United Nations ICCD/COP(10)/CST/INF.4

Convention to Combat Distr.: General 12 September 2011 Desertification English/French/Spanish only

Conference of the Parties Committee on Science and Technology Tenth session Changwon, Republic of Korea, 11–13 October 2011 Item 7 of the provisional agenda Science and technology correspondents

List of science and technology correspondents*

Note by the secretariat

1. By its decision 15/COP.7 on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the Committee on Science and Technology (CST), the Conference of the Parties encouraged country Parties to select a science and technology correspondent to the CST under the coordination of the national focal point. 2. Pursuant to the above decision, national focal points reviewed and revised the list of science and technology correspondents appointed by their countries and communicated this information to the secretariat. The revised list is contained in this document, updated as at 25 August 2011.

* The information herein is not published as received but following the United Nations editorial rules.

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List of science and technology correspondents

Afghanistan Argentina

Mr. Nasrullah Bakhtani Sra. Maria Laura Corso Director Coordinación Área CST Monitoring and Evaluation Monitoreo y Evaluación de la Desertification Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Livestock Sustentable Jamal Mina Dirección de Conservación del Suelo y Lucha Kabul contra la Desertificatión e-mail: [email protected] Tucuman 1220, Castellar (1712) Pcia. Buenos Aires Albania Phone: +54 46270674 / 1564416616 / 1143488572 Mr. Ermal Halimi e-mail: [email protected] Head Fauna, Flora and Soil Sector Armenia Directory of Biodiversity Ministry of Environment, Forests and Water Dr. Samvel Baloyan Administration Deputy Director Dervish Hima Str. Nr.4 Environmental Protection Unit State Agency Tirana Ministry of Nature Protection of PA Phone: +355 42233855 Nor Aresh Str.42, Bld.1, Apt.30375075 Fax: +355 42270627 Yerevan e-mail: [email protected] Phone: +374 1580633 Fax: +374 1 583933 / 5469 / 527952 Algeria e-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Foued Chehat Azerbaijan Directeur général Institut national de la recherche agronomique Mr. Rashad Allahverdiyev d’Algerie Advisor 02 rue des freres Ouadek Hocine Badi International Cooperation El Harrach Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources Algiers B.Aghayev Str. 100A Az 1073 Phone: +213 21528 33 / 36 Baku Fax: +213 21521283 Phone: +994 503896272 / 702896272 e-mail: [email protected] Fax: +994 124925907 e-mail: [email protected] Angola Bangladesh Mr. Lourenço Antonio Sousa Barao da Costa Cabinete de Intercambio Internacional Mr. Sohrab Ali Intercambio Internacional Deputy Director Ministerio do Ambiente Department of Environment Building Mutamba Ministry of Environment and Forest 92 Frederich Engels Sreet 8th Floor E-16, Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Mobile : +244 9145434454 Dhaka – 1207 e-mail: [email protected] Phone: +880 29111947 Mob: +880 201712125880 Fax: +880 29118682 e-mail: [email protected]

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Barbados Dirección General de Cuencas y Recursos Hidricos Mr. Steve Devonish Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Agua Director Av. Argentina No 2022 Natural Heritage Department Phone: +591 22246293 Ministry of Environment, Water Resources and Fax: +591 22117391 Drainage e-mail: [email protected] 1 Sturges St. Thomas Bosnia and Herzegovina Phone: +1 2464386671 Fax: +1 2464387767 Mr. Hamid Custovic e-mail: [email protected] Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science Institute of Soil Science Belarus University of Sarajevo Zmaja od Bosne 8 Dr. Valentin Yatsukhna 71000 Sarajevo Head Phone: +387 33225727 Landscape Ecology Laboratory Fax: +387 667429 Department of Geography e-mail: [email protected] Belarusian State University F. Skoryna Av. 4, Belarusian State University Botswana Minsk Phone: +375 1720954 89 Mr. Mokganedi Ntana Fax: +375 172095015 Natural Resources Officer e-mail: [email protected] Department of Environmental Affairs Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism Benin P.O. Box 26460 Gabarone Prof. Bernadette G. Dossou Phone: +267 3902050 / 71784445 Université du Bénin Fax: +267 3902051 04-B.P. Cadjehoun 1530 e-mail: [email protected] Cotonou Phone: +229 90026728 / 970011662 Brazil Fax: +229 21350632 e-mail: [email protected] Prof. Valdemar Rodrigues Professor and Researcher Bhutan Universidade Federal do Piaui Campus da Ininga, Teresina Piaui Mr. Tshering Dorji Teresina Chief Officer Phone: +55 8632336491 Soil Survey and Land Evaluation e-mail: [email protected] Department of Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture Brunei Darussalam P.O. Box 322228,331316 Thimphu Dr. Hajah Dulima Bintijali Phone: +975 2322085 / 2331317 Senior Lecturer Fax: +975 2323562 Department of Geography e-mail: [email protected] Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University Brunei Darussalam Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Jalan Tunku Link Gadon BE 1410 Negara Negara Ing. Cesar Altamirano Bustillos Phone: +673 2463001 Dirección General, Viceministerio Fax: +673 2249528

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Bulgaria Cameroon

Prof. Maria Sokolovska M. Valetin Wagnoun Head Ing. des eaux forets et chasses Soil Science Specialiste en eco developpement Forest Research Institute, S/C B.P. 909 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Yaoundé 132 St. Kliment Ohridski Blvd Phone: +237 7866958 1756 Sofia Fax: +237 22236051 Phone: +359 29620442 e-mail: valiwa1@ yahoo.fr / Fax: +359 29620447 [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Canada Burkina Faso Dr. Lawrence Townley-Smith Dr. Michel Papaoba Sedogo Senior Agricultural Ecologist Directeur de recherche Analytical Division Agro-Eco-Pedologie, INERA/CNRST Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Ministère des enseignements secondaire 404-1800 Hamilton Street Regina Supérieur et de la recherche scientifique SK Canada S4P 4L2 03 B.P. 7192 Regina-Saskatchewan Ouagadougou 03 Phone: +1 3067808095 Phone: +226 50347112 Fax: +1 3067808229 Fax: +226 50340271 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Cape Verde Burundi Mr. João Moreno Spencer Semedo Mme. Daphrose Niyokwizera Environmental Department of Sciences Coneillère à la 2ème vice-présidence Institut national de mètèorologie et Agriculture et environnement gèopphysique Ministere de l’eau, de l’environnement C C.P 476-Praia-Santiago de l’amenagement du territoire et de Phone: +238 2617891 l’urbanisme Fax: +238 2617891 B.P. 631 e-mail: [email protected] Bujumbura Phone: +257 77763420 / 22404227 Central African Republic Fax: +257 22228902 e-mail: [email protected] M. Ambroise Zanga Directeur général l’environnement Cambodia Ministere de l’environnement et de l’ecologie Direction de Cabinet République Centrafricaine Dr. Chheng Kimsun Phone: +236 75509752 Deputy Director e-mail: [email protected] Forestry Administration Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Fisheries Chile 40 Norodon Blvd Phnom Penh Dr. Milka Slavia Castro Lucic Phone: +855 12671222 Directora e-mail: [email protected] Facultad de Derecho Departamento Ciencias del Derecho Universidad de Chile Pio Nono N°1 Santiago

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Chile (continued) Cook Islands

Phone: +56 22219729 Ms. Heimata Louisa Karika Fax: +56 29785353 Senior Research Officer e-mail: [email protected] SLM Project, Island Futures Division National Environment Service China P.O. Box 371 CINES Rarotonga Ms. Xiaoxia Jia Phone: +682 21256 Deputy Division Director Fax: +682 22256 National Bureau to Combat Desertification e-mail: [email protected] State Forestry Administration No.18 Hepingli Dongjie Dongcheng District Costa Rica Beijing 100714 Phone: +86 108423881 Mr. Renato Jiménez Zuñiga Fax: +86 10 84 238848 Sub-Director e-mail: [email protected] Instituto de Transferencia e Innovación Tecnológica Colombia San José Phone: +506 88552955 Sr. Reinaldo Sanchez Lopez e-mail: [email protected] Profesional Universitario Instituto de Hidrologia Côte d'Ivoire Metaorología y Estudios Ambientales Calle 151C No. 117-45 Apto. 102 Dr. Tra Tie-Bi Bogota, D.C. Responsable Phone: +57 13527160 Laboratoire d’analyses sols et végétaux Fax: +57 13814747 Institut national polytechnique Felix Houphouet e-mail: [email protected] Boigny 01 B.P. 428 Comoros Abidjan Phone: +225 30645499 / 22443855 M. Abdallah Ahmed e-mail: [email protected] Point focal biodiversité Conseiller technique du ministre Cuba Ministere de l’agriculture, de la peche et de l’environnement Dr. María Nery Urquiza Ex-Cefader M' de B.P. 41 Centro de Información, y Gestión Ambiental Moroni Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Phone: +269 320248 Ambiente Fax: +269 750003 Havana e-mail: [email protected] Phone: +53 72090600 Fax: +53 72049031 Congo e-mail: [email protected]

Mme. Jacqueline Moukoko Milebe Czech Republic Direction générale l’environnement Ministère du développement durable, de Mr. Lubomír Šálek l’économie forestière et de l;evironnement Professor / Instructor B.P. 958 Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Forest Brazzaville Management and Conservation, Forest Phone: +242 069607242 Ecology, Agroforestry, Biodiversity e-mail: [email protected] Conservation Czech University of Life Science, Prague

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Czech Republic (continued) P.O. Box 11753 Cairo Fax: +20 26357858 Za Oskolí 589 e-mail: [email protected] 76701 Kromeriz Phone: +420 495860252 Equatorial Guinea Fax: +420 495262391 e-mail: [email protected] Sr. Ikaka Nzamio Funcionario Democratic Republic of the Congo S/P Don Antonio Micha Ondo Dirección General de Medio Ambiente M. Kalombo Kayembe Kahasa Prosper Ministerio de Pesca y Medio Ambiente Chef de bureau C.P. Nasser s/n Désertification Malabo Direction du développement durable Phone: +240 244636 / 270463 Ministère de l’environnement, conservation de Fax: +240 092953 la nature et tourisme e-mail: [email protected] 35 Avenue Pumbu Commune de la Gombe Kinshasa Eritrea Phone: +243 818119944 Fax: +243 815553305 Mr. Fikreyesus Ghilay Haile e-mail: [email protected] Community Forest Expert and CCD Coordinator Dominican Republic Department of Agricultural Promotion Ministry of Agriculture Dr. Pedro Antonio Nuñez Ramos P.O. Box 1048 Investigador Titular Asmara Titular de Suelos del Instituto Dominicano de Phone: +291 17144370 Investigaciones Agropecuaris y Forestales Fax: +291 1181274 C/Independencia 19, Villa Sonador e-mail: [email protected] Piedra Blanca Dominigo Ethiopia Phone: +1 8092422144 ext. 301 Fax: +1 8092423345 Dr. Fasil Reda Tena e-mail: [email protected] Coordinator Pastoralist and Agro-Pastoralist Regions Ecuador Research and Regions Capacity Building Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research Ing. José Eduardo González Estrella P.O. Box 2004 Director Ejectivo Addis Ababa Fundación Ecológica “Naturaleza & Desarrollo” Phone: +251 116463467 Universidad Nacional de Loja Fax: +251 116465412 / 1251 Quito e-mail: [email protected] Phone: +593 72579035/ 7834000 / 33987600 ext. 1418 Fax: +593 72545180 e-mail: [email protected]

Egypt

Prof. Mahdia Farid Gabr Chairman Egyptian Observatory of Desertification Desert Research Center 1 Mathaf El-Mataria St.

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Fiji National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) PMB 526, Serekunda Ms. Maria Elder The Gambia Senior Research Officer Phone: +220 9935282 / 4483163 Land Use Section Fax: +220 4484921 Land Resource Planning and Development e-mail: [email protected] Division Ministry of Primary Industry Georgia PO Box 5442. Raiwaqa. Suva Phone : + 679 3477044 Dr. Nana Bolashvili Fax : +679 3400262 Director e-mail: [email protected] Vakhushti Bagrationi Institute of Geography, Environment Education and Science Finland 1/8 M. Aleksidze Str. 0193 Tbilisi Prof. Olavi Luukkanen Phone: +995 32332684 / 99686535 Viikki Institute of Tropical Resources Fax: +995 32331417 University of Helsinki e-mail: [email protected] P.O. Box 28 FIN-00014 Helsinki Germany Phone: +358 919158643 Fax: +358 919158646 Mr. Steffen Bauer e-mail: [email protected] Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik Tulpenfeld 6 France 53113 Bonn Phone: +49 22894927153 / 535 Dr. Escadafal Richard Fax: +49 22894927130 CESBIO B.P. 280118 e-mail: [email protected] Av. Edouard Belin F-31401 Toulouse Cedex 9 Ghana Phone: +33 561558523 Fax: +33 561558500 Prof. Charles Quansah e-mail: [email protected] Department of Crop and Soil Sciences University of Science and Technology, Knust Gabon Kumasi Phone: +233 2445160332 M. Jean-Bernard Moutsinga e-mail: [email protected] Attaché de recherché Master en techniques et méthodes de gestion de Greece l’information environmentale Institut de recherches agronomiques et Prof. Vasilios Papanastasis forestierés Laboratory of Rangeland Ecology B.P. 2246 Aristotle University Libreville Thessaloniki Phone: +241 732375 / 05349880 / 06257997 Phone: +30 2310992721 / 8933 Fax: +241 732578 Fax: +30 2310992729 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected]

Gambia Grenada

Mr. Ansumana K.Jarju Mr. Raymond Baptiste Principal Scientist Head Natural Resource Management in Production Land Use Systems Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

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Grenada (continued) Honduras

Ministerial Complex Botanical Gardens Sra. Tania María Peña Paz St. George’s Grenada, W.I. or Blacken Alley, Secretaria Victoria, ST. Mark, St. George’s Recursos Hídricos Phone: +473 4403083 Recursos Naturales y Ambiente Fax: +473 4404191 Direccion del Domicilio col. Tiloarqu e-mail: [email protected] II Etapa Bloque M, casa Phone: +504 22354529 / 22354530 Guatemala Fax: +504 22358586 e-mail: [email protected] Sr. Giovanni Fernando Garcia Barrios Coordinator Hungary Desertification and Drought Unit Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Prof. László Vermes 20 Calle 28-58 Zona 10 Faculty of Horticultural Sciences Edificio Marn Torre II 70. Nivel Budapest Corvinus University Guatemala City H-1118 Budapest Villanyi ut 29-43 Phone: +502 50016963 / 66344601 / 2 Phone: +36 14826272 e-mail: [email protected] Fax: +36 14826336 e-mail: [email protected] Guinea India M. Sékou Beavogui Chercheur Mr. Vivek Saxena Institut de recherche agronomique de Guinée Director B.P. 1523 Desertification Cell Conakry Ministry of Environment and Forests Phone: +224 543134 / 435580 Room No. 435, Paryavaran Bhawan e-mail: [email protected] CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 Guinea-Bissau Phone: +91 114362065 Fax: +91 1124362065 Dr. Samoa Gomes e-mail: [email protected] Directeur général Institut de recherche agronomique Indonesia C.P. 505 Bissau Prof. Naik Sinukaban Phone: +245 6617432 / 7200973 Bogor Institute of Agriculture e-mail: [email protected] Ministry of Forestry JLN. Meranti, Kampus IPB Haiti Darmaga Bogor 16680 Phone: +62 25162962 M. Ostine Louverture Fax: +62 251627962 Chef de service e-mail: [email protected] Ministère de l’environnement 181, Haut de Turgeau Iran (Islamic Republic of) Port-au-Prince Phone: +509 2451022 / 2447642 Prof. Hassan Ahmadi Fax: +509 22457360 Head e-mail: [email protected] International Research Centre for Coexistence with Deserts University of Tehran Karaj

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Iran (Islamic Republic of) (continued) Kazakhstan

Phone: +98 262122194039 Ms. Farida Zhianshinovna Akiyanova Fax: +98 2122446556 Deputy Director e-mail: [email protected] Head Laboratory of Geomorphology Italy Institute of Geography Ministry of Education and Science Mr. Maurizio Sciortino 99 Pushkin Street Project Manager Almaty EU 6th FP Integrated Project Desurvey Phone: +7 3272938749 / 916691 ENEA, Centro Ricerche Casaccia Fax: +7 3272918102 Via Anguillarese 301 00060 S.M. e-mail: [email protected] DI Galeria-Roma Phone: +39 0630484213 Kenya Fax: +39 0630483591 e-mail: [email protected] Dr. Inganga S. Akungwi Francis Chief Officer Ms. Anna Luise Environmental. Research Head National Environment Management Authority Sustainable Development Methods and Tools P.O. BOX 67839 00200 Nairobi Popo Road Institute for Environmental Protection and Nairobi Research Phone: +254 20605522/3/6/7 ext. 185 Via Cesare Pavese 305 Fax: +254 206008997 00144 Rome e-mail: [email protected] Phone: +39 0650072553 Fax: +39 0650072657 Kiribati e-mail: [email protected] Mr. Teema Biko Japan Acting Waste Management Officer Environment and Conservation Division Dr. Atsushi Tsunekawa Ministry of Environment, Lands and Director Agriculture Development Arid Land Research Center P.O. Box 234 Tottori University Bikenibeu, Tarawa 1390 Hamasaka Phone: +686 28334 / 22774 680-0001 Tottori Fax: +686 28334 Phone: +81 857217036 e-mail: [email protected] Fax: +81 857217214 e-mail: [email protected] Kyrgyzstan

Jordan Ms. Natalia Mityakova Senior Staff Scientist Dr. Hussein Shahin Research Irrigation Institute Director Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Nature Protection Directorate Procession Industry Ministry of Environment Bishkek Al-Mea street 11941 Phone: +996 312566358 P.O. Box 1408/35206 Fax: +996 312541175 Amman e-mail: [email protected] Phone: +962 799057415 / 795560113 ext. 169 / 79 5562953 e-mail: [email protected]

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Lao People’s Democratic Republic Liberia

Dr. Sithong Thongmanivong Mr. Jerome Gbanneh Nyonwan Nyenka Lecturer Assistant Professor Faculty of Forestry College of Agriculture and Forestry The National University of Laos University of Liberia P.O. Box 2055 P.O. Box 9020 Capitol Hill Vientiane Monrovia Phone: +856 0205628268 Phone: +231 5678113 Fax: +856 21770096 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Madagascar Latvia Dr. Jean Samuel Razanaka Dr. Harijs Baranovs Chercheur Head Centre National de Recherches Information Technology Division Environnementales Latvian Environmental, Geological and B.P 1739 Tsimbazaza Meteorological Agency Antananarivo 101 – Madagascar Maskavas Street 165 Tel: +261 331228594 Riga, LV 10-19 Fax: +261 202236982 Phone: +371 7032028 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Malawi

Lebanon Mr. Paulosi Elson Suwe Mwale Forestry Research Institute of Malawi Dr. Talal Darwish Zomba Director e-mail: [email protected] Center for Remote Sensing National Council for Scientific Research Maldives P.O. Box 11-8281

Ryad El Solh Mr. Amjad Abdulla 1107-2260 59 Zahia Selman Street Director Beirut Strategic Policy Phone: +961 4409845 / 846 Ministry of Environment, Energy and Water Fax: +961 4409847 Phone: +960 3324861 e-mail: [email protected] Fax: +960 3322286

e-mail: [email protected] Lesotho Mali Mr. Neo Mothokho

Chief Officer Dr. Abdoul Yéhiya Maiga Soil and Water Conservation Institut d’economie rural Ministry of Forestry and Land Reclamation Bamako P.O. Box 12616 Fax: +223 223775 Maseru 100 e-mail: [email protected] Phone: +266 22313080 / 22323600

Fax: +266 22622310515 e-mail: [email protected] Mauritania

M. Mohamed Yahya Ould Lafdal Directeur Programmation, de la coordination intersectorielle et de la coopération

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Mauritania (continued) Phone: +976 51264627 Fax: +976 51267548 Ministère délégué auprès du premier ministre e-mail: [email protected]; chargé de l’environnement [email protected] Nouakchott Phone: +222 2303138 Morocco Fax: +222 5243143 e-mail: [email protected] Prof. Mohamed Qarro Enseignant chercheur Mauritius Ecole nationale forestière d’ingénieurs de Salé Hassane Rabat Mr. Poojanraj Khurun Phone: +212 64463768 Assistant Conservator of Forests e-mail: [email protected] Forestry Service Head Quarters Ministry of Agro Industry, Food Production and Mozambique Security Botanical Gardens Street Dr. Francisco Salomão Maússe Curepipe Technician Phone: +230 6707255 Ministry of Science and Technology Fax: +230 6743449 Phone: +258 823081170 / 843980345 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected]

Mexico Myanmar

Dr. Jesús David Gómez Días Mr. Sai Than Maung Ingeniero Agronomo, Especialista en Suelos Head of Branch Margaritas 73 National Commission for Environmental Affairs Col. Bellavista Ministry of Forestry Texcoco Naypyidaw C.P. 56230 Phone: +95 67405383 Phone: +52 5959545558 Fax: +95 67405391 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected]

Micronesia (Federated States of) Namibia

Ms. Cynthia Ehmes Dr. Mutjinde Katjiua Program Manager Head Environment and Sustainable Development Natural Resource and Conservation Office of Environment and Emergency Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resource Management P.O. Box 22653 FSM National Government Windhoek PS-69 Palikir Phone: +264 612063648 Pohnpei FM 96941 Fax: +264 61239106 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected]

Mongolia Nepal

Mr. Bayarbat Dashzeveg Mr. Arjun Kumar Thapa Secretary Officer National Committee to Combat Desertification Land Conservation Ministry of Nature and Environment Ministry of Environment, Science and Micro District Technology P.O. Box 50 Singhdurbar Ulaanbaatar-49 Kathmandu

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Nepal (continued) e-mail: [email protected]

Phone: +977 4211709 Norway Fax: +977 4225474 e-mail: [email protected] Mr. Frank Eklo Directorate Nicaragua Nature Management N-7485 Trondheim Ing. Javier Gutierrez Phone: +47 73580819 Corresponsal Cientifico Fax: +47 73580501 Ministerio del Medio Ambiente y Recursos e-mail: [email protected] Naturales Km. 12 ½ Carretera Panamericana Norte Mr. Arild Lindgaard Apartado Postal N° 5123 Nature Management Managua N-7485 Trondheim Phone: +505 22631274 Phone: +47 73580906 Fax: +505 22631274 Fax: +47 73580501 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected]

Niger Oman

Dr. Moussa Hassane Dr. Ali bin Said bin Salem Al Balushi Directeur général, Chercheur senior en Assistant Professor foresterie et en agroforesterie Department of Geography Institut national de la recherche agronomique du College of Arts and Social Sciences Niger Sultan Qaboos University Ministère de l’environnement et de la lutte Box 42 contre la désertification 123 Muscat B.P. 429 Phone: +968 515654 Niamey e-mail: [email protected] Phone: +227 20725389 Fax: +227 735591 Mr. Malik Al-Wardy e-mail: [email protected] Assistant Professor Department of Soil Nigeria College of Agriculture and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University Prof. Emmanuel Olukayode Oladipo Muscat c/o Dr. Bukar Hassan Phone: +968 14141224 Department of Drought and Desertification e-mail: [email protected] Amelioration Federal Ministry of Environment Pakistan Abuja Phone: +234 80331376922 / 22796108922 Dr. Amjad Tahir Virk e-mail: [email protected] National project coordinator Sustainable Land Management Project Niue Ministry of Environment H.No. 7, Street 62, G-6/4 Mr. Poimatagi Okesene Islamabad Deputy Director Phone: +92 512602467 / 68 Department of Agriculture, Forest & Fisheries Fax: +92 512602469 P.O. Box 74 Fonuakula e-mail: [email protected] Alofi Phone: +683 4032 Fax: +683 4079 / 4010

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Palau Poland

Dr. Yimnang Golbuu Prof. Ryszard Antoni Debicki Palau International Coral Reef Center Dean P. O. Box 7086, Koror Department of Soil Science Palau 96940 Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences Phone: +680 4886950 University of Maria Curie-Sklodowska Fax:+ 680 4886951 Akademicka 19 e-mail: [email protected] 20-033 Lublin Phone: +48 815375026 Palestine Fax: +48 81 5375414 e-mail: [email protected] Dr. Ayed Salama Associate Professor Portugal College of Agriculture Hebron University, West Bank Lúcio Pires do Rosário P.O. Box 40 Deputy national focal point Hebron Autoridade Florestal Nacional Phone: +970 2222099, ext. 160 Av. João Crisóstomo, 26-28 Fax: +970 22229303 1069-040 Lisboa e-mail: [email protected] Portugal Phone: +351 213124903 Panama Fax.: +351 213124991 Sr. Yahaira Cárdenas e-mail: [email protected] Analista de Cambio Climático Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente de Panamá Republic of Korea Phone: +507 5000855, ext. 6012 e-mail: [email protected] Mr. Youn Ho Joong Researcher Peru International Cooperation Division Korea Forest Service Dr. Juan Jesus Torres Guevara 57 Hoengi-Ro, Dong Daemun-Gu Director Seoul Centro de Zonas Áridas Phone: +82 29612685 Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina Fax: +82 29612699 Tizón y Bueno 481 – Jesús María e-mail: [email protected] Lima Phone: +51 991395778 / 14 335616 / 639269 Republic of Moldova Fax: +51 13796015 e-mail: [email protected] Mr. Valentin Ciubotaru 86a Lermontov Str.1 Philippines Chisinau, MD-2028 Phone: +373 22285343 Mr. Samuel Mabilin Contreras e-mail: [email protected] Head Soil Conservation and Management Division Romania Bureau of Soil and Water Management SRDC Bldg. Elliptical Road Prof. Marian Ianculescu cor.Visayas Avenue Diliman Vice-President Quezon City Romanian Academy for Agricultural and Forest Phone: +63 2 9230459 Sciences Fax: +63 2 9200925 / 4352 Institutul de Cercetari si Amenajari Silvice e-mail: [email protected] Sos. Stefanesti 128, 077190 Voluntari, Jud. Ilfov

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Romania (continued) Rua de Amizade e Solidariedade entre os Povos P.O.Box 504 Phone: +40 213503245 S.Tomé Fax: +40 212564625 Phone: +239 2222627 e-mail: [email protected] Fax: +239 2227156 e-mail: [email protected] Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Dr. Vialit A. Rezepov Deputy Director Dr. Bandar bin Mohammed Al Oteibi Center for International Projects Director General Pervomaiskaya Str. 58b office 103 Agricultural Extension 105043 Moscow Ministry of Agriculture Phone: +7 4991655670 Phone: +966 14044518 Fax:+ +7 4991655670 Fax: +966 14044518 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected]

Rwanda Senegal

M. Mutaganda Amini Dr. Assize Toure Chercheur Directeur général Departement forestier Centre de suivi ecologique Institut des sciences agronomiques du Rwanda B.P. 15532 Dakar - Fann P.O. Box 617 Butare Dakar Phone: +250 788531374 Phone: +221 8258066 / 670022177 / 6333386 Fax: +250 82629 Fax: +221 338258168 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Saint Lucia Seychelles

Mr. John David Lewis Ms. Linetta Joubert Watershed Manager Director Forestry Department Department of Natural Resources Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry and Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Fisheries and Transport 5th Floor, Block A. NIS building Union Vale Castries Phone: +248 611471 / 83 Phone: +758 7230517 Fax: +248 324030 Fax: +758 4502287 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Slovakia Samoa Ms. Jaroslava Sobocka Ms. Faainoino Laulala Head Principal Land Development Officer Soil Science, Survey and Mapping Division of Land Management Soil Science and Conservation Research Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Institute Phone: + 685 23800 Gagarinova 10 Fax: + 685 23176 827 13 Bratislava e-mail: [email protected] Phone: +421 24 8206976 Fax: +421 243295487 Sao Tome and Principe e-mail: [email protected]

Mr. José de Deus Lima De Menezes

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South Africa Suriname South Leysweg Prof. Klaus Kellner Phone: +597 465558 School of Environmental Sciences and Fax: +597 495005 Development e-mail: [email protected] North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus) Swaziland Potchefstroom 2520 Phone: +27 182992510 Mr. Bongani Magongo Fax: +27 182992509 Land Development Officer e-mail: [email protected] P.O. Box 501 Manzini Spain Phone: +268 5186329 / 5184162 Fax: +268 4043858 Dr. Juan Sánchez Díaz e-mail: [email protected] Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación Camí de la Marjal, s/n 46470 Albal Switzerland Valencia Phone: +34 961220540 Dr. Markus Giger e-mail: [email protected] Expert Centre pour le développement et Sri Lanka l’environnement Institut de géographie Prof. Athauda Arachchige Rupika Sandya Université de Berne Kanthi Bakmeedeniya Hallerstrasse 10 Environment Management Officer 3012 Bern Natural Resources Management Phone: +41 316313752 Ministry of Environment Fax: +41 316318544 82 “Sampathpaya”, Rajamalwatta Road, e-mail: [email protected] Battaramulla Phone: +94 11 2866656 / 77287 Syrian Arab Republic Fax: +94 112868072 e-mail: [email protected] Dr. Hassan Habib Lecturer Sudan Soil Science in Faculty of Agriculture Damascus University Prof. Mukhtar Ahmed Mustafa P.O. Box 30621 Director Damascus UNESCO Chair of Desertification e-mail: [email protected] Faculty of Agriculture University of Khartoum Tajikistan Shambat Phone: +249 83782027 Prof. Khukmatullo Makhmudovich Akhmadov Fax: +249 83772648 / 83780358 / 83768193 President e-mail: [email protected] Tajik Academic of Agriculture Science 6/2 Mukhamadiev St. Suriname 734019 Dushanbe Phone: + 10992 372326746 / 2217004 Dr. Carole Partoredjo-Fuerich Fax:+ 10992 3722213757 Lecturer e-mail: [email protected] Land Use and Mechanization Department Anton de Kom University of Suriname Universities Complex Leysweg P.O.B. 9212 Paramaribo

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Thailand Department of Soil Science University of Çukurova Ms. Kaesorn Jumpa Balcali-013330 Soil Surveyor Adana Land Development Department Phone: +90 3223306084 Office of Natural Calamity and Agriculture Risk Fax: +90 3223386643 Prevention e-mail: [email protected] Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives 2003/61 Phaholyohin, Jatujak Uganda Bangkok 10900 Phone: +66 25611954 Dr. Matthias Magunda e-mail: [email protected] Senior Principal Research Officer Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute Togo National Agricultural Research Institution P.O. Box 7065 Prof. Koffi Akpagana Kampala 2nd Vice-président chargé de l’administration et Phone: +256 414567696 / 772518314 de la vie biologie végétale, Botanique Fax: +256 414567226/ 567649 Université de Lomé e-mail: [email protected] B.P. 1515 Lomé Ukraine Phone: +228 2213500 /4208 / 9125234 Fax: +228 2218595 Dr. Olena Rakoid e-mail: [email protected] Head Laboratory of Monitoring of Land and Water Trinidad and Tobago Recourses of Agrosphere Institute of Agroecology Mr. Kishan Kumarsingh Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences Head Metrologichna Str. 12 Multilateral Environmental Agreements Unit 03143 Kyiv Environmental Policy and Planning Division Phone: +380 445265285 Ministry of Planning, Housing and the Fax: +380 445262338 Environment e-mail: [email protected] 76 Henry Street Port of Spain United Republic of Tanzania Phone: +1868 6237501 Fax: +1868 6240744 Dr. Robert Benjamin Kiunsi e-mail: [email protected] Senior Lecturer University Collage of Lands and Architectural Tunisia Studies Ardhi University Prof. Houcine Khatteli P.O. Box 35176 Directeur général Dar es Salaam Institut des régions arides de Médenine Phone: +255 222118416 / 784432121 Route de Djorf Km.22 – 4119 Fax: +255 2113856 Médenine e-mail: [email protected] Phone: +216 5640687 / 661 Fax: +216 5640435 United States of America e-mail: [email protected] Dr. Jeffrey E. Herrick Turkey Research scientist USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range Prof. Selim Kapur Dept. 3JER, NMSU, Box 30003 Senior Lecturer Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 Phone: +1 505 646 5194

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United States of America (continued) Viet Nam

Fax: +1 5056465889 Dr. Pham Manh Cuong e-mail: [email protected] Deputy Director UNCCD National Office Viet Nam Uruguay Administration of Forestry Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Prof. Fernando García Préchac B9, Ngoc Ha Str. 2 Director del Dpto y Decano de la Facultad Ba Dinh Dpro, de suelos y aguas Hanoi Facultad de Agronomía Phone: +84 438438814 Universidad de la República Oriental Fax: +84 437344811 Montevideo e-mail: [email protected] Phone: +598 23561251 e-mail: [email protected] Yemen

Uzbekistan Dr. Ali Mohammed Al Dhameri Manager Dr. Raisa Taryannikova Afforestation and Desertification Control Leading Scientific Officer Department Head Cairo Street CACILM Secretariat Sana'a Senior Engineer of the Service on Methodology Phone: +967 1733970225 of Agro-Hydro Meteorological of observations Fax: +967 1220239 of Uzhydromet e-mail: [email protected] 72, K. Makhsumov str. Tashkent 100052 Phone: +998 712358461 / 32025 Zambia Fax: +998 712358461 / 32025 e-mail: [email protected] Mr. Lishomwa Mulongwe Principal Research Officer Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Forestry Department Box 22099 Ing. Saida Coromoto Rivero Sánchez Kitwe Directora de Suelos Fax: +260 1223744 Direcció General de Cuencas Hidrográficas del e-mail: [email protected] Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ambiente Centro Simón Bolívar, Torre Sur, El Silencio, Caracas Phone: +58 2124082198 / 2196 Fax: +58 2124082177 e-mail: [email protected]

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