment Facility Coordinator
Mr. Jesus Quintana
Programme Officer
Global Environment Facility Unit
Mr. Naoufel Telahigue
Programme Officer
Global Environment Facility Unit
Ms. Adriana Bombardone
Assistant
Global Environment Facility Unit
Ms. Silvia Donato
Junior Programme Officer
Global Environment Facility Unit
SECRETARIAT OF THE CONVENTION ON
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf
Executive Secretary
Mr. Asghar Mohammadi Fazel
Ms. Jaime Alexandra Webbe
Programme Officer
Dry and Sub-humid Lands
SECRETARIAT OF THE UNITED NATIONS
FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE
CHANGE
Mr. Yvo de Boer
Executive Secretary
Mr. Bagher Asadi
Chair, Subsidiary Body for Implementation
Ms. Rocio Lichte
Programme Officer
UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND
Ms. Donna Goodman
Project Manager, Environment & Young
People
Ms. Vanessa Tobin
Deputy Director
Programme Division
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE
AND DEVELOPMENT
Mr. Reinder Kutsch-Lojenga
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UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT
PROGRAMME
Ms. Taija Kontinen
Programme Officer
Arab States
Mr. Bakary Kante
Director
Division of Policy Development and Law
Ms. Mercedes San Roman Ruiz
Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian
People
Ms. Elizabeth Mrema
DELC
Mr. Philip Dobie
Director,
UNDP Drylands Development Centre
Mr. Mounkaila Goumandakoye
Policy Advisor
Ms. Anna Tengberg
Regional Technical Advisor
Ms. Veronica Muthui
Regional Technical Advisor
Mr. Elie Kodsi
Regional Team Leader for North Africa and
Arab States
Dryland Development Centre
Ms. Verity Nyagah
Regional Team Leader for East and Southern
Africa
Ms. Mirey Atalah
Regional Technical Advisor
Mr. Albert Mwangi
Project Manager
Improving Market Access for Drylands
Commodities
Drylands Development Centre
Ms. Sarah Anyoti
Information and Communication Specialist
Drylands Development Centre
UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL,
SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL
ORGANIZATION
Mr. Philippe Pypaert
Programme Specialist
Ms. Kamar Yousuf
DELC
Mr. Peter Acquah
Deputy Director
African Ministerial Conference on the
Environment (AMCEN) secretariat
Dr. Ahmad Ali Ghosn
Natural Resources Officer
Regional Coordinator for UNCCD
Regional Office for West Asia
Ms. Lera Miles
UNEP-WCMC
Ms. Gemma Shepherd
Programme Officer
Division of Early Warming and Assessment
Prof. Klaus Kellner
Desert Margins National Coordinator (DMP)
Mr. Mohamed Foday Sessay
Programme Officer
Division of Global Environment Facility
Regional Office for Africa
UNITED NATIONS FORUM ON FORESTS
Ms. Barbara Tavora-Jainchill
Programme Officer
UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Mr. David Martin Castro
Associate Human Rights Officer
UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER
FOR REFUGEES
Ms. Maria Jesus Vega Pascual
External Relations - ER
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UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL
STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION
Mr. Douglas Pattie
Coordinator
Platform for the Promotion of Early Warning
Dr. Pedro Basabe Rodriguez
Senior Advisor
UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Dr. Carlos Florencio Corvalan
Coordinator
Occupational and Environmental Health
WORLD METEOROLOGICAL
ORGANIZATION
Mr. Michel Jarraud
Secretary-General
Prof. Janos Bogardi
Director UNU EHS
Vice Rector a.i. United Nations University
Dr. Mannava Sivakumar
Chief
Agricultural Meteorology Division
Dr. Koko Warner
Head of Section
Social Vulnerability and Environmental
Migration
Ms. Carine Richard-Van Maele
Chief
Communications and Public Affairs Office
Ms. Carlota Schneider
Organization and Liaison Manager
Human Resources Manager
WORLD BANK
M. Bennouna Taoufiq
Senior Environmental Specialist
TerraAfrica Secretariat
Mr. R. Stefanski
Scientific Officer
Agricultural Meteorology Division
World Climate Programme Department
Mr. M. Palomares Calderon
International Relations Manager
Ms. Susana Alonso Ramos
Ms. Piedad Garcia Delgado
Mr. Nicholas Phythian
Consultant Trainer
Ms. Katiana Murillo
Mr. James Warren Evans
Director of Environment Department
Mr. Enos E. Esikuri
Senior Environmental Specialist
Environment Department
Mr. Erick Fernandes
Mr. Christophe Crepin
Regional Programme Manager
Africa Region
Ms. Kristyn Schrader
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
Mr. Jordi Renart i Vila
Policy Officer
Policy, Strategy and Programme Support
Division
Ms. Gabriela Cuevas Tascon
WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION
Mr. Luigi Cabrini
Director
Department of Sustainable Development of
Tourism
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INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Mr. Daniele Ponzi
Division Manager Sustainable Development
Division
AFRICAN UNION
Dr. Mahmoud Moustafa
Policy, Water Resource and Environment
Mr. Oseyemi Olurotimi Akinbamijo
Chief Animal Resource Officer
Mr. Abebe Haile-Gabriel
Director, AU/SAFGRAD
COMITE PERMANENT INTER-ETATS DE
LUTTE CONTRE LA SECHERESSE DANS LE
SAHEL
Prof. Alhousseïni Bretaudeau
Secrétaire exécutif
M. Dramane Coulibaly
Coordonnateur du Programme Régional
d'Appui
Securité Alimentaire - Lutte contre la
Désertification - Population et
Développement
Mme Edwige Botoni-Liehoun
Expert
Gestion de ressources naturelles
Ms. Fatoumata Oumou Keita
ARAB CENTER FOR THE STUDIES OF ARID
ZONES AND DRY LANDS
Dr. Gilani Mhimed Abdelgwadm
Consultant of General Director
Prof. Dr. Khaled Ben Mahmoud
Director of Soil and Water Uses Department
Head of Programme Assesment, Monitoring
and Combating Desertification in the Arab
World
ARAB MAGHREB UNION
M. Habib Ben Yahya
Secrétaire Général
M. Mohamed Ismail
Expert
Sécurité Alimentaire et Environnement
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Mr. Nessim J. Ahmad
Director
Environment and Social Safeguard Division
Regional and Sustainable Development
Department
CAZALAC - WATER CENTER FOR ARID AND
SEMI-ARID ZONES IN LATIN AMERICA AND
THE CARIBBEAN
Mr. Guido Soto
Executive Director
M. Philippe Zoungrana
Expert
Gestion de Ressources Naturelles
M. Bertrand Reysset
Expert
Gestion de Ressources Naturelles
M. Harouna Kindo
Chargé de communication
COMMISSION DES FORETS D'AFRIQUE
CENTRALE
M. Raymond Ndomba-Ngoye
Secrétaire Exécutif Adjoint
M. Martin Tadoum
Assistant Technique
COMMUNITY OF SAHEL-SAHARAN STATES
Mme Wafa Essahli
Directrice
Chargée du Développement Rural
M. Gilbert Zongo
Responsable Programme
Sécurité Alimentaire
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COMUNIDADE DOS PAISES DE LINGUA
PORTUGUESA
Sr. Luís de Matos Monteiro da Fonseca
Community of Portugese Speaking Countries
Dr. Jacqueline Andrade
CPLP
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF CENTRAL
AFRICAN STATES
M. Charles Elie Mbonguy Joumambila
Coordinateur Supérieur Environnement
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
Dr. Olivier Arino
Head of the Projects Section
Earth Observation Science, Applications and
Future Technology Department
Dr. Diego Fernández-Prieto
Scientific Coordinator
Earth Observation Science, Applications and
Future Technology Department
Mr. Marc Paganini
Earth Observation Application Engineer
Projects Section of the Exploitation and
Services Division
Earth Observation Science, Applications and
Future Technology Department
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY
AREAS
Mr. Richard J. Thomas
Director of the Natural Resource Management
Program
INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH
INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI-ARID TROPICS
Dr. Mark Winslow
Marketing Specialist
Project Development and Marketing
Mr. Olanrewaju Babatunde Smith
Principal Scientist
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR
MIGRATION
Dr. Philippe Boncour
International Dialogue on Migration Division
UNU side event
IUCN - THE WORLD CONSERVATION
UNION
Ms. Hala Kilani
Poverty, Equity and Gender Programme
Coordinator
Mr. Rami A Salman
Head of Programme
IUCN Centre of Mediterranean Cooperation
Mr. Gustavo A. Fonseca
Team Leader
Natural Resources Management
Ms. Nikola Rass
Communication Officer
WISP Programme
Mr. Walter Lusigi
Senior Advisor
Land and Water Resources
Prof. Edouard G. Bonkoungou
Director
CFEDD
Ms. Andrea Kutter
Senior Natural Resources
Management Specialist
Mr. Gonzalo Oviedo
Senior Adviser, Social Policy
INTER-AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR
COOPERATION ON AGRICULTURE
Mr Gertjan Beekman
Coordinator
Program to Combat Desertification and
Mitigate the Effects of Drought in South
America
Mr. Edmund Barrow
Coordinator
Forest Dryland Conservation and Social
Policy
IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Africa,
Kenya
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IUCN - THE WORLD CONSERVATION
UNION
Mr. Jonathan Davies
Global Coordinator
World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism
Programme
IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Africa
Ms. Caterina Wolfangel
Programme Officer Drylands
IUCN Regional Office for Eastern Africa
Ms. Masego Madzwamuse
Regional Programme Development Officer
IUCN Southern Africa Office
Dr. Mohammed-Taghi Farvar
Chair,
IUCN Commission on Environmental,
Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)
Professor Kamel Batanouny
IUCN Commission on Ecosystem
Management (CEM),
Regional Vice Chair
Mr. Martin Muteti Mbuvi
Consultancy Manager
Practical Action (Intermediate Technology
Devt Group - ITDG)
OBSERVATOIRE DU SAHARA ET DU SAHEL
Mr. Paul Rees Osborn
Consultant
M. Youba Sokona
Secrétaire exécutif
M. Ousmane Souleymane Diallo
Coordinateur du Programme Eau
M. Abdessalem Kallala
Chargé de Mission
Relations Extérieures et Communication
M. Mourad Briki
Programme Environnement
Mme Mélanie Requier-Desjardins
Coordinatrice des Programmes
Environnement Recherche et Développement
ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DE LA
FRANCOPHONIE
M. Elam Niyiziyobiva
Membre du Comité Jeunesse Mediaterre
Mme Faouzia Abdoulhalik
Responsable
Programme Environnemnt
SECRETARIAT OF THE CONVENTION ON
WETLANDS
Mr. Abou Bakari Bamba
Senior Regional Advisor for Africa
SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY
Mr. Joao S. Caholo
Deputy Executive Secretary
Mr. Nyambe Harsen Nyambe
Senior Programme Manager for Natural
Resources Management, the Environment and
Sustainable Development
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NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Mr. Wouter Van Oosterhout
ANGOLA
Fundaçao Grupo Esquel Brasil
Sr. Mauricio Aroucha
Juventude Ecologica Angolana
Mr. Constantino Alberto Rodrigo
Mendes
Mr. Silvio Sant'anna
ARGENTINA
Instituto Sertao
Mr. Paulo Ferreira Maciel
Fundacion Agreste Punto Verde
Mr. Edward Mc Donald
Sr. João Evangelista J. dos Santos
Ms. Griselda Leonor Marrero Duarte
Sr. Rodrigo Cesar Vaz P. de Souza
Ms. Caitlin Sturridge
BURKINA FASO
Mr. Juliàn Rafael Varela Toranzo
Association des volontaires pour le
développement (A.V.D.)
Mr. Seydou Florent Ouedraogo
BELARUS
Belarusian Geographic Society
Dr. Valentin Yatsukhno
Centre Ecologique Albert Schweitzer
Mr. B. Michael Yanogo
BELIZE
Comité régional des unités de production
du Sahel
Ms. Seydou ag Madia
Belize Audubon Society
Ms. Tanya Williams Thompson
Advocacy Manager
CAMEROON
BOLIVIA
Confédération des ONG d'environnement
et de développement de l'Afrique
Centrale (CONGAC)
Mme Jacqueline Nkoyok
Productividad Biosfera y Medio
Ambiente
Mr. Mark Edward Christopher
Camburn
CANADA
Sra. Sara Crespo Suàrez
International Council for Local
Environmental Initiatives
Mr. Javier Celma Celma
BRAZIL
AMAVIDA
Mr. Abdelaziz Aboud Santos Junnior
UNISFERA International Centre
Mr. Marc Paquin
Mr. João Otavio Malheiros
Ms. Joana Talafré
Associação Pernambucana de Defesa da
Natureza (ASPAN)
Ms. Silvia Picchioni
Centro de Assessoria e Apoio aos
Trabalhadores e Instituições não
Governamentais Alternativas
(CAATINGA)
Ms. Tatiana Cyro Costa
Sr. Paulo Pedro de Carvalho
CHAD
Association pour la protection de
l'environnment
Mr. Facho Balaam
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ETHIOPIA
CHILE
Corporación Observatorio
Latinoamericano de Conflictos
Ambientales
Sr. Ricardo Cifuentes Villarroel
Ethiopia Association for Combating
Desertification
Dr. Menberu Lulu
FINLAND
CHINA
Chinese Society of Forestry Economics
Ms. Dai Guangcui
Dodo - Tulevaisuuden elävä luonto ry
Mr. Mikko Ahonen
FRANCE
COSTA RICA
Asociación Coordinadora Indígena y
Campesina de Agroforesteria
Comunitaria Centroamericana
Sra. Evelyn Chaves Jaen
CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Réseau pour l'environnement et le
développement durable en Afrique
(REDDA/NESDA)
M. Pascal Valentin Houenou
Coordinateur
Centre d'actions et de réalisations
internationales
Mr. Emmanuel Ball
Mr. Salah Baali
Mr. Jean Baptiste Cheneval
M. Jean-Marie Blin
Ms. Pauline Casalegno
Mr. Chistophe Brossé
Ms. Maude Gentit
CUBA
Asociación Cubana de las Naciones
Unidas
Sra. Azalia Loipa Arias González
Asociación Cubana de Producción
Animal
Dr. Dilcia García Pérez
Secretaria de Relaciones
Internacionales
Ms. Sarah Gillet
Mr. Mohamed Houmyind
CARI
M. Mohamed Houmymid
Mr. Ahmed Ferrak
Mr. Gerard Garcia
Pronaturaleza - Sociedad Cubana para la
Protección del Medio Ambiente
Ms. Teresita de Jesús Tellería
Llamazares
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Club Unesco du centre d'action femme et
enfant
Ms. Georgette Bilonda
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Fundacion panamericana de desarrollo
Mr. Cesáreo R. Guillermo Veloz
Mr. Raymond Loussert
Mr. Mouni Konombo
Mr. Olivier Le Maison
M. Stephan Moreau
Mr. Mamerto Valerio
Mr. José Valls
Ms. Anne Laure Wittmann
Ms. Celia Platero
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HAITI
FRANCE
Haiti Survie
M. Calixte Aldrin
Centre d'actions et de réalisations internationales
(continued)
Mme Guilaine Richard
INDIA
M. Yves Richard
Adivasi Navjeewan Gathan Navjyoti
Agua
Mr. Remish Ekka
Ms. Nadia Roldan
M. Patrice Burger
IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)
Mme Maude Gentilt
Centre for Sustainable Development
Studies and Application (CENESTA)
Ms. Khadija Catherine Razavi
M. Christophe Brosse
Eau Vive
Mr. Christian Jean-Marie Houdus
M. Hamadou Boureima
Mr. Asghar Tahmasebi
ITALY
Ipogea Research Centre on traditional
and Local Knowledge
Ms. Sabina Fátima Asins Velis
International Federation of Agricultural
Producers (IFAP)
Sra. Carmen Cobano Suàrez
Mme Julie Emond
Ms. Astier Ogbai
Sr. Jose Manuel Delgado Pérez
Ms. Coninne Wacker Wolf
Mr. Rubén Castro Rodríguez
LEBANON
Makhzoumi Foundation
Ms. Salama Naamani
GEORGIA
Union of Sustainable Development
“Ecovision”
Mrs. Nino Sulkhanishvili
LESOTHO
Participatory Ecological Land Use
Management
Mr. Moshe Tsehlo
GERMANY
League for Pastoral Peoples
Mr. Mihir Ramsh Bhatt
Mr. Dailibai Raika
Mr. Rama Ram Raika
Dr. Ilse Kohler-Rollefson
Ms. Namitha Dipak
Mr. Hanwant Singh
MALI
Association de formation et d'appui au
développement (AFAD)
Ms. Sina Maiga Damba
MAURITANIA
Action pour une gestion rationnelle de
l'environnement en Mauritanie
(AGREEM)
Mr. Banemou Ould Tlayor
GHANA
Espoir
Friends of the Earth, Ghana
Mr. George Bright Kwaku Awudi
M. Mohamed Lemine Ould
Mohammeden
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SOUTH AFRICA
MEXICO
Red Mexicana de Esfuerzos contra la
desertificacion y la degradacion de los
recursos naturales (RIOD MEX) A.C.
Sra. Gabriela Almeida Nuche
Sr. Jose Manuel Gomez Quiles
Environmental Monitoring Group
Mr. Noel Maxwell Oettle
SPAIN
Asamblea de Cooperación por la Paz
Mr. Segundo Daniel Pastor Colino
NETHERLANDS
Sra. Mercedes Morillo Vicente
Both Ends
Mr. Willem Drent
Mr. Francesco Michele
Ms. Danielle Aletta De Man
Ms. Carmen Pilar Lloveres Esteve
Mr. Sjef Langeveld
Sra. Isabel Marin Sanchez
Mr. Azzam S. I. Tubaileh
NIGER
Femme - Jeunesse - Environnement Santé (FEMJES)
Mme Haoua Diop Djingarey
Mr. Antonio Rivero García
Ms. Giusi Borraccino
Sra. Blanca Calvo Alonso-Cortes
NORWAY
Drylands Coordination Group
Ms. Lauren Naville
Ms. Margarita María Casas
Cabezudo
Mr. José Carlos Ceballos Gómez
PAKISTAN
Society for Conservation & Protection of
Environment (SCOPE)
Mr. Tanveer Arif
Mr. José Mª Aparicio Mancheño
Mr. Abdel Rahman Saleem
Alamarah Tamimi
PERU
Ms. Ana Isabel Arranz de Pablo
Proterra
Sr. Carlos Andaluz
Sra. Xohana Bastida Calvo
Mr. Miguel Ángel Blanco Sánchez
SENEGAL
Conseil des organisations nongovernmentales d'appui au
développement (CONGAD)
Mme Voré Gana Seck
Environnement et développement du
tiers-monde (ENDA-TM)
Mr. Masse Lo
M. Thierno Bal Seck
M. Emmanuel Seck
Ms. María José Fernández Galende
Sra. Carmen Garcia de Lucio
Ms. Mercedes de Castro López
Villarín
Ms. Leila Del Peño Castañón
Mr. Vicente Gómez Aldea
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SPAIN (continued)
Asociación Trashumancia y Naturaleza
Sr. Jesús Garzón Heydt
Ms. Dance Bakeva
Sra. Laura Chamorro Mauricio
Sr. Pablo Cotarelo Àlvarez
Ms. Tiziana Boari
Ms. Laura Conde Tebar
Sr. Fernando Garcia Montes
Sr. Carlos Corominas Balseyro
Mr. Mosses Ndiyainee
Sr. Carlos Alvear Guallart
Sra. Raquel Casas Nogales
Sra. Isabel Pinar Merino
Ecologistas en Accion
Sra. M° Angeles Nieto Mazarrón
Sr. Remedios Pérez-Lozao Gallego
Sra. Elena Pecharromàn Mercado
Sra. Raquel Pérez Rodríguez
Sra. Concepción Peñalver Castillo
Sr. Jesús Sànchez-Corriendo Jaén
Sr. Raúl Navarrete Navarrete
Sra. Saioa Magunacelaia Gonzàlez
Sra. Isabel Miranda Pinillos
Sra. Ruth Kñallinsky Ejdelman
Sr. César López Santos
Sr. Tom Kucharz
Sr. Justo Lorenzo Alguacil
Sr. Ramón Linaza Iglesias
Sra. Silvia Lema Moràn
Sra. Ana Maria Marti Martinez
Sra. Laura Pardo Mariscal
Sr. Santiago Martin Barajas
Sr. Rocío Orovengua León
Sr. Samuel Martín Sosa Rodriguez
Sra. Sonia Ortiga Zaragoza
Sra. Sara Romero Hernàndez
Sr. Theo Oberhuber
Sra. Clara Inés Guilló Girard
Sra. Felicitas Villa Chavez
Sra. Karinna Celeste Henriquez
Valdivia
Sr. Àlvaro Blàzquez Jiménez
Sr. Luis Gonzàlez Reyes
Mr. Fransisco Segura Castro
Sra. Arían García Faure
Mr. Julio Néstor Sosa Benia
Sr. Santiago Díez Peñas
Sra. María Luz Castillo Wisnes
Sr. Pilar Encabo Rodríguez
Sr. Fernando Casado Càceres
Sr. Arsenio Garcia Cores
Sra. Mónica Calderón Martin
Sr. Aranzazu Freire Rodríguez-Sabio
Sr. José María Bravo Martín
Sr. José Luis García Cano
Sr. Corra Nuala Boushel
Sra. Heulwen Sara G. Davies
Sra. Immaculada Blanco Burgos
ICCD/COP(8)/INF.4
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SPAIN (continued)
Ecologistas en Accion (continued)
Sra. Àgueda Ferriz Prieto
Sr. Jesús Bartolomé Martín
Sra. María José Eymar Alonso
Sr. Juan Miguel Perez Perez
Periodista.
Mr. Pedro Diez Olazábal
Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO /
Birdlife)
Mr. Eduardo De Juana Aranzana
Sra. Eva Izquierdo Gutiérrez
Mr. David Howell
Sra. Caroline Jerome
Sr. Fernando Barrio
Sr. Isidro Jiménez Gómez
Sr. Ignacio Fernandez Aransay
Sra. Alejandra Herrero de Diego
Sra. María Carmen Fernández
Recuero
Mr. Miguel Angel Hernández Soria
Mr. Alejandro Sánchez Pérez
Sr. Diego Luis Herranz Martín
Mr. Marco Lambertini
European Society for Soil Conservation
Sr. Jose Luis Rubio Delgado
Fundación ISTAS
Sra. Eva Hernández Jorge
Greenpeace España
Mr. Julio Barea Luchena
Ingeniería sin fronteras
Sr. Alejandro Jimenez Fernandez De
Palencia
Dr. Hazell Thompson
Sustainlabour – Fundación laboral
internacional para el desarrollo sostenible
Sr. Judith Carreras García
Sra. Laura Martín Murillo
Ms. Anabella Rosemberg
WWF/Adena
Ms. Lourdes Hernández Martínez
Sra. Almudena Oficialdegui
Sr. Alberto Fernández Lop
IPADE Fundación para el desarrollo
Sra. Almudena López Morillas
Sra. Yunuen Montero Salcedo
Ms. Isabel González Zúñiga
Mr. Juan Carlos Del Olmo
Castillejos
Sra. Celia Barbero Sierra
Ms. Carola Ruegge
Mr. Pascal Bernard Roy
Mr. Félix Romero Cañizares
Sr. Ignacio Santos Molina
Mr. Juan Manuel Seco del Cacho
Sra. Raquel Àlvarez Flores
Mr. Enrique Segovia
Mr. Arsenio Andrades Moreno
Sra. Rita Maria Rodriguez Robles
Ms. Cristina Andreu Bleckmann
Sr. Pedro Martinez Santos
Mr. Maria Jose Tobias Cic
Mr. Guido Schmidt
Movimiento por la Paz
Ms. Susana León
Ms Cristina Alonso Andicoberry
ICCD/COP(8)/INF.4
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TURKEY
SPAIN (continued)
Turkish Foundation for Combatting
Erosion, Reforestation and the Protection
of Natural Habitats (TEMA)
Dr. Uygar Ozesmi
WWF/Adena (continued)
Ms. Celsa Peiteado
Sra. Evangelina Nucete
Ms. Yesim Erkan
SWAZILAND
Ms. Pinar Aksogan
Yonge Nawe Environmental Action
Group
Ms. Thuli Brillance Makama
UGANDA
Uganda Association for Social Economic
Progress
Ms. Stella Grace Lutalo
SWITZERLAND
Green Cross International (GCI)
Mr. Rémi Parmentier
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN
AND NORTHERN IRELAND
International Centre for Trade and
Sustainable Development
Mme Marie Chamay
Birdlife International
Ms. Elizabeth Matthews
Mr. Moustapha Kamal Gueye
ZIMBABWE
Mr. Ricardo Meléndez Ortiz
Southern Alliance for Indigenous
Resources
Mr. Peter Gondo
World Vision International
Ms. Marta Jimenez Mauleon
Mr. Eric Schmidt
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Caribbean Network for Intergrated
Rural Development
Mr. Reginald Burke
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