What's New @ Ramsar

Where are they now? Present whereabouts of former Ramsar Interns

Former Ramsar Interns / Assistants to the Regional Coordinators

[Links on individual names lead to photo-bios at the time of service in the Bureau.]

Alexander "Sasha" Belokurov (Russia) is presently Programme Officer for the Forests for Life Campaign of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International, based in Gland, Switzerland. E-mail: belokurov@yahoo.com

Jocelyn Bowden (Australia) is presently Finance/Project Officer with the Cooperative Research Centre for Coastal Zone, Estuary and Waterway Management (Coastal CRC for short), Brisbane, Australia. E-mail: Jocelyn.Bowden@dnr.qld.gov.au

Marco Flores (Puerto Rico) is right here in the Bureau, and isn't "former" at all. E-mail flores@ramsar.org

Jamshed Kazi (Bangladesh) is presently Associate Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand. E-mail: jmkazi@hotmail.com and Web site http://www.roap.unep.org/html/staff_jamshed.htm.

Maryse Mahy (Canada/Belgium) is currently working with the Heritage Presentation and Public Education Branch of Parks Canada, in Ottawa, Canada. She will be there until the end of March 2001, following which she will embark on a 4-month legal training (Bar Admission) course. Beginning September 2001, she will be with the Sierra Legal Defence Fund, Toronto, Canada, an NGO that advocates for environmental conservation and the rights of Indigenous Peoples (Maryse says it is a sort of internship that she has to do with the 4-month course in order to become an environmental lawyer!). E-mail: marysemahy@hotmail.com

Parastu Mirabzadeh (Iran) is presently Programme Officer - Inland Waters, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Canada. E-mail: parastu.mirabzadeh@biodiv.org

Musonda Mumba (Zambia) is presently Freshwater Programme Officer, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International, Gland, Switzerland. E-mail: mmumba@wwf.net

Evans Okong'o (Kenya) is right here in the Bureau, and isn't "former" at all. E-mail okongo@ramsar.org

Carmen Padilla Velasco has returned to Honduras, recovering from an illness, and can be reached at E-mail evelasco21@hotmail.com

Inga Racinska (Latvia) is right here in the Bureau, and isn't "former" at all. E-mail racinska@ramsar.org

Flor de María Salvador (Perú) is presently an Investigador asociado, Departamento de Botanica, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima, and is in charge of organizing World Wetlands Day activities in that city. E-mail: fsalvador@lycos.com

Rachel Siguenza de Micheo (Guatemala) rejoined government service and participated in the preparation of Ramsar Information Sheets for new Ramsar sites. Following the birth of young Diego Alejandro, she intends to take a "rest" for a while and pursue a master’s degree. E-mail: rdemicheo@guate.net

Tug Sirisampan (Thailand) is right here in the Bureau, and isn't "former" at all. E-mail sirisampan@ramsar.org

Taeko Takahashi (Japan) has just recently departed from the Bureau and, after a well-earned rest, will be job hunting in Japan. E-mail: taeko@miis.alumlink.com

Ahoua Traoré (Cote d'Ivoire) pursued further studies and graduated from the Institut Universitaire d'Etudes du Développement in Geneva., and is presently beginning a "Certificate in Sustainable Development" in Geneva. E-mail: ahtraore@hotmail.com

Anett Zellei (Hungary) is presently a Research Associate in the Centre for Rural Economy, at the University of Newcastle, UK, E-mail: zellei@yahoo.com

Many thanks to Annette Keller, the Bureau's Administration Coordinator, for keeping track of all of our former colleagues. For further information about the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, please contact the Ramsar Convention Bureau, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel +41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999 0169, e-mail ramsar@ramsar.org). Posted 18 January 2001, updated 1 February 2001, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.