12th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the ... · 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) Punta del Este, Uruguay,

12th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971)

Punta del Este, Uruguay, 1-9 June 2015

List of participants / Liste des participants / Lista de participantes

Contracting Party Delegations / Délégations des Parties contractantes / Delegaciones de las Partes Contratantes

3

Government Agency Observers / Observateur d'une institution gouvernementale / Organismo oficial observador

63

Observer States / États observateurs / Estados Observadores 79

Invited Experts /Experts invités par le Secrétariat / Expertos invitados por la Secretaría

81

Intergovernmental and International Organizations / Organisations inter-gouvernementales et internationales / Organizaciones Intergubernamentales e Internacionales

83

International NGOs / ONGs internationales / ONGs Internacionales 89

National NGOs / ONGs nationales / ONGs Nacionales 99

Academic Sector / Secteur académique / Sector académico 115

Business Sector / Entreprise du secteur privé / Empresa privada 127

Accompanying person / Accompagnant(e) / Acompañante 131

Ramsar Secretariat / Secrétariat Ramsar / Secretaría de Ramsar 133

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Contracting Party Delegations / Délégations des Parties contractantes / Delegaciones de las Partes Contratantes

Concerning credentials: Contracting Parties listed in blue font did not present credentials. Les Parties contractantes dont le nom figure en bleu n’ont pas présenté de pouvoirs. Las partes contratantes listadas en azul no presentaron credenciales.

Contracting Parties listed in brown font presented credentials but these were not accepted by the Credentials Committee. / Les Parties contractantes dont le nom figure en brun ont présenté des pouvoirs qui n’ont pas été approuvés par le Comité de vérification des pouvoirs. / Las partes contratantes listadas en color marrón presentaron credenciales, pero estas no fueron aceptadas por el Comité de Credenciales.

Albania / Albanie

Head of Delegation

Rrezart FSHAZI Head of Unit EU Integration and International Cooperation Unit Ministry of Environment Durresi Str., No.27 Tirana 1001

Antigua and Barbuda / Antigua-et-Barbuda / Antigua y Barbuda

Head of Delegation

Philmore JAMES Deputy Chief Fisheries Officer Fisheries Division Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Fisheries and Barbuda Affairs Lower North Street, Point Wharf Fisheries Complex St. John’s, 00029, Point Wharf

Argentina / Argentine

Head of Delegation

Maria Teresa KRALIKAS Subdirectora


Dirección General de Asuntos Ambientales Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto 1212 Esmeralda Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, 1007 Delegates Antonio DE NICHILO Coordinador Grupo de Trabajo de Recursos Acuáticos Secretaria de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable San Martin 451, ofic. 264 Ciudad Autonóma de Buenos Aires, 1004 Guillermo Federico LINGUA Técnico Dirección nacional de Ordenamiento Ambiental y Conservación de la Biodiversidad Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable San Martín 451, ofic. 264 Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, 1004 Jorgelina del Pilar ODDI Asesora Grupo de Trabajo de Recursos Acuáticos Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable San Martín 451, ofic. 264 Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, 1004 Rubén Darío QUINTANA Punto Focal del Grupo de Examen Cientifico y Técnico de Argentina 25 de Mayo 758 10 i Buenos Aires Sara SVERLIJ Asesora Grupo de Trabajo de Recursos Acuáticos Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable San Martín 451, ofic. 264 Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires 1004 Fernando THOURTE Secretario de Embajada de la Subsecretaria de Asuntos Relativos a las Islas Malvinas, Georgia del Sur y Sandwich del Sur. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto 1212 Esmeralda Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, 1007


Armenia / Arménie Head of Delegation Karén JENDEREDJIAN National Ramsar Focal Point Promotion of Ecocorridors in the Southern Caucasus Region Department Ministry of Nature Protection 3rd Government House, Republic Square Yerevan 0010

Australia /Australie Head of Delegation David John PAPPS First Assistant Secretary Commonwealth Environmental Water Office Australian Government Department of the Environment John Gorton Building King Edward Terrace Parkes Canberra 2600, ACT Delegate Gregory James MANNING Assistant Secretary Commonwealth Environmental Water Office Australian Government Department of the Environment John Gorton Building King Edward Terrace Parkes Canberra 2600, ACT

Austria /Autriche Head of Delegation Gerhard SCHWACH Ministry Officer Department Nature Conservation Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Stubenbastei 5 Vienna 1010, Austria Alternate Head of Delegation Wolfgang PELIKAN Ländervertreter Abteilung 4b - Agrartechnik Amt der Burgenländischen Landesregierung Europaplatz 1


Eisenstadt 7000, Austria Delegate Gert Michael STEINER University Professor Conservation Biology University of Vienna 1, Universitaetsstrasse Vienna 1010, Austria

Azerbaijan / Azerbaïdjan / Azerbaiyán Head of Delegation Rashad ALLAHVERDIYEV Head Advisor Department of Protection of Biodiversity and Development Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources 100a B. Aghayev Baku 1073, Azerbaijan

Bahamas Head of Delegation John BOWLEG II Hydrologist / Environmental Manager Water Resources Management Unit (WRMU) Water & Sewerage Corporation (WSC) #87 Thompson Blvd, PO Box N-3905 Nassau, NP

Bahrain / Bahreïn / Bahrein Head of Delegation Ali ABDULLA Biological Specialist Directorate of Biodiversity Supreme Council for Environment P.O.Box:32657 Manama

Bangladesh Head of Delegation Abdullah AL MOHSIN CHOWDHURY Additional Secretary Ministry of Environment & Forests


Bangladesh Secretariat Dhaka 1000

Barbados / Barbade Head of Delegation Kim DOWNES AGARD Environmental Officer Ministry of the Environment and Drainage 10th Floor Warrens Towers II, Wareends St. Michael

Belarus / Bélarus / Belarús Head of Delegation Natalya MINCHENKO Head Biodiversity and Landscape Department Ministry of Environment Kollektornaya, 10 Minsk 220098 Delegates Victor FENCHUK Officer APB-BirdLife Belarus Parnikovaja 11 pom. 4 PO. Box 306 Minsk 220050 Irina GIGINYAK Scientific Officer International cooperation department State Scientific and Production Amalgamation (SSPA) - The Scientific and Practical Center for Bioresources National Academy of Sciences 27 Academicheskaya str. Minsk 220072

Belize / Bélize / Belice Head of Delegation Rasheda GARCIA Forest Officer Forest Department Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries and Sustainable Development Forest Drive, Belmopan


Benin / Bénin Head of Delegation Edmond SOSSOUKPE Directeur Général Agence Béninoise pour l'Environnement 172 Fidjrossè - Fiyégnon Cotonou Delegate Abdou Salami AMADOU SIAKO Directeur de l'Information et du Suivi de l'Environnement Agence Béninoise pour l'Environnement 172 Fidjrossè - Fiyégnon Cotonou

Bhutan / Bhoutan / Bhután

Head of Delegation Sonam CHODEN Wetlands Focal Person Watershed Management Division, Department of Forests and Park Services Ministry of Agriculture and Forests Kawangjangsa, Dzong Lam Thimphu 11001

Bolivia (Plurinational State of) / État plurinational de Bolivie / Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia Delegate Fernando CISNEROS ARZA Jefe de Unidad de Biodiversidad y Recursos Genéticos Dirección General de Biodiversidad y Áreas Protegidas Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Agua Calle Ecuador La Paz, Bolivia Gustavo Marcelo REY ORTÍZ Responsable en Gestión de Ecosistemas Dirección General de Biodiversidad y Áreas Protegidas Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Agua Calle Capitán Castrillo No 434 La Paz, Bolivia Omar ROCHA Asesor en temas Ramsar Viceministerio de Medio Ambiente, Biodiversidad, Cambios Climáticos y de Gestión y Desarrollo Forestal


Calle Capitán Castrillo No 434 La Paz, Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina / Bosnie-Herzegovine / Bosnia y Herzegovina

Head of Delegation Jaroslav VEGO Director Institute for Physical Planning and Environmental Protection Ministry of Physical Planning HNC Stjepana Radica 3 Mostar 88000

Botswana Head of Delegation Khulekani MPOFU Chief Natural Resources Officer Department of Environmental Affairs Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism Private Bag 0068 Gaborone Delegate Belda MOSEPELE District Environment Coordinator Department of Environmental Affairs Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism Private Bag 0068 Gaborone

Brazil / Brésil / Brasil

Head of Delegation Clarissa DELLA NINA Head Environment Division Ministry of External Relations Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco H, sala 439 Brasília, 70170-900, Distrito Federal Delegate Felipe COSTA First Secretary Environment Division Ministry of Foreign Relations of Brazil Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco H Brasília, 70170-900, Distrito Federal


Bulgaria / Bulgarie Head of Delegation Aylin HASAN Chief Expert National Nature Protection Service Directorate Ministry of Environment and Water Maria Luiza Blvd. 22 Sofia 1000 Delegate Genoveva GOSPODINOVA Chief Expert National Nature Protection Service Directorate Ministry of Environment and Water Maria Luiza Blvd. 22 Sofia 1000

Burkina Faso Head of Delegation Nebyida Lamech KABORE Correspondant national de la Convention de Ramsar Secrétariat permanent du Conseil national pour l’Environnement et le développement durable Rue Sibiri Robert Coefe, 12e Arrondissement, 01 BP 6486 Ouagadougou

Burundi Head of Delegation Evariste RUFUGUTA Conseiller Direction Générale des Ressources en Eau et Assainissement Ministère de l'Eau, de l'Environnement, de l'Aménagement du Territoire et de l’Urbanisme Avenue de la Cathédrale Bujumbura 631

Cabo Verde Head of Delegation Paula MONTEIRO Director Complex of Protected Areas of Maio Ministry of Environment, Housing and Land Achada Santo Antonio Praia 332ª


Cameroon / Cameroun / Camerún

Head of Delegation Serge Hervé ONDOUA Directeur Direction de l'Information et de la Documentation sur l’Environnement Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Protection de la Nature et du développement durable Boulevard du 20 Mai, Immeuble Ministériel N 2 Yaoundé 320, Cameroun Delegate Abbo MARCUS Attaché Direction Service du Premier Ministre Boulevard du 20 Mai Yaounde 0000

Canada / Canadá Head of Delegation Elizabeth HESS Manager Conservation Partnerships and Programs Environment Canada 351 St. Joseph Blvd, room 15080 Gatineau, K1A 0H3, Quebec Delegate Jacey SCOTT Environment Canada 351 Boul St. Joseph Gatineau, Quebec

Central African Republic / République centrafricaine / República Centroafricana

Head of Delegation Ambroise ZANGA Directeur Général de l'Environnement Ministère de l'Environnement, de l'Ecologie et du Développement Durable Rue R. Guerillot Bangui BP: 686 Bangui


Chad / Tchad Head of Delegation Djimasngar MBAITI Service Programmation des Activités Cynégétique Division Chasse Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Environnement 5051 Avenue Charles De Gaulle N'Djamena

Chile / Chili Head of Delegation Nancy CÉSPEDES Jefa Departamento de Recursos Naturales Dirección de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Marítimos Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Teatinos 180 Santiago Delegates Alejandra FIGUEROA Jefa de División Recursos Naturales y Biodiversidad Ministerio del Medio Ambiente San Martin 73 piso 7 Santiago Catalina Elizabeth ZAMORANO BURGOS Departamento de Conservación de la Diversidad Biológica Gerencia de Áreas Silvestres Protegidas Corporación Nacional Forestal Paseo Bulnes 259, ofic. 706 Santiago

China / Chine Head of Delegation Guangren MA Director General State Forestry Administration #18 Hepingli Dongjie, Dongcheng District Beijing 100714


Delegates Kelin CHEN Director Wetlands International-China No. 3A Beisanhuan Zhonglu Road, Room 501, Grand Forest Beijing 100029 Yan FANG Division Chief State Forestry Administration #18 Hepingli Dongjie, Dongcheng District Beijing 100714 Pik Wan KWOK Senior Wetland and Fauna Conservation officer Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department 7/F Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices, 303 Cheung Sha Hong Kong Shuping LI Deputy Director General Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Forestry Administration #23 XinJiandongje Hohehot Municipality Ping Man SO Assistant Director (Conservation) Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department 7/F Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices, 303 Cheung Sha Hong Kong Ninglou YU Advisor Wetlands International-China No. 3A, Beisanhuan Zhonglu Road, Room 501, Grand Forest Beijing 100029 Jiashuang YUAN Division Chief China Meteorological Administration #46 Zhongguancunnandajie Beijing Jiming YUAN Deputy Director General State Forestry Administration #18 Hepingli Dongjie, Dongcheng District Beijing 100714


Mingxiang ZHANG Professor Beijing Forestry University Haidianqu Qinghuadonglu #35 Beijing Zhigang ZHENG Director General Bureau of Heilongjiang San Jiang National Nature Reserve San Jiang National Nature Reserve, Fuyuan County, Jiamusi, Heilongjiang

Colombia / Colombie Head of Delegation Alejandro BORDA Embajador Extraordinario y Plenipotenciario de Colombia ante la República Oriental del Uruguay Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Dr. José Scosería 2815, Montevideo Delegates Juan Carlos ALONSO Investigador Principal II Instituto Sinchi Calle 20 No. 5-44 Bogotá Laura BERMIDEZ Profesional Especializado de la Oficina de Asuntos Internacionales Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible Calle 37 No.8-40 Bogotá Oscar MANRIQUE Profesional Especializado Dirección de Bosques, Biodiversidad y Servicios Ecosistémicos Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible Calle 37 No.8-40 Bogotá Luz Marina MANTILLA CARDENAS Directora Instituto Sinchi Calle 20 No. 5-44 Bogotá


Comoros / Comores / Comoras

Head of Delegation Mohamed ALI MLAZAHAHE Coordinateur de projet Direction de l'environnement et des forêts Ministère de la production et de l’environnement B.P: 41 Moroni

Congo Head of Delegation Gilbert MBATI Point Focal de la Convention Ramsar Direction Générale du Développement Durable Ministère de l'Economie Forestière et du Développement Rue Louis Tréchot, N° 6, Face Blanche Gomes Brazzaville 98

Costa Rica Head of Delegation Julio JURADO Director Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía Barrio Francisco Peralta,calle 25, ave.8 y 10 San José

Côte d'Ivoire Head of Delegation Salimata KONE Directeur Direction de la Faune et des Ressources Cynegetiques Ministère des Eaux et Forêts Plateau Tour C - 7ème étage, BPV 178 Abidjan 225

Croatia / Croatie / Croacia

Head of Delegation Marijana JURIĆ Senior Expert Advisor Directorate of Nature Protection/Protected Areas,


Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection Radnička cesta 80 Zagreb 10000

Cuba Head of Delegation Héctor CONDE ALMEIDA Subdirector Dirección de Relaciones Internacionales Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente Calle 18 A no. 4118 e/ 41 y 47, Playa La Habana, 11300

Czech Republic / République tchèque / República Checa Head of Delegation Libuse VLASÁKOVÁ National Focal Point Department of Species Protection and Implementation of International Commitments Ministry of Environment Vršovická 65 Prague 100 10 Delegates Martina EISELTOVÁ Officer Crop Research Institute Drnovská 507 Praha 161 06 Veronika ULMANOVA Officer International Relations Department Ministry of Environment Vršovická 65 Prague 100 10

Democratic Republic of Congo / République démocratique du Congo / República democrática del Congo

Head of Delegation Crispin SEDEKE Directeur, Ressources en Eau Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable 15, Avenue Papa Ileo (ex-des Cliniques), Gombe Kinshasa 12.348


Denmark / Danemark / Dinamarca

Head of Delegation Lars Lundgaard DINESEN Head of Unit Planning, Nature and Forests Danish Nature Agency Ministry of Environment Haraldsgade 53 Copenhagen Ø 2100 Delegates Peter HAHN Project Manager Danish Nature Agency Ministry of Environment Møldrupvej 26 Skørping 9520 Peter POUPLIER Chief Consultant Ministry of Environment Danish Geodata Agency Rentemestervej 8 Copenhagen NV 2400

Djibouti Head of Delegation Aden Hassan ELMI Conseiller Technique Ministère de l'Environnement 11, Commune de Boulaos Djibouti Ville 11 Delegate Mahdi Moumin ABDI Membre du Parlement de Djibouti, Secrétaire, Rapportaire de la Commission des Affaires Sociales et de Protection de l'Environnement Assemblée Nationale de République de Djibouti Boulevard de Gaule, Commune de Ras-Dika Djibouti-Ville 138

Dominican Republic / République dominicaine / República Dominicana Head of Delegation Jose Manuel MATEO FELÍZ


Director Dirección de Biodiversidad y Vida Silvestre Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Avenida Cayetano Germosen esq. Avenida Luperon, El Pedregal Santo Domingo, 02487 Delegate Juana PEÑA DE BELÉN Técnico Vida Silvestre Ministerio de Medio Ambiente Av. Cayetano Germosen, esq. Luperon, C/ Sanchez #3, El Almirante Santo Domingo 02487

Ecuador / Equateur

Head of Delegation Marcela TORRES HINOJOSA Punto Focal Ramsar del Ecuador Dirección Nacional de Biodiversidad Ministerio del Ambiente del Ecuador Madrid 1159 y Andalucía, Quito

El Salvador Head of Delegation Enrique BARRAZA SANDOVAL Jefe, Unidad de Humedales Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Col. y Calle Las Mercedes, Anexo ISTA San Salvador

Equatorial Guinea / Guinée Équatoriale / Guinea Ecuatorial Head of Delegation Honorato TOKA RUBIO Punto focal (humedales) Ministerio Pesca Y Medio Ambiente. Guinea Ecuatorial Malabo-2, Guinea Ecuatorial,Malabo 2, Ministerio de Pesca y Malabo, Guinea Ecuatorial

Estonia / Estonie Head of Delegation Hanno ZINGEL Advisor, Nature Conservation Department


Ministry of the Environment Narva mnt 7a Tallinn 15172 Delegates Taimo AASMA Nature Director Nature Conservation Department Ministry of the Environment Narva mnt 7a Tallinn 15172 Herdis FRIDOLIN Senior Officer Nature Conservation Department Ministry of the Environment Narva mnt 7a Tallinn 15172

Fiji / Fidji Head of Delegation Eleni TOKADUADUA ROVA Principal Environment Officer Department of Environment Ministry of Local Government, Housing and Environment 19 Magan House, McGregor Road Suva

Finland / Finlande / Finlandia Head of Delegation Kristiina NIIKKONEN Environment Counsellor Department of the Natural Environment Ministry of the Environment Aleksanterinkatu 7 Government 00023 Delegates Tuomas HAAPALEHTO Senior Advisor, Parks & Wildlife Finland Metsähallitus Kalevankatu 8, Jyväskylä 40101


Jari ILMONEN Senior Advisor Parks & Wildlife Finland Metsähallitus Vernissakatu 4, PO BOX 94 Vantaa 01301

Sanna-Kaisa JUVONEN Senior Advisor Parks & Wildlife Finland Metsähallitus Vernissakatu 4, PO BOX 94 Vantaa 01301

France / Francia

Head of Delegation

Adèle VEERABADREN Chef de bureau Direction de l’eau et de la biodiversité/Bureau des milieux aquatiques Ministère de l'Ecologie, du Développement durable et de l'Energie Tour Séquoïa - 1, place Carpeaux La Défense Cedex 92 055

Alternate Head of Delegation

Ghislaine FERRERE Chargée de mission Milieux humides - Convention de Ramsar Direction Eau et Biodiversité/Bureau des milieux aquatiques Ministère de l'Ecologie, du Développement durable et de l'Energie Tour Séquoïa - 1, place Carpeaux La Défense Cedex 92 055

Delegates

Pierre CAESSTEKER Chargé d’étude « plans de gestion » des zones humides Office national de l'eau et des milieux aquatiques 5 square Félix Nadar Vincennes 94300

Patrick TRIPLET Directeur Réserve naturelle de la Baie de Somme Syndicat mixte Baie de Somme, Grand Littoral Picard 1 place de l'Amiral Courbet Abbeville 80100


Gabon / Gabón Head of Delegation Faustin ONDAMBA OMBANDA Conseiller du Ministre de l'Environnement Ministère de la Forêt et de l'Environnement 0000, BP 11274 Libreville

Gambia / Gambie Head of Delegation Kawsu JAMMEH Environmental Education Officer Department of Parks and Wildlife Management Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Water and Wildlife Kairaba Avenue, Serrekunda Kanifing Municipal Council, West Coast Region

Georgia / Géorgie Head of Delegation Sophio DEVDARIANI Chief Specialist Biodiversity Protection Service Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia 6 Gulua Street Tbilisi 0114

Germany / Allemagne / Alemania Head of Delegation Bettina HEDDEN-DUNKHORST Head International Nature Conservation Federal Agency for Nature Conservation 110, Konstantinstraße Bonn 53179 Alternate Head of Delegation Heinz PETERS Ambassador Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany La Cumparsita 1435, Plaza Alemania Montevideo 11200


Delegate Verena FRICK Deputy Head of Mission Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany La Cumparsita 1435, Plaza Alemania Montevideo 11200

Ghana Head of Delegation Kofi ADU-NSIAH Executive Director Wildlife Division Forestry Commission P.O. Box M239, Wildlife Division Greater Accra Delegate Charles Christian AMANKWAH Wetlands Co-Ordinator Wildlife Division Forestry Commission P. O. Box M239, Wildlife Division Greater Accra

Greece / Grèce / Grecia Head of Delegation Louis-Alkiviadis ABATIS Ambassador Embassy of Greece in Uruguay Bulevar Artigas 1230 Montevideo 11300 Alternate Head of Delegation Aikaterini STYLOGIANNI General Directorate of Environmental Policy Ministry of Reconstruction of Production, Environment & Energy 147 Patission street Athens 11251

Grenada / Grenade / Granada Head of Delegation Gordon PATERSON


Focal Point Forestry department Ministry of Agriculture Botanical Complex St.Georges

Guatemala / Guatémala Head of Delegation Celia Vanessa DÁVILA PÉREZ Asesora especialista en áreas protegidas marinas Departamento de unidades de conservación Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas 5ta avenida 6-06 edificio IPM zona 1 Guatemala, 01001

Guinea / Guinée

Head of Delegation Namory KEITA Directeur National Eaux et Forêts Ministère de l'Environnement des Eaux et Forêts Conakry

Guinea-Bissau / Guinée Bissau / Guinea Bissau Head of Delegation Sá JOÃOZINHO Directeur du Bureau Gabinete da Planificação Costeira Secrettairie d'Etat de l'Environemen Avenida Combatentes da Liberdade da Pátria, Complexo 14 Bissau Apt. 23, 1031 Codex, Guinée-Bissau

Honduras Head of Delegation Daisy Johanna SAMAYOA RUBIO Analista Ambiental Dirección de Biodiversidad Secretaría de Energía Recursos Naturales Ambiente y Minas 100 mts al sur del Estadio Nacional Tegucigalpa


Hungary / Hongrie / Hungría

Head of Delegation

András SCHMIDT Deputy Head of Department Department of Nature Conservation Ministry of Agriculture Kossuth L. tér 11. Budapest 1055

India / Inde

Head of Delegation

Brijesh SIKKA Adviser National River Conservation Directorate Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodi Road New Delhi 110003, Delhi

Indonesia / Indonésie

Head of Delegation

Trio SANTOSO Deputy Director Directorate of Conservation Areas Ministry of Environment and Forestry Manggala Wanabakti Bld, Block 7 Floor 7, Gatot Subroto Street Jakarta 10270

Iran, Islamic Republic of / Iran, Rép. Islamique d’ / Irán, Rep. Islámica del

Delegates

Mehri ASNAASHARI Public Awareness and Communications Coordinator Natural Environment Conservation of Iranian Wetlands Project Department of Environment Hakim Highway, Pardisan Ecopark Tehran 14155-7383

Masoud BAGHERZADEH KARIMI Deputy Director General on Wetlands and National Parks Habitats and Protected Areas Bureau Department of Environment Hakim Highway, Pardisan Ecopark Tehran 14155-7383


Saeid MAHMOUDI Director General Department of Environment Islamic Republic of Iran University Avenue, the street haft tir, Directorate General for Zahedan 9854, Sistan&Baloochestan Alireza ROODGAR Officer, Department of Environment and Sustainable Development Ministry of Foreign Affairs No.45 Second Floor, B. 8.2, Koushk Mesri Street Tehran Jabbar VATANFADA General Director Transboundary Rivers Ministry of Energy the beginning of Niayesh High way, Valy-e-Asr Ave. Tehran 1996832611 Saeed YOUSEFPOUR Deputy Head Natural Environment Monitoring Department of Environment-Isfahan provincial branch Laleh Square Isfahan

Iraq Head of Delegation Ali Jaber ATIYAH Head of Technical Department Centre for the Restoration of Iraqi Marshes and Wetlands Ministry of Water Resources Al-Tayaran Square, Al-Nidhal Street, 2nd Floor, Baghdad 00964 Delegate Maitham SULTAN Officer, Ass. Directorate of Environment Research Centre Ministry of Science and Technology Al-Jadriyah Sector 913 Baghdad 765, AlResafa

Israel / Israël Head of Delegation Nina Sushanna BEN-AMI


Ambassador Embassy of Israel in Uruguay Dr. Luis Bonavita 1266 - Piso 9 Montevideo 11300, Uruguay Alternate Head of Delegation Giselle HAZZAN TARABEIH Manager Ein Afek Nature Reserve P.O.BOX 1384 Kiryat Bialik 27113, Israel

Jamaica / Jamaïque Head of Delegation Ainsley HENRY Director, National Environment and Planning Agency 10 Caledonia Avenue Kingston

Japan / Japon / Japón Head of Delegation Akinori OGAWA Deputy Director-General Nature Conservation Bureau Ministry of the Environment 1-2-2 Kasumigaseki Tokyo 100-8975, Chiyoda-ku Delegates Yuki IWASHINA Researcher Japan Wildlife Research Center 3-3-7 Kotobashi, Sumida-ku Tokyo 130-8606 Rumiko KITAO Segunda Secretaria Embajada del Japon Bulevar Artigas 953 Montevideo Juan RODRIGUEZ Custodio de la Embajadora de Japon Embajada del Japon Bulevar Artigas 953 Montevideo


Hiroki SATO Deputy Director Global Environment Division Ministry Of Foreign Affairs 2-2-1 Kasumigaseki Tokyo 100-8919, Chiyoda-ku Yoshinori SHIBA Deputy Mayor Town hall Ibrakimachi Yakuba 1080,Ozutsumi Ibaraki Town 311-3192, Ibaraki Koki TAKADA Offical Unit of Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity, Environment Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 1-2-1 Kasumigaseki Tokyo 100-8950, Chiyoda-ku Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI Director Global Environment Division Ministry Of Foreign Affairs 2-2-1 Kasumigaseki Tokyo 100-8919, Chiyoda-ku Keiko TANAKA Embajadora Embajada del Japon Bulevar Artigas 953 Montevideo Kaori TSUJITA Assistant Director Wildlife Division Ministry of the Environment 1-2-2 Kasumigaseki Tokyo 100-8975, Chiyoda-ku Naohito WATANABE Consejero Embajada del Japon Bulevar Artigas 953 Montevideo Makiko YANAGIYA Assistant Director Biodiversity Policy Division


Ministry of the Environment 1-2-2, Kasumigaseki Tokyo 100-8975, Chiyoda-ku

Jordan / Jordanie / Jordania Head of Delegation Ammar MUSMMAR Directorate of Natural Protection Ministry of Environment PO Box: 1418, Auhud Street Amman 11941

Kazakhstan / Kazajstán Head of Delegation Yevgeniy BRAGIN Senior Researcher, Associate Professor Science Department Naurzum Nature Reserve, Kostanay State Pedagogical Institute Taran Str. 165. app.12, Taran Str. 118, room 727 Kostanay 110003

Kenya Head of Delegation Samuel KASIKI Deputy Director Biodiversity Research and Monitoring Kenya Wildlife Service Langata Road, P.O. Box 40241 Nairobi 00100, Kenya Delegates Stephen KATUA Deputy Director Coastal, Marine and Freshwaters National Environment Management Authority Popo road, off Mombasa Road P.O. BOX 67839-00200 Nairobi James NJOGU Head, Conventions Kenya Wildlife Service Langata, P. O. Box 40241-00100 Nairobi


Benard OPAA National Wetlands Officer Coastal, Marine and Freshwaters National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) Popo Road, off Mombasa Road Nairobi

Kiribati Head of Delegation Mari MARAE Senior Environment Officer Environment and Conservation Division Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agriculture Development Bikenibeu Street Tarawa

Kyrgyz Republic / Kirghizistan / Kirguistán

Head of Delegation Adilia BARATOVA Main specialist International Cooperation Department The State Agency on Environment Protection and Forestry 228, Toktogul Street Bishkek 720001

Lao People's Democratic Republic / République démocratique populaire lao / República Democrática Popular Lao

Head of Delegation Lonkham ATSANAVONG Deputy Director General Department of Environmental Quality Promotion Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Lane Xang Avenue Vientiane Capital City P.O.Box: 7864

Latvia / Lettonie / Letonia Head of Delegation Ilona MENDZINA Deputy Director Nature Protection Department Ministry of the Environmental Protection and Regional Development Peldu iela 25 Riga 1494


Alternate Head of Delegation Gunta GABRANE Deputy Director General Nature Conservation Agency Ministry of the Environmental Protection and Regional Development Peldu iela 25 Riga 1494 Delegates Agnese BALANDIŅA Officer, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development Meza maja Jurmala Inga BELASOVA Head, Protected Areas Division Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development Peldu iela 25 Riga 1494 Iveta BISENIECE Deputy Director, Strategic Management and Coordination Department Nature Conservation Agency Baznicas iela 7 Riga 2150 Edgars KUZMANS Project Manager, Coordination Department Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development Peldu iela 25 Riga 1494 Ivita OZOLINA Senior Officer, Department of Nature Protection Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development Peldu iela 25 Riga 1494

Lebanon / Liban / Líbano

Head of Delegation Samer AL HACHEM Ramsar NFP - Hydrogeology Specialist Department of Natural Resources Protection Ministry of Environment Riad Es Solh Beirut 11/2727


Lesotho Head of Delegation Makomoreng FANANA Officer, Department of Water Affairs Ministry of Energy, Meteorology and Water Affairs Old High Court Road, Opposite Government Office Complex Maseru 100

Libya / Libye / Libia Head of Delegation Essam BOURAS Head of Section Protected Area Section/Nature Conservation Department Environment General Authority Algheran Ganzor Tripoli

Madagascar Head of Delegation Liva Hariniaina RAMIANDRARIVO Directeur des Aires Protégées Terrestres Direction Générale Ministère de l'Environnement, de l'Ecologie, de la Mer et des 3948 Rue Toto Radona- Antsahavola, BP : 3948 Rue Toto Antananarivo 101

Malawi Head of Delegation Brighton Kalembeni KUMCHEDWA Director, National Parks and Wildlife Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Culture Kenyatta Drive, PO Box 30131 Lilongwe

Malaysia / Malaisie / Malasia Head of Delegation Abd Rasid SAMSUDIN Director General Department of Wildlife & National Parks - Peninsular Malaysia KM 10, Jalan Cheras Kuala Lumpur 56100, Kuala Lumpur


Delegates Gerald JETONY Senior Geologist Sabah Natural Resources Office Chief Minister Office Level 12 & 14, Menara Tun Mustapha Kota Kinabalu 88502, Sabah Izaty Farehah WAHAB Assistant Secretary Biodiversity and Forestry Management Division Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Level 12, Wisma Sumber Asli, 25, Persiaran Perdana, Precinct 4 Putrajaya 62574, Putrajaya

Mali

Head of Delegation Souhayata Yacouba HAIDARA Conseiller technique Ministère de l'Environnement, de l’Eau et de l'Assainissement - Cité Administrative Bâtiment N°7, néant Bamako B.P:1634

Marshall Islands / Iles Marshall / Islas Marshall Head of Delegation Lani MILNE Chief of Coastal, Land & Conservation RMIEPA Coastal, Land & Conservation Division Republic of the Marshall Islands Environmental Protection P.O. Box 1322 Majuro 96960

Mauritania /Mauritanie Head of Delegation Sidi Mohamed LEHLOU Directeur Environnement Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable 21-185 Ksar Nouakchott, Arafat Nouakchott Nouakchott 170


Mauritius / Maurice / Mauricio Head of Delegation Manikchand PUTTOO Director National Parks and Conservation Service Ministry of Agro-Industry & Food Security Reduit

Mexico / Mexique / México Head of Delegation Laura MARTINEZ PEPIN LEHALLEUR Coordinadora Coordinación para la Atención de Humedales y Zonas Costero Marinas Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas Camino al Ajusco 200, colonia Jardines en la Montaña México, Distrito Federal, 14210, Delegación Tlalpan Delegates Talia CRUZ CASTAÑEDA Consultor Jurídico Dirección General de Desarrollo Institucional y Promoción Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales / Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas Camino al Ajusco 200 México, Distrito Federal, 14210 Mario LÓPEZ PÉREZ Gerente Ingeniería y Asuntos Binacionales del Agua Comisión Nacional del Agua Insurgentes Sur 2416, Colonia Copilco El Bajo México, Distrito Federal, 04340

Mongolia / Mongolie

Head of Delegation Batbold DORJGURKHEM OTGOID Director River Basin Management Division Ministry of Environment, Green Development and Tourism United Nations Str., 5/2, 15160 Government Building 2 Ulaanbaatar


Montenegro / Monténégro Head of Delegation Marina MISKOVIĆ-SPAHIĆ Senior Advisor Directorate of Environment and Climate Change Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism IV Proleterske 19 Podgorica 81 000 Delegate Zoran MRDAK Director Public Enterprise of National Parks of Montenegro Trg Bećir-bega Osmanagića 7 Podgorica 81 000

Morocco / Maroc / Marruecos Head of delegation Zouhair AMHAOUCH Chef de Division Division des Parcs et Réserves Naturelles Haut Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts et à la Lutte contre la Désertification 3,Rue Haroun Errachid, Agdal Rabat 30000

Mozambique Head of Delegation Sidonia MUHORRO GUEZE Technique National Directorate of Environmental Management Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development Acordos de Lusaka Av., 2115, Kassuende Rd.167 Maputo +258 Delegate Ercilia CARLOS BALANGO Technique National Directorate of Mines Ministry of Mineral Resouces Praca 25 de Junho, 380 Maputo


Myanmar Head of Delegation Ye HTUT Director, Zoological Gardens Division, Forest Department Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry Office No (39), Zay Ya Htar Ni Road Nay Pyi Taw 15011, Nay Pyi Taw

Namibia / Namibie

Delegate Monika SHIKONGO Chief Warden Department of Environmental Affairs Ministry of Environment and Tourism Cnr of Dr. Kenneth Kaunda Street & Robert Mugabe Avenue, Windhoek

Nepal / Népal Head of Delegation Maheshwar DHAKAL Under Secretary National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Department of National Parks and Wildlife Babar Mahal Kathmandu 860 Delegate Sony BARAL Programme Officer Forestry Section International Union for Conservation of Nature Kupondole Kathmandu 3923, Lalitpur

Netherlands / Pays Bas / Países Bajos Head of Delegation Anna Jacoba PEL-ROEST Senior Policy Advisor Nature and Biodiversity Ministry of Economic Affairs Postbus 20401 Den Haag 2500 EK


New Zealand / Nouvelle-Zélande / Nueva Zelandia

Head of Delegation

Margriet DE POORTER Ramsar Focal Point Strategic Partnerships Team Department of Conservation PO Box 10-420 Wellington 6143

Delegate

Hugh ROBERTSON Science Advisor - Ramsar STRP National Focal Point Department of Conservation Level 1, 70 Moorhouse Ave, Addington Christchurch 8011

Nicaragua

Head of Delegation

Augusto Cesar FLORES FONSECA Viceministro Ministerio de Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales (MARENA) Km 12 1/2 carretera norte Managua

Niger / Níger

Head of Delegation

Ali Laoual ABAGANA Direction de la faune, de la chasse et des aires protégées Gestion de la Biodiversité Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Salubrité Urbaine et du Developpement Durable 56 Rue des armées Niamey

Norway / Norvège / Noruega

Head of Delegation

Jan-Petter HUBERTH-HANSEN Project Leader Nature Management Department Norwegian Environment Agency Brattørkaia 15, PB 5672 Trondheim 7485


Alternate Head of Delegation Maja AARØNÆS Senior Adviser Norwegian Environment Agency Brattørkaia 15, PB 5672 Trondheim 7485 Delegate Irene LINDBLAD Senior advisor Department for Nature management Ministry of Climate and Environment Kongensgate 20, Postboks 8013 Dep Oslo 0030

Oman / Omán

Head of Delegation Sulaiman AL AKHZAMI Director General Directorate of Nature Conservation Ministry of Environment & Climate Affairs PO Box: 1019, Wasarat Street, Al-Kawir Muscat, Bosher Delegate Badar AL BULUSHI Head Section Marine conservation Dep . Ministry of Environment & Climate Affairs PO Box: 1019, Wasarat Street, Al-Kawir Muscat, Bosher

Pakistan / Pakistán

Head of Delegation Syed MAHMOOD NASIR Inspector General of Forests Ministry of Climate Change LG&RD Complex, Sector G-5/2 Islamabad 44000, Capital

Panama / Panamá

Head of Delegation Zuleika PINZÓN


Directora, Áreas Protegidas Ministerio de Ambiente Albrook, Edificio 804, Albrook, Panamá, 507 Delegates Marisol DIMAS Jefe de Departamento Manejo de Áreas Protegidas Ministerio de Ambiente Albrook, edificio 804 Panamá Arturo DOMINICI AROSEMENA Director Ejecutivo Centro Regional Ramsar para el Hemisferio Occidental (CREHO) Calle Evelio Lara casa 131 A Panamá, 08 16 03847 Rosabel MIRÓ RODRÍGUEZ Directora Ejecutiva Secretaria Comité Nacional de Humedales Sociedad Audubon de Panamá Calle 1ra Este, Casa 2006-A Panamá 0843-03076

Paraguay Head of Delegation Reinilda DURÉ RODAS Directora, Dirección de Áreas Silvestres Protegidas (DASP) Secretaría del Ambiente Madame Lynch Nº 3.500 Asunción, Central

Peru / Pérou / Perú Head of Delegation Walter HUAMANÍ ANAMPA Secretario Técnico del Comité Nacional de Humedales Dirección General de Diversidad Biológica Ministerio del Ambiente Av. Javier Prado Oeste No. 1440, San Isidro Lima Delegate Edgardo Elson MARTHANS CASTILLO


Especialista en Conservación Dirección General de Diversidad Biológica/Ecosistemas Ministerio del Ambiente Av. Javier Prado Oeste No. 1440, San Isidro Lima

Philippines / Filipinas Head of Delegation Meriden MARANAN Chief, Caves, Wetlands and Other Ecosystems Division Department of Environment and Natural Resources Biodiversity Management Bureau NAPWC compound, Quezon Ave., Diliman Quezon City 1100 Alternate Head of Delegation Arnel TALISAYON First Secretary Department of Foreign Affairs Philippine Mission in Geneva 47 Avenue Blanc Geneva Delegate Joy NAVARRO Ecosystems Management Specialist Department of Environment and Natural Resources Biodiversity Management Bureau NAPWC compound, Quezon Ave., Diliman Quezon City 1100

Portugal Head of Delegation João Carlos FARINHA Chief of Division Valorisation of Protected Areas and Communication Ministry of Environment, Territorial Planning and Energy Av da República N.º 16 Lisboa 1050-191 Delegate João Mora PORTEIRO Professor Universidade dos Açores


Rua da mãe de Deus Ponta Delgada 9501-855

Republic of Korea / République de Corée / República de Corea

Head of Delegation

Jin Young PARK Director National Wetlands Center 872, Mogok-ri, Ibang-Myeon Chandnyeong-gun, Gyeonsangnam-do, 635-833

Delegates

Jongcheol KIM Programme Officer Nature Policy Division Ministry of Environment 11 Doum 6-ro, Building #6 Government Complex-Sejong Sejong Special Self-Governing City 339-012

Taekyu KIM Ministry of Environment 11 Doum 6-ro, Building #6, Government Complex-Sejong Sejong Special Self-Governing City 339-012

Taesung KIM Senior Researcher National Wetlands Center 872, Mogok-ri, Ibang-Myeon Chandnyeong-gun, Gyeonsangnam-do, 635-833

Young Nam KIM Ministry of Ocean and Fishery 28 songpa-daero 28-gil, Songpa-gu Seoul

Hyejin KO Program Officer Global Environment Division Ministry of Environment 11 Doum 6-ro, Building #6, Government Complex-Sejong Sejong Special Self-Governing City 339-012

Jeryang KO President Jeju Ecotourism Association 54-5, Bukchon 4 gil, Jocheon-eup Jeju-si 695-966


Byoungseol KOH Ministry of Ocean and Fishery Dongchung, Yunsu Incheon Hyunju LEE National Wetlands Center 872, Mogok-ri, Ibang-Myeon Chandnyeong-gun, Gyeonsangnam-do, 635-833 Doo Hun PARK Officer, Nature Policy Division Ministry of Environment 11, Doum 6-ro, Building #6, Government Complex-Sejong Sejong Special Self-Governing City 339-012

Republic of Moldova / République de Moldavie / República de Moldova Head of Delegation Lilia ELADII Advisory Officer Natural Resources and Biodiversity Department Ministry of Environment 9, Cosmonautilor Street Chisinau 2005

Romania / Roumanie / Rumania Head of Delegation Doina CATRINOIU Vice-President National Environment Protection Agency 294 Splaiul Independentei, sector 6 Bucharest 060031 Delegates Grigore BABOIANU Deputy Executive Director Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority 34A, PortuluiI Street Tulcea 820243 Diana Mihaela COCAI Head of Office Directorate of Biodiversity Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests Libertății Blvd., 12 Bucharest 040129


Lucian-Eduard SIMION Governor, Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority 34A, PortuluiI Street Tulcea 820243

Russian Federation / Fédération de Russie / Federación de Rusia Head of Delegation Vladimir Vyacheslavovich IVLEV Deputy Director Department of International Cooperation Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment 4/6 Bolshaya Gruzinskaya Ulitsa Moscow 123995 Alternate Head of Delegation Andrey Arturovich SIRIN Director, Research Institute on Forest Science Russian Academy of Sciences Uspenskoye,Odintsovskii Raion Moscow 143030 Delegates Irina KAMENNOVA Project Coordinator Wetlands International Russia 19/3, Nikoloyamskaya Street Moscow 109240 Vasily Ivanovich PONOMAREV RAS / UNDP Syktyvkan, Kutuzova str. 17/74 Alexander Nikolaevich POPOV MNR PF / UNDP Syutyvkar

Saint Lucia / Sainte-Lucie / Santa Lucía Head of Delegation Rebecca ROCK Research Officer Forestry Department Ministry of Sustainable Development, Energy, Science and Technology Norman Francis Building, Union Castries


Samoa Head of Delegation Elizabeth KERSTIN-YOSHIDA Principal Forestry Research Officer Forestry Division Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Beach Road Apia

Sao Tome and Principe / Sao Tomé-et-Principe / Santo Tomé y Príncipe Head of Delegation Meyer MADRE DE DEUS DO ROSARIO ANTONIO Responsable pour la Sensibilisation Département de Biodiversité, Sensibilisation et Études Ministère de l'Agriculture et Développement Rural /Direction Travessa do Pelourinho São Tomé 47

Senegal / Sénégal Head of Delegation Abdou Salam KANE Chef de division Zones humides Direction des Parcs Nationaux Ministère Environnement et Développement Durable Route des Péres Maristes, Parc Forestier et Zoologique de Hann Dakar 99000

Serbia / Serbie Head of Delegation Jelena DUCIC Senior Advisor Department for Protected Areas and Ecological Network Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection 1 Omladinskih brigada Belgrade 11070

Seychelles Head of Delegation Pugazhendhi MURUGAIYAN Senior Project Officer Department of Energy and Climate Change


Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change English River Victoria – Mahe

Sierra Leone / Sierra Leona Head of Delegation Syl-Brians Tamba KAMARA Deputy Director Directorate of Field Operations Environment Protection Agency - Sierra Leone 21 Old Railway Line, Brookfields Freetown 232

Slovakia / Slovaquie / Eslovaquia

Head of Delegation Jan KADLEČÍK Head of Department Department of Environmental Education and International Cooperation State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic Tajovskeho 28B Banská Bystrica 974 01

South Africa / Afrique du Sud / Sudáfrica

Head of Delegation Ellen M. HAJIE Ambassador of South Africa to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay South African Embassy to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Montevideo Alternate Head of Delegation Nopasika Malta QWATHEKANA Senior Policy Adviser International Advisery Services Ministry of Environmental Affairs Corner Steve Biko and Soutpansberg, Private Bag X447 Pretoria 0001, Gauteng Delegates Geoffrey COWAN Director: Protected Areas Planning, Legislation, Compliance & Department of Environmental Affairs 473 Steve Biko Street, Arcadia Pretoria 0083


John DINI Director Directorate: Ecological Infrastructure South African National Biodiversity Institute 2 Cussonia Avenue, Brummeria Pretoria Justin Thomas KEMP Assistant Director Directorate Environment, Science and Technology Department of International Relations and Cooperation Pretoria Johns Ross KHARIKA Director Biodiversity Risk Management Environmental Affairs 473 Steve Biko, Arcardia Pretoria 0083, Gauteng Nhlakanipho Vukani MGOBHOZI Assistant Director Chief Directorate: Biodiversity Planning and Management Environmental Affairs 473 Steve Biko Road, Ext 06, Arcadia, Pretoria Pretoria (Tshwane) 0083, South Africa Lucia MOTAUNG Assistant Director Directorate of Biodiversity Conservation Ministry of Environment 473 Steve Biko Street, Environmental House Pretoria 0001, Gauteng Tshilidzi Edward NETSHITHOTHOLE Control Biodiversity Officer Grade B Directorate of International Advisory Services Department of Environmental Affairs 473 Steve Biko Street, Arcadia Pretoria 0083, Gauteng Thizwilondi Suzan RAMBAU Biodiversity Officer Control Grade B Environmental Affairs Branch: Biodiversity Conservation Environmental Affairs 473 Steve Biko Road, Environment House,Ext 06, Arcadia, Pretoria 0083, South Africa Ian RUSSELL Manager


Conservation Services South African National Parks 643 Leyds Street Pretoria 0001, Gauteng

Tshikonelo Stanley TSHITWAMULOMONI Deputy Director Department of Environmental Affairs 473 Steve Biko and Soutpansberg Road., Private Bag X447 Pretoria 0001

South Sudan / Soudan du Sud / Sudán del Sur

Head of Delegation

Achaye JOSEPH LAM Director General Wetland and Biodiversity Ministry of Environment Bilpam, Ministry of Environment/RSS/Juba Juba

Delegate

Wani Christopher JADA KWAJOK Director,Department of Environment and Natural Resources Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministries Street Juba

Spain / Espagne / España

Head of Delegation

María Magdalena BERNUÉS SANZ Jefe de Servicio Servicio de Conservación de Humedales Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente Plaza de San Juan de la Cruz s/n Madrid 28071

Delegate

María José VIÑALS BLASCO Profesora Servicio de Conservación de Humedales Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Camino Vera s/n Valencia 46022


Sri Lanka Head of Delegation Hitibandarale Dayawan RATNAYAKE Director General Department of Wildlife Conservation No.811A, Jayanthipura Battaramulla Delegate Meril Silva Olcott Manjula AMARARATHNA Deputy Director Natural Resources Management Department of Wildlife Conservation No.811A, Jayanthipura Battaramulla

Sudan / Soudan / Sudán Head of Delegation Abdelrahman ELFAKI Diplomat, Department of Environment Ministry of Foreign Affairs El Jamaa Street Khartoum Delegate Nadia HASSAN OMER Office Researcher High Council for Environment and Natural Resources Khartoum

Suriname Head of Delegation Claudine SAKIMIN Coordinator, Nature Conservation Division Ministry of Physical Planning, Land and Forest Management Cornelis Jongbawstraat 10-14 Paramaribo

Swaziland / Swazilandia Head of Delegation Sandile Tfululwemphi GUMEDZE


Senior Ecologist Nature Conservation Swaziland National Trust Commission Parliament Drive Swaziland, National Museum Building, Mbabane H100, Swaziland

Sweden / Suède / Suecia Head of Delegation John Michael LÖFROTH Deputy Director Swedish Ministry of the Environment and Energy Malmtorgsgatan 3 Stockholm 103 33 Alternate Head of Delegation Jenny LONNSTAD Desk Officer, Ramsar National Focal Point Unit for Nature and Biodiversity Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Valhallavägen 195 Stockholm 106 48 Delegate Nils Erik Dag TÖRNBLOM Officer Unit of Biodiversity and Fishing Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management Box 11930 Gothenburg 40439

Switzerland / Suisse / Suiza

Head of Delegation Sibylle VERMONT Lead Policy Adviser International Affairs Division Federal Office for the Environment Papiermühlestrasse 172 Bern 3003 Alternate Head of Delegation Reinhard SCHNIDRIG Head of Section Wildlife Management & Forest Biodiversity Division Federal Office for the Environment FOEN


68, Worblentalstrasse Ittigen, Postfach Bern 3003 Delegate Sabine HERZOG Deputy Head of Section Species, Ecosystems, Landscape Division Federal Office of the Environment 68, Worblentalstrasse Ittigen, Postfach Bern 3003

Tajikistan / Tadjikistan / Tayikistán Head of Delegation Shermatov KHISRAVSHOKH Chief Specialist National Biodiversity and Biosafety Centre of the Committee of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Tajikistan 5/1 Shamsy Str. Dushanbe 734003

Thailand / Thaïlande / Tailandia Head of Delegation Asdaporn KRAIRAPANOND Deputy Secretary General Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning 60/1 Soi Pibul Wattana 7, Rama Sixth Road Bangkok 10400 Delegates Thirayut CHITCHUMNONG Senior Officer Land Development Department Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives 2003/61 Phaholyothin Road Bangkok 10900, Chatuchak Pratana DISYATAT Counselor, Department of International Organization Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sri Ayudhya Road Bangkok 10400 Ruamsub KANEDA Senior Marine Biologist Department of Marine and Coastal Resources


Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment 60/1 Soi Pibul Wattana 7, Rama Sixth Road Bangkok 10400

Karkkaew MONTHAROP Marine Biologist Department of Fishery Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives 2003/61 Phaholyothin Road Bangkok 10900, Chatuchak

Jintana PINNOY Scientist, Senior Professional Level Department of National Park Wildlife & Plant Conservation Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment 60/1 Soi Pibul Wattana 7, Rama Sixth Road Bangkok 104000

Nirawan PIPITSOMBAT Senior Environmentalist Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment 60/1 Soi Pibul Wattana 7, Rama Sixth Road Bangkok 10400

Wanlop PREECHAMART Environmentalist Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment 60/1 Soi Pibul Wattana 7, Rama Sixth Road Bangkok 10400

Ammart SUTHAMMJARAS Senior Civil Engineer (expert on water resources conservation) Department of Water Resources Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment 60/1 Soi Pibul Wattana 7, Rama Sixth Road Bangkok 10400

Poonsri WANTHONGCHAI Technical Officer Department of Marine and Coastal Resources Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment 60/1 Soi Pibul Wattana 7, Rama Sixth Road Bangkok 10400

Sutara YINDEEROD Officer, Land Development Department Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives 2003/61 Phanholyotin Road Bangkok 10900, Chatuchak


The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia / l’ex-République yougoslave de Macédoine / La Ex RepúblicaYugoslava de Macedonia

Head of Delegation Branko MICEVSKI President of Macedonian Ramsar Committee Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Arhimedova - 3 Skopje 1000

Tunisia / Tunisie / Túnez

Head of Delegation Habib ABID Directeur Conservation des Forets Direction Générale des Forets Ministère de l'Agriculture 30 Rue Alain Savary, 9 Rue des Juges Tunis 1002

Turkey / Turquie / Turquía Head of Delegation Mehmet GÖLGE Director, General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs Söğütözü Caddesi No: 14/E Beştepe, Ankara 06531

Turkmenistan / Turkménistan / Turkmenistán Head of Delegation Eldar RUSTAMOV Leader, Working Group on Ramsar Convention in Turkmenistan Ministry of Nature Protection Bitarap Turkmenistan Avenue/Shayoli, 15 Ashgabat 744000

Uganda / Ouganda Head of Delegation Paul MAFABI GUMONYE Director Environment Affairs Directorate of Environment Affairs Ministry of Water and Environment Kampala


Delegates Vincent Cohen BARUGAHARE Officer, Ministry of Water and Environment Kampala Lucy IYANGO Assistant Commissioner Wetlands Management Department Ministry of Water and Environment Kampala Carol KAIRUMBA Senior Wetlands Officer Wetlands Management Department Ministry of Water and Environment Kampala Ronald KATO KAYIZZI JUNIOR Assistant Commissioner Division of Water for Agricultural Production Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Lugard Avenue Entebbe Collins OLOYA Commissioner, Wetlands Management Department Ministry of Water and Environment Kampala

Ukraine / Ucrania Head of Delegation Olesya PETROVYCH Chief Specialist Division of Protected Areas Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine 35, Mytropolyta V. Lypkivskoho Street Kyiv 03035

United Arab Emirates / Emirats arabes unis / Emiratos Arabes Unidos Head of Delegation Mohammad Saif AL AFKHAM General Manager Environment Protection & Development Department Fujairah Municipality Fujairah


Delegates Saif Mohammad AL GHAIS Executive Director Environmental Protection & Development Authority PO.Box: 11377 Ras Al Kheimeh Ahmad Ismail AL HASHEMI Director of Biodiversity Department Direction of Biodiversity Ministry of Environment and Water Abu Hail, PO Box: Box 67 Dubai 9714, Dubai Aisha ALMHEIRI Head of Section Environment Department- Marine Environment & Wildlife Dubai Municipality D85, Baniyas Rd Dubai 67 Maral CHREIKI Head of Division Wildlife Division Fujairah Municipality Alsharqi Street Fujairah City 7 Fujairah Mohammad DESHGOONI Sr. Specialist Environment Department Dubai Municipality Abu Hail, P. O. Box 67 Dubai 9714, Dubai Kevin HYLAND Manager, Wildlife Protection Office 22a st / 17 Street, Community 337 Dubai, New Za'abeel Hamda LOOTAH Biologist Department of biodiversity Ministry of Environment and Water Abu Hail, PO Box: Box 67 Dubai 9714, Dubai Aseilah M. ALHASHMI Director, Public Services and Environment


Fujairah Municipality Hamad bi Abdullah Fujairah

United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni / Reino Unido Head of Delegation Clare HAMILTON Head of International Biodiversity Policy Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) 17 Smith Square London SW1P 3JR Delegates Kafi GUMBS Director of Fisheries Department of Environment P.O. Box 60, Crocus Hill Anguilla Laura-Louise O'REILLY International Biodiversity Policy Advisor Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) 17 Smith Square London SW1P 3JR David STROUD Senior Ornithologist UK Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Monkstone House, City Road Peterborough PE1 1JY

United Republic of Tanzania / République-Uni de Tanzanie / República Unida de Tanzanía

Head of Delegation Deogratius NYANGU Principal Environmental Officer Division of Environment Vice President's Office 6 Albert Luthuli Street, P.O Box 5380 Dar Es Salaam Delegate Sadiki Lotha LAISER Wetlands Management Officer Wildlife Division Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism


40 Julius Nyerere Road, 15472 Dar Es Salaam +255

United States of America / Etats-Unis d’Amérique / Estados Unidos de América Head of Delegation Barbara DE ROSA-JOYNT Chief for Biodiversity Office of Conservation and Water U.S. Department of State OES/ECW Rm. 2568 2201 C Street NW DC 20520, Washington Delegates Scott JOHNSTON Branch Chief Division of Migratory Birds U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 300 Westgate Center Dr Hadley 01035, Massachusetts Kathleen KUTSCHENREUTER Environmental Scientist Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds United States Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW (4502T) Washington 20460, DC Alexandra Hetherington PERINA Attorney, Legal Adviser's Office U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW, Suite 6420 Washington 20520, DC Krishna ROY Chief, Global Program, International Affairs United States Fish and Wildlife Service 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: IA Falls Church 22041, Virginia

Uruguay Head of Delegation Jorge Guillermo RUCKS DE FUENTES Subsecretario Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo


Delegates

Alicia AGUERRE Biodiversidad Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente - Biodiversidad Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo

María Ximena ALVAREZ Secretaria Dirección de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Colonia 1206 Montevideo

Eduardo ANDRÉS Biodiversidad Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente - Biodiversidad Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo

María del Huerto ARCAUS Sub Directora de Medio Ambiente Dirección de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Colonia 1206 Montevideo

Soledad AVILA Asesora División SNAP - Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo

Maria del Rosario BARROS Secretaria Dirección de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Colonia 1206 Montevideo

Mario BATALLÉS Biodiversidad Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente - Biodiversidad Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo


Pablo BAYARRES Sub Director de Protocolo Dirección de Protocolo Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Colonia 1206 Montevideo

Rossana BERRINI Asesora División SNAP - Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo

Alfredo BLUM Asesor del Director Nacional Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo

Marcel CALVAR Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo

Victor CANTÓN Director División Biodiversidad - Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo

Eneida DE LEÓN PERÉZ Ministra Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo

María Gracia DELGADO ITURRIA Secretaria, Asuntos Internacionales Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo

Gerardo EVIA Director PROBIDES - Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente


Zabala 1432 Montevideo César GARCÍA Asesor División SNAP - Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo Alberto HUGHES Informática Dirección General de Secretaría Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo Charlie HUGHES Asesor Jurídico Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente - Asesoría Jurídica Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo Ana Laura MELLO Biodiversidad Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente - Biodiversidad Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo Gerardo MÉROLA Asesor División SNAP - Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo Macarena MO UMPIERRE Asesora Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente - Ramsar Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo Laura MODERNELL Comunicación Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo


Claudia MONGIARDINO Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo Alejandro NARIO Director Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo Natalia NOVOA Secretaria Dirección General para Asuntos Políticos Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Colonia 1206 Montevideo Gustavo PACHECO Embajador - Director General Cooperación Internacional Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Colonia 1206 Montevideo Luis Enrique PÉREZ Asesor Dirección de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Colonia 1206 Montevideo Walter REGUEIRO LAXAGA Punto Focal Ramsar Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Galicia 1133 Montevideo José Luis REMEDI Embajador - Director Dirección de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Colonia 1206 Montevideo Carlos RODRÍGUEZ BRIANZA Director Adjunto Dirección de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores


Colonia 1206 Montevideo Viveka SABAJ Asesora Dirección Nacional de Agua - Cuencas y acuíferos Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo Guillermo SCARLATO Director División SNAP - Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo Martín VIDAL Director General para Asuntos Políticos Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Colonia 1206 Montevideo Advisors Mariana ADORNI Asesora Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente - Ramsar Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo María Lucía BARTESAGHI Asesora División SNAP - Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo Leonardo COLISTRO Comunicación Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo Adriana FERNÁNDEZ DE LEÓN Comunicación División SNAP Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente


Zabala 1432 Montevideo Sebastián HORTA Asesor División SNAP - Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo Enrique LOEDEL Embajador - Director General Adjunto Dirección General para Asuntos Políticos Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Colonia 1206 Montevideo Joaquín MARQUÉS Asesor División SNAP - Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo María del Carmen OLIVERA LAPORT Asesora División SNAP - Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo Cristina QUINTAS Comunicaciones Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo Mariana RÍOS Asesora División SNAP - Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo Álvaro SALAZAR Asesor División SNAP - Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Zabala 1432 Montevideo


Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) / Venezuela (République bolivarienne du) / Venezuela (República Bolivariana de)

Head of Delegation Ileana VILLALOBOS PEROZO Internacionalista Oficina de Asuntos Multilaterales Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores ESQ Carmelitas Av. Urdaneta Caracas, 1010, Distrito Capital

Viet Nam Head of Delegation Cuong TRAN Director, Ecology Division Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment 10, Ton That Thuyet street Hanoi 100000

Zambia / Zambie Head of Delegation Chuma SIMUKONDA Ag. Director Research, Planning, Information and Veterinary Directorate of Research, Planning, Information and Veterinary Zambia Wildlife Authority Kafue Road, Chilanga, P/B 1, Chilanga, Lusaka Lusaka 0101 Delegate Mwangala SIMATE Senior Natural Resources Management Officer Environment and Natural Resources Management Department Ministry of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Independence Avenue, Mulungushi House, P.O.Box 34011 Lusaka 10101

Zimbabwe Head of Delegation Alleta Ruvimbo NYAHUYE Manager, Environmental Planning and Monitoring Ministry of Environment Water and Climate 30 Corner Central Ave and Kaguvi Street, 12 th Floor, Kaguvi Harare





Government Agency Observers / Observateur d'une institution gouvernementale / Organismo oficial observador Rieko ABE Ministry of Environment Japan Shinpei AKATSUKA Deputy Assistant Director Natural Environment team 2, Forestry and Nature Conservation Group, Global Environment Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) 5-25, Niban-cho Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku Humberto ALMIRATI Programa de Conservación de la Biodiversidad y Desarrollo Sustentable en los Humedales del Este (PROBIDES) Rocha Uruguay Eduardo ALONSO DUTRA Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Ana Maria ALVARIZA Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Mary ARAUJO Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Maria De Lujan ARZUBI CALVO Reserva Ecologica Costanera Sur Ministerio de Ambiente y Espacio Publico Ciudad de Buenos Aires Argentina German Andres AUSINA Reserva Ecologica Costanera Sur Ministerio de Ambiente y Espacio Publico


Ciudad de Buenos Aires Argentina Silvia BALLADARES Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Gustavo BARCELO Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Luis BARRAGAM Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Monica BARRIO Direccion General De Turismo Uruguay Hugo BERRIEL Junta local autónoma de San Carlos Uruguay Amanda BERTOLUTTI Asesor Técnico, Despacho Senador Nacional Mario Cimadevilla Honorable Senado de la Nación Hipólito Yrigoyen 1708, oficina 206b Buenos Aires 1089 Argentina Fabiana BIANCHI Agencia Uruguaya de Cooperación Internacional (AUCI) Plaza Independencia 776 Montevideo Uruguay Brenda BON Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Agnes BONAVITA Agencia Uruguaya de Cooperación Internacional (AUCI) Plaza Independencia 776 Montevideo Uruguay Nathanaël BRUCHEZ Colaborador de la Embajada de Suiza en Uruguay Embajada de Suiza Federico Abadie 2936/40 Montevideo


Viviana BRUN MORENO Técnica Ambiental, Departamento de Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Comunicaciones Alberdi y Oliva 411 Asunción 1221 Paraguay Juan BURLA Encargado de Áreas Protegidas del Programa en el Sitio Ramsar PROBIDES - Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Uruguay Sandra CABRERA Comisión de Medio Ambiente Municipio Av. Gorlero Punta del Este Uruguay Andrei CACERES Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Uruguay Soledad CALERO Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente - Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Uruguay Juan Andres CANESSA FRANCO Director General Departamento Desarrollo Ambiental Intendencia de Montevideo 18 18 De Julio 1360 Montevideo 11200 Uruguay Diana CARAM Intendencia de Rocha Uruguay Alvaro CARAMBALA Intendencia de Montevideo Uruguay Gonzalo CARBALLO Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente - Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Uruguay Graciela Cristina CARBONARO BERTOLO Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado


Uruguay Michael CARROLL Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Uruguay Andrea CASURIAGA Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Juan Antonio CORREA NUNEZ Humedal Santa Lucia Municipio G Montevideo Uruguay Marianella CRIADO Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Uruguay Maria Garcia CRISTINA CASAL Municipio G Montevideo Uruguay Andrea CROCI REYES Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Alejandra CUNETTI BETANCUR Asociación de Transportes Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Juan Jose CURI LARA Municipio G Montevideo Uruguay María Virginia DE FRANCESCO Área de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable Defensor del Pueblo de la Nación Suipacha 365 Ciudad de Buenos Aires 1008 Argentina Christophe DESSAUX Embajada de Francia Montevideo Uruguay


Natalia DI PAULA Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Bolívar Wilson DUTRA FERREIRA Municipio G Montevideo Uruguay Priscus EGIDI NGASOMA Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation United Republic of Tanzania Graciela FABIANO Ministerio de Ganadería Agricultura La Paloma Rocha Uruguay Monica FACIO Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Carlos FAGETTI Ministerio de Turismo Uruguay Jhoanna FERNANDEZ Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Lourdes FERNANDEZ Agencia Uruguaya de Cooperación Internacional (AUCI) Plaza Independencia 710 Uruguay Nobuyoshi FUJIMOTO Associate Senior Engineer Satelllite Application and Operation Center JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) 2-1-1, Sengen Ibaraki 305-8505, Tsukuba Japan Leandro GARCIA SILVA Defensoría del Pueblo Argentina Soledad GHIONE Biodiversidad - Programa Monitoreo Sitio Ramsar Programa de Conservación de la Biodiversidad y Desarrollo Sustentable en los Humedales del Este (PROBIDES) - Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente


Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Uruguay Angelita GOMEZ Ministerio Ganadería Agricultura y Pesca Montevideo Uruguay Mónica GÓMEZ ERACHE Consultor Naciones Unidas Cambio Climático Ministerio de Vivienda Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Galicia 1133 Montevideo 11100 Uruguay German Liber GONZALEZ CARABALLO Humedal Santa Lucia Municipio G Montevideo Uruguay Mercedes Valeria GONZÁLEZ WÉTZEL Responsable de área Relación con la comunidad e instituciones Secretaría de Ambiente Supremo Entrerriano 108 Concepción del Uruguay 3260, Provincia de Entre Ríos Argentina Monica GUCHIN Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Uruguay Motohiro HASEGAWA Senior Adviser, Forestry and Nature Conservation Global Environment Department Japan International Cooperation Agency 5-25, Niban-cho Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku Japan Naofumi HEMMI The Enviroment Section of Hokota City Hall Hokota City 1444-1,Hokota Hokota 311-1592 Japan


Toshiyuki HIDESHIMA Mayor Saga-shi City 1-1, Sakaemachi Saga-shi 840-8501, Saga Japan Yoshinori HIRABARU Vice-chairman of the city council Saga-shi City 1-1, Sakaemachi Saga-shi 840-8501, Saga Japan Erika HOFFMANN Sistema Nacional de Áreas Protegidas (SNAP) Montevideo Uruguay Vladimir IRIARTE Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Safar Ali ISLAMIAN KUOHPAHI Embassy of Iran Montevideo Uruguay Rodolfo Carlos JUANCHE GONZALEZ Jefe, Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Shishido KENICHI Deputy Director General Forestry and Nature Conservation Global Environment Department Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) 5-25, Niban-cho Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku Japan Myeong-Ok KIM Environmental Resources Conservation Division Jeju Self Governing Province Republic of Korea Jaeyun KO CEO, Gyeongnam Ramsar Environmental Foundation #303, CECO, 362 Wonidaero Uichang Gu Changwon Republic of Korea


Francois KOTZE HOD: Environmental Management Overberg District Municipality 26 Long Street Bredasdorp 7280, Western Cape South Africa Paula LAPORTA Sistema Nacional Áreas Protegidas (SNAP) Uruguay Alvaro LOPEZ Ministerio de Turismo Uruguay Nelida LOPEZ MIR Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Lautaro Manuel LORENZO Subsecretario, Subsecretaria para el Desarrollo Sostenible Municipio Esteban Echeverria Sofia T. de Santamarina 455 Monte Grande 1841, Buenos Aires Argentina Monica LOZANO Ministerio de Turismo Uruguay Juan Darío MANDELBURGER Secretaria del Ambiente Paraguay Soledad MANTERO Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Uruguay Ana MARTINEZ Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Uruguay Marilyn MARTINEZ Director Turismo Intendencia de Maldonado Uruguay Kuribayashi MASAHIKO Kashima City Hall 2643-1, Ooaza noudomibun Kashima 849-1312 Japan


Silvana MASCIADRI BÁLSAMO Environmental Management Division, Protected Areas System Intendencia Departamental de Canelones Baltasar Brum 960, Checoslovaquia 5440. CP 12500. Montevideo. Canelones 90000 Uruguay Santiago MEDINA SNAP - Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Punta del Este Uruguay Iraj MILANI TABRIZI Embassy of Iran Montevideo Uruguay Diana MUSITELLI Programa de Conservación de la Biodiversidad y Desarrollo Sustentable en los Humedales del Este (PROBIDES) - Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Uruguay Keiko OGAWA Coordinator, MAPCOBIO-JICA Project Japan International Cooperation Agency Santa Rosa Santo Domingo, Heredia Costa Rica Luisa OLIVERA Ministry of Economy Uruguay Yashuhei ONIZAWA Mayor Hokota City Hall 1444-1, Hokota Hokota City 311-1592 Japan Shinsuke ONUMA Manager Oarai Town Office 6881-275, Isohama-cho Oarai-machi 3111392 Japan Masaki OSAWA Chief Adviser, MAPCOBIO-JICA Project Japan International Cooperation Agency


Del Cementerio, 400m al N y 400m al OE Santo Domingo, Heredia Costa Rica Martin PALACIO Corporación Nacional para el Desarrollo Rincón 528 Montevideo Uruguay Danielle PALUDO Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Aves Silvestres (CEMAVE) Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) Ministério do Meio Ambiente Brazil Natalia PASCOVICH Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Jeannette PEREIRA Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Ricardo PEREIRA MEDINA Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Juan Jose PEREZ JAVRENA Junta Departamental Maldonado Ediles Departamentales Uruguay Margarita PERI Programa de Conservación de la Biodiversidad y Desarrollo Sustentable en los Humedales del Este (PROBIDES) Rocha Uruguay Gonzalo PICASSO Sistema Nacional Áreas Protegidas (SNAP) Intendencia Departamental de Rocha Uruguay Juan Jose PIETRACAPRINA Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Adolfo Raoul PIETRI STORNI Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay


Daniel PIGOLA GUERRA Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Walter Omar PLADA Junta Departamental Maldonado Ediles Departamentales Uruguay Jose Luis POMBO MORALES Consul Consulate of Cyprus Chucarro 1004/ 303 Montevideo Uruguay Santiago PONS Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Cecilia RAMOS-MANE Embassy of the United States in Uruguay 1776 Lauro Müller Montevideo Uruguay Eduardo RAPETTI Encargado, Humedales Santa Lucía Agencia Desarrollo Ciudad del Plata Ruta 1 km 26.200, Ada Río de la Plata M 2 S1 Ciudad del Plata 80.101, Dpto. San José Uruguay Julio RIELLA Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Adalberto RISSO Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Fresa RIVERO SOSA Junta Departamental Maldonado Ediles Departamentales Uruguay Gabriela ROBAINA Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay


Alda RODRIGUEZ Sistema Nacional Areas Protegidas (SNAP) Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Uruguay Hyara RODRIGUEZ Ministerio de Turismo Uruguay Luis ROJAS Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación San José Costa Rica Virginia Lucia ROMERO SORDO Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Ake ROSENQVIST Science Consultant Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) 2-1-1 Sengen, Tsukuba-shi Tsukuba 305-8505, Ibaraki Japan Luis RUBIO Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Uruguay Gustavo SALABERRY Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Julio SALAVARRY Ministerio de Turismo Uruguay Sami SALEM Embassy of Egypt Montevideo Uruguay Christina SAN MARTIN Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Julia SAWAKI Dubai Tourism Av. Ipiranga, 318 Sao Paulo, Brazil


Gustavo SENCION IRAZABAL Agenda Metropolitana Presidencia Uruguay Paolo SILVA Corporación Nacional para el Desarrollo Rincón 528 Montevideo Uruguay Tamara SILVERA Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Oscar SOSA Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Alvaro SOUTULLO Associate Researcher, Area de Biodiversidad y Conservacion Museo Nacional de Historia Natural 25 de Mayo 582 Montevideo Uruguay Federico STEFFENINO Division de Ingeniería Ambiental Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Naresh SUBEDI Senior Officer, National Trust for Nature Conservation Khumaltar, Lalitpur Kathmandu Nepal Yoichi TAGI Deputy Director General Department of Civil Affairs and the Environment Ibaraki Prefectural Govermment 978-6,Kasahara Mito,Ibaraki Japan Yasuji TANAKA Manager, Saga-shi City Government Office Environment Part 1-1, Sakaemachi Saga-shi 840-8501, Saga Japan


María Bethania TELLECHEA LÓPEZ Técnica Ambiental, Departamento de Evaluación de impacto ambiental Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones Oliva y Alberdi 411 Asunción 1221 Paraguay Pablo TERRE VEGE Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Mariana TINETTO Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Darío TOLEDO Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Javier TORRANO Agenda Metropolitana Presidencia Uruguay Alicia TORRES Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Minería Uruguay Federico TRENER Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Vivian TRIES Intendencia de Maldonado Uruguay Andrea TRONCOSO Sistema Nacional Areas Protegidas (SNAP) Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Uruguay Nubia TERESITA UBALDE Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente (DINAMA) Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Uruguay Pablo Alejandro URRUTI GANDUGLIA Técnico, Evaluación Impacto Ambiental Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente (DINAMA) Galicia 1133 Montevideo Uruguay


Juan VENTURINI Intendencia Departamental de Maldonado Uruguay Andrea VIGNOLO Agencia Uruguaya de Cooperación Internacional (AUCI) Plaza Independencia 776 Montevideo Uruguay Mariana VILARÓ Educación Ambiental - Sitio Bañados del Este Programa de Conservación de la Biodiversidad y Desarrollo Sustentable en los Humedales del Este (PROBIDES) - Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Uruguay Andrew WINKELMAN Embassy of the United States in Uruguay 1776 Lauro Müller Montevideo Uruguay Mari YAMAZAKI Assistant Director, Office for Wildlife Management Ministry of Environment 1-2-2, Kasumigaseki Tokyo 100-8975, Chiyoda-ku Japan Hidekazu YONEKAWA Manager, Oarai Town Office 6881-275, Isohama-cho Oarai-machi 3111392 Japan Fujita YOUICHIROU Kashima City Associate Mayor 2643-1, Ooaza noudomibun Kashima 849-1312, Saga Prefecture Japan






Observer States / États observateurs / Estados Observadores

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Chol Su JO Permanent Mission of DPRK in Geneva Chemin de Plonjon 1 Geneva 1207 Switzerland Song Rim YUN Permanent Mission of DPRK in Geneva Chemin de Plonjon 1 Geneva 1207 Switzerland






Invited Experts /Experts invités par le Secrétariat / Expertos invitados por la Secretaría Tiega ANADA Senior Environmental Consultant 146 Rue de Riant Coteau 1196 Gland Switzerland Jorge Emmanuel ESCOBAR MORENO Director, Fundación Humedales Bogotá Calle 94 No 72 A 51 Torre 2 Apto 301 Bogotá D.C., Bogotá Colombia Colin FINLAYSON Director Institute for Land, Water & Society Charles Sturt University Elizabeth Mitchell Drive Albury 2640, NSW Australia Royal GARDNER Chair of the STRP Stetson University College of Law 1401 61st Street South Gulfport 33707, Florida United States of America Jean-Christophe HENRY Director, Oceanium Dakar Route de la petite corniche est, BP 2224 Dakar Senegal Geajae JOO Professor, Pusan National University 2, Busandaehak-ro 63beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu Busan 609735 Republic of Korea


William MITSCH Chair, U.S. National Ramsar Committee Everglades Wetland Research Park 4940 Bayshore Drive Naples 34112, Florida United States of America Christine Maria PRIETTO Vice-Chair of the STRP Hunter Wetlands Centre 412 Sandgate Rd Shortland 2307, New South Wales Australia David PRITCHARD Consultant DEP Consultants 20 Burswell Avenue Hexham NE46 3JL United Kingdom Khaled SALEM Director Information Systems,GIS & RS Department Environment Quality Authority Alsharafa, P.O.Box 3841 ElBireh, West Bank Palestinian Territories Charlie WAITE Light & Land Photography United Kingdom Hiromi YAMASHITA Associate Professor Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) 1-1 Jyumonji baru Beppu Japan





Intergovernmental and International Organizations / Organisations inter-gouvernementales et internationales / Organizaciones Intergubernamentales e Internacionales Inger la Cour ANDERSEN Director General IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature Rue Mauverney 28 1196 Gland Switzerland Stefano BARCHIESI Project Officer, Global Water Programme IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature Rue Mauverney 28 1196 Gland Switzerland Sandra BAZZANI Coordinadora Nacional Programa de Pequeñas Donaciones GEF/UNDP Canelones 1198 oficina 18 Montevideo 11100 Uruguay Mochament Nezib BENESSAIAH Senior Advisor, Mediterranean Wetlands Initiative (MedWet) c/o La Tour du Valat, Le Sambuc Arles 13200 France Delmar BLASCO Coordinator, Mediterranean Wetlands Initiative (MedWet) c/o La Tour du Valat, Le Sambuc Arles 13200 France Lidia BRITO UNESCO Uruguay


Christa CASTRO Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo Uruguay David COATES Programme Officer, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity 413 Saint Jacques Suite 800 Montreal H2Y 1N9 Canada Helen COLES DE NEGRET Senior Technical Advisor Ecosystems and Biodiversity UNDP – Global Environment Facility Bldg. 129, Ciudad del Saber, Clayton Panama 0816-1914 Panama Jose DALLO United Nations Environment Programme Uruguay Maria Soledad ESTRELLA Programme Coordinator - DRR Post Conflict and Disaster Management Branch United Nations Environment Programme 11-15 Chemin des Anémones, International Environment House Châtelaine, Geneva 1219 Switzerland Jose Luis GENTA Secretario General Comité Intergubernamental Coordinador de los Países de la Cuenca del Plata (CIC) Paraguay 755, 2° Andar Buenos Aires 1057 Argentina Raphaël GLÉMET Senior Programme Officer, Water and Wetlands Natural Resources Group IUCN Asia Regional Office 63 Sukhumvit Road Soi 39 (Soi Prompong), Klongton-Nua, Wattana Bangkok Thailand Victor INCHAUSTY Director, IUCN Regional office Ave. República de El Salvador, Calle. Suiza Quito, Pichincha Ecuador


E. Alexander JUANTEGUY Policy Oficer, UN Convention to Combat Desertification Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1 Bonn 53113 Germany Andrea KUTTER Sr. Operations Officer Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice World Bank Group 1818 H Street, NW Washington 20433, DC United States of America Ileana LOPEZ UNEP Kenya Rebeca MAGAÑA DE MINA Oficial Técnico Centro Regional Ramsar para la Capacitación e Investigación sobre Humedales en el Hemisferio Occidental (CREHO) Calle Evelio Lara casa 131 A Panamá 0816 03847 Panamá Elizabeth MARUMA MREMA Director, Division of Environmental Law and Convention UNEP Kenya Sandra Pascale Rose MAURY Executive Assistant, Mediterranean Wetlands Initiative (MedWet) c/o La Tour du Valat, Le Sambuc Arles 13200 France Zelmira MAY UNESCO Uruguay Gustavo MELGAR CUELLAR Representante del Gobierno Departamental autonomo del Beni Representante para la convencion RAMSAR Gobernacion autonoma del Beni Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Miguel MORAES Programme Officer IUCN Brazil CLN 210 bloco C sala 205


Brasilia 70.862-530, Distrito Federal Brazil Kain Matilde MORDT Responsable de Equipo Regional / Regional Team Leader Área de Desarrollo Sostenible / Sustainable Development Area UNDP Regional Centre - Latin America and Caribbean Bldg. 129, Ciudad del Saber, Clayton Panamá 0816-1914 Panamá Balasubramaniam MURALI Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP Iran UN Common Premises, No 8, Shahrzad Blvd, Darruous Tehran 1948773911, Tehran Iran (Islamic Republic of) Elena OSIPOVA Monitoring Officer, World Heritage Programme IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature Rue Mauverney 28 1196 Gland Switzerland Alberto PACHECO CAPELLA Coordinator, Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean UNEP Uruguay Marc PAGANINI Technical Officer Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes European Space Agency Via Galileo Galilei Frascati 00044 Italy Magdalena PREVE UNDP Barrios Amosin 870, Piso 3 Montevideo Uruguay Mailis RENAUDIN Communications Officer, Mediterranean Wetlands Initiative (MedWet) c/o La Tour du Valat, Le Sambuc Arles 13200 France Katharina Maria ROGALLA VON BIEBERSTEIN Programme Officer, UNEP-WCMC


219 Huntingdon Road Cambridge United Kingdom Flavio SCASSO UNDP Barrios Amosin 870, Piso 3 Montevideo Uruguay Thomas Hermann Emil SCHAAF Director, Terra-Sana IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature Rue Mauverney 28 1196 Gland Switzerland Sergio SCHLESINGER Consultant, Autonomous IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature Travessa Manoel Lebrão, 32 Rio de Janeiro 20241-240, Brazil Mark SMITH Director, Global Water Programme IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature Rue Mauverney 28 1196 Gland Switzerland Paula VERONELLI UNDP Uruguay Ning WU Theme Leader, Ecosystem Services International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) GPO BOX 3226 Kathmandu Nepal






International NGOs / ONGs internationales / ONGs Internacionales Marta Ines ANDELMAN Communication coordinator Wetlands International Argentina/ Fundación Humedales 25 de Mayo 758 piso 10 "I" Buenos Aires C1002ABP Argentina Juan Pablo ALBORNOZ Regional Coordinator, Events and Projects The Clipperton Project Santiago gadea 3321 ap 502 Montevideo Uruguay Isadora ANGARITA-MARTINEZ Oficial de Proyectos de Conservación y Punto Focal de Servicios Ecosistémicos BirdLife International Juan de Dios Martinez y Portugal N35-76, Juan de Dios Martinez Quito 170511, Pichincha Ecuador Lucy AQUINO WWF Paraguay Edif. Opa Rudy - 4to piso Avda. Argaña casi Avda. Perón Asunción Paraguay Masood ARSHAD Senior Manager WWF Pakistan Ferozepur Road, P O Box 5180 Lahore 54600 Pakistan Claudio BAIGUN Officer, Fundación Humedales/Wetlands International 25 de Mayo 760 Buenos Aires 1638, Argentina Argentina


Ximena BARRERA Director, Policy WWF Colombia Calle 70 a No. 11-30 Bogotá, Cundinamarca Colombia Jorge Eugenio BARRIOS Director, Freshwater Program WWF Av México 51 México 01040, Distrito Federal Mexico John BEAVERS Vice President & Director International Alliances Program National Audubon Society 1200 18th Street Washington 20036, District of Columbia United States of America Dominique BENZAKEN Senior Policy Advisor, International Government Relations The Nature Conservancy 4245 North Fairfax Drive Arlington 22203, VA United States of America Daniel Eduardo BLANCO Executive Director Wetlands International Argentina 25 de Mayo 758 Piso 10 Depto i Buenos Aires 1002, CABA Argentina Aldem BOURSCHEIT Public Policies Officer WWF Brasil SHIS EQ QL 6/8, Conjunto E Brasília 71680-352, Distrito Federal Brazil Sander CARPAIJ Communications Coordinator, Latin America & Caribbean Office Wetlands International Calle Jacinto Palacios Cobos, Edificio 225 pb-c Panamá, Panamá


Xavier CHALEN Gerente, Programa Marino Conservation International Urdesa Norte calle quinta 236, Catalina Aldaz N34-181 y Portugal Guayaquil EC090112 Ecuador Laurent CHAZÉE Programme Coordinator Wetland Monitoring and Policies Tour du Valat Le Sambuc Arles 13200 France Robert CLAY Director, Oficina Ejecutiva Red Hemisférica de Reservas para Aves Playeras Rodriguez de Francia 869 Asunción Paraguay Patricia COOK Unión Vecinal Punta Ballena y Lagunas Casona de Arboretum Lussich, Punta Ballena Uruguay Nicola CROCKFORD Officer, International Species Policy Department BirdLife International Wellbrook Court, Girton Road Cambridge CB3 0NA United Kingdom Louise DUFF Oceania Representative World Wetland Network PO Box 66 Shortland 2300, New South Wales Australia Roland EVE Conseiller paysage, planification et gestion WWF Madagascar pres lot II 85 Ter Antananarivo 101 Madagascar Athanasios GIANNAKAKIS Project Coordinator WWF Greece


Ethnikis Antistaseos 82 Irakleion 71306, Crete Greece Paul GRAY Audubon PO Box 707 Florida 33851 United States of America Ward HAGEMEIJER Wetlands International Horapark 9, PO Box 471 Ede 6717 LZ, Gelderland Netherlands Andrew HANCOCK Marine Restoration Scientist, Global Marine Team The Nature Conservancy 215 South Ferry Rd, URI Graduate School of Oceanography Narragansett 02882, Rhode Island United States of America Maria Carolina HAZIN Global Biodiversity Policy Coordinator Science, Policy and Information Division BirdLife International Wellbrook Court, Unit 1, Girton Rd Cambridge CB3 0NA United Kingdom Eva HERNÁNDEZ HERRERO Head of Programme, Freshwater and Agriculture WWF Spain Gran Vía de San Francisco, 8D Madrid 28005 Spain Marianne HILDERS WWF Paraguay Edif. Opa Rudy - 4to piso Avda. Argaña casi Avda. Perón Asunción Paraguay Frank HOFFMANN Technical Officer-Biodiversity & Corporate Relations Wetlands International Horapark 9, PO Box 471 Ede 6717 LZ, Gelderland Netherlands


Richard HUBER Chief OAS Biodiversity Sustainable Communities, Hazard Risk, and Climate Change Section Organization of American States 1889 F St NW Washington, D.C. United States of America Denis Francis LANDENBERGUE Manager, Freshwater Habitats Freshwater Programme WWF International Avenue du Mont-Blanc 27 1196 Gland Switzerland Phurba LHENDUP Sr.Program Officer WWF Bhutan Kawajangsa Thimphu 11001, Thimphu Bhutan Lifeng LI Director, Freshwater Programme WWF International Avenue du Mont-Blanc 27 1196 Gland Switzerland Alfonso LLOBET WWF Bolivia Calle Los Pitones N° 2070 Santa Cruz Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Carlos LOZANO ACOSTA Attorney, Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA) Diagonal 40A No 14–75 Bogotá Colombia Fiona Jane MADGWICK Chief Executive Officer Wetlands International Horapark 9, PO Box 471 Ede 6717 LZ, Gelderland Netherlands Victor Hugo MAGALLANES LANDA Responsable, Programa Cerrado-Pantanal


WWF Bolivia Calle Los Pitones N° 2070 Santa Cruz Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Nicolas MARCHAND ABAL Coordinator, BirdLife Americas Secretariat BirdLife International Juan de Dios Martínez Mera N35-76 Quito 170511 Ecuador Robert MCINNES Representative, Society of Wetland Scientists 6 Ladman Villas, Littleworth Faringdon SN7 8EQ, Oxfordshire United Kingdom Elizabeth METCALFE Professional Officer, Cities Biodiversity Center ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Knowledge Park 3, Heron Crescent, Century City Cape Town 7441, Western Cape South Africa Sana MEZOUGHI Project Officer WWF Mediterranean Programme (MedPO) - North Africa Office Avenue Ahmed Khabthani, immeuble Ben Sassi , bureau 4 Ariana Tunisia Sasaki MIKI Secretary General Wetlands International Japan 3-7-3 Ningyo-cho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku Tokyo 1030013 Japan Tatiana MINAEVA Arctic Senior Technical Officer Wetlands International Horapark 9, PO Box 471 Ede 6717 LZ, Gelderland Netherlands Sandra Linette MOGUEL ARCHILA Attorney, Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA) Atlixco No. 138, Col. Condesa México City 06140, México, D. F. México


Federico MONTE DOMECQ ROLON Coordinador Plan Cerrado-Pantanal - Paraguay WWF Paraguay Edif. Opa Rudy - 4to piso Avda. Argaña casi Avda. Perón Asunción Paraguay Julio MONTES DE OCA Head of Office Fundación Wetlands International Edif.225 PB-C, Ciudad del Saber, Clayton Panamá Panamá Herminio Elias MULUNGO WWF Mozambique Ave. Kenneth Kaunda, No. 1174 Maputo Mozambique Emiko NAGAKURA CEPA Officer Wetlands International Japan 6F NCC Ningyocho Building, 3-7-3 Ningyo-cho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku Tokyo 103-0013 Japan Yoshihiro NATORI President, Wetlands International Japan 6F NCC Ningyocho Building, 3-7-3 Ningyo-cho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku Tokyo 103-0013 Japan Luis Hernan PABON ZAMORA Representante de país WWF Bolivia Calle Los Pitones N° 2070 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santa Cruz Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Deborah PAIN Director of Conservation The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Bowditch, Slimbridge Gloucester GL2 7BT United Kingdom Kaloust PARAGKAMIAN Officer WWF Greece


82 Ethnikis Antistaseos Irakleion GR 713 06 Greece Humberto Amiro PEREZ-LEROUX Regional Director, Americas Region BirdLife International Juan de Dios Martinez Mera N35-76 y Portugal Quito 170511, Pichincha Ecuador Bohdan PROTS Coordinator, Senior Research Scientist WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme, Ukraine State Museum of Natural History 18, Teatralna Street Lviv 79008 Christopher ROSTRON Programme Manager Wetland Link International The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Bowditch, Slimbridge Gloucester GL2 7BT United Kingdom Martin RUSSELL Science & Conservation of Fish Aggregations (SCRFA) 212/88 Macquarie St. Teneriffe Queensland Australia Lila Alejandra SAINZ BACHERER Coordinadora CIM, Ramsar WWF Bolivia Los Pitones N° 2070 Santa Cruz Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Júlio César SAMPAIO DA SILVA Coodinator, Cerrado Pantanal Program WWF Brasil SHIS EQ QL 6/8 Conj "E" Brasília 71620-430, Distrito Federal Brazil Tatiana SANTANDER Director Aves y Conservación / Birdlife Ecuador


Sonali SENARATNA Head of Office International Water Management Institute Southeast Asia P O Box 4199, c/o NAFRI Vientiane, Ban Nongviengkham Lao People's Democratic Republic Heber Jose SOSA Fundacion Humedales Argentina Martin SPRAY Chief Executive The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Bowditch, Slimbridge Gloucester GL2 7BT United Kingdom Seungoh SUH Officer, Ramsar Regional Center - East Asia #303 CECO, 362 Wonidaero Uichang Gu Changwon Republic of Korea Catherine TINKER Tinker Institute on International Law and Organizations II Fifth Avenue #7A New York 10003 United States of America Jose USMA OVIEDO Especialista, Programa Agua Dulce WWF Colombia Calle 35 No 4 A 25 Cali 472, Valle del Cauca Colombia Mauricio VALIENTE OLIVARE BirdLife International Chile Maria Amalia VILLAR BANDE Administrative Assistant, Freshwater Programme WWF International Avenue du Mont-Blanc 27 1196 Gland Switzerland Derek VOLLMER Postdoctoral Researcher, Freshwater Health Conservation International


318 Tanglin Road #01-30, Block B Singapore 247979 Singapore Zoltan WALICZKY Senior Conservation Officer Science and Policy Division BirdLife International Wellbrook Court, Girton Road Cambridge CB3 0NA United Kingdom Daphne WILLEMS International Fresh Water Advisor Fresh Water Nature Conservation WWF 10, Driebergseweg Zeist 3708 JB Netherlands





National NGOs / ONGs nationales / ONGs Nacionales Mahdi ABDELLY Développement des projets Association de l'Environnement et du Développement à Soliman Municipalité Soliman Avenue Habib Bourgiba Soliman 8020 Tunisia Carlos Andres ACOSTA AVILA Investigador Proyecto de conservación de los ecosistemas del Río Cebollatí y la Laguna Merín ECOBIO Uruguay Camino Carrasco 4908, Mataojo 4225 Montevideo 11400 Uruguay Mechthild Heidemarie ADAMEIT Programe Director, Institutional Development Fundación Amigos de las Lagunas Costeras Ruta 10, km217, Las Garzas Rocha 27000, Rocha Uruguay Julián Andres AGUDELO SALAS Biólogo, Programa Humedales Humedales Bogota Calle 94 No 72 A 51 T2 Apto 301 Bogotá, Colombia, Carrera 74 # 163 - 80 casa 38 Bogotá 472 Colombia Maria Sol AGUILAR ARIÑEZ Investigador, Coordinador de Proyecto Programa Humedales Altoandinos Centro de Estudios en Biología Teórica y Aplicada- BIOTA Av. Las Retamas No. 15 La Paz Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Grisely ALVARADO VILLARREAL Especialista Ambiental Área de Gestión Ambiental


ONG Instituto Ecoturístico y Desarollo de Montañas-INECODEM Jr. Ayacucho N°970 A-3 Huánuco 10001, Húanuco Peru Bettina AMORIN Asociación de Formadores Docentes en Educación Ambiental (AFDEA) Juan de Dios Curbelo s/n Maldonado Uruguay Pablo AMORIN Asociación de Formadores Docentes en Educación Ambiental (AFDEA) Juan de Dios Curbelo s/n San Carlos, Maldonado Uruguay Deynner APONTE Corporinoquia Calle 25 N 22A-31 Colombia Omar ARACH Consultor Fundación Mbigua Italia 412 Paraná 3100, Entre Ríos Argentina Angela Maria ARGÜELLO Coordinadora Instituto Humanista para la Cooperación con Países en Desarrollo HIVOS Toledo N24 660 y Coruña, Quito, Ecuador Masatomi ASANO General Secretary Ramsar Network Japan 1-12-11 Taito,Taito-ku, Aoki Bldg 3F Tokyo 110-0016 Japan Constantino AUCCA CHUTAS Director Ejecutivo Gestión, Conservación Asociación Ecosistemas Andinos Urb. La Florida D-1B, Wanchaq Cusco CU, Cusco Perú


Cecilia BALSAMO ETCHELAR Mestranda UFRGS/Intendencia de Gravataí-RS/Brasil. APA do Bañado Grande Centro Estadual de Pesquisas em Sensoriamento Remoto e Meteorologia (CEPSRM), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Brasil e FMMA ( Fundação Municipal de Meio Ambiente de Gravataí) Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500 Porto Alegre 91501-970, Rio Grande do Sul Brazil Ricardo BELMONTE-LOPES Mater Natura Av. Senador Souze Naves 70I Curitiba Brazil Nilma BENITES State Forestry Administration China Nazarena Ariadna BERETTA Coordinadora Organización para la Conservación de Cetáceos y Gestión Integrada Costera 14 Anaconda La Paloma 27001 Uruguay Daniel BERNAL BOLAÑOS Socio Fundador, Dirección Fundación Humedales Bogotá Calle 94#72A-51 Torre 2 Of 301 Bogotá Colombia Oscar BLUMETTO Presidente Vida Silvestre Uruguay Canelones 1198 Montevideo Uruguay Nicolas BROWN Gestión de proyectos Aguará popé - Educación y Gestión ambiental Juan Carlos Legido s/n El Tesoro - San Carlos - Maldonado 20000 Uruguay Hector Antonio CAYMARIS ZANELLI Executive Director Fundacion Amigos de las Lagunas Costeras


Ruta 10, km217, Las Garzas Rocha 27000, Rocha Felipe CEDRES Aguará popé - Educación y Gestión ambiental Juan Carlos Legido s/n El Tesoro - San Carlos - Maldonado 20000 Uruguay Hugo Ignacio COITIÑO BANQUERO Coordinador Proyecto Conservación de ecosistemas del Río Cebollatí y Laguna Merín ECOBIO Uruguay Cno. Carrasco 4908, Mataojo 4225 Montevideo 11400 Uruguay Gonzalo Daniel CORTÉS CAPANO Researcher Vida Silvestre Uruguay Canelones 1198 Montevideo Uruguay Fernando CUADROS Coordinador Dirección de Proyectos Proyecto Regional Concha Av. Panamericana No. 1739, Cercado Tumbes Tumbes 2400, Tumbes Perú Aurea DA SILVA GARCIA Diretora Presidente Mulheres em Acao no Pantanal (MUPAN) R. Valdomiro Santos 538, Universitarias Campo Grande Mato Grosso do Sul Brazil Josefa DAMIANO AREA Protegida Humedal Santa Lucia Montevideo Uruguay Leandro DE BORBA VIERA Encargado Fotografía y video Organización para la Conservación de Cetáceos y Manejo Integrado Costero Av. Navio y piscis La Paloma 27001, Rocha Uruguay


Veronica DE SOUZA ECOBIO Uruguay Cno. Carrasco 4908, Mataojo 4225 Montevideo 11400 Uruguay Victor DENIS LEPIANE Director, Humedales del Sta.Lucia Intendencia de Montevideo 18 de Julio 1360, La Guardia 19 (Santiago Vazquez) Montevideo 11200 Uruguay Claudia Mariela DIEZ Cooperativa Apicola Calay Auttalia P. 4 1/2 Punta del Este Uruguay Lucia DOMINGUEZ Karumbé Uruguay Ella Pauline DUFFO ALONSO Vicepresidente de la ONG Proyecto Ecoparque del Humedal del Arroyo Maldonado Asociación de Formadores Docentes en Educación Ambiental (AFDEA) Juan de Dios Curbelo s/n San Carlos, Maldonado Uruguay Pablo Rubens FAGET ROSAMIGLIA Coordinador, Educación Ambiental Aguará popé - Educación y Gestión ambiental Juan Carlos Legido s/n El Tesoro - San Carlos - Maldonado 20000 Uruguay Alejandro FALLABRINO Karumbé Uruguay Rodrigo FARINA Aves Argentinas Argentina Washington FEBLES Aguará popé - Educación y Gestión ambiental Juan Carlos Legido s/n El Tesoro - San Carlos - Maldonado 20000 Uruguay


Valeria FERNÁNDEZ Educador ambiental, Humedal Salino Arroyo Maldonado Asociación de Formadores Docentes en Educación Ambiental (AFDEA) Curbelo 776 San Carlos, Maldonado Uruguay Gonzalo FIRPO Aguará popé - Educación y Gestión ambiental Juan Carlos Legido s/n El Tesoro - San Carlos - Maldonado 20000 Uruguay Makoto FUJIKURA Member, Ramsar Network Japan 1-12-11 Taito,Taito-ku, Aoki Bldg 3F Tokyo 110-0016 Japan Mohammadreza GANJI Executive Director, Clean Hamoun Urgent Rehabilitation Association (CHURA) Hemmat Highway Tehran Iran (Islamic Republic of) Victor Hugo GARCIA COSTA Movimento de Mulheres do Pantanal (MUPAN) R. Valdemiro Santos 538, Universitarias Campo Grande Mato Grosso do Sul Brazil Rodrigo GARCIA PÍNGARO Director, Gestión integrada costera Org. Conservación cetáceos y Gestión Integrada Costera Rambla Williman parada 03 Punta del Este, Maldonado Uruguay Gustavo GOMENSORO Centro Integral de Refundación Humana Punta del Este Uruguay Ana Julia GÓMEZ Directora, Educación y Comunicación Fundación Bosques Nativos Argentinos para la Biodiversidad Colombres 962 Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires 1218 Argentina


Lìder GONGORA FARIAS Director Ejecutivo, Incidencia Política Coordinadora Nacional para la Defensa del Ecosistema Manglar América N34-139 Quito Ecuador Agustin GONI GONZALEZ Aguará popé - Educación y Gestión ambiental Juan Carlos Legido s/n El Tesoro - San Carlos - Maldonado 20000 Uruguay Pablo GONZALEZ Asociación Civil Carretilleros Uruguay Naomi GOTO Secretary, Ramsar Network Japan 1-12-11 Taito, Aoki Bldg.3FL, Taito-ku Tokyo 110-0016 Japan Patricio GUERRERO Coordinador, Agrupación Defensa y Conservación Maule Mataquito Arturo Prat 480, Benito Juárez 730 D 1503, Santiago, Chile Putú, Constitución, Maule Chile Juan Manuel HERRERA Proyecto Humedales Programa de las Naciones Unidas Para el Desarrollo / Sistema Nacional de Areas de Conservación (PNUD SINAC) Costa Rica In Chul HWANG Manager, Green Korea United 15, Seongbuk-ro 19-gil, Seongbuk-gu Seoul Republic of Korea Kiyohito INOUE Member, Ramsar Network Japan 1-12-11 Taito,Taito-ku, Aoki Bldg 3F Tokyo 110-0016 Japan Javier Fernando IOJES Miembro, Comisión Cuenca Laguna del Sauce Unión Vecinal de Punta Ballena Camino Lussich s/n - Arboreto Lussich


Maldonado 12100, Maldonado Uruguay Minoru KASHIWAGI Co-Representative, Ramsar Network Japan 1-12-11 Taito,Taito-Ku, 3rd Floor, Aoki Building Tokyo 110-0016, Japan Reza KHALILI VARZANEH Society of Friend of Cultural and Natural Heritage Varzaneh 12,Shaghayegh Street,Havashenasi Varzaneh 8375183411, Esfahan Iran (Islamic Republic of) Sofiane KHOUKHI Président, Environnement et Développement Durable Rue Burdeau N° 20 Alger Centre 16004 RP, BP304 Algeria Yoshikatsu KIKUCHI Director General, Secretariat Kushiro International Wetland Centre 7-5, Kurogane-cho Kushiro 085-8505, Hokkaido Japan Hyeong Jin KIM Member, Korean Ramsar Wetland City Supporters 301 Yongji Ro, Uichang Gu Changwon Republic of Korea Kyung Cheol KIM Chief Coordinator, Wetlands Conservation Wetlands & Birds Korea 3F, 134 Yeogo-Ro, Yeonje-gu Busan 611-071 Republic of Korea Kyungwon KIM Chief Director, Northeast Asian Eco-network Centre Environmental Ecosystem Research Foundation (ERF) 239 Garak-ro, Songpa-gu, 2nd Fl, Pungwon Bldg. Seoul 138052 Republic of Korea Masayuki KURECHI Ramsar Network Japan Aoki Bldg 3F, 1-12-11 Taito Ku


Tokyo Japan Esteban LANZ Aguará popé - Educación y Gestión ambiental Juan Carlos Legido s/n El Tesoro - San Carlos - Maldonado 20000 Uruguay Fernando LAPITZ Grupo para la Protección Ambiental Activa (GRUPAMA) Uruguay Maria LEICHNER General Director Fundación ECOS Camino de las Becasinas y Los Flamencos La Barra 20100, Maldonado Uruguay Fernando LOPEZ Ramsar Regional Center - East Asia #303 CECO, 362 Wonidaero Uichang Gu Changwon Republic of Korea María LÓPEZ Director, Santuario de la Naturaleza Humedal Tunquén Fundo La Boca, Tunquén Casablanca/Algarrobo Chile Luciana LURASCH El Parena NO se toca Mendoza 2118, Casilda Santa Fe Argentina Delia Carina MEDINA Fundación M’Biguá, Ciudadanía y Justicia Ambiental Italia 412 Paraná 3100 Argentina Alejandro MEITIN Director General Fundación Ala Plástica 55 n 681 La Plata 1900, Buenos Aires Argentina


Gonzalo MILLACET BONIFAZIO Guía/Técnico Ecoturístico Aguará popé - Educación y Gestión ambiental Juan Carlos Legido s/n El Tesoro - San Carlos - Maldonado 20000 Uruguay Graciela MILLER APROBIOMA Maldonado Uruguay Yasuaki MIYAMOTO Board Member/Chief Secretary Japan Civil Network for United Nations Decades on Biodiversity Shimada Bldg.203, 1-44-17 Nakono, Nakamura-ku Nagoya Aichi Japan Luisa Fernanda MORENO PANESSO Ingeniera de Proyectos, Programa Humedales Humedales Bogotá Calle 94 No 72 A 51 T2 Apto 301 Bogotá, Colombia, Av. Carrera 50 Nº 38 B 08 Bogotá 472 Colombia Román MURZYLA Officer, Centro Humedales Jaaukanigás Fundación PROTEGER Balcarce 1450 Santa Fe 3000, Santa Fe Argentina Reiko NAKAMURA Secretary-General Ramsar Center Japan 2-10-3, MInami-kugahara Tokyo 146-0084, Ota-ku Japan Rafaela NICOLA Ecosystem Alliance & Pantanal Network R.Dom Afonso Henrique 428, City Campinos Sao Paulo Brazil Hiroshi NISHIMA NPO Tambo 5 Matsunami, Akebonu-cho, Toyohashi-shi Japan


Azua NISHIO Staff in Charge, Secretariat Kushiro International Wetland Centre 7-5 Kurogane-cho Kushiro 085-8505, Hokkiado Japan Sabstian OLORIZ FRADAL Aguará popé - Educación y Gestión ambiental Juan Carlos Legido s/n El Tesoro - San Carlos - Maldonado 20000 Uruguay Isao ORIUCHI Secretary General SANBANZE Network 3-chome 3, D201, Sea Garden, Hinode Urayasu-shi 2790013, Chiba-ken Japan Doris ORTIZ Hivos-MAE Toledo N 24-660 y Coruña Quito Ecuador Hiroko OSHIMA Ramsar Network Japan Japan Kozou OSHIMA Member Ramsar Network Japan Aoki BDG 3F 1-12-11, Taitou Ku,Taitou Tokyo 110-0016 Japan Shuzo OZAWA Auditor Ramsar Network Japan 1-12-11 Taito,Taito-ku, Aoki Bldg 3F Tokyo 110-0016 Japan Vanesa NOEMÍ PACCOTTI Autoconvocada El Paraná NO se toca Jujuy 2785 Rosario 2000 Argentina


Sunyoung PARK Director, Northeast Asian Eco-network Centre Environmental Ecosystem Research Foundation (ERF) 239 Garak-ro, 2nd Fl, Pungwon Bldg. Seoul 138052 Republic of Korea Maria Victoria PEREIRA FLORES Asesor, Jurídica Ambiental Fundación Amigos de las Lagunas Costeras Rocha Uruguay Alejandra PONS MACIEL Fotógrafa de Naturaleza Aguará popé - Educación y Gestión ambiental Juan Carlos Legido s/n El Tesoro - San Carlos - Maldonado 20000 Uruguay Patricio POSADA RINALDI Aguará popé - Educación y Gestión ambiental Juan Carlos Legido s/n El Tesoro - San Carlos - Maldonado 20000 Uruguay Maria Laura PROL Taller Ecologista San Martin 536, Rosario Santa Fe Argentina Maria PUPPO APROBIOMA Maldonado Uruguay Germán Andrés QUIMBAYO RUIZ Researcher, Fundación Humedales Bogotá Calle 37 # 19 - 48 Apartamento 301 Bogotá D.C. Colombia Thierry RABAU Investigador Aguará popé - Educación y Gestión ambiental Juan Carlos Legido s/n El Tesoro - San Carlos - Maldonado 20000 Uruguay


Bianca REINERT Coordenadora de Projetos Projeto Bicudinho-Brejo Rua Schiller 555, Av Senador Souza Naves 701 Curitiba 80045190, Paraná Brazil Sergio Oscar RINALDI Coordinador General, Humedales Taller de Comunicación Ambiental Laguna del Desierto 3445 Rosario 2000, Santa Fe Argentina Diego RODRÍGUEZ Director Ejecutivo Fundación M'Biguá, Ciudadanía y Justicia Ambiental Italia 412 Paraná 3100 Argentina Veronica RILLA Aguará popé - Educación y Gestión ambiental Juan Carlos Legido s/n El Tesoro - San Carlos - Maldonado 20000 Uruguay Oscar RIVAS Asesor de Desarrollo Institucional SOBREVIVENCIA, Amigos de la Tierra Paraguay Isabel La Catolica 1867 Asunción Paraguay Mayra ROCHA DA SILVA Asistencia y traducción francés e inglés Org. Conservación cetáceos y Gestión Integrada Costera Rambla Williman parada 03 Punta del Este, Maldonado Uruguay Jose Luis RODRIGUEZ Cooperativa Apicola Calay Uruguay Sergio ROJAS Area Protegida Humedal Santa Lucia Montevideo Uruguay


Nahuel Francisco SCHENONE Director, Investigación y Gestión Fundación Bosques Nativos Argentinos para la Biodiversidad Colombres 962 piso 3 Buenos Aires 1218, Capital Federal Argentina Joana SERVIAN Aguará popé - Educación y Gestión ambiental Juan Carlos Legido s/n El Tesoro - San Carlos - Maldonado 20000 Uruguay Hisao SHIMADA Member, Ramsar Network Japan 1-12-11 Taito,Taito-ku, Aoki Bldg 3F Tokyo 110-0016 Japan Mario SIEDE Fundación M’Biguá, Ciudadanía y Justicia Ambiental Italia 412 Paraná 3100 Argentina Rodrigo Wilber SORIA AUZA Director de programas de conservación Asociación Armonia Lindero str. 100 Cochabamba na, Cochabamba Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Cecilia SUAREZ Executive Coordinator Vida Silvestre Uruguay Canelones 1198, Oficina 9 Montevideo 11100, Montevideo Uruguay Rosa Virginia SUAREZ AÑEZ PROBIOMA Teste 29, Equipetrol, Starcrof Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Fukashi TAKAHASHI Member Ariake sea network of fishermen and citizens 4-2-3 Ichikawa Ichikawa 272-0034 Japan


Gaston VARELA ECOBIO Uruguay Cno. Carrasco 4908, Mataojo 4225 Montevideo 11400 Uruguay Carolina VERA Coordinadora, Centro de Estudios de Humedales Blanco Encalada 280 Pica, Tarapacá Chile Sebastian VILAR BLANCO APROBIOMA Maldonado Uruguay Choi YUN SIK Member, Korean Ramsar Wetland City Supporters 301 Yongji Ro, Uichang Gu Changwon Republic of Korea Raquel ZABALA Centro para la Sustentabilidad y los Riesgos Climáticos O’Higgins 1710 Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Argentina Hossein ZEINALABEDINI RAFI Director, Water & Wetlands Conservation BAAB Group 3rd floor., No. 6., Javid St., Vali_asr Ave., 1st floor. No. 7., Jannati St., Enghelab Sq. Tehran 15948 Iran (Islamic Republic of)






Academic Sector / Secteur académique / Sector académico Kalil ALQUINTA Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay Sofie ALZAGE Instituto Uruguayo-Argentino (IUA) Punta del Este Uruguay Mariana AMOROSO Centro Universitario de la Región Este (CURE) Maldonado Uruguay Renzo ANTUNEZ Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay Fabiana Gissel AQUINO Liceo Maldonado Uruguay Elena ARTAGAVEYRIA Centro Universitario de la Región Este (CURE) Maldonado Uruguay Jorge Enrique BAEZA Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación Universidad de la República Uruguay Sofia BALDERRAMA Centro Universitario de la Región Este (CURE) Maldonado Uruguay


Maria Valentina BARCELO RUFENER Centro Universitario de la Región Este (CURE) Maldonado Uruguay María de los Ángeles BAZET Centro Universitario de la Región Este (CURE) Maldonado Uruguay Miguel BERGER Centro Universitario de la Región Este (CURE) Maldonado Uruguay Alina BONILLA Centro Universitario de la Región Este (CURE) Maldonado Uruguay Felix BRACO Centro Universitario de la Región Este (CURE) Maldonado Uruguay Julieta BRUM St Clare’s College Punta del Este Uruguay Andres Federico CALAVIA PÉREZ Docente, Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay Débora CALHEIROS Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária / Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso Rua Francisco Manuel Barroso, 142 Cuiabé Mato Grosso Brazil Marcela CAPORALE Centro Interdisciplinario Manejo Costero Integrado Universidad de la República Maldonado Uruguay Manuel CARDOZO Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU


Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay Carolina CASTIGLIONI Centro Universitario de la Región Este (CURE) Maldonado Uruguay Ana CERVETTO Profesor, Facultad de Arquitectura Universidad de la República Bulevar Artigas 1031 Montevideo 11200 Uruguay Sansanee CHOOWAEW Director, Wetlands Management Research and Training Center Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies Mahidol University 999 Phutthamonthon 4 Salaya Nakhonpathom 73170 Thailand Ricardo CIRIO Fundacion St Clare's College Punta del Este Uruguay Daniel CONDE Universidad de la República / Dirección Nacional de Medio Ambiente 160 A 4225 Montevideo Uruguay Juan de Dios CORREA DÁVILA Director, Liceo Barra de Maldonado Los Destinos s/n y R. 10. Maldonado 20001 Uruguay Maishi COSTA E.D.D.M. Uruguay Leyla Mariel CUELLO FERREIRA Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay


Viviana DAVILA Centro Universitario de la Región Este (CURE) Maldonado Uruguay Estela DELGADO Universidad de la República Uruguay Valentina EDYE Instituto Uruguayo-Argentino (IUA) Punta del Este Uruguay Molina ESPINOSA Centro Regional de Profesores del Este Calle La Virgen y Alférez Cámpora Maldonado Uruguay Ignacio ETCHANDY TORENA Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay Patricia FARNESE Associate Professor College of Law, University of Saskatchewan 15 Campus Drive Saskatoon S7N5A6, Saskatchewan Canada Camila FEBLES Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay Sebastian FERNANDEZ Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay Ocaño Laura FERRERA Centro Regional de Profesores del Este Calle La Virgen y Alférez Cámpora Maldonado Uruguay


Maria Clara FIGUEREDO Instituto Uruguayo-Argentino (IUA) Punta del Este Uruguay Catalina FRANCO Instituto Uruguayo-Argentino (IUA) Punta del Este Uruguay Maria GALAN Centro Universitario de la Región Este (CURE) Maldonado Uruguay Nora GARCÍA PETILLO Coordinador Recursos Naturales Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay Germán GABRIEL GIL CONDE Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay Sofia GRAJALES Instituto Uruguayo-Argentino (IUA) Punta del Este Uruguay Fabiana GUADALUPE Centro Universitario de la Región Este (CURE) Maldonado Uruguay Elias GUERRA Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay Diego Pablo GUERRERO GARCIA Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay


Federico HASTEINGS Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay Julian IBARGOYEN Universidad de la República Maldonado Uruguay Kenneth IRVINE Chair, Aquatic Ecosystems UNESCO-IHE Westvest 7 Delft 2611 AX Netherlands Paola Agustina JUAREZ PEDREIRA Universidad de Trabajo del Uruguay Uruguay Solange KIMIE IKEDA CASTRILLON Professor, Departamento de Biologia Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso Calle Avenida São João, s/n, Rua Ana Fontes, 372 Cáceres 78200000, Mato Grosso Brazil Satoshi KOBAYASHI Professor Kushiro Public University Ashino 4-1-1 Kushiro 085-8585 Japan Facundo LARROSA Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay Lucia Jazmin LLERA PAULETTE Liceo Maldonado Uruguay Alejandra Tatiana LOFEE SALAZAR Universidad de Trabajo del Uruguay San Carlos, 25 de Agosto Esq. Melchor Maurente Maldonado Uruguay


Gladys MARTINEZ Centro Regional de Profesores del Este Calle La Virgen y Alférez Cámpora Maldonado Uruguay Maria Noel MARTINEZ LINDIEMANS Centro Regional de Profesores del Este Calle La Virgen y Alférez Cámpora Maldonado Uruguay Susana MAYTIA ROMERO Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Uruguay Darwin MIGUEL Centro Universitario de la Región Este (CURE) Maldonado Uruguay Sara MOREIRA Instituto Uruguayo-Argentino (IUA) Punta del Este Uruguay Melina MUNIZ GUERENDIAIN Centro Regional de Profesores del Este Calle La Virgen y Alférez Cámpora Maldonado Uruguay Tay NIGOUL Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay Valeria NOGUES SUSPERREGUY Universidad de la República Uruguay Romina NOVAS Universidad de la República Uruguay Tamara PACHECO ITURBURU Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay


Rodrigo PALLARES Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay Maximiliano PAMPILLON ALVAREZ Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay Guillermo PASTORINO Universidad de la República Ciudad de la Costa Uruguay Melina Mariella PELUFFO MENDEZ Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay Mateo PEÑA Universidad de la República Maldonado Uruguay Florencia Camila PEREIRA MOREIRA Universidad del Trabajo del Uruguay Av. Chiverta y mihio el dotor Punta del Este Uruguay Lucia PEREYRA Universidad de la República Carlos Marren La Barra Uruguay Marco Antonio PEREZ Centro Universitario de la Región Este (CURE) Maldonado Uruguay Mariana PIREZ Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay


Paola PRESTUCCIA St Clare’s College Punta del Este Uruguay Sebastian RAMIREZ Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay Eugenio RANA St Clare’s College Punta del Este Uruguay Santiago RECOBA VALERIO Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay Florencia RETA St Clare’s College Punta del Este Uruguay Mercedes RIVAS Universidad de la República Uruguay Maria Eugenia RODRIGUEZ Instituto Uruguayo-Argentino (IUA) Punta del Este Uruguay Osvaldo RODRIGUEZ SACCONE Centro Estudios Arqueológicos Uruguay Teresita ROSA Centro Regional de Profesores del Este Calle La Virgen y Alférez Cámpora Maldonado Uruguay Sofia RUIZ Instituto Uruguayo-Argentino (IUA) Punta del Este Uruguay


Gonzalo SADER Instituto Uruguayo-Argentino (IUA) Punta del Este Uruguay Isao SAKAGUCHI Professor Faculty of Law Gakushuin University 1-5-1 Mejiro, Toshima-ku Tokyo 171-0032 Japan Luca SALA Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay Alicia Liliana SALABERRY VELAZQUEZ Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay Koichi SASAGAWA Professor, Faculty of Lifelong Learning and Career Studies Hosei University 4-22-7 Shibamata Ktsushika-ku Tokyo 1250052 Japan José Luis SCIANDRO LARRIERA Profesor Adjunto, Centro Interdisciplinario de manejo costero integrado del Cono Sur Centro Universitario de la Región Este (CURE) Maldonado Uruguay Valentyn SEREBRYAKOV Head Department of Zoology Shevchenko National University in Kiev 64, Volodimirska Street Kiev 01601 Mariana Andrea SILVERA FRIAS Colaboradora honoraria Centro Universitario de la Región Este (CURE) Maldonado Uruguay


Fiorella SOSA Centro Universitario de la Región Este (CURE) Maldonado Uruguay Mateo SUAREZ Centro Universitario de la Región Este (CURE) Maldonado Uruguay Maria Belen TUSUS Universidad de la República Uruguay Virgilio Antonio VALLEJO MONTAÑO Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología Avenida Insurgentes Sur # 1582 Col. Crédito Constructor México 03940, D.F. México Daniela VAZQUES Centro Universitario de la Región Este (CURE) Maldonado Uruguay Marcus WIERLEMANN Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay Nicole WIERLEMANN Polo Educativo Tecnológico Arrayanes CETP-UTU Camino de Los Arrayanes Maldonado Uruguay Martin YELKOUNI Directeur, Département Environnement Université Senghor 1, Place Ahmed Orabi, BP 21111 415 El Mancheya Alexandrie Egypt






Business Sector / Entreprise du secteur privé / Empresa privada Tomoo AOKI Chief Specialist, Dept. of Environmental Science & Engineering Nippon Koei 5-4 Kojimachi Tokyo 102-8539, Chiyoda-ku Japan Carlos BARILLI Compañía SALUS S.A. Uruguay Jeanine BEARE INDIGENA, Area Protegida de Flora y Fauna Bellavista Montevideo Uruguay Maria CASTINEIRA Sociedad de Arquitectos de Uruguay Uruguay Edgardo DAVARO NASIMOFF Davro prop. Uruguay Graciela Mabel DÍAZ VEIGA Directora, La Macarena: al final del humedal Cno. Paja Brava 1915 Montevideo, Melilla Uruguay Roberto Mariano ELZAURDIA La Macarena Uruguay Jose Fernando FABIANO GONZALEZ Arquitecto Fernando Fabiano Studio Bulevor Gspondo Montevideo 2569 Uruguay


Graciela GABEDA GESTO Dalarna Parque Maldonado, Punta Ballena Uruguay Ivan GRELA UPM Forestal Oriental 18 de Sulo Raysandu 818 Uruguay Yoshinori HASHIBE Aleph Inc. 1-26. 6 Jo 3 chome, Kikusui, Shiroishika, Sapporo Hokkaido 1003-8515 Japan Mikkel Franklin KALLESOE Shell HQ The Hague Netherlands Eduardo MÉNDEZ AYALA Reserva Natural Salus - Uruguay Compañía SALUS S.A. Luis A. de Herrera 1248, Torre 1, Piso 18, Ruta 8 km. 109. Minas. Uruguay Montevideo 11300 Uruguay Juan Pablo MILLACET BONIFAZIO Guía Técnico Ecoturístico Cabo Polonio Turismo Aventura Calle Biarritz Ed. Malvinas / 801 Punta del Este 20100, Maldonado Uruguay Kalemani Joseph MULONGOY Consultant, KEPZ Youngone Corporation no. 171, 2-ka, Manridong, Shung-gu Seoul PO BOX 1204 Republic of Korea Walter NERI ATYLM Felix Olmedo 3530 Montevideo Uruguay Guillermo PEREZ Las Landas SRL


Cro Ap. Saravia S/M Punta del Este Uruguay Mariana PIRIZ Burson-Marsteller Uruguay Laurent SACCHI Danone Group France Toshikazu SENTEI Aleph Inc. 1-26. 6 Jo 3 chome, Kikusui, Shiroishika, Sapporo Hokkaido 1003-8515 Japan Jorge SILVARREDONDA Sociedad De Arquitectos Del Uruguay (S.A.U.) Maldonado Uruguay Patricia VARELA Burson-Marsteller Uruguay Mario VAZQUEZ GAYTAN Compañía SALUS S.A Uruguay Daniel VENTURINI M. Jones Chalettilara, Manuel Haedo 2918 Esc3 Montevideo Uruguay Kathrin WEISE Project manager, GlobWetland II / SWOS Jena-Optronik GmbH Otto-Eppenstein-Strasse 3 Jena 07745 Germany






Accompanying person / Accompagnant(e) / Acompañante Rashed ALMEHRI Dubai Municipality United Arab Emirates Miriam Patricia DAHAN Médica, Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable San Martín 451 Buenos Aires 1004 Argentina Richard DEVITRE Dynacor Gold Mines Canada Ahmed LOOTAH Ministry of Environment United Arab Emirates Yasuhiko MURAMATSU Consultant CTI Engineering International Co., Ltd. 2-25-14 Kameido Koto-ku Tokyo 136-0071 Japan Laura Daniela SÁNCHEZ DE ARMAS Directora, Educación Fundación Humedales Bogotá Calle 94 # 72 A - 51 Torre 1 Apto 301 Bogotá D.C. Colombia Anan TARABEIH Sakhnin Israel Angelie VANDERHOEGHT Maldonado Uruguay


Eleonore VERMONT Switzerland Choi WOO JIN China





Ramsar Secretariat / Secrétariat Ramsar / Secretaría de Ramsar

(including Interpreters, Translators, ENB, consultants and seconded staff) Secretariat staff: (Ramsar Convention Secretariat Rue de Mauverney 28 1196 Gland Switzerland) Christopher Fenwick Briggs Secretary General Elise Eléanor Gilberte Allély-Fermé Regional Assistant for Europe Dede Amah Regional Assistant for Africa Marcela Bonells Scientific and Technical Support Officer Delphine Marie Brémond Administrative Assistant Rob Cadmus Manager, Investing in Natural Infrastructure Sara Juliana Casallas Ramirez COP12 Logistics Camilla Chalmers Head of Communications Ania Maria Wanda Grobicki Deputy Secretary General Edmund Jennings Documentation Officer Manuel Kern IT Officer Solongo Khurelbaatar Regional Assistant for Asia/Oceania


Edmond Lefebvre Finance Officer Catherine Marie Louise Loetscher Administrative Assistant Magdalena Luczak Internal Communications Officer Jimena Montane Azpiri Assistant for the Americas Sharon Imesa Marjorie Joy Oseku-Frainier Communications Officer - External Relations Paul Ouedraogo Senior Regional Advisor for Africa Christopher Perceval Head of Partnerships Maria Madalena Rey-Santos Logistics Officer Maria Montserrat Riera Alaña Adminstration and Communications Assistant Maria Rivera Senior Regional Advisor for the Americas Tobias Salathe Senior Regional Advisor for Europe Llewellyn Young Senior Regional Advisor for Asia - Oceania Seconded to the Ramsar Secretariat: Brenda Christine Estrada Programme Assistant, Science, Assessment and Monitoring Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity Canada Ramsar Secretariat Volunteer: Kristin Hagge Consultants to the Secretariat: Katharine Hammond


Photographer Veronica Huntington Communications Consultant Efthymios Papagiannis Senior Advisor on Culture and Wetlands Dwight Peck Documentation Consultant Emily Persse Communications Consultant Freedom-Kai Phillips Legal Consultant Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) Canada Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger Legal Consultant Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) Canada International Institute for Sustainable Development – Earth Negotiations Bulletin: Tristan Tyrrell Writer Interpreting Team: Ingrid Conty ép. Catton Chief Interpreter Christine Adams Interpreter Jeannine Caubarrere Interpreter Carlos Rafael de Ameller Ruitiña Interpreter France Fontaine Interpreter Ernesto Gonzales Sala Interpreter Claudia Hareau Interpreter


Victoria Massa Sojo Interpreter Aurélie Pinzon Interpreter Jon Harley Porter Interpreter Maria Julia Sainz Bello Interpreter Mara Maria Sfreddo Interpreter French Translation Team: Danièle Lepers ép. Devitre Translator, Team Leader Ginette Desruisseaux Team Secretary Hélène Favre Translator (remote working) Christiane Milev Translator Spanish Translation Team: Wendy Caroline Byrnes Translator, Team Leader Ana Bennett Baxter Translator (remote working) Juan Carlos Valdovinos Fuenzalida Translator


Documents

12th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the ... · 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) Punta del Este, Uruguay,