WIDECAST Country Coordinators
ANGUILLA: ARUBA: Cave Hill Campus, Bridgetown Randall Richardson Edith van der Wal Barbados BB11000 Fisheries Officer President [email protected] Department of Fisheries Turtugaruba Foundation [email protected] and Marine Resources C. Huygensstraat #8 Facebook P.O. Box 60, The Valley Oranjestad, Aruba AI-2640, Anguilla BWI Dutch West Indies BELIZE: Tel: (264) 497-2871 /Fax: -8567 Cell: (297) 592-9393 Linda Searle, M.Sc. [email protected] [email protected] Director, ECOMAR Facebook Facebook St. George’s Caye P.O. Box 1234 Farah Mukhida Dr. Richard van der Wal Belize City, Belize Executive Director Secretary Tel: (501) 223-3022 Anguilla National Trust Turtugaruba Foundation Cell: (501) 671-3483 P.O. Box 1234 C. Huygensstraat #8 [email protected] The Valley AI-2640 Oranjestad, Aruba Facebook Anguilla BWI Dutch West Indies Tel: (264) 497-5297 /Fax: -5571 Cell: (297) 592-9393 BERMUDA: [email protected] [email protected] Jennifer Gray Facebook Director BAHAMAS: Bermuda Turtle Project ANTIGUA & BARBUDA: Indira Brown c/o Bermuda Zoological Society Tricia Lovell Assistant Fisheries Officer P.O. Box FL145 Senior Fisheries Officer Department of Marine Resources FLBX Bermuda Fisheries Division Ministry of Agriculture and Tel: (441) 332 2966, 293 2727 Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Marine Resources [email protected] Fisheries and Barbuda Affairs P. O. Box N 3028 Facebook Fisheries Complex, Pt Wharf Nassau, Bahamas St. John’s, Antigua [email protected] BONAIRE: Tel/Fax: (268) 462-1372 Kaj Schut Cell: (268) 720-5910 Lakeshia Anderson Manager [email protected] Parks Planner Sea Turtle Conservation Bonaire Facebook The Bahamas National Trust Kaya Korona #53, Kralendijk P.O. Box N-4105 Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean Arica Hill Nassau, The Bahamas Office: +599 717 2225 Executive Director [email protected] [email protected] Environmental Awareness Group Facebook Facebook P.O. Box 2103 St. John’s, Antigua BARBADOS: BRAZIL: [email protected] Carla Daniel Neca Marcovaldi Tel: (268) 462-6236 Field Director Presidente Facebook Barbados Sea Turtle Project Fundaçao Pró-TAMAR Dept Biological and Chemical Sci Rubens Guelli 134/ 307 University of the West Indies Salvador-Bahia
WIDECAST Country Coordinators 1 Last Update: February 2021 CEP: 41815-135 Brazil [email protected] Dr. Julia Azanza Ricardo Tel: 55(71) 3676-1045, -1180 [email protected] Instituto Superior de Tecnologiás Fax: 55(71) 3676 1067 Facebook y Ciencias Aplicadas [email protected] Universidad de La Habana Facebook COLOMBIA: Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba Karla Barrientos Muñoz, M.Sc. Tel: (537) 7 878 9857 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: Directora Científica [email protected] Mervin Hastings, M.Sc. Fundación Tortugas del Mar [email protected] Ministry of Natural Resources Oficina Principal Carrera 46B No. Labour and Immigration 43 Sur-20 Interior 402 CURAÇAO: Central Administration Complex Envigado, Colombia Sabine Berendse Wickhams Cay 1 Road Phone: (57) 301-4571132 Director Town, Tortola Mobile: (57) 300-4151535 Sea Turtle Conserv. Curaçao British Virgin Islands VG1110 [email protected] Van den Brandhofstraat 12 Tel: (284) 468-2147/2702 Facebook Curaçao, Dutch West Indies Cell: (284) 468-9678 [email protected] [email protected] COSTA RICA: [email protected] Didiher Chacón C., M.Sc. Facebook Dr. Shannon Gore Executive Director Managing Director Latin American Sea Turtles (LAST) DOMINICA: Assoc. of Reef Keepers (ARK) Apdo. 496-1100, Tibás Marcella Harris POB 3252 PMB 2106 Costa Rica Project Coordinator Road Town, Tortola Tel/Fax: (506) 2 236-0947 Dominica Sea Turtle Conserva- British Virgin Islands VG1110 Cell: (506) 8 838-9480 tion Organization (DomSeTCO) Tel: (284) 496-7998 [email protected] Morne Daniel (P.O. Box 939) [email protected] Facebook Commonwealth of Dominica [email protected] Tel: (767) 448-4091 Facebook For courier: Cell: (767) 235-4091 200 m norte y 25 m oeste de [email protected] CANADA: Municipalidad de Tibás (San [email protected] Olga Koubrak José), white & green house Facebook Legal Advisor, SeaLife Law 2034B Oxford Street USA mailing address: Jacob (‘Jake’) Levenson Halifax, NS B3L 2T2 Canada Bio/Didiher Chacón Science Advisor Tel: (902) 223-8999 8455 NW 68th Street Dominica Sea Turtle [email protected] Doral, FL 33166-2651 Conservation Organization and, Executive Director CAYMAN ISLANDS: CUBA: Oceans Forward Gina Ebanks-Petrie, M.Sc. Dr. Félix Moncada G. 17 Hamilton Street Director Biologo Pesquero y Jefe Plymouth, MA 02360 USA Protection & Conservation Unit Programa de Tortugas Marinas Cell: (508) 648-3570 Contact Person: Centro de Investigaciones [email protected] Dr. Janice Blumenthal Pesqueras (CIP) Facebook Research Officer 5ta. y 248, Barlovento, Playa Department of Environment Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Cayman Islands Environ Centre Tel: (537) 2097875, 208 9304 Dra. Liliana Betancourt F. 580 North Sound Road [email protected] Programa EcoMar en República P.O. Box 10202 [email protected] Dominicana Grand Cayman KY1-1002 República Dominicana Tel: (345) 949-8469 Telf. 809-763-9905 Cell: (Janice) (345) 916-6760 [email protected]
WIDECAST Country Coordinators 2 Last Update: February 2021 FRENCH GUIANA: Nicolas Paranthoën HAITI: Mathilde Lasfargue Animateur régional du PNA Jean W. Wiener Coordinateur du Plan National Tortues marines des Antilles Director d'Actions Tortues Marines en françaises (FWI) Fondation pour la Protection de Guyane Office National des Forêts la Biodiversite Marine - Haiti Office français de la biodiversité Route de Saint Phy - BP648 7 rue Bas Saline Cayenne, French Guiana 97109 Basse Terre, Guadeloupe Caracol, Haiti Tel: +594 (0)6 94 13 77 44 Tel : 0690 47 37 32 Tel: (509) 3701-3383 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Publications / Facebook Facebook GUATEMALA: GRENADA: Colum Muccio USA mailing address: Kate Charles Director Administrativo y 6011 Henning Street Project Manager Desarrollo – ARCAS Bethesda, MD 20817 USA Ocean Spirits Inc. Km. 30 Calle Hillary Lote Tel: (301) 365-3383 P.O. BOX 1373, Grand Anse 6 Casa Villa Conchita St. Georges, Grenada San Lucas Sacatepequez Jamie Aquino Tel: (473) 442-2341 Guatemala President and Founder Cell: (473) 537-2512 Tel: (502) 7 830-1374 Haiti Ocean Project [email protected] Cell: (502) 5 704-2563 c/o 100 Crestwood Court N #116 Facebook [email protected] Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411 [email protected] Tel: (954) 439-6458 Kester Charles Facebook [email protected] Field Coordinator Facebook Ocean Spirits USA mailing address: P.O. Box 1373, Grand Anse Section 717 HONDURAS: St. George’s, Grenada P.O. Box 52-7270 Marcio Rafael Aronne L. Cell: (473) 403-4266 Miami, FL 33152 USA Coordinador Uso Público [email protected] Fundación Cayos Cochinos Facebook Tannia Sandoval G. Colonia Naranjal Asesora de Vida Silvestre Ave. Victor Hugo, Street 13 Dr. Kenrith Carter CONAP Nororiente La Ceiba (A.P. 1053) Honduras Dr. Carter Vet Services 17 calle, 4ta - 5ta Avenida Tel: (504) 443-4075, 442-2670 Pomme Ros Puerto Barrios Cell: 9990-0771 St. David’s, Grenada Izabal, Guatemala [email protected] [email protected] Cell: (502) 4 218-5722 Facebook [email protected] [email protected] Facebook Facebook Dr. Stephen Dunbar President GUADELOUPE: GUYANA: ProTECTOR, Inc. Eric Delcroix Sopheia Edghill Contact Person: Chargé de missions Marine Conservation Officer Lidia Salinas Association Titè WWF Guianas, Guyana Office Honduras Nat’l Coordinator Réserves Naturelles de la 285 Irving Street, Queentown Col Miramontes Désirade Georgetown, Guyana Lote 7, BloqueW Basse Terre, Guadeloupe Tel: (592) 223-7801 ext. 26 Tegucigalpa MDC, Honduras Tel: 0690 349 755/0590 21 29 93 Cell: (592) 610-7182 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Facebook USA mailing address: Loma Linda University
WIDECAST Country Coordinators 3 Last Update: February 2021 11065 Griggs Hall MEXICO: Tel: (352) 682-2172 (cell) Loma Linda, California 92350 Dr. Eduardo Cuevas [email protected] Tel: (909) 558-1000 ext. 48903 Research Professor Facebook CONACYT-Universidad PANAMA: Autonoma del Carmen Argelis Ruiz JAMAICA: Calle 56 #4 Esq. Av. Concordia, Smithsonian Tropical Andrea Donaldson Col. Benito Juárez Research Institute (ret.) Manager, Projects Branch Ciudad del Carmen Apartado Postal 0843-03092 National Environment and Campeche, Mexico C.P. 24180 Panamá, República of Panamá Planning Agency (NEPA) Tel: 52 938 3811018 Cell: (507) 6 674 5279 10 & 11 Caledonia Avenue [email protected] [email protected] Kingston 5, Jamaica [email protected] Tel: (876) 754-7540 ext. 2336 PUERTO RICO: Cell: (876) 478-8081 Dr. Melania C. López-Castro Carlos E. Diez [email protected] Coordinator Research Biologist Sea Turtle Conserv. Program Endangered Species Program Damany Calder Pronatura Península de Yucatán Programa de Especies Environmental Officer Calle 32 #269 x 47 y 47- A Protegidas - DRNA-PR Fauna Unit, Ecosystems Col. Pinzón II. CP. 97205 P.O. Box 366147 Management Branch Mérida, Yucatán, México San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936 National Environment and Tel. +52 999 988 4436/4437 Of: (787) 230-5560 Planning Agency (NEPA) ext. 110 & 112 Cell: (787) 453-6484 10 & 11 Caledonia Avenue [email protected] [email protected] Kingston 5, Jamaica Facebook Facebook Tel: (876) 754-7540, ext. 2227 [email protected] MONTSERRAT: Luis Crespo [email protected] Alwyn Ponteen, M.Sc. Sea turtle Team Leader Chief Fisheries and Ocean Southeastern Puerto Rico Project MARTINIQUE: Governance Officer Amigos de las Tortugas Marinas Julie Gresser Ministry of Agriculture, Trade (ATMAR Inc.) Chargée de mission “Faune et and Environment P.O. Box 1, Maunabo flore terrestres” Grove Botanic Station Puerto Rico 00707 DEAL Martinique P.O. Box 272, Montserrat [email protected] Pointe de Jaham – BP 7212 Tel: (664) 491-2075 Facebook 97274 Schoelcher Cedex Cell: (664) 496-1996 Tél: 05 96 59 59 40 [email protected] SABA: julie.gresser@developpement- Kai Wulf durable.gouv.fr USA mailing address: Parks Manager c/o Victory Services Inc. Saba Conservation Foundation Nicolas Paranthoën 4424 NW 74th Ave. P.O. Box 18, The Bottom Animateur régional du PNA Miami, FL 33166 USA Saba, Dutch West Indies Tortues marines des Antilles Work: 599 416-3295 françaises (FWI) NICARAGUA: Cell: 599 416-5750 Office National des Forêts Dr. Cynthia Lagueux [email protected] Route de Saint Phy - BP648 Adjunct Assistant Scientist [email protected] 97109 Basse Terre, Guadeloupe Archie Carr Center for Facebook Tel : 0690 47 37 32 Sea Turtle Research [email protected] Department of Biology SINT EUSTATIUS: University of Florida Jessica Berkel c/o P.O. Box 5036 Marine Park Manager Gainesville, FL 32627 USA Sea Turtle Program Coordinator
WIDECAST Country Coordinators 4 Last Update: February 2021 St. Eustatius National Parks St. Kitts and Nevis Raven Hoflund Foundation (STENAPA) [email protected] Director Gallows Bay z/n [email protected] The Turtle Project - Mustique Lower Town, Sint Eustatius Mustique Island Caribbean Netherlands SAINT LUCIA: c/o KCCU Financial Centre Tel: (+599) 318-2884 Sarita Williams-Peter Grandby Street Mobile: +17215867854 Chief Fisheries Officer Kingstown VC 0100 [email protected] Department of Fisheries St. Vincent and the Grenadines Facebook Ministry of Agriculture Cell: (784) 528 8133 Conway Post Office [email protected] SINT MAARTEN: Castries, LC04 301 Facebook Melanie Meijer zu Schlochtern Saint Lucia Manager [email protected] Reshevski Jack Nature Foundation St. Maarten Tel: (758) 468-4135/ 43 Fisheries Officer Wellsburg Street 1A Apt. 25+26 Facebook Fisheries Division Cole Bay, Sint Maarten Ministry of Agriculture Tel: (721) 544-4267 Bishnu Tulsie Kingstown [email protected] Director St. Vincent & the Grenadines Facebook Saint Lucia National Trust [email protected] Pigeon Island Nat’l Landmark SAINT BARTHÉLEMY: P.O. Box 595 SURINAME: Claire Saladin, DVM, PhD Castries, Saint Lucia Michael Hiwat Wildlife Project Adviser Tel: (758) 452-5005 Marine Officer Agence Territoriale de [email protected] WWF-Guianas Suriname l’Environnement de St Facebook Henck Arronstraat 63 Barthélemy Paramaribo, Suriname Rue de la République Gustavia SAINT MARTIN: Tel: (597) 422-357 ext. 115 97133 Saint Barthelemy FWI Claire Saladin, DVM, PhD [email protected] Cell: +590 690 59 62 92 Wildlife Project Adviser Facebook [email protected] Reserve Naturelle de St Martin Hope Estate rue Barbuda THE NETHERLANDS: SAINT KITTS & NEVIS: 97150 Saint Martin Arjan de Groene Kimberly Stewart, DVM French West Indies Advisor Director, St. Kitts Sea Turtle Cell: +590 690 59 62 92 Caribbean Netherlands Monitoring Network [email protected] Programme & Marine Turtles Assistant Professor WWF-Netherlands Ross University School of SAINT VINCENT & THE Amsterdam Veterinary Medicine GRENADINES (SVG): Tel: +31 (0)30 69 37 333 Main Street (P.O. Box 334) Louise Mitchell Cell: +31 (0) 6 46272075 Basseterre, St. Kitts Barrister at Law, LMJ Chambers [email protected] Tel: (869) 669-4268 Trustee, SVG National Trust (869) 465-4168 ext 199 Trustee, SVG Preservation Fund TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: [email protected] 225 Kingstown Park Road Suzan Lakhan-Baptiste [email protected] P.O. Box 1818, Kingstown Chair, Board of Directors Facebook St. Vincent and the Grenadines Contact Person: Tel: (784) 453-1722 Kyle Mitchell, President Emile (Lemme) Pemberton Cell: (784) 494-1001 Nature Seekers President and Founder mitchelljosephchambers@gmail. P.O. Box 4536 Sangre Grande Nevis Turtle Group com Matura, Trinidad Webbe’s Ground Facebook Office: (868) 668-7337 Gingerland, Nevis Cell: (868) 398-3038
WIDECAST Country Coordinators 5 Last Update: February 2021 [email protected] U. S. VIRGIN ISLANDS: General Contacts [email protected] Claudia Lombard Facebook Wildlife Biologist Dr. Karen L. Eckert U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Executive Director Tanya Clovis Federal Building WIDECAST President 3013 Estate Golden Rock 6116 High Meadow Drive Save Our Sea Turtles (SOS) Christiansted, St. Croix Godfrey, Illinois 62035 USA P.O. Box 27 U.S. Virgin Islands 00820 Cell: (314) 954-8571 Scarborough, Tobago Tel: (340) 773-4554 [email protected] Rep. of Trinidad and Tobago [email protected] [email protected] Tel: (868) 328-7351 Facebook [email protected] Didiher Chacón C., M.Sc. [email protected] Rafe Boulon Director, WIDECAST Latin Facebook Board of Directors American Program Friends of VI National Park and Executive Director Angela Ramsey 5000 Estate Enighed Latin American Sea Turtles Wildlife Biologist PMB#68, St. John [see Costa Rica] Contact Person: U.S. Virgin Islands 00830 Renardo Daniel Tel: 340-693-8524 Emma Doyle Game Warden I [email protected] MPA Advisor Department of Natural Facebook c/o Gulf & Carib Fisheries Inst Resources & Environment P.O. Box 21655, Charleston Tobago House of Assembly Dr. Paul Jöbsis South Carolina 29413 USA Montessori Drive Director Cell: (832) 566-0484 Glen Road (P.O. Box 5566) Center of Marine and [email protected] Scarborough, Tobago Environmental Studies Rep. Trinidad and Tobago University of the Virgin Islands Prof. Dr. Julia Horrocks Tel: (868) 735-4369 (direct) #2 John Brewer's Bay Coordinator, WIDECAST [email protected] U.S. Virgin Islands 00802 Regional Tagging Centre [email protected] Office: (340) 693-1381 c/o Department of Biological and Cell: (340) 690-7500 Chemical Sciences TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS: [email protected] University of the West Indies Katharine Hart Program video / Facebook Bridgetown, Barbados BB11000 Environmental Officer Tel: (246) 417-4320 Department of Environment VENEZUELA: [email protected] and Marine Affairs Hedelvy J. Guada Pond Street, Grand Turk Directora, Centro de Carl Lloyd Turks and Caicos Islands Investigación y Conservación de WIDECAST Webmaster Tel: (649) 342-7729 Tortugas Marinas (CICTMAR) Foel Farm, Cwm Dyserth [email protected] Lab. de Biología y Conservación Denbighshire LL18 5SG de Anfibios y Reptiles United Kingdom Kathleen McNary Wood Inst. Zoologia y Ecologia Tropical [email protected] Director of Environment Facultad de Ciencias SWA Ltd. Univ. Central de Venezuela Dr. Terry Norton, DVM Neptune Court Av. Paseo Los Ilustres Director, WIDECAST Medicine Turks and Caicos Islands Los Chaguaramos, AP 47058 Director and Veterinarian Tel: (649) 431-6133 Caracas 1041-A. Venezuela Georgia Sea Turtle Center [email protected] Tel: (58) (212) 605-1208 ext1303 The Jekyll Island Authority Cell: (58) (414) 249-6326 214 Stable Road, Jekyll Island [email protected] Georgia 31527 USA Facebook Tel: (912) 635-4070
WIDECAST Country Coordinators 6 Last Update: February 2021 Mobile: (912) 230-9229 [email protected]
WIDECAST is a Regional Activity Network (RAN) of the UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme:
Ileana Catalina Lopez Programme Officer Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife Sub-Programme Cartagena Convention Secretariat Ecosystems Division UN Environment Programme 14-20 Port Royal Street Kingston, Jamaica Tel: (876) 922-9267 x 6255 [email protected] Facebook
Dr. Sandrine Pivard Director Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) UNEP/CEP, DEAL Guadeloupe Saint-Phy B.P. 54 97102 BASSE-TERRE Guadeloupe F.W.I. Office: +590 (0)5 90 99 46 86 - Cell: +590 (0)6 90 52 72 80 sandrine.pivard@developpement -durable.gouv.fr
WIDECAST Country Coordinators 7 Last Update: February 2021