About the Ramsar Convention

Each Contracting Party to the Ramsar Convention designates an implementing agency within its government to take responsibility for the affairs of the Convention. These agencies, called the "Administrative Authorities", are the Secretariat's main focal points, in addition to normal diplomatic channels, within the Member States. Unlike the practice of some other conventions, the "national focal point" is an agency rather than an individual, but the Secretariat keeps in touch with a less formal "Daily Contact" within each agency. If you should have questions about the implementation of the Ramsar Convention within your own country, you are welcome to inquire at the Secretariat but you might do as well to contact the relevant authority listed below.

Each entry below gives the Administrative Authority for each Party; the E, F, or S after the name of each State shows which of the Convention's official languages (English, French, and Spanish) has been chosen by the State as its "working language" in its dealings with the Convention. The unofficial "Daily Contacts" is listed after each entry for which an individual has been communicated to the Secretariat by the Party's Administrative Authority.

The Secretariat's official list is kept current by Valerie Higgins; any updates, errors or omissions can be reported directly to her by the competent authorities in the Parties.

ALBANIA E
Nature Protection Policies Directorate, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Water Administration, Rr. Durresi, Nr. 27, Tirana, Albania (Tel +355 4 270 624, Fax +355 4 270 624 or +355 4 270 627, E-mail shoxha@moe.gov.al) Daily contact:

ALGERIA F
Direction Générale des Forêts, Ministère de l'Agriculture et du Développement Rural, Chemin Doudou Mokhtar - BP 232, Ben Aknoun, Alger 16036, Algérie (Tel +213 21 91 52 90-94 or +213 21 91 52 86, Fax +213 21 91 52 86, E-mail gh_bessah@yahoo.fr or dgf.dpff@wissal.dz) Daily contact: Ghania Bessah, gh_bessah@yahoo.fr

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA E
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Marine Resources and Agro Industry, Nevis & Temple Streets, Perry Bay, St. John's 00029, Antigua & Barbuda (Tel +1 268 462 1372 or +1 268 462 1213, Fax +1 268 462 1372 or +1 268 462 6104, E-mail fisheries@antigua.gov.ag) Daily contact: Philmore James, fisheries@antigua.gov.ag

ARGENTINA S
Dir. General de Asuntos Ambientales - Ministerio de, Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto, Esmeralda 1212 - Piso 14, 1007 Buenos Aires, Argentina (Tel +54 11 4819 7414 or +54 11 4819 7000 or +54 11 4819 7410, Fax +54 11 4819 7413, E-mail met@mrecic.gov.ar) Daily contact: Corina Lehmann, leh@mrecic.gov.ar

ARMENIA E
Ministry of Nature Protection, Government Building 3, Republic Square, 0010 Yerevan, Armenia (Tel +374 10 585 469 or +374 10 580 711, Fax +374 10 585 469, E-mail jender@arminco.com or interdpt@rambler.ru) Daily contact: Karén Jenderedjian, karen_jender@mail.ru

AUSTRALIA E
Wetlands Section, Environmental Water & Natural Resources Branch, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage & the Arts, GPO Box 787, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia (Tel +61 2 6274 1919 and +61 2 6274 2526, Fax +61 2 6274 1006, E-mail tony.slatyer@environment.gov.au) Daily contact: Ian Krebs, Ian.Krebs@environment.gov.au

AUSTRIA E
Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft, Abteilung II/4, Stubenbastei 5, A-1010 Wien, Austria (Tel +43 1 51522 1401 or +43 1 51522 1417, Fax +43 1 51522 7402, E-mail viktoria.hasler@lebensministerium.at or Gerhard.Sigmund@lebensministerium.at) Daily contact: Gerhard Sigmund, Gerhard.Sigmund-Schwach@lebensministerium.at

AZERBAIJAN E
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, B. Aghayev Str. 100-A, 370073 Baku, Azerbaijan (Tel +994 12 4924 173 or +994 12 4926 201, Fax +994 12 4925 907, E-mail rsattarzade@azdata.net or valeh@eko.baku.az) Daily contact: Eldar Sariyev, eldar.eco@box.az

BAHAMAS E
BEST Commission, Ministry of Health and Environment, PO Box N-3730, Nassau Court, West Bay Street, Nassau, N.P., Bahamas (Tel +1 242 322 4546, Fax +1 242 326 3509, E-mail bestnbs@hotmail.com) Daily contact: Donald Cooper, bestnbs@hotmail.com

BAHRAIN E
Public Commission for the Protection of Marine Resources, Environment and Wildlife, PO Box 32657, Isa Town, Bahrain (Tel +973 1 787 5103 or +973 1 787 5102, Fax +973 1 787 4615 or +973 1 778 4934), E-mail Daily contact: Shaker Khamdan, shakerk@env.gov.bh

BANGLADESH E
Ministry of Environment and Forest, Building No. 6, Room No. 130, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh (Tel +880 2 716 0481 or +880 2 716 4810/1881, Fax +880 2 716 1881, E-mail moefmin@bdonline.com or secretary@moef.gov.bd) Daily contact: Mohammad Shaheduzzaman, moefmin@bdonline.com

BARBADOS E
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Housing, Lands and the Environment, Environment Division, 1st floor, S.P. Musson Building, Hincks Street, St. Michael, Barbados (Tel +1 246 467 5700 or +1 246 467 5721, Fax +1 246 437 8859, E-mail lionelnurse@caribsurf.com or envirobdos@gob.bb) Daily contact: Steve A. Devonish, heritage@barbados.gov.bb

BELARUS E
Ministry of Natural Resources & Environmental Protection, 10 Kollectornaya St., 220048 Minsk, Belarus (Tel +375 17 200 3986 or +375 17 200 7242, Fax +375 17 220 4771, E-mail minproos@mail.belpak.by) Daily contact: Tatiana Trafimovich, tmatsur@tut.by

BELGIUM E F
ANB - Graaf de Ferrarisgebouw, K. Albert II-laan 20 bus 8, 1000 Brussel, Belgium (Tel +32 2 558 1811 or +32 2 558 1801, Fax +32 2 558 1803 or +32 2 558 1805, E-mail) Daily contact: Filiep Cardoen, filiep.cardoen@lne.vlaanderen.be

Direction de la Nature, Ministère de la Région Wallonne, Avenue Prince de Liège, 15, B-5100 Jambes, Belgique (Tel +32 81 33 58 58, Fax +32 81 33 58 22, E-mail P.Blerot@mrw.wallonie.be) Daily contact: Catherine Debruyne, c.debruyne@mrw.wallonie.be

BELIZE E
Chief Forest Officer, Forest Department, Ministry of Natural Resources, Local Government and Environment, 23/25 Unity Boulevard, Belmopan City, Belize (Tel +501 822 1524 or +501 822 2079, Fax +501 822 1523, E-mail cfo@mnrei.gov.bz or conservation@mnrei.gov.bz) Daily contact: Wilber Sabido, cfo@mnrei.gov.bz

BENIN F
Agence Béninoise pour l'Environnement, 03 BP 4387, Cotonou, Bénin (Tel +229 30 45 56 or +229 30 22 43, Fax +229 30 45 43, E-mail abepge@intnet.bj) Daily contact: Maman-Sani Issa, issa37@hotmail.com

BOLIVIA S
Recursos Naturales y Medio Ambiente, Ministerio de Desarrollo Sostenible, Av. Mariscal Santa Cruz 1092, Edificio Ex-COMIBOL, 6° Piso, Casillo No. 12814, La Paz, Bolivia (Tel +591 2 233 0762 or +591 2 116 000, Fax +591 2 233 1273 or +591 2 231 8473, E-mail vrnma@mds.gov.bo or dgb@mds.gov.bo) Daily contact: Pablo Ibáñez, dgbap.bo@gmail.com

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA E
Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, Department for Environmental Protection, Musala 9, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Tel +387 33 206 141, Fax +387 33 206 141, E-mail vetcon@bih.net.ba) Daily contact: Jaroslav Vego, jaroslav.vego@tel.net.ba

BOTSWANA E
Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism, Private Bag B0199, Gaborone, Botswana (Tel +267 391 4955, Fax +267 391 4861, E-mail mchakalisa@gov.bw) Daily contact: Stevie C. Monna, smonna@gov.bw

BRAZIL E
Ministerio do Meio Ambiente, Núcleo de Zona Costera y Marina, Secretaria de Biodiversidades y Florestas, Esplanada dos Ministerios, Bloco B-7°, sala 713, 70.068-900 Brasília DF, Brazil (Tel +55 61 4009 1387 or +55 61 4009 1151, Fax +55 61 4009 1213, E-mail ana-paula.prates@mma.gov.br) Daily contact: Maria Carolina Hazin, maria-carolina.hazin@mma.gov.br

BULGARIA E
Ministry of the Environment and Water, 22 Maria Louisa Boulevard, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria (Tel +359 2 988 2577, Fax +359 2 986 2533, E-mail feedback@moew.government.bg) Daily contact: Aylin Hasan, ahasan@moew.government.bg

BURKINA FASO F
Direction Générale de la Conservation de la Nature, Ministère de l'Environnement et du Cadre de Vie, 03 BP 7044, Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso (Tel +226 50 35 69 23 or +226 50 35 69 71, Fax +226 50 35 69 71 or +226 50 35 82 43, E-mail ubelemsobgo@yahoo.fr) Daily contact: Andréa Ouédraogo, parcsnationaux@liptinfor.bf

BURUNDI F
Programme zones humides, Ministère de l'Aménagement du Territoire, de l'Environnement et du Tourisme, BP 631, Bujumbura, Burundi (Tel +257 22 06 26 or +257 27 60 25, Fax +257 27 89 02 or +257 27 60 17, E-mail jmbkr2000@yahoo.fr) Daily contact: Jean-Marie Bukuru, jmbkr2000@yahoo.fr

CAMBODIA E
Department of Nature Conservation and Protection, Ministry of Environment, #48, Samdech Preah Sihanouk St., Tonle Bassac, Khan Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Tel +855 23 721 461 or +855 23 721 073, Fax +855 23 721 461 or +855 23 212 540, E-mail dncp_moe@yahoo.com or sokvong@yahoo.com) Daily contact: Vong Sok, sokvong.mwbp@online.com.kh

CAMEROON Daily contact: Serge Hervé Ondoua, ondouabilounga@yahoo.fr

CANADA E
Habitat and Ecosystem Conservation Section, Environment Canada, Environment Canada, 351 St. Joseph Blvd., 3rd Floor, Place Vincent Massey, Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0H3, Canada (Tel +1 819 997 1303 or +1 819 953 0485, Fax +1 819 994 4445 or +1 819 953 3575, E-mail Robert.Mclean@ec.gc.ca) Daily contact: Clay Rubec, clay.rubec@ec.gc.ca

CAPE VERDE F
Ministério do Ambiente, Agricultura e Pescas, Praia, Cape Verde (E-mail ValentinaM@maap.Gov.cv) Daily contact: Sónia Araújo, ValentinaM@maap.gov.cv

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC F
Ministère aux Eaux, Forêts, Chasse & Pêche, BP 1452, Bangui, République Centrafricaine (E-mail jean.eudes@teya.org) Daily contact: Julien Bolobo, meddes@intnet.cf

CHAD F
Direction Protection de la Faune et des Parcs nationaux, Ministère de l'Environnement et de l'Eau, BP 905, N'Djaména, Tchad (Tel +235 52 23 05 or +235 52 44 70, Fax +235 52 44 14 or +235 52 44 12, E-mail dcfap@intnet.td or biodiv@intnet.td) Daily contact: Behera Commanda, dcfap@intnet.td

CHILE S
Dirección de Medio Ambiente, Antárctica y Asuntos Marítimos, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Catedral 1143, 2° piso, Santiago, Chile (Tel +56 2 679 4383 or +56 2 679 4394, Fax +56 2 673 2152 or +56 2 672 5071, E-mail cmaquieira@minrel.gov.cl or direcciondemedioambiente@minrel.gov.cl) Daily contact: Nancy Céspedes, ncespedes@minrel.gov.cl

CHINA E
Ramsar Convention Implementing Office, State Forestry Administration, No. 18 Hepingli Dongjie, Beijing 100714, China (Tel +86 10 8423 8901, Fax +86 10 8423 9209, E-mail maguangren@forestry.gov.cn) Daily contact: Mr YAN Chenggao, yanchenggao@forestry.gov.cn

COLOMBIA S
Dirección de Ecosistemas, Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial, Calle 37 N° 8-40, piso 2° Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombia (Tel +571 3323633 or +571 332 3434 x 2345, Fax +571 3323457, E-mail mpardo@minambiente.gov.co). Daily contact: Andrea Albán Durán, maria.alban@cancilleria.gov.co; María del Rosario Guzmán, mrguzman@minambiente.gov.co

COMOROS F
Ministre de l'Agriculture, de la Pêche, et de l'Environnement, BP 41, Moroni, Comores (Tel +269 75 60 29, E-mail kassimsiti@yahoo.fr or abdoubhoussen@gmail.com) Daily contact: Abdourahaman Ben Houssen, abdoubhoussen@gmail.com

CONGO F
Direction Générale de l'Environnement, Ministère de l'Industrie Minière et de l'Environnement, B.P. 958, Brazzaville, Congo (Tel +242 527 66 44 or +242 661 04 41, E-mail alexis_minga@yahoo.fr) Daily contact: Gilbert Madouka, gmadouka2005@yahoo.fr

COSTA RICA S
Sistema Nacional de Areas de Conservación (SINAC), MINAE, AP 10.104-1000, 200 metros sur del IMAS, Barrio Francisco Peralta, San José, Costa Rica (Tel +506 283 7580 or +506 283 8004, Fax +506 283 7118, E-mail raul.solorzano@sinac.go.cr) Daily contact:

CÔTE D'IVOIRE F
Direction de la Faune et Ressources Cynégétiques, Ministère des Eaux et Forêts, BPV 178, Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire (Tel +225 2021 0700 or +225 2022 2797, Fax +225 2021 0990, E-mail denamani@yahoo.fr) Daily contact: Salimata Kone, kosalikk@yahoo.fr

CROATIA E
Directorate for Nature Protection, Ministry of Culture, Runjaninova 2, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia (Tel +385 1 48 66 110 or +385 1 49 66 110, Fax +385 1 48 66 100, E-mail eugen.draganovic@min-kulture.hr) Daily contact:

CUBA S
Ministerio de Ciencia, Technología y Medio Ambiente, Capitolio Nacional, Prado y San José, La Habana 10200, Cuba (Tel +537 867 0621, Fax +537 867 0600, E-mail ofivice@ceniai.inf.cu) Daily contact: Pedro Julio Ruiz Hernandez, pruiz@snap.co.cu

CYPRUS E
Environment Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources & Environment, Aeolou Street No 13, 1416 Nicosia, Cyprus (Tel +357 22 303 883, Fax +357 22 774 945, E-mail ngeorgiades@environment.moa.gov.cy or andrecws@logos.cy.net) Daily contact: Myroula Hadjichristophorou, andrecws@logos.cy.net

CZECH REPUBLIC E
Department of International Conservation of Biodiversity, Ministry of Environment, Vrsovická 65, 100 10 Praha, Czech Republic (Tel +420 2 6712 2038 or +420 2 6712 2041, Fax +420 2 6731 0328, E-mail roth@env.cz) Daily contact: Libuse Vlasáková, libuse_vlasakova@env.cz

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO F
Ressources en Eau, Ministère de l'Environnement, Conservation de la Nature, Eaux et Forêts, Av. Pumbu n. 35, Kinshasa/Gombe, République démocratique du Congo (Tel +243 99 22 134, Fax +243 88 43 675, E-mail crisedeke@yahoo.fr) Daily contact:

DENMARK E
Danish Forest and Nature Agency, Haraldsgade 53, 2100 Copenhagen 0, Denmark (Tel +45 39 47 20 00, Fax +45 39 27 98 99, E-mail sns@sns.dk or sta@sns.dk) Daily contact: Sten Asbirk, sta@sns.dk

DJIBOUTI F
Ministère de l'Habitat, de l'Urbanisme, de l'Environnement, et de l'Aménagement du Territoire, B.P. 11, Djibouti, (Tel +253 35 00 06 or +253 35 85 22, Fax +253 35 16 18, E-mail assamo@intnet.dj or rayalehoussein@yahoo.fr) Daily contact: Houssein Abdillahi Rayaleh, assamo@intnet.dj

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC S
Subsecretaría de Areas Protegidas y Biodiversidad, Secretaría de Estado de Medio Ambiente y R.N., Av. Máximo Gómez, esq. Av. Paseo de los Reyes Católicos, Antigua Cementera, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (Tel +1 809 472 4204, Fax +1 809 472 7105 or +1 809 472 4012, E-mail amarilispolonia@yahoo.es or direccion.biodiversidad@medioambiente.gov.do or vida.silvestre@verizon.net.do) Daily contact:

ECUADOR S
Ministerio del Ambiente, Avds. Amazonas y Eloy Alfaro, Edif. MAG, 8° piso, Quito, Ecuador (Tel +593 2 2500 041 or +593 2 2563 423/9, Fax +593 2 2563 462 or +593 2 2564 037, E-mail mma@ambiente.gov.ec) Daily contact: Sergio Lasso B. , slasso@ambiente.gov.ec

EGYPT E
Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, 30 Misr Helwan El-Zyrae Rd., 6th flr., Maadi, Cairo, Egypt (Tel +202 525 6450 or +202 525 6445, Fax +202 525 6454 or +202 525 6490, E-mail ncs@link.net or khalil@eeaa.gov.eg) Daily contact: Moustafa M. Fouda, foudamos@link.net

EL SALVADOR S
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Km 5 1/2 Carretera a Santa Tecla, Calle y Colonia Las Mercedes, Edificio MARN, San Salvador, CP 3186, El Salvador (Tel +503 2267 9421 or +503 2 224 6926, Fax +503 2267 9420, E-mail despacho@marn.gob.sv) Daily contact: César R. Funes Abrego, cabrego@marn.gob.sv

EQUATORIAL GUINEA S
Instituto Nacional de desarrollo Forestal y el Sistema Nacional de Areas Protegidas - INDEFOR, Ministerio de Agricultura y Bosques, Apdo 324, Bata - Litoral 4556, Equatorial Guinea (Tel +240 240 450, Fax +240 082 874, E-mail franciscaeneme@yahoo.es) Daily contact:

ESTONIA E
Nature Conservation Department, Ministry of the Environment, Narva mnt 7a, 15172 Tallinn, Estonia (Tel +372 6262 889 or +372 6262 872, Fax +372 62 62 901, E-mail Riinu.Rannap@envir.ee or herdis.fridolin@envir.ee) Daily contact:

FIJI Daily contact: Manasa Sovaki, mslutumailagi@yahoo.com

FINLAND E
EU and International Biodiversity Branch, Ministry of the Environment, PO Box 35, FIN-00023 Government, Finland (Tel +358 9 1603 9597, Fax +358 9 1603 9364, E-mail Jussi.Soramaki@ymparisto.fi) Daily contact: Tiina Niikkonen, Metsähallitus - Forest and Park Service, Natural Heritage Services, Southern Finland, tiina.niikkonen@metsa.fi

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; see The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

FRANCE F
Direction de la Nature et des Paysages, Ministère de l'Écologie, de l’Énergie, du Développement durable et de l’Aménagement du territoire, 20, avenue de Ségur, 75007 Paris, France (Tel +33 142 19 19 00, Fax +33 142 19 19 77, E-mail jean-marc.michel@developpement-durable.gouv.fr) Daily contact: Emmanuel Thiry, emmanuel.thiry@developpement-durable.gouv.fr

GABON F
Dir. de l'environnement et de la Protection de la Nature, Ministère de L'Economie Forestière, des Eaux & de la Pêche, BP 3903, Libreville, Gabon (Tel +241 76 27 00 or +241 76 14 44, Fax +241 76 55 48 or +241 76 61 83, E-mail faustondamba@yahoo.fr) Daily contact: Côme Ndjokounda, mambeleg2@yahoo.fr

GAMBIA E
Department of Parks and Wildlife Management, DoS for Forestry & the Environment, State House, PO Box 577, Banjul, Gambia (Tel +220 437 6972, Fax +220 4392 179 or +220 4228 998, E-mail wildlife@gamtel.gm or Alphaojay@yahoo.com) Daily contact: Alpha Omar Jallow, Alphaojay@yahoo.com

GEORGIA E
Ministry of Environment Protection & Natural Resources, 6 Gulua Street, 0114 Tbilisi, Georgia (Tel +995 32 465 004, Fax +995 32 465 504, E-mail Sophiko.Akhobadze@moe.gov.ge or anarukhadze@yahoo.com) Daily contact: Ana Rukhadze, anarukhadze@yahoo.com

GERMANY E
Referates NI4 "International Nature Conservation", Bundesmin. für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit, Robert-Schumann-Platz 3, D-53175 Bonn, Germany (Tel +49 1888 305 2630, Fax +49 1888 305 2684, E-mail christiane.paulus@bmu.bund.de ) Daily contact: Edward Ragusch, Edward.ragusch@bmu.bund.de

GHANA E
Wildlife Division (Forestry Commission), PO Box MB 239, Ministries Post Office, Accra, Ghana (Tel +233 21 401 210 or +233 21 401 227, Fax +233 21 401 233, E-mail adunsiah@yahoo.com) Daily contact: Charles C. Amankwah, ccamankwah@yahoo.com

GREECE E
Directorate General of the Environment, Ministry of Environment, Physical Planning & Public Works, 17 Amaliados Street, 11523 Athens, Greece (Tel +30 210 641 0641 or +30 210 645 7990, Fax +30 210 641 0641, E-mail j.vournas@dpers.minenv.gr or grammateia@ dpers.minenv.gr) Daily contact: Demetra Spala, d.spala@dpers.minenv.gr

GUATEMALA S
Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas (CONAP), 5ta Ave 6-06, zona 1 Edificio IPM, 7mo nivel, Ciudad de Guatemala 01001, Guatemala (Tel +502 232 0730 or +502 238 0000/1188, Fax +502 253 4141 or +502 238 3118, E-mail seconap@conap.gob.gt) Daily contact: Julio Fernando Castro Escobar, fercastro@conap.gob.gt

GUINEA F
Direction nationale de la Protection de la nature, Ministère de l'Environnement, BP 761, Conakry, Guinée (Tel +224 11 26 95 20, E-mail namory54@yahoo.fr or atigoudire@yahoo.fr) Daily contact: Atigou Balde, atigoudire@yahoo.fr

GUINEA BISSAU F
Direction Générale de l'Environnement, Ministère aux Ressources Naturelles, Energie et Industrie, B.P. 399, Bissau, Guinée-Bissau (Tel +245 20 64 57, Fax +245 20 17 53 or +245 20 49 23, E-mail secocassama@yahoo.com.br) Daily contact: Seco Cassamá, secocassama@yahoo.com.br

HONDURAS S
Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Edificio Principal, 100 metros al sur del Estadio Nacional, 4710 Tegucigalpa, Honduras (Tel +504 235 7833 or +504 239 4296, Fax +504 232 6250, E-mail sdespacho@serna.gob.hn) Daily contact: Juan Pablo Suazo, dibio@serna.gob.hn; ramsardibio@serna.gob.hn

HUNGARY E
Ministry of Environment and Water, Department for Nature and Environment Protection, F? utca 44-50, 1011 Budapest, Hungary (Tel +36 1 395 7093 or +36 1 391 1710, Fax +36 1 200 8880 or +36 1 3957 457, E-mail haraszthy@mail.kvvm.hu) Daily contact: András Schmidt, schmidt@mail.kvvm.hu

ICELAND E
Environment Agency, Sudurlandsbraut 24, IS-108 Reykjavik, Iceland (Tel +354 591 2000, Fax +354 591 2010, E-mail arni@ust.is) Daily contact:

INDIA E
Conservation Division, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Paryavaran Bhawan, GCO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003, India (Tel +91 11 2436 0721 or +91 11 2436 2551, Fax +91 11 2436 2746, E-mail meena_gupta@nic.in or Kaul52@yahoo.com) Daily contact: Shri G. Balachandran, gb_mef@nic.in

INDONESIA E
DG Forest Protection and Nature Conservation (PHPA), Ministry of Forestry, Gedung Manggala Wanabakti Blok I / lantai 8, Jl. Gatot Subroto, Senayan, Jakarta Pusat 10270, Indonesia (Tel +62 21 573 0312/16 or +62 21 573 4818, Fax +62 21 573 4818 or +62 21 573 3437, E-mail dirjen.pka@dephut.cbn.net.id or cites@dephut.cbn.net.id) Daily contact: Noor Hidayat, noorhidayat@dephut.go.id

IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF E
International Economic Affairs & Specialized Agencies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2 Koushk Mesri Street, Building No. 8, Ferdousi Avenue, Teheran, Iran, Islamic Republic of (Tel +98 21 321 26 71, Fax +98 21 670 41 76, E-mail arajabi@mfa.gov.ir or ahmadrajabi_2001@yahoo.com) Daily contact:

IRAQ E
National Committee for Wetlands in Iraq, Ministry of Water Resources, Palestine Street, Baghdad 4444, Iraq (Tel +964 790 192 5404, Fax +964 790 192 5404, E-mail ramsar.iraq@gmail.com) Daily contact: Ekram Qassim, ramsar.iraq@gmail.com

IRELAND E
National Parks and Wildlife Service, Dept. of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, 7 Ely Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (Tel +353 1 888 3291, Fax +353 1 888 3278, E-mail jim_ryan@environ.ie) Daily contact: Mary Moore, marymoore@duchas.ie

ISRAEL E
Ministry of the Environment, PO Box 34033, Jerusalem 95464, Israel (Tel +972 2 655 3720, Fax +972 2 653 5939, E-mail miriamh@environment.gov.il or eliezer.frankenberg@npa.org.il) Daily contact: Eliezer Frankenberg, eliezer.frankenberg@npa.org.il

ITALY E
Direzione per la Protezione della Natura, Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio, Via C. Bavastro, 174, 00154 Rome, Italy (Tel +39 06 5722 8510 or +39 06 5722 8004, Fax +39 06 5722 8390, E-mail dpn-dg@minambiente.it or dpn-div6@minambiente.it) Daily contacts: Angelo Ciasca, Ciasca.Angelo@minambiente.it and Oliviero Montanaro, montanaro.oliviero@minambiente.it

JAMAICA E
National Environment and Planning Agency, 10 - 11 Caledonia Avenue, Kingston 5, Jamaica (Tel +1 876 754 7540 or +1 876 754 7526-direct, Fax +1 876 754 7594 or +1 876 754 7596, E-mail ceo@nepa.gov.jm) Daily contact: Ainsley Henry, ahenry@nepa.gov.jm; Christine Sutherland, csutherland@nepa.gov.jm

JAPAN E
Wildlife Division, Nature Conservation Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Kasumigaseki 1-2-2, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8975, Japan (Tel +81 3 5521 8284, Fax +81 3 3581 7090, E-mail wildlife@env.go.jp) Daily contact: Risa Kasai, risa.kasai@mofa.go.jp

JORDAN E
Ministry of Environment, PO Box 1408, Auhud Street, Amman 11941, Jordan (Tel +962 6 552 3868 or +962 6 534 5848, Fax +962 6 556 0288 or +962 6 535 0084, E-mail moenv@moenv.gov.jo) Daily contact: Faris Al Junaidi, faljunidi@yahoo.com

KENYA E
Kenya Wildlife Service, Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources & Wildlife, PO Box 40241, Nairobi 00001, Kenya (Tel +254 20 600 800 or +254 20 602 345, Fax +254 20 603 792 or +254 20 607 024, E-mail kws@kws.org) Daily contact: James Gichiah Njogu, jgichiah@kws.org

Korea, Republic of; see Republic of Korea

KYRGYZ REPUBLIC E
State Agency on Environment and Forestry, Dept of Protected Areas & Biodiversity Conservation, Toktogul str., 228, 720001 Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic (Tel +996 312 610 016 or +996 312 611 395, Fax +996 312 611 396 or +996 312 611 834, E-mail aburhanov@mail.ru or forest@bishkek.gov.kg) Daily contact: Madieva Ajar, ajar_1978@yahoo.com

LATVIA E
Ministry of the Environment, Peldu Iela 25, LV-1494 Riga, Latvia (Tel +371 702 6560, Fax +371 721 2544 or +371 782 0442, E-mail Guntis.pukitis@vidm.gov.lv) Daily contact: Vija Busa, vija.busa@vidm.gov.lv

LEBANON E
Nature Conservation Service, Ministry of the Environment, PO Box 11-2727, Lazarieh Bldg, Beirut, Lebanon (Tel +961 1 976 555 or +961 1 976 555x451, Fax +961 1 976 513, E-mail lchamas@moe.gov.lb) Daily contact: Nabil Assaf, n.assaf@moe.gov.lb

LESOTHO E
Ministry of Natural Resources, PO Box 772, Maseru, Lesotho (Tel +266 22 312 383 or +266 22 312 771, Fax +266 22 310 437, E-mail leleka@ilesotho.com or wetlands@ilesotho.com) Daily contact: Limpho Motanya, wetlands@ilesotho.com

LIBERIA E
Environmental Protection Agency, PO Box 4024, 4th Street, Sinkor, 1000 Monrovia 10, Liberia (Tel +231 6 512 929, Fax +231 22 62 10 or +231 22 78 38, E-mail necolib@yahoo.com or benturturdonnie@yahoo.com) Daily contact: Cecilia Smith-Kollie, cekollie@yahoo.com

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA E
AMCEN Chair and Secretary of the People's Committee, Environment General Authority, PO Box 83618, Tripoli, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Tel +218 21 487 1590 or +218 21 487 0266, Fax +218 21 487 2160 or +218 21 333 9098/7, E-mail aelwaer@environment.org.ly or egainfo@environment.org.ly) Daily contact: Ali Rajab AlKekli, alkikli@hotmail.com

LIECHTENSTEIN E
Division for Nature and Landscape Protection, National Agency for Forests, Nature and Landscape, Dr. Grass-Strasse 10, 9490 Vaduz, Liechtenstein (Tel +423 236 64 01 or +423 236 64 00, Fax +423 236 64 11, E-mail felix.naescher@awnl.llv.li or Barbara.Flad@awnl.llv.li) Daily contact: Michael Fasel, michael.fasel@awnl.llv.li

LITHUANIA E
Ministry of Environment, A. Jaksto 4/9, LT-2694 Vilnius, Lithuania (Tel +370 52 266 34 80 or +370 52 266 24 80, Fax +370 52 266 36 63 or +370 52 266 36 65, E-mail a.paulauskas@am.lt) Daily contact: Dalius Sungaila, d.sungaila@am.lt

LUXEMBOURG F
Ministère de l'Environnement, 18 Montée de la Pétrusse, 2918 Luxembourg (Tel +352 478 6826, Fax +352 400 410 or +352 478 6835, E-mail claude.origer@mev.etat.lu or Sandra.Cellina@mev.etat.lu) Daily contact: Sandra Cellina, Sandra.Cellina@mev.etat.lu

MADAGASCAR F
Direction des Eaux et Forêts, Ministère de l'Environnement, des Eaux et Forêts, BP 243, Nanisana, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar (Tel +261 20 22 59 312, Fax +261 20 22 304 88, E-mail rabe_sahondra@yahoo.fr or dgforets@wanadoo.mg) Daily contact: Soarilanto Sahondra Rabesihanaka, rabe_sahondra@yahoo.fr

MALAWI E
Department of National Parks and Wildlife, Ministry of Information and Tourism, PO Box 30131, Lilongwe 3, Malawi (Tel +265 1 774 599 or +265 1 774 059, Fax +265 1 774 059 or +265 1 775 251, E-mail dnpw@malawi.net or royb@malawi.net) Daily contact: Roy Bhima, dnpw@malawi.net

MALAYSIA E
Secretary-General, Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, Aras 14, Blok Menara 4G3, Precint 4, Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan, 62574 Putrajaya, Malaysia (Tel +603 8886 1111, Fax +603 8886 1512, E-mail azizahms@nre.gov.my or azhar@nre.gov.my) Daily contact: Azhar Bin Noraini, azhar@nre.gov.my

MALI F
Direction Nationale de la Conservation de la Nature, Ministère Equipement, Territoire, et Environnement, BP 275, Bamako, Mali (Tel +223 223 36 95 or +223 223 36 97, Fax +223 223 36 96 or +223 222 11 34, E-mail conservationature@datatech.net.ml or timbosat@yahoo.fr) Daily contact: Soumana Timbo, timbosat@yahoo.fr

MALTA E
Environment Protection Directorate, Malta Environment and Planning Authority, St. Francis Ravelin, Floriana VLT 01, Malta (Tel +356 2290 1527 or +356 2290 6012, Fax +356 2290 2295. E-mail Martin.Seychell@mepa.org.mt or ramsar.malta@mepa.org.mt) Daily contact: Darrin T. Stevens, darrin.stevens@mepa.org.mt

MARSHALL ISLANDS E
Environment Protection Authority, PO Box 1184, Majuro - 96960, Marshall Islands (Tel +692 625 3035 or +692 625 5203, Fax +692 625 5202, E-mail eparmi@ntamar.net or rmiepa@ntamar.net) Daily contact:

MAURITANIA F
Service des Forêts, Direction de l'Environnement, Ministère du Développement Rural et de l'Environnement, BP 170, Nouakchott 1, Mauritanie (Tel +222 529 01 15 or +222 644 29 34, Fax +222 525 83 86, E-mail hamze@toptechnology.mr) Daily contact:

MAURITIUS E
National Parks & Conservation Service, Ministry of Agro Industry and Fisheries, Reduit, Mauritius (Tel +230 464 4016 or +230 464 2993, Fax +230 466 0453, E-mail npcs@mail.gov.mu) Daily contact: Mr Seewajee Pandoo, sepandoo@mail.gov.mu

MEXICO S
Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas-CONANP, Camino Ajusco 200, 3° piso ala sur, Col Jardines en la Montaña, Tlalpan, México D.F. CP 14210, Mexico (Tel +52 55 5449 7001 or +52 55 5449 7017/8, Fax +52 55 5449 7025, E-mail enkerlin@conanp.gob.mx) Daily contact: Arturo Peña Jiménez, arpena@conanp.gob.mx

Moldova: see Republic of Moldova

MONACO F
Département des Relations Extérieures, Ministère d'Etat, Place de la Visitation - Monaco Ville, BP 522, MC 98015 Monaco, Principauté de Monaco (Tel +377 93 15 81 48 or +377 93 15 21 22, Fax +377 93 50 95 91, E-mail pvanklaveren@gouv.mc or enviroint@troisseptsept.mc) Daily contact:

MONGOLIA E
Special Protected Area Administration Department, Ministry of Nature and Environment, Government Building No. 3, Baga Toiruu - 44, Ulaanbaatar A210620, Mongolia (Tel +976 11 263 341, Fax +976 11 321 401, E-mail mne@mongol.net or namkhai_spa@yahoo.com) Daily contact:

MONTENEGRO E
Daily contact: Viktor Subotic, viktors@mn.yu

MOROCCO F
Division des Parcs et Réserves Naturelles, H.C. aux Eaux & Forêts & la Lutte contre la Désertification, BP 605, Rabat - Chellah 1, Maroc (Tel +212 37 765 429 or +212 37 671 105, Fax +212 37 660 826 or +212 61 962 8221, E-mail mohammed_ribi@yahoo.fr or sabah-tahari@yahoo.fr) Daily contact: Mohamed Haffane, mhaffane@yahoo.fr

MOZAMBIQUE E
Ministry of Coordination of Environmental Affairs (MICOA), Department of Coastal Management, Av. Acordos de Lusaka 2115, C.P. 2020, Maputo, Mozambique (Tel +258 21 466 407, Fax +258 21 465 849, E-mail p.napica@micoa.gov.mz or gestao.costeira@micoa.gov.mz) Daily contact: Sidónia Muhorro, sidoniamuhorro@yahoo.com.br

MYANMAR E
Nature & Wildlife Conservation Division, Forest Department, Ministry of Forestry, Bayintnaung Road, West Gyogone, Insein P.O. 11011, Yangon, Myanmar (Tel +95 1 650 290, Fax +95 1 664 459, E-mail nwcd-cas@mptmail.net.mm) Daily contact: Tin Tun, htunpawoo@mail4u.com.mm

NAMIBIA E
Scientific Services Directorate, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, P/Bag 13306, Windhoek 9000, Namibia (Tel +264 61 263 131 or +264 61 284 2553, Fax +264 61 259 101 or +264 61 263 195, E-mail fdemas@mweb.com.na) Daily contact:

NEPAL E
Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation, P.O. Box 860, Babar Mahal, Kathmandu, Nepal (Tel +977 1 422 0850 or +977 1 422 0917, Fax +977 1 422 7675 or +977 1 422 0912, E-mail dnpwc@bdcin.wlink.com.np or dnpwc@bdcin.com.np) Daily contact: Shyam Bajimaya, sbajimaya@dnpwc.gov.np

NETHERLANDS E
Department of Nature, Division of International Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature & Food Quality, Postbus 20401, 2500 EK's-Gravenhage, Netherlands (Tel +31 70 378 5009, E-mail g.van.dijk@minlnv.nl) Daily contact: Marjan van Meerloo, m.van.meerloo@minlnv.nl

NEW ZEALAND E
Department of Conservation, Conservation Sciences Centre, PO Box 10-420, Wellington, New Zealand (Tel +64 4 471 0726, Fax +64 4 471 3049, E-mail amorrison@doc.govt.nz) Daily contact: Nicola Scott, nscott@doc.govt.nz

NICARAGUA S
Ministerio del Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (MARENA), Km 12 1/2 Carretera Norte, AP 5123, Managua, Nicaragua (Tel +505 263 1273 or +505 233 1848, Fax +505 263 1274, E-mail titosequeira@marena.gob.net) Daily contact: Bayardo Quintero Guatemala, bquintero@marena.gob.ni

NIGER F
Direction de la Faune, de la Pêche et de la Pisciculture, Ministère de l'Hydraulique/l'Environnement/LCD, BP 721, Niamey, Niger (Tel +227 73 27 84 or +227 73 40 69, Fax +227 73 27 84 or +227 73 60 12, E-mail faune@intnet.ne or biosecu@intnet.ne) Daily contact: Abdou Malam Issa, malam_ia@yahoo.fr

NIGERIA E
Department of Forestry and Conservation, Federal Ministry of Environment, 7th - 9th Floor, Federal Secretariat, Shehu Shagari Way, PMB 468, Garki, Abuja, Nigeria (Tel +234 9 413 9058/0608 or +234 803 306 3512, Fax +234 9 314 5234 or +234 8 523 4931, E-mail cooshunsanya@hotmail.com or nchinwe@yahoo.com) Daily contact:

NORWAY E
Directorate for Nature Management, Tungasletta 2, N-7485 Trondheim, Norway (Tel +47 73 580 603 or +47 73 580 500, Fax +47 73 580 501, E-mail janne.sollie@dirnat.no or gunn.paulsen@dirnat.no) Daily contact: Jan-Petter Huberth Hansen, jan-p.huberth-hansen@dirnat.no

PAKISTAN E
National Council for Conservation of Wildlife NCCW, Ministry of Environment, CDA Block No. 4, Old Naval Headquarters, Civic Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan (Tel +92 51 920 3726 or +92 51 920 4203, Fax +92 51 920 2142 or +92 51 920 2211, E-mail wani48@hotmail.com or mshafiq1@yahoo.com) Daily contact: Umeed Khalid, khalid_jamil71@hotmail.com

PALAU E
Ministry of Resources & Development, Office of the Minister, P.O. Box 100, Koror, Palau PW 96940 (Tel +680 488 2701, Fax +680 488 3380, E-mail mrd@palaunet.com or tarita@palaunet.com) Daily contact: Tarita Holm, tarita@palaunet.com

PANAMA S
Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente, PO Box 0843-00793, Ciudad de Panamá, Panama (Tel +507 315 0527 or +507 315 0548, Fax +507 315 0663, E-mail l.castro@anam.gob.pa or e.arauz@anam.gob.pa) Daily contact: Edgar Arauz, e.arauz@anam.gob.pa

PAPUA NEW GUINEA E
Conservation Division, Department of Environment and Conservation, PO Box 6601, Level 7 Somare Foundation, Boroko, 131 NCD, Papua New Guinea (Tel +675 325 0180, Fax +675 325 0182 or +675 325 0133 (AusAID Office), E-mail cons@daltron.com.pg or navukwapena@daltron.com.pg) Daily contact: Ian Liviko, ian_liviko@yahoo.com.au

PARAGUAY S
Secretaría del Ambiente - SEAM, Madame Lynch 3500, Asunción, Paraguay (Tel +595 21 615 806, Fax +595 21 615 807, E-mail ministro@seam.gov.py or carolina.pedrozo@qmail.com) Daily contact: Carolina Pedrozo Silva, ceps@telesurf.com.py

PERU S
Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales - INRENA, Ministerio de Agricultura, Apartado postal 4452, Calle 17 nº 355, Urb. El Palomar, Corpac, San Isidro, Lima 27, Peru (Tel +51 1 224 3298 or +51 1 225 2113, Fax +51 1 224 3218, E-mail lvasquez@inrena.gob.pe or jefatura@inrena.gob.pe) Daily contact: Omar A. Ubillús Tolentino, oubillust@yahoo.es

PHILIPPINES E
Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, NAPWNC Compound, Quezon Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City 1101, Philippines (Tel +632 924 60 31-35 or +632 920 44017, Fax +632 924 01 09, E-mail director@pawb.gov.ph or pacman@pawb.org.ph) Daily contact: Marlynn M. Mendoza, mmendoza@i-manila.com.ph

POLAND E
Department of Nature Conservation, Ministry of the Environment, Wawelska 52/54, 00-922 Warsaw, Poland (Tel +48 22 57 92 289, Fax +48 22 57 92 555, E-mail krzysztof.lissowski@mos.gov.pl or dariusz.piechowski@mos.gov.pl) Daily contact: Dariusz Piechowski, dariusz.piechowski@mos.gov.pl

PORTUGAL E
Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e da Biodiversidade, Ministerio do Ambiente, do Ordenamento do Território e do Desenvolvimento Regional, R. de Sta. Marta, 55, 1150-294 Lisboa, Portugal (Tel +351 213 507 900 or +351 21 395 9464, Fax +351 21 601 048, E-mail presidencia@icnb.pt or farinhaj@icnb.pt) Daily contact: João Carlos Farinha, jcfarinha@gmail.com

REPUBLIC OF KOREA E
Global Environment Office, Ministry of Environment, Government Complex Gwacheon, 1 Joongang-Dong, Gwacheon-si Gyeonggi-do 427 729, Republic of Korea (Tel +82 2 2110 6560, Fax +82 2 2110 6558, E-mail julia923@me.go.kr or stella@me.go.kr) Daily contact: Hyojeong Kim, stella@me.go.kr

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA F
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, 9, Cosmonautilor St., 2005 Chisinau, Moldova (Tel +373 2 22 24 64 or +373 2 2 24 45 07, Fax +373 2 22 07 48, E-mail egreta@mediu.moldova.md or josu@mediu.moldova.md) Daily contact: Veronica Josu, josu@mediu.moldova.md

ROMANIA E
Directorate of Nature Conservation, Biodiversity & Biosafety, Ministry of Environment and Water Management, Bd. Libertatii No. 12, 70005 Bucuresti, Romania (Tel +40 21 316 0531 or +40 21 316 0215, Fax +40 21 316 0531 or +40 21 316 0287, E-mail megan@domogled-cerna.ro or biodiv@mappm.ro) Daily contact: Diana Mihaela Cocai, diana.cocai@mmediu.ro

RUSSIAN FEDERATION E
Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Natural Resources, B. Gruzinskaya ul. 4/6, 123995 Moscow D-242, GSP-5, Russian Federation (Tel +7 495 252 0300, Fax +7 495 254 4310, E-mail mzlv@mnr.gov.ru or muzyleva@mnr.gov.ru) Daily contact: Zinaida Muzileva, muzyleva@mnr.gov.ru

RWANDA F
Secrétaire d'Etat chargé de l'Environnement, Ministère des Terres, de l'Environnement des Forêts, de l'Eau et des Ressources naturelles, BP 3502, Kigali, Rwanda (Tel +250 826 28, Fax +250 826 29) Daily contact: Patricia Hajabakiga, phajabakiga@yahoo.com

SAINT LUCIA E
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Waterfront Buildings, Castries, Saint Lucia (Tel +1 758 452 2526, Fax +1 758 453 6314 or +1 758 468 4158, E-mail ps@slumaffe.org or michaelbobb_2000@yahoo.com) Daily contact: Michael Bobb, michaelbobb_2000@yahoo.com

SAMOA E
Forestry Division, Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment & Meteorology, Private Bag, Apia, Samoa (Tel +685 23 095 or +685 21 054, Fax +685 20 231 or +685 23 176, E-mail tony.leutele@mnre.gov.ws or tuuu.ieti@samoa.ws) Daily contact: Nanai Tony Leutele, tony.leutele@mnre.gov.ws

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Daily contact: Victor Bonfim, vicbonfim@hotmail.com

SENEGAL F
Direction des Parcs Nationaux, Ministère Environnement et Protection de la Nature, BP 5135, Dakar-Fann, Sénégal (Tel +221 832 23 09, Fax +221 832 23 09, E-mail dpn@sentoo.sn or dpns@sentoo.sn) Daily contact: Moussa Fall, agrofall@yahoo.fr

SERBIA E
Ministry of Environmental Protection, Omladinskih Brigada 1, 11070 Belgrade, Serbia (Tel +381 11 3131 357 or +381 11 3131 569, Fax +381 11 3131 394 or +381 11 2158 793, E-mail direktor@ekoserb.sr.gov.yu) Daily contact: Olga Vlahovic, olga.vlahovic@ekoserb.sr.gov.yu

SEYCHELLES E
Principal Secretary, Policy Planning & Services Division, Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Transport, English River, PO Box 1145, Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles (Tel +248 670 400 or +248 722 878, Fax +248 610 647, E-mail d.dogley@env.gov.sc or p.murugaiyan@pps.gov.sc) Daily contact: Pugazhendhi Murugaiyan, p.murugaiyan@pps.gov.sc

SIERRA LEONE E
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security, Youyi Building, Brookfields, Freetown, Sierra Leone (Tel +232 22 223 445 or +232 22 242 036, Fax +232 22 242 128/273 or +232 22 241 613, E-mail lucy_alieu@yahoo.co.uk) Daily contact:

SLOVAKIA E
Division of Nature and Landscape Protection, Ministry of Environment, Námestie l'Udovíta Stúra 1, 812 35 Bratislava, Slovak Republic (Tel +421 2 5956 2160, Fax +421 2 5956 2533, E-mail stanislav.klauco@enviro.gov.sk) Daily contact: Jana Durkosová, jana.durkosova@enviro.gov.sk or Ivan Koubek, koubek@sopsr.sk

SLOVENIA E
Ministry of the Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy, Dunajska 48, p.p. 653, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia (Tel +386 1 309 45 66, Fax +386 1 309 45 93, E-mail Gordana.Beltram@gov.si) Daily contact:

SOUTH AFRICA E
The Assistant Director, MEA Focal Point, Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Private Bag X447, Pretoria Gauteng 1, South Africa (Tel +27 12 310 3270, Fax +27 12 320 0025, E-mail globalengagements@deat.gov.za) Daily contact: Stanley Tshikonelo Tshitwamulomoni, stanleyt@deat.gov.za

SPAIN S
Area de Espacios Naturales, Subdirección General de Vida Silvestre, Dirección General para la Biodiversidad, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, C/ Río Rosas nº 24, 4ª planta, 28003 Madrid, Spain (Tel +34 91 597 5531 or +34 91 749 3623, Fax +34 91 749 3873, E-mail AFTejada@mma.es or mbernues@mma.es) Daily contact: Magdalena Bernues Sanz, MBernues@mma.es

SRI LANKA E
Department of Wildlife Conservation, No. 382, "Dilco Court", New Kandy Road, Malabe, Sri Lanka (Tel +94 11 256 0380, Fax +94 11 274 4301, E-mail director@dwlc.lk or chandani@yahoo.co.uk) Daily contact:

SUDAN E
Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources, PO Box 10488, Khartoum, Sudan (Tel +249 18 378 4279, Fax +249 18 378 7617, E-mail hcenr@sudanmail.net) Daily contact:

SURINAME E
Suriname Forest Service, Ministry of Natural Resources, Cornelis Jongbawstraat 10, PO Box 436, Paramaribo, Suriname (Tel +597 47 33 16, Fax +597 42 25 55 or +597 47 07 28, E-mail lbbnb@yahoo.com or lbbnb@sr.net) Daily contact: Bryan Drakenstein, lbbnb@sr.net; Claudine Sakimin, claudinesakimin@yahoo.com

SWEDEN E
Division for Natural Resources, Ministry of Sustainable Development, S-103 33 Stockholm, Sweden (Tel +46 8 405 3919, Fax +46 8 219 170, E-mail torolf.lonnerholm@sustainable.ministry.se) Daily contact: Ann Wahlström, ann.wahlstrom@naturvardsverket.se

SWITZERLAND F
Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, International Affairs, Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications DETEC, 3003 Berne, Switzerland (Tel +41 31 323 0663, Fax +41 31 324 7579, E-mail olivier.biber@bafu.admin.ch) Daily contact:

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC E
Water Pollution Control Department, Ministry of Irrigation, PO Box 4451 - Fardous Street, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic (Tel +963 11 221 0175 or +963 11 222 0083, Fax +963 11 224 8672 or +963 11 245 8098, E-mail atef_deib@ureach.com or irrigation.min@net.sy) Daily contact:

TAJIKISTAN E
State Directorate for Protected Areas, State Committee on Environment Conservation & Forestry, PO Box 138, 734025 Dushanbe, Tajikistan (Tel +992 372 251 076 or +992 372 251 243, Fax +992 372 213 332 or +992 372 210 915, E-mail eldar@tajik.net or kokul@tojikiston.com) Daily contact:

Tanzania; see United Republic of Tanzania

THAILAND E
Office of Natural Resources and, Environmental Policy and Planning, 60/1 Soi Phibunwattana 7, Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand (Tel +662 298 6042 or +662 279 5202, Fax +662 298 6044 or +662 265 6638, E-mail nisakorn@onep.go.th or neric@onep.go.th) Daily contact: Nirawan Pipitsombat, nirawanpipitsombat@yahoo.com

THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA E
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, ul. Drezdenska 52, MK-1000 Skopje, The FYR of Macedonia (Tel +389 2 3066 930, Fax +389 2 3066 931, E-mail infoeko@moe.gov.mk) Daily contact:

TOGO F
Direction de la Faune et de la Chasse, Ministère de l'Environnement et des Ressources forestières, B.P. 355, Lomé Maritime 4825, Togo (Tel +228 221 40 29 or +228 904 17 21, Fax +228 221 40 29 or +228 210 333, E-mail direfaune@yahoo.fr or sokoda1@yahoo.fr) Daily contact:

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO E
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Utilities and the Environment, 16-18 Sackville Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad & Tobago (Tel +1 868 625 6083 or +1 868 627 4424, Fax +1 868 625 7003, E-mail environment@tstt.net.tt or wildlife@trinidad.net) Daily contact: Nadra Nathai-Gyan, wildlife@trinidad.net

TUNISIA F
Direction de la Conservation des Forêts, Ministère de l'Agriculture et des Ressources hydrauliques, 30, rue Alain Savary, 1002 Tunis, Tunisie (Tel +216 71 891 497 or +216 71 781 650/848 892, Fax +216 71 801 322 or +216 71 801 922, E-mail abdelhamidkarem@yahoo.fr or khelil_faouzil@yahoo.fr) Daily contact:

TURKEY E
General Directorate of Nature Conservation & National Parks, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, T.C. Cevre ve Orman Bakanligi, Sögütözü Caddesi No: 14/E, 15 Kat A Blok, 06560 Be?tepe, Ankara, Turkey (Tel +90 312 207 6061, Fax +90 312 207 5981, E-mail mustafa61@yahoo.com) Daily contacts: Mehmet Gölge, mgolge@gmail.com or mgolge@cevreorman.gov.tr and B. Teoman Meriç, teoman.meric@gmail.com

UGANDA E
Directorate of Lands and Environment, Ministry of Water and Environment, PO Box 20026, Luzira, Kampala, Uganda (Tel +256 41 341 875, Fax +256 41 230 891 or +256 41 341 875, E-mail dle@mwle.go.ug or mafabip@ugandawetlands.org) Daily contact: Paul Mafabi Gumonye, mafabip@ugandawetlands.org

UKRAINE E
State Agency for Protected Areas, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, 35, Uryts'kogo Str., UA-03035 Kyiv, Ukraine (Tel +380 44 206 2588, Fax +380 44 206 3173 or +380 44 248 4933, E-mail ecoland@menr.gov.ua or parks@parks.freenet.kiev.ua) Daily contact: Grygoriy Parchuk, parchuk@parks.freenet.kiev.ua

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES E
Federal Environmental Agency, PO Box 5951, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Fax +971 2 677 0501, E-mail uaefea@fea.gov.ae) Daily contact:

UNITED KINGDOM E
International Protected Areas Team, Wildlife, Habitats and Biodiversity Division - Defra, Room 1/06, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Bristol BS1 6PN, United Kingdom (Tel +44 117 372 8567, Fax +44 117 372 8373, E-mail Simon.Hopkinson@defra.gsi.gov.uk) Daily contact: Andy Tully, Andy.Tully@defra.gsi.gov.uk

UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA E
Wildlife Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, PO Box 1994, Nyerere Road, Ivory Room, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Tel +255 22 2866 375 or +255 22 2866 408, Fax +255 22 2863 496 or +255 22 2865 836, E-mail director@wildlife.go.tz) Daily contact: Miriam Zacharia, miriamzacharia@yahoo.co.uk

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA E
Division of International Conservation, US Fish & Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 730, Arlington, VA 22203-1622, United States of America (Tel +1 703 358 1754 or +1 703 358 1767, Fax +1 703 358 2115 or +1 703 358 2849, E-mail herb_raffaele@fws.gov or gil_cintron@fws.gov) Daily contact: Marina Sansostri Ratchford, marina_ratchford@fws.gov

URUGUAY S
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Dirección del Medio Ambiente, Colonia 1206, Montevideo 11100, Uruguay (Tel +598 2 901 7086 or +598 2 900 0447, Fax +598 2 902 1006, E-mail dima36@mrree.gub.uy) Daily contact:

UZBEKISTAN E
Chairman, State Committee for Nature Protection, 99, A. Temur Str., 700068 Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Tel +998 71 139 4195 or +998 71 135 4195, Fax +998 71 135 0761 or +998 71 135 7920, E-mail halmat@ecoinf.org.uz or envconf@uzsci.net) Daily contact: Natalya Kasymova, envconf@uzsci.net

VENEZUELA S
Dirección General de la Oficina Nacional de Diversidad Biológica, Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ambiente, Centro Simón Bolivar, Torre Sur, Piso 6, Oficina 600, Caracas 1010, Venezuela (Tel +58 212 408 4730 or +58 212 408 4757/8, Fax +58 212 408 4756, E-mail mderoa@minamb.gob.ve) Daily contact: Jesús Ramos Oropeza, jramos@minamb.gob.ve

VIET NAM E
Environment Protection Agency - VEPA, Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment, 67 Nguyen Du Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam (Tel +84 4 942 3899 or +84 4 942 4557, Fax +84 4 822 3189 or +84 4 825 1518, E-mail Viethong@hn.vnn.vn or tha@nea.gov.vn) Daily contact: Viet Hong Pham Dinh, viethong@hn.vnn.vn

ZAMBIA E
Zambia Wildlife Authority, Private Bag 1, Kafue Road, Chilanga, Lusaka, Zambia (Tel +260 1 278 524, Fax +260 1 278 244, E-mail info@zawa.org.zm or zawaorg@zamnet.zm) Daily contact: Wilbroad Chansa, chansaw@zawa.org.zm

For further information about the Administrative Authorities or the Ramsar Convention itself, please contact: the Ramsar Convention Secretariat, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel +41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999 0169, e-mail ). First posted 25 October 1996, updated 16 May 2008, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.