The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Ramsar National Focal Points for Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA)

Nominated Wetland CEPA Focal Points in Ramsar Contracting Parties

Contracting Parties have been asked by the Conference of the Parties (Resolution VIII.31) to nominate a Government focal point and a Non-government focal point for CEPA activities. As of April 2008, the following nominations have been sent to the Secretariat:

ALBANIA

ALGERIA - Government Focal Point - Monsieur Abdessalem Lakhdar, Directeur, Production et diffusion des supports de vulgarisation, Insitut National de la Vulgarisation Agricole, BP n°42 Said Hamdine, 16012 Alger, Algeria (Tel: +213 2 543 413, Fax: +213 2 650 765)

NGO Focal Point - M. Bencharif Burhan Eddine El Mounir, Coordonateur, Programme de l'AREA-ED, Association de Réflexion d'Echange et d'Actions pour, l'Environnement et le Développement (AREA-ED), 30, chemin Mokrane Aoues, El Mouradia, Alger, Algeria (Tel: +213 21 69 85 80, Fax: +213 21 44 84 10,  e-mail: area@wissal.dz)

ANTIGUA and BARBUDA

ARGENTINA - Government Focal Point - Dr Oscar H. Padín, Director de Recursos Ictícolas y Acuícolas, Secretaría de Desarrollo Sustentable y Política Ambiental, San Martín 459, Piso 2, 1004 Buenos Aires, Argentina (Tel: +54 11 4348 8533, Fax: +54 11 4348 8534, e-mail: opadin@medioambiente.gov.ar)

NGO Focal Point - Sr. Jorge Cappato, Director General, Fundación PROTEGER, Grupo Trabajo en Humedales del Comité UICN Argentina, Balcarce 1450, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina (Tel: +54 342 455 8520, Fax:  +54 342 498 1745, e-mail: jorgecappato@arnet.com.ar; rios.proteger@arnet.com.ar)

ARMENIA - Government Focal Point - Ms Ruzan Davtyan, Head, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Nature Protection, Government Building 3, Republic Square, 375010 Yerevan, Armenia (Tel: +374 10 585 469; Fax : +374 10 585 469; e-mail: ruzikdav@rambler.ru)

NGO Focal Point - Dr Susanna Hakobyan, Senior Researcher, Institute of Hydroecology and Ichthyology, No. 5, 8 Byron Street, AM-375002 Yerevan, Armenia (Tel/Fax: +374 1 523 830, Tel: +374 1 279 335, Fax: +374 1 151 959, e-mail: femini@nature.am; susannahakob@rambler.ru)

AUSTRALIA - Government Focal Point - Ian Krebs, Assistant Director, Wetlands Section, Environmental Water & Natural Resources Branch, Water Reform Division, Department of the Environment and Heritage, GPO Box 787, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia (Tel: +61 2 6274 2526, Fax: +61 2 6274 2268,e-mail: Ian.Krebs@environment.gov.au)

NGO Focal Point - Christine Prietto, Education Manager, The Wetlands Centre Australia, PO Box 292, Wallsend, NSW Australia 2287 (Tel: +61 2 4955 8673, Fax: + 61 2 4950 0497; e-mail: priettoclub@aapt.net.au)

AUSTRIA - Government Focal Point - Dr Gerhard Sigmund, Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft, Stubenbastei 5, A-1010 Wien, Austria (Tel +43 1 51522 1416, Fax +43 1 51522 7402, e-mail gerhard.sigmund@bmlfuw.gv.at)

NGO Focal Point - Ms Birgit Mair-Markart, Austrian General Secretary of Naturschtzbund Österreich, Museumplatz 2, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria (Tel: +43 662 642909, Fax: 43 662 643734-4, e-mail: birgit.mair-markart@naturschutzbund.at)

AZERBAIJAN - Government Focal Point - Mr. Arzu Mustafayev, Head Adviser of Biodiversity Department, B.Agayev 100A Baku, Azerbaijan (Tel: +994124390126, Fax: +994124925907, e-mail: arzuazeri@mail.az)

BAHAMAS -  Government Focal Point - Ms Deon Stewart, Deputy Chief Health Inspector, BEST Commission, PO Box CB 10980, Nassau, N.P., Bahamas (Tel: +1 242 322 4546; Fax: +1 242 326 3509; e-mail: bestnbs@hotmail.com; bestnbs@gmail.com)

NGO Focal Point - Mrs Lynn Gape, Public Relations and Education Officer, Bahamas National Trust, PO Box N4015, Nassau, Bahamas (Tel. +1 242 393 1317, Fax : +1 242 393 4978, e-mail: nlgape@batelnet.bs)

BAHRAIN - Government Focal Point - Mrs Suhad Al-Shehabi, Environmental Specialist, Ministry of Housing, Municipalities & Environment, PO Box 26909, Manama, Bahrain (Tel: + 973 17 875150, Fax: +973 17 874615, e-mail: suhads@env.gov.bh; alshehabi.s@gmail.com)

NGO Focal Point - Dr. Saeed Abdullah, President, Bahrain Natural History Society, PO Box 40266, Isa Town, Bahrain (Tel: +973 1 771 0868, Fax: +973 1 771 0678, E-mail: saeed@alreem.com, alreem@alreem.com)

BANGLADESH - Government Focal Point - Md. Shamsur Rahman, Conservator of Forests, Office of the Conservator of Forests, Wildlife and Nature Conservation Circle, Bana Bhaban, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh (Tel: +88 02 8813820, Fax: +88 02 9886887, e-mail: cf-wnc@bforest.gov.bd)

NGO Focal Point - Dr Ainun Nishat, Country Representative, IUCN Bangladesh Country Office, House #3A, Road 15 (new), Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh (Tel: +880 2 812 2577, Fax: +880 2 812 6209, e-mail: nishat@iucnbd.org; iucnbd@citechco.net)

BARBADOS - Government Focal Point - Mr Steve A. Devonish, Director, Natural Heritage Department, Ministry of Energy and the Environment, No. 1 Sturges, PO Box T25, St. Thomas BB220022, Barbados (Tel: +1 246 438 7761; Fax: +1 246 438 7767; e-mail: heritage@barbados.gov.bb)

BELARUS - Government Focal Point - Ms Natalya Minchenko, Consultant, Legal Department, Ministry of Environment, 10 Kollectornaya St., 220048 Minsk, Belarus (Tel: +375 17 200 5334; Fax: +375 17 200 7242; e-mail: n_minchenko@tut.by)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Yuri Solovjov, Chairman, Belarusian Public Association "Ecological Initiative", 26-1 Gryboedova St., 220035 Minsk, Belarus (Tel: +375 17 223 22 83, Fax: +375 17 223 22 83, e-mail: ecoin@tut.by)

BELGIUM

NGO Focal Point - Wim Van den Bossche, Natuurpunt/BirdLife Belgium, Kard. Mercierplein 1, B-2800 Mechelen, Belgium (Tel: +32/15 297229, Fax: +32 15 42 49 21, e-mail: wim.vandenbossche@natuurpunt.be)

BELIZE - Government Focal Point - Ms Natalie Rosado, Forest Officer - Protected Areas, National Parks Management Programme, Forest Department, Ministry of Natural Resources, 23/25 Unity Boulevard, Belmopan City, Belize CA, Belize (Tel: +501 822 15 24, Fax : +501 822 15 23, E-mail: nrosado@btl.net/ nationalparks@mnrei.gov.bz)

NGO Focal Point - Ms Anna Hoare, Chief Executive Officer, Belize Audubon Society, 12 Fort Street, PO Box 1001, Belize City, Belize (Tel: +501 223 5004, Fax: +501 223 4985, E-mail: executivedirector@belizeaudubon.org)

BENIN - Government Focal Point - M. Eugène Kpade, Chef, Dèpartement IEC, Agence Béninoise pour l'Environnement, 03 BP 4387, 38 Rue 390 (Route de Lomé), Cotonou, Benin (Tel: +229 30 45 56, Fax: +229 30 45 43, e-mail: abepgebow.intnet.bj)

NGO Focal Point - M. Stéphan Ogou, Coordonnateur national OCE-ABE, Organe de Concertation des ongs en environnement, Agence Béninoise pour l'Environnement - OCE-ABE, 03 BP 4387, 38 Rue 390 (Route de Lomé), Cotonou, Benin (Tel: +229 30 45 56, Fax: +229 30 45 43, e-mail: sogou@caramail.com)

BOLIVIA - Government Focal Point -

NGO Focal Point - Lic. Omar Rocha Olivio, Director Ejecutivo, Programa Humedales, BIOTA, Av. Aranjuez, Condominio Aranjuez No. 2, La Paz, CP4778, Bolivia (Tel: +591 2 274 0592, Fax: +591 22 740 592/ 435 198, e-mail: orocha@entelnet.bo, orocha@caoba.entelnet.bo)

BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA

BOTSWANA - Government Focal Point - Ms Arabang Kanego, Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism, Department of Environmental Affairs, Private Bag 0068, 2nd floor, Travaglini House, Old Lobatse Road, Gaborone, Botswana (Tel: +267 390 2050; Fax: +267 390 2051; e-mail: akanego@gov.bw)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Felix Monggae, Chief Executive Officer, Kalahari Conservation Society, Plot 112, Independence Avenue, P.O. Box 859, Gaborone, Botswana (Tel: +267 397 4557; Fax 1: +267 391 4259; e-mail: ceo@kcs.org.bw)

BRAZIL - Government Focal Point - Mr Marcos Sorrentino, Director of the National Environmental Program of the Ministry of the Environment, Esplanada dos Ministérios – Bloco B – 50 Andar, Sala 515, 70068-900 Brasilia/DF (Tel +556 1 3171207; Fax: +556 1 2253405; e-mail: marcos.sorrentino@mma.gov.br)

BULGARIA - Government Focal Point - Ms Aylin Hasan, Senior Expert, Natura 2000 Dept, National Nature Protection Service, Ministry of Environment and Water, 22 Maria Louisa Blvd., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria (Tel: +359 2 940 6103; Fax: +359 2 940 6127/ 981 6610; e-mail: ahasan@moew.government.bg)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Tanyo Michev, Associate Professor, Central Laboratory of General Ecology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Gagarin Str, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria (Tel: +359 2 749 938, Fax: +359 2 705 498, e-mail: tanyo@abv.bg)

BURKINA FASO - Government Focal Point - Madame Andréa OUEDRAOGO, 03 BP 7044 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina faso (Tel :+226 50 35 69 71/ 70 26 37 93, email : andreaoued@ yahoo.fr)

NGO Focal Point - M George Henri OUEDA 6, Fondation des Amis de la Nature (NATURAMA), 01 BP 6133 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso (Tel : 226 50 37 32 40/ 62, Fax : 226 78 86 91 33, e-mail : Naturama@fasonet.fr oueda-georges@yahoo.fr)

BURUNDI

CAMBODIA - Government Focal Point - Mr Vong Sok, Head, Wetland, Watershed & Coastal Zone Office, Department of Nature Conservation & Protection, Ministry of Environment, #48, Preah Sihanouk St., Tonle Bassac Khan Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Tel:+855 23 222 311/2x114, Fax: +855 23 211 944, e-mail: sok_vong@everyday.com.kh)

NGO Focal Point - IUCN Liaison Officer & Communications Officer, Mekong Wetlands Biodiversity Programme, IUCN Cambodia Office, First Floor, Ministry of Environment, #48, Preah Sihanouk Blvd, PO Box 1504, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Tel: +855 23 222 311/12x108, Fax: +855 23 211 944, e-mail: )

CAMEROON

CANADA -Government Focal Point

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

CAPE VERDE

CHAD

CHILE - Government Focal Point - Sr Juan Carlos Torres-Mura, Investigador, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Casilla 787, Santiago, Chile (Tel: +56 2 681 4095, Fax: +56 2 681 7182, e-mail: jtorres@mnhn.cl)

NGO Focal Point

CHINA -Government Focal Point - Ms Hong Xiao, Deputy Division Chief, Wetland Conservation Division; Department of Wildlife, State Forestry Administration, 18 Hepingli Dongjie, Beijing 100714, China
(Tel: +86 10 8423 9304; Fax: +86 10 8423 9209; e-mail: xiaohong@forestry.gov.cn)

NGO Focal Point

COLOMBIA - Government Focal Point - Dr. Juan Carlos Velásquez, Jefe Oficina de Educación y Participación. Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial. Calle 37 No. 8-40. Bogotá, Colombia (Tel: +57 1 3323434 ext 348, 121, e-mail: jcvelasquez@minambiente.gov.co; humedalconejera@yahoo.es)

NGO Focal Point - Sr. German Galindo, Director Fundación Humedal La Conejera. Cra 121 No.153-20 of 301. Bogotá, Colombia (Tel: +57 1 688 0768/ 5350977, e-mail: humedalconejera@yahoo.es)

COMOROS - Government Focal Point - Monsieur Abdourahaman Ben Houssen, Directeur National Adjoint de l'Environnement et des Forêts, Ministère de l'Agriculture, de la Pêche, de l'Environnement, BP 775, Moroni, Comores (Tel: +269 75 60 29 ; e-mail : abdoubhoussen@gmail.com)

Government Focal Point - Monsieur Issah Abdillah Mohamadi, Chef, Service information, éducation, communication environnementale, Ministère du Développement Rural et de l'Environnement, BP 289, Moroni, Comores (Tel: +269 73 53 53, Fax 1: +269 73 28 09, E-mail :issabmohamadi@yahoo.fr)

CONGO - Government Focal Point - M. Lucien Bock, Chef, Service des Ecosystèmes aquatiques, B.P. 958, Brazzaville, Rep. of Congo (Tel: +242 521 50 64, Fax: +242 812 611, e-mail: Lucien_bock@yahoo.fr)

NGO Focal Point - M. Isaac Moussa, Président, Alliance Nationale pour la Nature (ANN), BP 5697, Brazzaville, Rep. of Congo (Tel: +242 556 54 43, Fax: +242 813 393, e-mail: Annature92@yahoo.fr; is-moussa@voila.fr)

COSTA RICA - Government Focal Point - Lic. Elizabeth Ramírez Ramírez, Investigadora y Extensionista, Educación Ambiental Limnóloga y Educadora Ambiental, Universidad Nacional, Apartado 1473-2100, San José, Costa Rica (Tel: +506 277 3905/240 2385, Fax: +506 237 6427, e-mail: eramirez@una.ac.cr)

COTE D'IVOIRE  - Government Focal Point - Madame Elvire Joëlle Zouzou, Sous-Directrice de la Faune, Ministère des Eaux et Forêts, BPV 178, Abidjan 01, Cote D’Ivoire (Tel: +225 2021 3867, Fax: +225 2021 0990, e-mail: elvzouz.yahoo.fr; idpn@africaonline.co.ci)

NGO Focal Point - Dr Mathieu Engnankou Wadja, Président SOS-Forêts, 22 BP 918, Abidjan 22, Cote D’Ivoire (Tel: +225 0776 9202, Fax: +225 2021 0990; e-mail: sosforets@hotmail.com)

NGO Focal Point - Dr Hilaire Beibro, Président, Société pour la Conservation de la Nature en Côte d’Ivoire (SCNCI), 22 BP 368, Abidjan 22, Cote D’Ivoire (Tel: +225 0763 4265; Fax: +225 2021 0990; e-mail: hyaokokore@hotmail.com)

CROATIA

CUBA - Government Focal Point - Sr Jorge Luís Fernández Chamero, Ministerio de Ciencia Tecnología y Medio Ambiente, Dirección de Colaboración Internacional, Capitolio Nacional. Industri y San José. Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba (Tel: +537 867 0606, Fax: 537 33 80 54,e-mail: chamero@citma.cu)

NGO Focal Point - Dra. Maria Elena Ibarra, Presidenta, PRONATURALEZA, Capitolio Nacional, Prado y San José, Habana Vieja, Ciudad Habana, CP: 10200, Cuba (Tel: +203 16 07, Fax: 203 16 07, e-mail: cim@cim.uh.cu;cim@comuh.uh.cu)

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Government Focal Point - Monsieur Albert Vunda Batumba, Conservateur en Chef, Chef de Station, Parc Marin des Mangroves, B.P. 868, Kinshasa 1, Dem. Rep. of Congo (Tel: +243 88 34 180, Fax: +243 88 03 208, e-mail: iccn@ic.cd)

Government Focal Point - M. Malutshi Louis Lungu, Chef de Bureau Méthode et Mesures Communes, Avenue Pumbu no 35, Gombe, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Tel : + 243 9984 72531, e-mail: Lungu_louis@yahoo.fr)

NGO Focal Point - M. Luketa Shimbi, Président, ONG, "Faune et Vie", B.P. 1002, Kinshasa / Limete, Dem. Rep. of Congo (Tel: +243 88 71159, Fax: +243 88 43675, e-mail: FAUNE-VIE@excite.fr; faunevie@yahoo.fr)

NGO Focal Point - Ms Marie José Mfiri , Secrétaire permanent Eglise du Christ au Congo (ECC), Av. de la Justice n° 80 Kinshasa/Gombe, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Tel: +243 990 9286, Fax : +243 999 09286, e-mail : josemfiri@yahoo.fr

DENMARK - Government Focal Point - Ms Inge Thaulow, Head of Section, Greenland Home Rule Government, Ministry of Environment and Nature, PO Box 1614, 3900 Nuuk, Greenland, Denmark (Tel +299 34 6718, Fax: +299 32 5286, e-mail: Inth@gh.gl)

NGO Focal Point - Mr. Knud Flensted, Conservation Officer, Danish Ornitological Society, Vesterbrogade 140, 1620 København V, Denmark (Tel: +45 33 31 44 04, Fax +45 33 31 24 35, e-mail: Knud.Flensted@dof.dk)

DJIBOUTI

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC- Government Focal Point - Ing. Horacio Arredondo Chávez, Subdirector de Educación Ambiental, Subdirección de Educación Ambiental, Secretaría de Estado de Medio Ambiente y R.N., Autopista Duarte, Km 6 1/2, Los Jardines del Norte, (Edificio de la Secretaría de Agricultura), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (Tel: +1 809 567 0070, Fax: +1 809 732 9001, e-mail: he.arredondo@codetel.net.do)

NGO Focal Point - Lic. Eulalio Holando Quiroz, Técnico en Educación Ambiental y Trabajos Comunitarios, Sociedad para el Desarrollo Integral del Nordeste-SODIN, Avenida Julio Lample No. 51, Nagua, provincia María Trinidad Sánchez, Santo Domingo, Domincan Republic (Tel: +1 809 584 4119; Fax: +1 809 472 4012 y 584 4125, e-mail: holandoquiroz@yahoo.com)

ECUADOR - Government Focal Point - Dra Olga Quevedo, Directora de Implementación de Políticas del Capital Natural, Subsecretaría de Gestión Ambiental Costera, Ministerio del Ambiente, Av. Francisco de Orellana y Justino Cornejo, Edif. Gobierno del Litoral - Piso 8, Guayaquil, Ecuador (Tel: +593 4 2683 995; Fax: +593 4 684 576; e-mail: oquevedo70@yahoo.com; oquevedo@ambientegye.gov.ec)

NGO Focal Point - Sr Stefan Bohorquez Gerardy, Director ejecutivo del Comite Ecologico del Litoral, Ciudadela Miraflores Calle 4ta No. 103 y Av Las Palmas, Guayaquil, Ecuador (Tel/Fax:: +593 4 2303694, e-mail: sbohorquez@gmx.net)

EGYPT - Government Focal Point - Mr Adel Soliman, Information Technology & Public Awareness Officer, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, 30 Misr Helwan El-Zyrae Rd., PO Box 11728 Maadi, Cairo, Egypt (Tel: +20 2 524 8792, Fax 1: +20 2 527 1391, e-mail: adelnbu@yahoo.com)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Gabriel Mikhail, CEPA Expert, 13 Road 9, Maadi, Cairo, Egypt (Tel : +202 380 6527, Fax: +202 380 6527, e-mail: helpdesk@egyptcd.com)

EL SALVADOR

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

ESTONIA - Government Focal Point - Mr Tiit Randla, Director, Silma Nature Reserve, Pürksi 90403, Läänemaa County Estonia (Tel: +372 47 294 31, Fax: +372 47 294 31, e-mail: tiit@silma.ee, bktiit@hot.ee)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Andres Kuresoo, Researcher Institute of Zoology & Botany, Agricultural University Riia 181, 51014 Tartu, Estonia (Tel: +372 7 383 012, Fax: +372 7 383 013, e-mail: akuresoo@zbi.ee)

FIJI

FINLAND - Government Focal Point - Mr Seppo Vuolanto, Councellor, Ministry of the Environment, P.O. Box 35, FIN-00023 Government, Helsinki, Finland (Tel: +358-9-160 39339, Fax: +358-9-160 39364, e-mail: seppo.vuolanto@ymparisto.fi)

FRANCE - Government Focal Point - Monsieur Daniel Crépin, Chargé de Mission, DIREN Languedoc-Roussillon, Ministère Aménagement du Territoire et Environnement, 420, Allée Henri II de Montmorency, 34965 Montpellier Cedex, France (Tel: +33 4 6715 4141, Fax: +33 4 6715 4115, e-mail: daniel.crepin@languedoc-roussillon.environnement.gouv.fr)

NGO Focal Point - Mme Cécile Birard, Chargée de mission "Zones Humides", Fédération des Parcs naturels régionaux de France, 9, rue Christiani, 75 018 Paris, France (Tel: +33 144 90 86 20 ; Fax +33 145 22 70 78 ; e-mail: cbirard@parcs-naturels-regionaux.tm.fr)

GABON- Government Focal Point - Monsieur Guy Landry Nkola Edowiza, BP : 3903 Libreville, Gabon (Tel : +241 72 27 00 poste 3410)

NGO Focal Point - Monsieur Dieudonné Kumbaht, B.P. 14375 Libreville, Gabon (Tel: +241 07 29 95 47, e-mail : cri_pangolin@yahoo.fr)

GAMBIA - Government Focal Point - Mr Kawsu Jammeh, Abuko Nature Reserve, Department of Parks and Wildlife Management Banjul, Gambia (Tel: +220 773 6358; e-mail: kjammehsopee@yahoo.com

NGO Focal Point - Mr Babucarr Mbye, Executive Director, Stay Green Foundation, PMB 113, Banjul, Gambia (Tel: +220 994 6991; Fax: +220 774 8234; e-mail: staygreengambia@yahoo.com)

GEORGIA - Government Focal Point - Mr Mamuka Gigineishvili, Chief Specialist, Department of Public and Media Relations, Ministry of Environment Protection & Natural Resources, 6, Gulua Str., 0114 Tbilisi, Georgia (Tel: +995 32 275 734, Fax: +995 32 275 734, e-mail: mamuka_gigi@yahoo.co.uk)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Levan Butkhuzi, Programme Coordinator, NACRES- Centre for Biodiversity Conservation and Research, 1, Ilia Chavchavadze Ave., 0115 Tbilisi, Georgia (Tel: +995 32 366014, Fax: +995 32 253323, e-mail: striped.hyena@nacres.org)

GERMANY - Government Focal Point - Mr Karl-Heinz Erdmann, Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Konstantinstr 110, 53179 Bonn, Germany (Tel: +49 228 305-4466; Fax: +49 22 305 4458, e-mail: Karl-Heinz.Erdmann@bfn.de)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Stefan Stübing, Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten e.V., Zerbster Str. 7, D-39264 Steckby, Germany (Tel: +49 6008 918 241; Fax: +49 6008 918 465; e-mail: stefan.stuebing@gmx.de)

GHANA - Government Focal Point - Mr Charles C. Amankwah, Wildlife Division (Forestry Commission), P. O. Box M.239, Accra, Ghana (Tel: +233 21 664 654, Fax: +233 21 666 129, e-mail: Amankwah@wd.fcghana.com; ccamankwah@yahoo.com)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Gerard Osei Boakye, Ghana Wildlife Society, PO Box 13252, Accra, Ghana (Tel: +233 21 670 610, Fax: +233 21 665 197, e-mail: goboakye@wildlifesociety.org.gh)

GREECE - Government Focal Point - Mrs Demetra Spala, Environment Planning Division, Ministry of Environment, Physical Planning & Public Works, 36 Trikalon Street, 115 26 Athens, Greece (Tel: +30 210 698 3467, Fax: +30 210 691 8487, e-mail: d.spala@dpers.minenv.gr; tdfp@minenv.gr)

NGO Focal Point - Ms Maria Katsakiori, Public Awareness and Education Officer, Greek Biotope/Wetland Centre - EKBY, Goulandris Natural History Museum, 14th Kilometre Thessaloniki - Mihaniona, 57001 Thermi, Greece (Tel: +30 31 473 432, Fax: +30 31 471 795, e-mail: mariak@ekby.gr)

GUATEMALA - Government Focal Point - Licda. Cecilia Isabel Cleaves Herrera, Directora, Departamento de Educación y Fomento, Consejo Nacional de Areas Protegidas - CONAP, 5ta. avenida 6-06 zona 1, Edif. IPM. 7°, Nivel, 10001 Guatemala (Tel: +502 2422 6700, Fax: +502 2253 4141, e-mail: eyfomento@conap.gob.gt)

NGO Focal Point - Sr Jean-Luc Betoulle, Fundación Mario Dary (FUNDARY), Diag. 6, 17-19 Zona 10, CP 01010 Guatemala (Tel: +502 232 3174; Fax: +502 232 3230; e-mail: fundary@intelnet.net.gt)

GUINEA

GUINEA-BISSAU

HONDURAS - Government Focal Point - Lic. Carlos García, Director General, Dirección de Biodiversidad - SERNA, 100 mts al sur del Estadio Nacional, AP 1389, 4710 Tegucigalpa, Honduras (Fax: +504 235 9292/ 232 5241; Tel: +504 235 9292; carlosga2004@yahoo.es; dibio@serna.gob.hn)

NGO Focal Point - Sr. Juán Carlos Carrasco, Director ejecutivo de la Red Ecologista Hondureña de Desarrollo Sostenible (REHDES), Apartado postal 832 La Ceiba, Atlántida, Honduras (Tel: +504 440 0385/ 946-9995, Fax: +504 442-2673, e-mail: jccarrasco@rehdes.org)

HUNGARY - Government Focal Point - Mr András Böhm, Secretary of Ramsar National Committee, Authority for Nature Conservation, Ministry for the Environment, Költô u.21, H-1121 Budapest, Hungary (Tel: +36 1 395 7458, Fax: +36 1 200 8880, e-mail: bohm@mail.kvvm.hu)

NGO Focal Point - Mr László Musicz, Tata Város Polgármesteri Hivatala, Tata Kossuth tér 1., 2890 Budapest, Hungary (Tel: +36 34 588 600, Fax: +36 34 588 620, e-mail: fabalis@gmail.com)

ICELAND - Government Focal Point - Mr Sigurdur Thrainsson, Head Division of Nature and Science, Ministry for the Environment Vonarstraeti 4, IS-150 Reykjavik, Iceland (Tel: +354 545 8600, Fax: +354 562 4566, e-mail: sigurdur.thrainsson@umh.stjr.is)

INDIA - Government Focal Point - Shri G. Balachandran, Joint Secretary, Conservation Programme, Ministry of Environment and Forests, 602, Paryavaran Bhawan, GCO Complex Room 41, Lodi Road, New Delhi - 110 003, India (Tel.: +91 11 2436 2551; Fax: +91 11 2436 1613; E-mail: gb_mef@nic.in)

NGO Focal Point - Dr Chaman Lal Trisal, Programme Director, Wetlands International - South Asia, A-127 (2nd Floor), Defence Colony, New Delhi - 110 024, India (Tel: +91 11 462 9906, Fax: +91 11 462 9906, e-mail: wisaind@del2.vsnl.net.in)

INDONESIA - Government Focal Point - Mr Banjar Yulianto Laban, Director of Conservation Areas, D.G. PHKA, Ministry of Forestry, Manggala Wanabakti Building Blok VII / Lt.7, Gatot Subroto St., Jakarta 10270, Indonesia (Tel: +62 21 572 0229/27, Fax : +62 21 572 0227/9, e-mail: banjarlaban@hotmail.com)

NGO Focal Point - Mr. Dibijo Sartono, Wetlands International-Indonesia Programme, PO. Box 254/BOO - Bogor 16002, Indonesia ( Tel: +62-251-312189, Fax: 62-251-325755, e-mail: dibjo@wetlands.or.id; admin@wetlands.or.id)

IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF - Government Focal Point - Ms Yasaman Rajabkhah Shalmany, Wetlands Expert, Natural Environment and Biodiversity Section, Department of the Environment, Pardisan Eco-Park, Hemmat Highway, PO Box 518, Tehran 15875, Iran, Islamic Republic (Tel: +98 21 826 9913, Fax: +98 21 826 9912/ 9915, E-mail: yasaman_rajabkhah@yahoo.com)

NGO Focal Point - Dr Mohammad Mahdavi, Watershed Management Society, 62 Shekarabi ST, Shareati, Ave (15677), Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran (Tel: +98 21 8709179; Fax: +98 21 8400505; e-mail: abkhizngo@yahoo.com)

IRAQ

IRELAND - Government Focal Point - Ms Mary Moore, National Parks and Wildlife, Dúchas, The Heritage Service, Dún Scéine, Harcourt Lane, Dublin 2, Ireland (Tel: +353 1 411 7104, Fax: +351 1 411 7120, e-mail: mary_moore@environ.ie)

NGO Focal Point - Karin Dubsky, Coastwatch Europe Network, International Coordination, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland (Tel: + 353 55 25843, Fax: + 353 55 25842, e-mail: kdubsky@coastwatch.org)

ISRAEL - Government Focal Point - Ms Tammy Keren-Rotem, Director, Environmental Education Programme, Nature and Parks Authority, 3 Am Ve'Olamo St, Givat Shaul, 95463 Jerusalem, Israel (Tel: +972 2 500 5400; Fax: +972 2 652 9232; E-mail: tammy.keren@nature-parks.org.il)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Raanan Boral, Director, Environmental Protection Division, Society for the Protection of Nature, 4 Hashfela St., Tel Aviv 66183. Israel (Tel: +972 3 638 8744; Fax: +972 3 537 4302, E-mail: raanan@spni.org.il)

ITALY - Government Focal Point - Dr Aldo Cosentino, Direttore General, Direzione per la Protezione della Natura, Ministero dell'Ambiente, Via C. Bavastro, 174, 00154 Rome, Italy (Tel: +39 06 5722 8510, Fax : +39 06 5722 8390, e-mail: dpn-dg@minambiente.it; dpn-div6@minambiente.it)

JAMAICA - Government Focal Point - Ms Natalie Fearon, Manager, Public Education and Corporate Communication Branch, National Environment and Planning Agency, 10 & 11 Caledonia Avenue Kingston 5, Jamaica (Tel: +876754 7540 ext. 2430; +876754 7575; Fax: +876 754 7596; Email: nfearon@nepa.gov.jm)

NGO Focal Point - Miss Nadia Ferguson, Acting Executive Director, Negril Area Environmental Protection Trust, Negril Community Centre, Norman Manley Blvd, PO Box 2599, Negril, Westmoreland, Jamaica (Tel: +1 876 957 3736, Fax: +1 876 957 4626, e-mail: nept_negril@yahoo.com)

JAPAN - Government Focal Point - Mr Naoki Amako, Section Chief, Wildlife Protection 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: NAOKI_AMAKO@env.go.jp)

NGO Focal Point - Ms Miki Sasaki, Executive Director, Wetlands International Japan, 6F NCC Ningyocho Building, 3-7-3 Ningyo-cho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0013, Japan (Tel: +81 3 5614 2150, Fax: +81 3 6806 4187, e-mail: Miki_Sasaki@wi-japan.org; info@wi-japan.org)

JORDAN - Government Focal Point - Eng. Faris Al Junaidi, Director General, Ministry of Environment, PO Box 1408, 11941 , Amman, Jordan (Tel: +962 6 552 1941, Fax: +962 6 552 5315/ 623 5417, E-mail: faljunaidi@yahoo.com)

NGO Focal Point - Eng. Khaled Erani, Jordan University, PO Box 6354, Amman 11183, Jordan

KAZAKHSTAN - Government Focal Point - Mr Khairbek Musabaev, Voce Chairman, Committee on Forestry and Hunting Management, Ministry of Agriculture, Republic of Kazakhstan (Tel: +7172 74 33 26/28 35: email: cites@minagri.kz)

KENYA - Government Focal Point - Mrs Cecilia Gichuki, Coordinator, Kenya Wetlands Working Group, PO Box 40658, Nairobi, Kenya (Tel: +254 2 3742 164/1, Fax: +254 2 741 424, e-mail: ceciliagichuki@yahoo.com; wetlands@kws.org,)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Hadley Becha, Deputy Director, Programmes, East African Wildlife Society, Riara Road, Off Ngong Road, PO Box 20110, Nairobi 00200, Kenya (Tel: +254 20 574 145, Fax: +254 20 570 335, e-mail: becha@eawildlife.org; info@eawildlife.org)

KYRGYZ REPUBLIC - Government Focal Point - Mr. Kylychbek Jundubaev, Head of Biodiversity and Protected Areas Department, State Agency on Environment Protection and Forestry, 228, Toktogul Street, Bishkek City 720001, Kyrgyz Republic (Tel: +996 312 54 52 82, Fax : +996 312 61 13 96 , email: min-eco@elcat.kg; envforest@elcat.kg )

NGO Focal Point - Prof. Erkin Kasybekov, Professor, National University, Abdraxmanova Str. 204, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic (Tel: +996 312 664 636; Fax : +996 312 620 830; e-mail: office@counterpart.org.kg)

LATVIA - Government Focal Point - Ms Skaidriite Ruskule, Latvian Nature Museum, K. Barona 4, LV-1712 Riga, Latvia (Tel: +371 722 6240, Fax: +371 7 220 092, e-mail: ramsare@dabasmuzejs.gov.lv; Skaidrite.ruskule@dabasmuzejs.gov.lv)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Uldis Cekulis, Director, Environmental Film Studio, Pils 17, LV-1050 Riga, Latvia (Tel: +371 750 3588, Fax: +371 750 3588, e-mail: VFS@VFS.apollo.lv)

NGO Focal Point -Ms Ilze Strausa, Project Manager, Latvian Ornithological Society, A.k. 1010, Riga, LV-1050, Latvia (Tel: +371 7221580, Fax: +371 7603100, E-mail: ilze@lob.lv)

LEBANON - Government Focal Point -

NGO Focal Point - Mr Chris Naylor, Director, A Rocha Lebanon, PO Box 11-3092, Riad el Solh, Beirut 2120, Lebanon (Tel: +961 1 364 786, Fax: +961 1 364 786, e-mail: arocha@cyberia.net.lb)

LESOTHO - Government Focal Point - Mr. Sekhonyana Lerotholi, Wetlands Unit, Department of Water Affairs, P.O. Box 772, Maseru, Lesotho (Tel: +266 22312383, Fax: +266 22310437, e-mail: lerotholi@dwa.gov.ls)

LIBERIA - Government Focal Point - Ms Eunice N. Dagbe, Environmental Protection Agency, PO Box 4024, 4th Street, Sinkor, Monrovia, Liberia (Tel: +231 6 523 797, e-mail: nyenekondagbe@yahoo.com)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Flomo Mulbah, Society for the Conservation of Nature for Liberia (SCNL), Lakpazee, Fiamah, Monrovia, Liberia (Tel: +231 652 7377, e-mail: awaiteddream@yahoo.com)

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA - Government Focal Point - Mr Abdulmaula A. Hamza, Head, Marine Conservation Department, Environment General Authority, PO Box 13793 University Post, Tripoli, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Tel: +218 21 487 3761-4x123; Fax: +218 21 487 1590; +218 21 487 0266; e-mail: abdhamza@gmail.com; abdhamza@yahoo.com; conservation@environment.org.ly)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Omar Bukhorwata, Information Officer, Friends of Environment, PO Box 13793, Tripoli, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Tel: +218 21 487 3763; Fax: +218 21 487 2160; e-mail: omar_buk@yahoo.com)

LIECHTENSTEIN - Government Focal Point - Dr Felix Näscher, Head, Division for Nature and Landscape Protection, National Agency for Forests, Nature and Landscape, Dr. Grass-Strasse 10, 9490 Vaduz, Liechtenstein (Fax: +423 236 64 11, Tel: +423 236 64 01, e-mail: felix.naescher@awnl.llv.li)

LITHUANIA

LUXEMBOURG- Government Focal Point - Madame Marie-Paule Kremer, Ministère de l'Environnement, 18 Montée de la Pétrusse, L-2918 Luxembourg (Tel: +352 478 6820, Fax : +352 400 410, e-mail: Marie-Paule.Kremer@mev.etat.lu). Temporarily replaced by Ms Sandra Cellina (Sandra.Cellina@mev.etat.lu)

MADAGASCAR - Government Focal Point - Mme Laurette Hermine Rasoavahiny, Directeur, Promotion du Système des Aires Protégées, Direction Générale de l'Environnement, des Eaux et Forêts, B.P. 243, Nanisana, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar (Tel: +261 3311 784 83 ; Fax: +261 2024 811 62; e-mail: sapm.dgeef@gmail.com)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Simon Rafanomezantsoa, Freshwater & Protected Areas Officer, WWF Madagascar/West Indian Ocean Programme Office, PO Box 738, Antsakaviro- Antananarivo 101, Madagascar (Tel: +261 20 22 304 20; Fax: +261 20 22 348 88; e-mail: srafanomezantsoa@wwf.mg; Simon1211@yahoo.fr)

MALAWI - Government Focal Point - Dr Roy Bhima, Deputy Director (Research and Planning), Department of National Parks and Wildlife, Ministry of Tourism, Parks and Wildlife, PO Box 30131, Lilongwe 3, Malawi (Tel: +265 1 75 75 84, Fax : +265 1 77 40 59, e-mail: dnpw@malawi.net/ sadc. wstcu@malawi.net)

MALAYSIA - Government Focal Point - Mr Ramatha Letchumanan, Deputy Under Secretary, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE), Aras 14, Blok Menara 4G3, Precint 4 Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan, 62574 Putrajaya, Malaysia (Tel: +603 8886 1111, Fax: +603 8886 1512, e-mail: letchu@nre.gov.my)

NGO Focal Point - Dr Loh Chi Leong, Executive Director, Malaysian Nature Society, JKR 641, Jalan Kelantan, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Tel: +603 22879422, Fax: +603 22878773, e-mail: mns@streamyx.com)

MALI - Government Focal Point - M. Amidou Traore, Chef, Section Conventions Internationales et Mesures juridiques STP/CIGQE, BP 2357, Rue 311, Porte 328, Bamako, Mali (Tel : +223 223 10 74, Fax : +223 223 58 67, e-mail: amtraore22@yahoo.fr)

NGO Focal Point - M. Moriba Nomoko, Association Malienne Pour la Conservation de la Faune et de L'Environment "AMCFE", B.P.2921 - Bamako, Mali (Tel: +223 23 51 79, Fax: +223 23 33 80, e-mail: amcfe@afribone.net.ml)

MALTA

MARSHALL ISLANDS - Government Focal Point - Mr Julian Alik, Chief Environmental Education & Information Officer, Marshall Islands Environment Protection Authority, PO Box 1322, Majuro 96960, Marshall Islands (Tel: +692 625 3035; Fax: +692 625 5202; e-mail: julianalik@yahoo.com; julianalik@ntamar.net)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Yashuo Jeruj, Jaluit Atoll Fisheries Federation, c/o Jaluit Atoll Conservation Area, P.O. Box 915, Majuro 96960, Marshall Islands (Tel: +692 545 1234-cell)

MAURITANIA - Government Focal Point - M. Abdallahi Magrega, Chargée de programme assurant le suivi de la Convention Ramsar, Ministère du Développement Rural et de l'Environnement, BP 3935, Nouakchott, Mauritanie (Tel: +222 646 77 53, e-mail: abdallhimag@yahoo.fr)

MAURITIUS - Government Focal Point - Mr Manikchand Puttoo, Research and Development Officer, National Parks & Conservation Service, Min. of Agriculture, Food Technology & Natural Resources, Réduit, Mauritius (Tel: +230 464 4016, Fax : +230 465 1184, e-mail: mputtoo@mail.gov.mu; npcsagr@intnet.mu)

MEXICO - Government Focal Point - Quím. Luis Manuel Guerra Garduño, Coordinadora General, CECADESU/SEMARNAT, Progreso #3, Planta Alta, Col. Del. Carmen Coyoacán, CP 04110 Mexico DF, Mexico (Tel: +52 55 5658 3380; Fax: +52 55 5658 3381, e-mail: lm.guerra@semarnat.gob.mx, y cecadesu@semarnat.gob.mx)

NGO Focal Point - Sra.Ann Snook, Amigos del manatí, A.C, Calle Guerreo #410, Entre Tlaxcala y Tamaulipas. Calderitas, Quintana Roo, México CP 77900 (Tel: +52 983 834 2336 e-mail: asnook06@msn.com; amigosdelmanatiac@hotmail.com)

NGO Focal Point - Sr. David Ocampo Peraza, Consejo Ecológico de Mazatlán, A.C., CEMAZ, Bugambilias 202 Fracc. Jacarandas Mazatlán Sin, Mexico (Tel: +52 669 9 84 48 07, e-mail: dop_00@yahoo.com.mx)

NGO Focal Point - Sr. Arturo García Lozano, Cuerpos de Conservación Guanajuato, A.C., Calle Alhóndigas 68 int.1, Col. San Javier, C.P. 36020, Guanajuato, Gto., Mexico (Tel: +52 473 732 35 15, e-mail: ccgtoac@yahoo.com)

NGO Focal Point - Sr. Sergio D. Jiménez Lezama, Organización Vida Silvestre, A.C., Av. Ricardo Margain núm. 440, Col. Valle del Campestre. C.P. 66265 Garza, García, Nuevo León, México (Tel: +52 81 88 63 13 27 /12 60, e-mail: mmedrano@ovis.org.mx)

MONACO  - Government Focal Point - M. Patrick Van Klaveren,Ministre Conseiller, Délégué Permanent auprès des organismes internationaux à caractère scientifique, environnemental et humanitaire, Athos Palace 2, rue de la Lüjerneta, MC 98000 Monaco, Principauté de Monaco (Tel: +377 9315 8148, Fax: +377 9350 9591, e-mail: pvanklaveren@gouv.mc)

MONGOLIA - Government Focal Point - Ms Bolormaa Batsukh, Officer, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Nature and the Environment, Government Bldg No. 3, Baga Toiruu - 44, Ulaanbaatar - 11, Mongolia (Tel: +976 1 312 269, Fax: +976 1 321 401, e-mail: baigyam@magicnet.mn)

[MONTENEGRO]

MOROCCO - Government Focal Point - Madame Sabah Tahari, Ingénieur, Service Préservation Faune et Flore sauvages, C.N.R.F. 3, rue Harroun Errachid, BP 763, Agdal Rabat, Morocco (Tel: +212 3767 0087, Fax: +212 3767 1031, e-mail : sabah_tahari@yahoo.com)

NGO Focal Point - Professor Mohammed Aziz El Agbani, GREPOM, Centre d'Etude des Migrations d'Oiseaux, Institut Scientifique, Av. Ibn Battouta, B.P. 703, 10106 Rabat-Chellah, Morocco (Tel: +212 37 77 45 48/9, Fax: +212 37 77 45 50, e-mail: elagbani@israbat.ac.ma)

MOZAMBIQUE

MYANMAR - Government Focal Point - U Tin Tun, Deputy Director, Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division, Forest Department, Ministry of Forestry, Bayintnaung Road, West Gyogone, Insein, Yangon 11011, Myanmar (Tel: 95 1 681 920, Fax: 95 1 681 761, e-mail: htunpawoo@mail4u.com.mm; slwin@mail4u.com.mm; teaknet@mptmail.net.mm; nwcd-cas@mptmail.net.mm)

NAMIBIA - Government Focal Point - Mr Frans Munkhata Kamenye, Subdivision: Research & Planning, Directorate of Scientific Services, Ministry of Environment & Tourism, P/Bag 13306, Windhoek 9000, Namibia (Tel: +264 61 284 2555, Fax: +264 61 259 101; +264 61 263 195, e-mail: fkamenye@mweb.com.na)

NGO Focal Point -Ms Shirley Bethune, PO Box 9958, Windhoek, Namibia (Tel: +264 61 224 789, Fax : +264 61 208 7160, e-mail: bethune@iway.na)

NEPAL - Government Focal Point - Mr Laxmi Prasad Manandhar, Conservation Education Officer, Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation, Department of National Parks & Wildlife Conservation, PO Box 860, Babarmahal, Kathmandu, Nepal (Tel: +977 1 220 912, Fax: +977 1 227 675, e-mail: jayaswor@mos.com.np; dnpwc@bdcin.wlink.com.np)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Bhawani Kharel, Senior Program Officer, IUCN – Nepal, PO Box 3923, Bakhundole, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal (Tel: +977 1 528 761, Fax: +977 1 536 786, e-mail: bhawani@iucn.org.np)

NETHERLANDS - Government Focal Point - Ms Marjan van Meerloo, Policymaker, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature & Food Quality, Department of Nature, P.O. Box 20401, 2500 EK The Hague, Netherlands (Tel: +31 70 378 4364, Fax : +31 70 378 6146; e-mail: m.van.meerloo@minlnv.nl)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Luc Hoogenstein, Senior Wetlands Coordinator, Wetlands Vogelbescherming Nederland, PO Box 925, NL-3700 AX Zeist, Netherlands (Tel: +31 30 69 37 773, Fax: +31 30 691 8844, e-mail: Luc.Hoogenstein@vogelbescherming.nl)

NEW ZEALAND - Government Focal Point - Ms Jan Simmons, Community Relations Officer, Waikato Conservancy Office, Department of Conservation, Private Bag 3072, Hamilton, New Zealand (Tel: +64 7 838 3363, Fax: +64 7 838 1004, e-mail: jsimmons@doc.govt.nz)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Kevin Hackwell, Conservation Manager, Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society, 172 Taranaki St, PO Box 631, Wellington, New Zealand (Tel: +64 4 385 7374, Fax: +64 4 385 7373, e-mail: k.hackwell@forestandbird.org.nz)

NICARAGUA - Government Focal Point - Licda. Aura M. Izquierdo Munguía, Coordinadora Nacional del Corredor Biológica Mesoamericano, Ministerio del Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Km. 12 1/2 Carretera Norte, Aptdo. No. 1501, Managua, Nicaragua (Tel: +505 263 2083, Fax: +505 263 2618, e-mail: auramireya@yahoo.com; mireyaizquierdo@hotmail.com)

NGO Focal Point - Lic. Msc. Don Rene A. Pérez Torres, AP SV-82, Nicaragua (Tel/Fax: +505 2443239,e-mail: audubon@ideay.net.ni)

NIGER - Government Focal Point - M. Abdou Malam Issa, Chef, Division Faune et Chasse, Direction de la Faune, de la Pêche et de la Pisciculture, BP 721, Niamey, Niger (Tel : +227 73 40 69, Fax : +227 73 27 84 e-mail: malam_ia@yahoo.fr; ucnpmedp@intnet.ne)

NGO Focal Point - M. Mahaman Saidou, Sécretaire Général Adjoint, Alliance Niger Nature »(ANN) BP 721 Niamey, Niger (Tel: +227 73 40 69, Fax: +227 81 90 91, e-mail: s_mahaman@yahoo.fr; ucnpmedp@intnet.ne)

NIGERIA

NORWAY - Government Focal Point - Mr Jan-Petter Huberth Hansen, Senior Adviser, International Division, Directorate for Nature Management, Tungasletta 2, N-7485 Trondheim, Norway (Tel: +47 73 580 829, Fax: +47 73 580 501, E-mail: jan-p.huberth-hansen@dirnat.no)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Ingar Jostein Oien, Project Manager, Norwegian Ornithological Society (NOF), Sandgata 30 B, N-7012 Trondheim, Norway (Tel: +47 73 526040, Fax: +47 73 524090, e-mail: ingar@birdlife.no)

PAKISTAN - Government Focal Point - Mr Mian Mohammed Shafiq, Asstt. Secretary, Pakistan Forest Institute, University Town, Peshawar, Pakistan (e-mail: mmshafiq1@yahoo.com; pfigis@brain.net.pk)  

NGO Focal Point - Ms Marriyum Aurangzeb, Coordinator, Awareness Raising Programme, Pakistan Wetlands Programme, House #3, Street # 4, Sector F-7/3, Islamabad, Pakistan (Tel: +92 51 287 9245-9; Fax: +92 51 287 9267; e-mail: maurangzeb@wwf.org.pk)

PALAU - Government Focal Point - Ms Tarita Holm, Forest Management Coordinator, Bureau of Agriculture, Ministry of Resources and Development, PO Box 100, Koror, Palau PW 96940, Palau (Tel: +680 488 5435, Fax: +680 488 3555, e-mail: tarita@palaunet.com; tarita_holm@yahoo.com)

NGO Focal Point - Ms Tiare Holm, Executive Director, Palau Conservation Society, PO Box 1811, Koror 96940, Palau (Tel: +680 488 3993, Fax: +680 488 3990, e-mail: pcs@palaunet.com)

PANAMA - Government Focal Point - Lic. Mabel de Quintero, Directora Nacional de Fomento a la Cultura Ambiental,   Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente (ANAM), Apartado postal C-zona 0843, Balboa Ancon, República de Panamá (Tel: +507 315 0855 ext.103; e-mail: m.quintero@anam.gob.pa)

NGO Focal Point - Lic. Lider Sucre; Director Ejecutivo, Asociación Nacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (ANCON), Apartado postal 1387- Panamá 1, República de Panamá (Tel: +507 (315) 3140060; Fax: +507 (315) 3140061; e-mail: ancon@ancon.org)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Government Focal Point - Mr Ian Liviko, Ramsar Support Officer, Office of Environment and Conservation, P.O. Box 6601, Boroko NCD, Papua New Guinea (Tel: +675 325 9896, Fax: +675 32 0182, e-mail: ian_liviko@yahoo.com.au; rso@daltron.com.pg)

PARAGUAY - Government Focal Point - Lic. Isabel Gamarra de Fox, Directora General, Dirección de Gestión Ambiental, Secretaría del Ambiente - SEAM, Madame Lynch 3500 c/Primer Presidente, Asunción, Paraguay (Tel: +595 21 615 803 int 251; Fax: +595 21 615 812/807; e-mail: isabeldefox@yahoo.com; dgga@seam.gov.py)

NGO Focal Point - Sr. Oscar Rivas, Sobrevivencia Amigos de la Tierra, Isabel La Catolica 1867, Asunción, Paraguay (Tel: +595 21 480182; e-mail: elsurvive@sobrevivencia.org.py)

PERU - Government Focal Point - Blga. Karina Ramírez Cuadros, Calle 17 #355, Urb. El Palomar, Corpac, San Isidro, Lima, Perú (Tel: +51 1 2259809, Fax: +51 1 2259809, e-mail: kramirez@inrena.gob.pe)

NGO Focal Point - Ing. Antonio Tovar Narvaez, Responsable de Areas Protegidas del CDC, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Apartado 456, Lima 100, Perú (Tel: +51 1 349 6102, Fax: +51 1 349 6102, e-mail: latn@lamolina.edu.pe)

PHILIPPINES - Government Focal Point - Mr Carlo C. Custodio, Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau - DENR, NAPWNC Compound, North Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City 1101, Philippines (Tel: +632 924 6031-35; Fax: +632 925 8948/924 0109; e-mail: custodiocarlo@yahoo.com)

NGO Focal Point - Ms. Amy Lecciones, President, Society for the Conservation of Philippine Wetlands, 9th Floor, Strata 100, Emerald Avenue, 1605 Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines (Tel/Fax: +63 2 637 2409, e-mail: amyml@psdn.org.ph; wetlands@psdn.org.ph)

REPUBLIC OF KOREA - Government Focal Point - Dr. Park Young-Cheol, National Program Coordinator (NPC), UNDP/GEF National Wetland Program Management Unit, Ministry of Environment, National Institute of Environmental Research, Gyeongseo-dong, Seo-gu, Inchon 404-170, Metropolitan city, Republic of Korea (Tel: +82 32 564 7286, Fax: + 82 32 562 2649, e-mail: youngyl@me.go.kr)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Ma Yong-un, Director, Wetland Center, Korea Federation for Environmental Movements, 251 Nuha-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea, (Tel: +82-2-735-7000; Fax: +82-2-730-1240; email: wetland@kfem.or.kr)

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA - Government Focal Point - Ms Marcela Vatamaniuc, Principal Specialist, International Relations Division, Ministry of Environment and Territorial Development, 9, Cosmonautilor Str., MD-2005 Chisinau, Moldova (Tel: +3732 226 853, Fax: +3732 220 748, e-mail: egreta@mediu.moldova.md; natura@moldova.md)

NGO Focal Point - Dr Ilya Trombitski, Executive Director , Eco-TIRAS International Environmental Association of River Keepers , Str. Teatrala 11A , Chisinau 2012 Moldova (Tel./Fax: +373 22 225615, 550953, E-mail: ecotiras@mtc.md)

NGO Focal Point - Ms Irina Kamennova, Technical Programme Officer, Wetlands International - Russia Programme, Nikoloyamskaya Ulitsa, 19, stroeniye 3, 109240 Moscow, Russian Federation (Tel: +7 095 727 0939, Fax: +7 095 727 0938, e-mail: ikamennova@wwf.ru)

RWANDA

SAINT LUCIA

SAMOA - Government Focal Point - Mr Tepa Suaesi, Principal Terrestrial Biodiversity Conservation Officer, Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment & Meteorology, Private Bag, Apia, Samoa (Tel: +685 30 100/ 77 93 503, Fax: +685 25 869, e-mail: tepa.suaesi@mnre.gov.ws)

NGO Focal Point -Dr Walter Vermullen, Director, Matua I le Oo Environment Trust, PO Box 1878, Apia, Samoa (Tel: +685 22 328, Fax: +685 21 896, e-mail: info@meti.ws)

SAO TOME and PRINCIPE - Government Focal Point - M. Teotónio de Menezes, Journaliste,Télévision saotoméenne, Direcçâo Geral de la Comunicaçâo Social, C.P. 112, São Tomé & Principe (Tel : +239 22 15 92 ; Fax : +239 90 91 50 ; e-mail: teotonio_menezes@yahoo.com.br)

NGO Focal Point -M. Luís Mário de Almeida, Président, Association "Monte Pico", ECOFAC, B.P.1023, Av. Kwame Nkrumah, São Tomé & Principe (Tel: +239 91 16 70, Fax: , E-mail)

SENEGAL - Government Focal Point - Monsieur Ousmane Kane, Chef, Division Aires marines protégées et Zones humides, Direction des Parcs Nationaux, BP 5135, Dakar-Fann, Senegal (Tel: +221 33 832 2309 ; Fax: +221 33 832 2311, e-mail: dpn@sentoo.sn)

NGO Focal Point - Madame Marieme NDour, Communications Officer, Wetlands International, Rue 111, Villa No 39, Zone B Dakar, Sénegal (Tel: 221 33 820 74 78; Fax: 221 33 820 64 78; maremewet@gmail.com)

SERBIA - Government Focal Point  - Ms Natasha Panic, Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, Department for Education and Publishing, Dr Ivana Ribara 91, 11 070 Novi Beograd, Serbia (Tel: +381 11 2093 857, Fax: + 381 11 2093 865, e-mail: natasa@natureprotection.org.yu)

SEYCHELLES

SIERRA LEONE - Government Focal Point - Mr Mohamed Mansaray, Assistant Game Superintendent, Wildlife Conservation Branch, Forestry Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security, Youyi Building, Brookfields, Freetown, Sierra Leone (Tel: +232 22 242 036; Fax: +232 22 242 128/273; e-mail: modumansa@yahoo.co.uk)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Daniel D. Siaffa, Executive Director, The Conservation Society of Sierra Leone, 4 Sanders Street, PO Box 1292, Freetown, Sierra Leone (Tel: +232 22 229 716; Fax: +232 22 224 439; e-mail: ddsiaffa@hotmail.com)

SLOVAKIA - Government Focal Point - Ms Jana Durkosová, Department of Nature and Landscape Protection, Ministry of Environment, Námestie l'Udovíta Stúra 1, 812 35 Bratislava, Slovak Republic (Tel: +421 2 5956 2211; Fax: +421 2 5956 2533; e-mail: jana.durkosova@enviro.gov.sk)

NGO Focal Point - Dr Jan Seffer, President, Daphne Centre for Applied Ecology, Podunajská 24, 821 06 Bratislava, Slovak Republic (Tel/Fax: +421 2 455 240 19/2 456 402 01, e-mail: daphne@changenet.sk)

SLOVENIA - Government Focal Point - Ms Minka Vicar, Senior Advisor for Education/Biology, ZAVOD RS ZA SOLSTVO, oe Ljubljana, Parmova 33, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia (Tel: +386 61 136 0169, Fax: +386 61 136 2247, e-mail: minka.vicar@guest.arnes.si)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Milan Vogrin, Society for Bird Research and Nature Protection (DPPVN), Ptujska c. 91SI-2327 Race, Slovenia (Tel: +386 62 788 3050, Fax : +386 62 788 3051, e-mail: milan.vogrin@guest.arnes.si)

SOUTH AFRICA- Government Focal Point -

NGO Focal Point - Mr David Lindley, Project Manager: Mondi Welands Project, PO Box 338, Irene, 0062, South Africa (Tel: +27 12 667 6597, Fax: +27 12 667 6597, e-mail: lindley@wetland.org.za)

SPAIN - Government Focal Point - Sra. Susana Calvo, Especialista en Temas de Educación y Conservación, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Gabinete del Secretario General de Medio Ambiente, Plaza San Juan de la Cruz s/n, 28071 Madrid, Spain (Tel: +34 91 597 6527, Fax: +34 91 597 5930, e-mail: scalvo@mma.es)

NGO Focal Point - Sr Ramos Fernando, Amigos de la Tierra, Miembro Comisión Española de Educación de UICN, Polígono Pocomaco, parcela c 1, nave 5b, 2a planya, 15190-La Coruña, Spain (Tel: +34 981 29 04 20/21, Fax: +34 981 29 04 20/21, e-mail: fernando@ineco-ambiente.com)

SRI LANKA - Government Focal Point - Mr H. D. Ratnayake, Deputy Director (Research & Training), Department of Wildlife Conservation, 18, Gregory's Road, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka (Tel: +94 1 696 517, Fax:, +94 1 698 556, e-mail: hdr@dwlc.lk, wildlife@slt.lk)

NGO Focal Point - Dr Channa Bambaradeniya, Head Biodiversity Unit, IUCN Sri Lanka, 53, Horton Place Colombo 7, Sri Lanka (Tel: +941 694094/682418, Fax: +941 682470, e-mail: cnb@iucnsl.org)

SUDAN -

SURINAME - Government Focal Point - Mr Hesdey Esajas, Coordinator, Nature Conservation Education Section, Nature Conservation Division, Cornelis Jongbawstr. 10, PO Box 436, Paramaribo, Suriname (Tel: +597 479 431, Fax: +597 422 555, e-mail: hesdy@sr.net; nbeducatie@hotmail.com)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Harrold Sylbing, Managing Director, Foundation for Nature Preservation in Suriname - STINASU, Cornelis Jongbawstr. 14, PO Box 12252, Paramaribo, Suriname (Tel: +597 476 597, Fax: +597 421 850, e-mail: stinasu@sr.net)

SWEDEN - Government Focal Point - Ms Ann Wahlström, Senior Administrative Officer, Aquatic Environment Section, Natural Resources Dept., Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Blekholmsterrassen 36, S-106 48 Stockholm, Sweden (Tel: +46 8 698 14 51, Fax: +46 8 698 10 42, e-mail: ann.wahlstrom@naturvardsverket.se)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Michael Löfroth, Freshwater Officer, WWF-Sweden, Ulriksdals slott, S-170 81 Solna, Sweden (Tel: +46 8 624 7416, Fax: +46 8 851 329, e-mail: michael.lofroth@wwf.se)

SWITZERLAND

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC - Government Focal Point - Government Focal Point - Mohamad Walid Issa, Ministry of Irrigation, PO Box 4451, Damascus, Syria (Tel: , Fax: , e-mail: mamoun-m@scs-net.org)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Mohamad Kayyal, Associate Professor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, P.O. Box 3510, Damascus, Syria (Tel: +963 11 2218490, Fax: +963 11 3117730, e-mail: kayyal@scs-net.org; kayyal@net.sy)

TAJIKISTAN - Government Focal Point - Dr/Ms Ada Tsoy, Main Specialist of State Inspection for Flora and Fauna and Special Protected Areas, PO Box 138, 734025 Dushanbe, Tajikistan, (Tel: +992 372 215520, Fax: +992 372 213332, e-mail: eco_tajik@rambler.ru)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Eldar Shafiyev, Chairman, Tajik Association for Forests and Wildlife Protection (IUCN), 140 N Karabayeva str., fl. 38, 734061 Dushanbe, Tajikistan (Tel: +992 372 317 424, Fax 1: +992 372 213 332, e-mail: eldar@tajik.net)

THAILAND - Government Focal Point - Ms Nirawan Pipitsombat, Senior Environmentalist, Office of Natural Resources, Environmental Policy & Planning, 60/1 Soi Phibun wattana 7, Rama VI Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand (Tel: +66 2 271 3251, Fax: +66 2 271 3251/ 279 8088, e-mail: nirawanpipitsombat@yahoo.com; nirawanfang@gmail.com)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Surapon Duangkhae, Wildlife Fund Thailand, 261/88-90 Phaholyothin Road, Bangkhen, Bangkok 10220, Thailand (Tel: +66 2 521 3435, Fax: +66 2 552 6083, e-mail info@wildlifefund.or.th)

THE FYR OF MACEDONIA - Government Focal Point - Mr Aleksandar Nastov, Head, Department of Biological Diversity, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, Drezdenska 52, MK-1000 Skopje, The F.Y.R. of Macedonia (Tel: +389 2 366 930, Fax: +389 2 366 931, email: infoeko@moe.gov.mk; anastov@yahoo.com)

NGO Focal Point - Professor Branko Micevski, President, National Ramsar Committee, Zoological Department, Biological Institute, Faculty of Natural Sciences, P.O.Box 162, MK-1000 Skopje, The F.Y.R. of Macedonia (Tel: +389 2 117 055x614, Fax: +389 2 432 071, email: brankom@ukim.edu.mk; brankom@iunona.pmf.ukim.edu.mk)

TOGO - Government Focal Point - M. Komla Nusianunyo Afoutou, Journaliste environnementaliste, Ministère Environnement et Production forestière, B.P. 4825, Lomé, Togo (Tel: +228 210 600, Fax: +228 210 333, email: afoutou@hotmail.com)

NGO Focal Point - M. Djato Simlewa, Président, Club des Amis de la Nature, B.P. 10133, Lomé, Togo (Tel: +228 051 410, Fax: +228 226 452, E-mail: can.togo@yahoo.fr)

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - Government Focal Point -  Ms Nadra Nathai-Gyan, Head, Wildlife Section, Forestry Division, Ministry of Public Utilities and the Environment, 29 Farm Road, Private Bag 30, St Joseph, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies (Tel: +1 1 868 662 5114, Fax: +1 868 645 1203, email: nadran@hotmail.com; parks@trinidad.net; wildlife@trinidad.net)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Gupte Lutchmedial, Director, Manatee Conservation Trust, Cocal, Manzanilla Road, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies (Tel: +1 868-674 3707, Fax: +1 868 674 3708, email: manateetrust@yahoo.com)

TUNISIA- Government Focal Point - M. Abdelhamid Karem, Direction de la Conservation des forêts, Alain Savary, 1002 Tunis, Tunisia (Tel : +216 71 794 107, email: abdelhamidkarem@yahoo.fr)

TURKEY - Government Focal Point - Mr S. Serhan Cagirankaya, Wetlands Section, Wetlands Division, G.D. Nature Conservation & National Parks, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Sögütözü Caddesi No:14/E, 14. Kat B-Blok, Sogutozu, Ankara, Turkey (Tel: +90 312 384 05 10 ext:3021, Fax: +90 312 384 13 54/ +90 312 207 59 59, email: c.serhan@gmail.com)

Government Focal Point - Ümit Nabi Ülkütasir, Agriculture Engineer, The Ministry of Environment and Forestry, General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks, Department of Nature Conservation, Wetlands Division, Sö?ütözü Caddesi No: 14/E 14, Kat B-Blok 06560 Be?tepe, Ankara, Turkey (Tel: +90 312 207 58 86; Fax: +90 312 207 59 59 ; e-mail: uulkutasir@yahoo.com)

NGO Focal Point - Mrs Buket Bahar Divrak, Freshwater Programme Director, WWF Turkiye - Dogal Hayati Koruma Vakfi, Anafartalar Cad. No: 17 / 3, Ulus / Ankara, Turkey (Tel: +90 312 310 3303, Fax: +90 312 310 6642, email :bdurmaz@wwf.org.tr)

UGANDA - Government Focal Point - Ms Teddy Tindamanyire, Principal Environment Inspector, 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 , email: tindamanyiremtt@yahoo.co.uk; tindamanyiret@ugandawetlands.org)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Samson Werikhe, Wildlife Clubs of Uganda, P.O. Box 4596, Kampala, Uganda (Tel: +256 41 231 261, fax +256 41 342 298, email samswerik@yahoo.com)

UKRAINE- Government Focal Point - Dr Grygoriy Parchuk, Head, Div for Long-term Development & Research, State Agency for Protected Areas, Ministry of Environmental Protection, 35, Uryts'kogo Str., UA-03035 Kyiv Ukraine (Tel: +380 44 206 3308, email: parks@parks.freenet.kiev.ua, parchuk@parks.freenet.kiev.ua)

NGO Focal Point - Dr Gennadiy Marushevskyi, Deputy Head, National Ecological Centre of Ukraine, PO Box 89 Kiev 01025, Ukraine (Tel: +380 44 238 6259, Fax : +380 44 238 6259, email: necu@i.kiev.ua)

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

UNITED KINGDOM - Government Focal Point - Mr Chuin Kee, Ramsar Policy Officer, International Protected Areas Team, European Wildlife Division – DEFRA, Room 1/07C, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol BS1 6EB, United Kingdom (Tel: +44 117 372 8272, Fax: +44 117 372 8505, email: chuin.kee@defra.gsi.gov.uk)

NGO Focal Point - Mr Malcolm Whitehead, Head of Wetland Link International, London Wetland Centre - WWT, Queen Elizabeth's Walk, Barnes, London SW13 9WT, United Kingdom (Tel: +44 20 8409 4404, Fax: +44 20 8409 4401, e-mail: malcolm.whitehead@wwt.org.uk)

UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA - Government Focal Point - Mr. Emannuel L. M. Severre, Director of Wildlife, P. O. Box 1994 Dar es Salaam (Tel. +255-22-2866408/2866375, Fax:+255-22-2865836; email director@wildlife.go.tz.)

NGO Focal Point - Ms Victoria Ugulumu Ferdinand, Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania (WCST), Box 70919, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania (Tel: +255 22 211 2518, Fax: +255 22 22 4572, email: wcst@africaonline.co.tz)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - Government Focal Point - Mrs. Marina Ratchford, Office of International Affairs, US Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 730, Arlington, Virginia 22203-1622, USA (Tel: +1 703 358 1765, Fax: +1 703 358 2115, email: marina_ratchford@fws.gov, Web site of National Ramsar Committee: www.ramsarcommittee.us)

NGO Focal Point - Ms Suzanne Pittenger-Slear, US National Ramsar Committee, President, Environmental Concern, P.O. Box P, 201 Boundary Lane, St. Michaels, Maryland 21663, USA (Tel: +1 410 745 9620, Fax: +1 410 745 3517, email: admin@wetland.org, Web site of National Ramsar Committee: www.ramsarcommittee.us)

URUGUAY

UZBEKISTAN - Government Focal Point - Mr Aleksandr Grigoryants, Deputy Chief, Biological Control Department, State Committee for Nature Protection (Gosbiocontrol), 99, A. Temur str., 700084 Tashkent, UZBEKISTAN (Tel: +998 71 139 4195; Fax: +998 71 135 7920 / 0761; email: envconf@uzsci.net; info@uznature.uz)

NGO Focal Point - Dr Sergey Zagrebin, Scientific worker of the Zoological Museum of Uzbekistan's National University, Chashtepinskaya Str., 700149, Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Tel: +998 712 932533, email: zagrebin@uzsci.net)

VENEZUELA - Government Focal Point - Sra. Valentina Hurtado, Dirección General de la Oficina Nacional de Diversidad Biológica (MARN), Centro Simón Bolívar. Torre Sur, piso 18. El Silencio, Caracas 1010, Venezuela (Tel: +58 212 4081515/1516, Fax: +58 212 4081517, email: lhurtado@minamb.gob.ve)

NGO Focal Point - Sr. Ernesto Estévez, Av. Ppal. Los Cortijos de Lourdes, Centro Empresarial Senderos, Piso 6, Ofic., 611. Caracas, Venezuela (Tel: +58 212 238 1761/238 1793, Fax: +58 212 2396547, email: eestevez@fudena.org.ve)

VIET NAM - Government Focal Point  - Ms Le Thanh Binh, Head of Nature Conservation Division, Vietnam Environmental Protection Agency, MONRE, 67 Nguyen Du St., Hanoi 84-04, Viet Nam (Tel: +84 4 942 4557, Fax: +84 4 822 3198, email: ltbinh28@yahoo.com; lbin@nea.gov.vn)

NGO Focal Point - Prof. Dr. Truong Quang Hoc, Center for Natural Resources & Environmental Studies, 19 Le Thanh Tong, Hanoi, Viet Nam (Tel: +84 4 7680 472, +84 4 8340 724, email: huyenthanh76@yahoo.com; hoctq@vnu.edu.vn)

ZAMBIA - Government Focal Point - Mr Godwin Fishan Gondwe, Chief Environment Officer, Ministry of Tourism, Environment & Natural Resources, PO Box 34011, Lusaka 10101, Zambia (Tel: +260 1 229 417; e-mail: figogmel@yahoo.co.uk)

NGO Focal Point - Mrs Dora Kamwenesha, Project Manager, WWF Zambia Coordination Office, PO Box 50551, Ridgeway, Lusaka, Zambia (Tel: +260 1 250 404; Fax: +260 1 253 749; e-mail: dkamwenesha@yahoo.com)

For further information about the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, 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 ). Posted 28 September 2000, Dwight Peck, Ramsar; updated April 10, 2008, Sandra Hails, Ramsar.