Next: Collaborating and associated centres  Previous: Acronyms and abbreviations  Contents

Contributors

Collaborating and associated centres

Those listed below have contributed to GEO-2000 in a variety of ways, as authors, reviewers, participants in GEO consultations and survey respondents.

Africa

Asmaa Abdalla, Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Morocco; Ahmed Abdel Rehim, Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe, Egypt; Adel Farid Abdel-Kader, Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe, Egypt; Ettajani Abdelkebir, Sécretariat d'Etat chargé de l'Environnement, Morocco; Khaled M. Abu-Zeid, Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe, Egypt; Laqualy Ada, Direction de l'Environnement, Niger; Sylvain Adokpo-Migan, Agence Béninoise pour l'Environnement, Benin; James Oppong Afrani, Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology, Ghana; Laurent Agossa Ogowa, Université Nationale du Bénin, Benin; Samir Anwar Al-Gamal, Egyptian Atomic Energy, Egypt; Fatema Al-Mallah, Technical Secretariat, Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment, League of Arab States, Egypt; Rose Sirali Antipa, Ministry of Environment Conservation, Kenya; Shawki Ibrahim Asaad, Egypt; Nadir Mohamed Awad, HCENR, Sudan; Marcel Ayité Baglo, Agence Béninoise pour l'Environnement, Ministère de l'Environnement de l'Habitat et de l'Urbanisme, Benin; Abou Bamba, Network for Environment and Sustainable Development in Africa, Côte d'Ivoire; Vania nee Assenoua Bamisso, Institut National d'Economie, Université National du Benin, Benin; Kamal H. Batanouny, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt; Bothwell Batidzirayi, Southern Centre for Energy and Environment, Zimbabwe; Abdelkrim Ben Mohamed, Institute for Radio-Isotopes, Niger; Zida Bertrand, Gestion des Ressources Naturelles et Lutte Contre la Désertification, Burkina Faso; Innocent Bizimana, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Environment and Rural Development, Rwanda; Abdel-Rehani Boucham, Department of Environment, Ministry of Environment, Morocco; Bouazza Bouchra, Department of Environment, Ministry of Environment, Morocco; Munyaradzi Chenje, Southern African Research and Documentation Centre, India Musokotwane Environment Resource Centre for Southern Africa, Zimbabwe; Brian Chirwa, Environmental Council of Zambia, Zambia; R.J.M. Crawford, Sea Fisheries Research Institute, South Africa; A. Bram De Villiers, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, South Africa; Berhe Debalkew, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, Djibouti; Abdi Mohamed Dirieh, Ministry of Environment, Tourism and Craft, Djibouti; Clement Dorm-Adzobu, Sustainable Development Consultancy Services Ltd, Ghana; Francois Ekoko, Center for International Forestry Research, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, Cameroon; M. El-Raey, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Egypt; Mona M. El-Agizy, Egypt; Nadine El-Hakim, Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe, Egypt; Hassan Salim El-Hassan, Arab Organization for Agricultural Development, Sudan; Mohamed El-Kassas, Botany Department, Cairo University, Egypt; Osama Amin El-Kholy, Technology Management Programme, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Egypt; Mai El-Remeisy, Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe, Egypt; Fahima El-Shahed, General Organization for Physical Planning, Egypt; David Everard, Division of Water, Environment and Forestry Technology, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa; Mohamed Beshir Fares, Technical Center for Environment Protection, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Samir Gabbour, Department of Natural Resources, Institute of African Research and Studies, Cairo University, Egypt; M. Waleed Gamaleldin, Terra Incorporated, Egypt; Michael N.K. Gichobi, Office of the President, Kenya; Salwa Gomaa, American University in Cairo, Egypt; Ahmed Hamza, Ministry of Environment, Egypt; Ahmed Farghally Hassan, Center for Environmental Research Studies, Cairo University, Egypt; Baccar Hedia, Ministry of Environment and Land Use Planning, Tunisia; Ahmed Hegazy, Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe, Egypt; Mahmoud Hewehy, Ain Shams University, Egypt; Piet Heyns, Department of Water Affairs, Namibia; Edward G. Howard-Clinton, Environment Division, Organization of African Unity, Ethiopia; J.M. Hutton, Africa Resources Trust, Zimbabwe; Abdulrahman S. Issa, Eastern African Regional Office, IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Kenya; Seewoobaduth Jogeeswar, Ministry of Local Government and Environment, Mauritius; Maurice Kamto, Université de Yaoundé II, Cameroon; Micah Katuruza, Central Statistics Offices, Zimbabwe; François-Corneille Kedowide, Departement Planification Environnementale et Suivi-Evaluation, Agence Béninoise pour l'Environnement, Benin; Abbas Kesseba, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Egypt; Shova Khatry, Kenya; Michael K. Koech, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Kenya; Joseph Mannaw Koroma, Network for Environment and Sustainable Development in Africa, Côte d'Ivoire; Tendayi Kureya, Southern African Research and Documentation Centre, India Musokotwane Environment Resource Centre for Southern Africa, Zimbabwe; Fatou Kuyateh, Department of State for Presidential Affairs, Fisheries and Natural Resources, Gambia; Elton Laisi, Southern African Research and Documentation Centre, India Musokotwane Environment Resource Centre for Southern Africa, Zimbabwe; Kalle Mohamed Lamine, Ministry of Environment, Mali; Mpouel Bala Lazare, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Cameroon; Adama Ly, Ministère de l'Environnement, Senegal; Izekiel Machingambi, Department of National Parks and Wildlife Management, Zimbabwe; Saada Madjid, Secretariat d'Etat à l'Environnement, Algeria; Clever Mafuta, Southern African Research and Documentation Centre, India Musokotwane Environment Resource Centre for Southern Africa, Zimbabwe; Rosemary M. Makano, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Zambia; Nelson Marongwe, ZERO-A Regional Environmental Organization, Zimbabwe; Solami Sipho Mavimbela, Ministry of Natural Resources, Swaziland; Pierre Mbouegnong, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Cameroon; Esther Joyce Mede, Ministry of Research and Environmental Affairs, Malawi; Mbassi Menye, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Cameroon; Yaqoub Abdalla Mohamed, Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources, Sudan; Santaram Mooloo, Department of Environment, Ministry of Local Government and Environment, Mauritius; Ahmed Taher Moustafa, Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute, Egypt; John Mugabe, African Centre for Technology Studies, Kenya; Simon K. Mugera, Ministry of Environment Conservation, Kenya; Mary Mukinda, African Centre for Technology Studies, Kenya; Sheila Mwanundu, African Development Bank, Côte d'Ivoire; Robert T. N'Daw, c/o FAO Representative, Bamako, Mali; Godwell Nhamo, Solusi University, Zimbabwe; Mutasim Bashir Nimir, Sudanese Environmental Conservation Society, Sudan; Harouna Oumarou, Conseil National de l'Environnement pour un Développement Durable, Niger; Mahmoud Hellmy Moustafa Ousef, Egypt; Emmanuel Pouna, Cameroon; Adham Ramadan, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Egypt; Kamal A. Sabet, Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe, Egypt; Hamed Saleh, Agriculture Research Center, Egypt; Omar M. Salem, General Water Authority, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Prosper Sawadogo, Conseil National pour la Gestion de l'Environnement, Burkina Faso; Dina Ahmed Sayed, TERRA Incorporated, Egypt; Charles Sebukeera, Division of Environmental Information and Monitoring, National Environment Management Authority, Uganda; Wahida Patwa Shah, Earth Council for East and Southern Africa, Kenya; Henry M. Sichingabula, University of Zambia, Zambia; Fondo Sikod, Université de Yaoundé II, Cameroon; Lovemore Sola, Southern African Research and Documentation Centre, India Musokotwane Environment Resource Centre for Southern Africa, Zimbabwe; Thomas Fofung Tata, Network for Environment and Sustainable Development in Africa, Cameroon; Mostafa Kamal Tolba, International Center for Environment and Development, Egypt; Martine Tahoux Touao, Centre de Recherche en Ecologie, Côte d'Ivoire; Mohamed Lankan Traore, Direction Nationale des Eaux et Forêts, Guinea; Godber Tumushabe, African Centre for Technology Studies, Kenya; Jacqueline Van Staalduinen, Environment and Land Management Sector, Southern African Development Community, Lesotho; Ahmed Wagdy, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt; Shem O. Wandiga, Kenya National Academy of Sciences, Kenya; Stephen M. Zuke, Swaziland Environment Authority, Swaziland.

Asia and the Pacific

Prakash Chandra Adhikari, Ministry of Population and Environment, Nepal; Mahshid Agir, Department of the Environment, Environmental Impact Assessment Bureau, Islamic Republic of Iran; Julian Amador, Environmental Management Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Philippines; Raja M. Ashfaque, Pakistan Forest Institute, Pakistan; Lilita Bacareza-Pacudan, European Commission and the Association of South-East Asian Nations, COGEN Programme, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; J.T. Baker, Commissioner for the Environment A.C.T., Australia; Mahesh Banskota, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal; Tom Beer, Division of Atmospheric Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia; Wby Beiying, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Preety Bhandari, Tata Energy Research Institute, India; Gaurav Bhatiani, Tata Energy Research Institute, India; PG. Shamhary Bin, Ministry of Development, Brunei Darussalam; Jarupong Boon-Long, Pollution Control Department, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Thailand; Phongsri Boonyasirikool, National Research Council of Thailand, Thailand; Damrong Boonyoen, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand; R.K. Bose, Tata Energy Research Institute, India; Surasit Chaiyaphum, Natural Resources and Environment Management Division, Office for Environmental Policy and Planning, Thailand; Duongchan Apavatjrut Charoenmuang, Social Research Institute, Chiang Mai University, Thailand; Chaninthorn Charuchandra, Agricultural Land Reform Office, Thailand; Kalipada Chatterjee, Development Alternatives, India; Qing Cheng, Beijing Medical University, China; Weixue Cheng, State Environmental Protection Administration, China; Surapong Chirarattananon, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; Yong-Seung Chung, Korea National University of Education, Republic of Korea; Jay Cohen, Earthplace, Taiwan Province of China; John Cole, Environment Management Industry Association, Australia; Bismark Crawley, South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Western Samoa; Diwakar Dahal, Environment Assessment Program for Asia-Pacific, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; Pham Ngoc Dang, Center for Environmental Engineering of Towns and Industrial Areas, Hanoi University of Civil Engineering, Viet Nam; Aditi Dass,* Tata Energy Research Institute, India; G. Dembereldorj, Ministry of Nature and the Environment, Mongolia; Sawat Dulyapatch, Royal Forest Department, Thailand; Muhammad Eusuf, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies, Bangladesh; Kiyoshi Fukuwatari, formerly Center for Global Environment Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan; E. Gumbira-Said, Indonesian Business Council for Sustainable Development, Indonesia; Lalith A. Gunaratne, Lalith Gunaratne and Associates, Sri Lanka; Xiaomin Guo, State Environmental Protection Administration, China; Allan Haines, Environment Australia, Australia; Hironori Hamanaka, Global Environment Department, Environment Agency of Japan; Colin Harris,* Global Resource Information Database, Christchurch, New Zealand; Shiro Hatakeyama, Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Environment Agency of Japan, Japan; Ian Hawes, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand; Clive Howard-Williams, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand; Jianxin Hu, Center for Environmental Sciences, Peking University, China; Min Hu, Center for Environmental Sciences, Peking University, China; Michael Huber, Australia; A.Z.M. Iftikhar Hussain, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh; Toshiaki Ichinose, Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Environment Agency of Japan, Japan; Gen Inoue, Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Environment Agency of Japan, Japan; Mylvakanam Iyngararasan, Environment Assessment Program for Asia-Pacific, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; Sitanon Jesdapipat, Thailand Environment Institute, Thailand; S. John Joseph, M.S. Swaminathan Foundation, India; Ananda Raj Joshi, South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme, Sri Lanka; Mikiko Kainuma, Global Environment Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Environment Agency of Japan, Japan; Abdul Khaleque, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Bangladesh; Jitt Kongsangchai, Forest Research Office, Royal Forest Department, Thailand; Surachai Koomsin, Center for Integrated Plan of Operation, Thailand; Nisakorn Kositratna, Hazardous Substance and Waste Management Division, Pollution Control Department, Ministry of Science Technology and Environment, Thailand; Pradyumna Kumar Kotta, South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme, Sri Lanka; Purushotam Kunwar, Ministry of Population and Environment, Nepal; Daw Yin Yin Lay, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Commission for Environmental Affairs, Myanmar; Can Le Thac, Viet Nam Environment and Sustainable Development Center, Viet Nam; Thierry Lefevre, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; Cheng Geok Ling, International Environment and Policy Department, Ministry of the Environment, Singapore; Jingyi Liu, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Academia Sinica, China; Shengji Luan, Center for Environmental Sciences, Peking University, China; San Lwin, Attorney General's Office, Myanmar; Ahmed Ali Manik, Ministry of Planning, Human Resources and Environment, Republic of Maldives; Mok Mareth, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia; Yasunobu Matoba, Mekong River Commission, Thailand; Orapun Metadilogkul, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Association, Thailand; Choudhury Rudra Charan Mohanty, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; Monica Moktan, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal; Hideyuki Mori, Global Environment Department, Environment Agency of Japan; Shunji Murai, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; P.G. D.P., and H.J. Mustapha, Ministry of Development, Brunei Darussalam; Samorn Muttamara, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; Ma Sein Mya, Environment Unit, Mekong River Commission, Thailand; Vishal Narain, Tata Energy Research Institute, India; Stewart Needham, Department of the Environment, Environment Australia, Australia; Somrudee Nicro, Urbanization and Environment Programme, Thailand Environment Institute, Thailand; Shuzo Nishioka, Global Environment Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Environment Agency of Japan, Japan; Ian Noble, Australia National University, Australia; Boo-Ho Noh, International Affairs Division, Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea; Phonechaleun Nonthaxay, Science, Technology, and Environment Organization, Lao People's Democratic Republic; Azhar Bin Noraine, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Malaysia; Karma C. Nyedrup, National Environment Commission, Bhutan; Akira Ogihara, Environment Department, Pacific Consultants International, Japan; Toshiichi Okita, Obirin University, Japan; Tongroj Onchan, Thailand Environment Institute, Thailand; Yasuyuki Oshima, The Japan Wildlife Research Centre, Japan; Kuninori Otsubo, Water Soil Environment Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan; Alan Oxley, Australian Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Centre, Australia; R.K. Pachauri, Tata Energy Research Institute, India; Jyoti Parikh, Indira Ghandi Institute of Development Research, India; Kirit Parikh, Indira Ghandi Institute of Development Research, India; Jinxin Peng, State Environmental Protection Administration, China; Yeshey Penjor, National Environment Commission, Bhutan; late Dhira Phantumvanit, Thailand Environment Institute, Thailand; Somphone Phanousith, Science Technology and Environment Organization, Lao People's Democratic Republic; Warasak Phuangcharoen, Environment Policy and Planning Division, Office for Environmental Policy and Planning, Thailand; Ung Phyrun, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia; Suphavit Piamphongsant, Ministry of Science, Technology, and Environment, Thailand; Ken Piddington, Waikato University, New Zealand; Amara Pongsapich, Social Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand; Pramod Pradhan, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal; Chalermsak Rabilwongse, Office of the Commission for the Management of Land Transport, Thailand; Atiq Rahman, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies, Bangladesh; R. Rajamani, India; Chatchai Ratanachai, Faculty of Environmental Management, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand; Dev Raj Regmi, Ministry of Water Resources, Nepal; Srivardhana Ruangdej, Kasetsart University, Thailand; Sompop Rungsupa, Sichang Marine Science Research and Training Station, Aquatic Resources Research Institute, Thailand; Sumeet Saksena, Tata Energy Research Institute, India; Wanee Samphantharak, Office of Environmental Policy and Planning, Thailand; Jeffrey Sayer, Center for International Forestry Research, Indonesia; Darrell Sequeira, Mekong River Commission, Thailand; S.B. Sharma, Ministry of Population and Environment, Nepal; Basanta Shrestha, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal; Ram Manohar Shrestha, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; Liu Shuqin, National Environmental Protection Agency, China; Nguyen Ngoc Sinh, National Environment Agency, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Viet Nam; Steven M. Smith, Global Resource Information Database, Christchurch, New Zealand; Allan Spessa, Environment Australia, Australia; Kanongnij Sribuaiam, Urbanization and Environment Programme, Thailand Environment Institute, Thailand; Ruangdej Srivardhana, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Kasetsart University, Thailand; Leena Srivastava, Tata Energy Research Institute, India; Usha Subramaniam, Ministry of Environment and Forests, India; Cicilia Sulastri, Environmental Impact Management Agency, Indonesia; Apichai Sunchindah, Assocation of South-East Asian Nations, Indonesia; C. Surapong, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; M. S. Swaminathan, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, India; Monthip Sriratana Tabucanon, Environmental Research and Training Centre, Department of Environmental Quality, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Thailand; Kazuhiko Takemoto, Global Environment Department, Environment Agency of Japan; Xiaoyan Tang, Center for Environmental Sciences, Peking University, China; Supichai Tangjaitrong, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand; Rowan Taylor, c/o Ministry for Environment, New Zealand; Nguyen Cong Thanh, JT-Envi Consultants Ltd, Thailand; Nguyen Thi Tho, International Relations and Planning Department, National Environment Agency, Ministry of Science, Technology, and Environment, Viet Nam; Govinda R. Timilsina, Center for Energy-Environment Research and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; Le Anh Tuan, Energy Program, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; Nguyen Quang Tuan, National Institute for Science and Technology Policy and Strategy Studies, Viet Nam; Narcisa R. Umali, National Economic and Development Authority, Philippines; Shinsuke Unisuga, Research and Information Office, Global Environment Department, Environment Agency of Japan, Japan; Vicharn Upatising, Environment Division, Department of Mineral Resources, Thailand; Batu Krishna Upreti, Ministry of Population and Environment, Nepal; Mikoto Usui, Shukutoku University, Japan; Dang Ung Van, Viet Nam National University, Viet Nam; Rusong Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Zhijia Wang, State Environmental Protection Administration, China; Huixiang Wang, Center for Environmental Sciences, Peking University, China; Chalermsak Wanichsombat, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Thailand; Yingmin Wen, State Environmental Protection Administration, China; Guan Xia, State Environmental Protection Administration, China; Hu Xiulian, Energy Research Institute, State Development and Planning Committee, China; Kazuhito Yamada, Environment Department, Pacific Consultants Co, Japan; Weimin Yang, Foreign Techno-Economic Cooperation Division, Yunnan Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau, China; Yoshifumi Yasuoka, Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan; Nguyen Hoang Yen, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Viet Nam; Wi Sok Yon, Embassy of Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Thailand, Democratic People's Republic of Korea; Ruisheng Yue, State Environmental Protection Administration, China; Shigang Zhang, State Environmental Protection Administration, China; Shiqiu Zhang, Center for Environmental Sciences, Peking University, China; Yisheng Zheng, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China; Shuseng Zhou, Beijing Medical University, China; Jianming Zhou, China Academy of Urban Planning and Design, China.

Europe

Chris Anastasi, British Energy, United Kingdom; Ewa Anzorge, Department of European Integration and International Cooperation, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry, Poland; Agajan G. Babayev, Turkmenian Academy of Sciences, Turkmenistan; Jan Bakkes, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands; Petr Ya Baklanov, Far East Branch, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation; Jaroslav Balek, Environmental Engineering Consultancy, Czech Republic; Edward Bellinger, Central European University, Hungary; André Berger, Institut d'Astronomie et de Géophysique, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium; Marcel Berk, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands; Claes Bernes, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Sweden; Kornelis Blok, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands; Vladimir P. Bogachev, Ministry for Ecology and Natural Resources, Kazakhstan; Johannes Bollen, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands; Peter Bosch, European Environment Agency, Denmark; Trevor Bounford, Chapman Bounford and Associates, United Kingdom; Lex Bouwman, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands; Philippe Bourdeau, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium; Emanuelle Bournay, Global Resource Information Database, Arendal, Norway; Winston H. Bowman,* The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary; Joop Brouns, Department of International Affairs, Institute for Forestry and Nature Research and European Centre for Nature Conservation, The Netherlands; Rudolf Bruno, Global Precipitation Climatology Centre, Germany; Budag A. Budagov, Institute of Geography, Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences, Azerbaijan; Françoise Burhenne-Guilmin, Environmental Law Centre, IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Germany; T.D. Button, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Switzerland; Arcadie Capcelea, Ministry of Environment, Republic of Moldova; Roberto Caponigro, Ministry of the Environment, Italy; M. J. Chadwick, Leadership for Environment and Development - Europe, Switzerland; Mike Cloughley, The Oil Industry International Exploration and Production Forum, United Kingdom; N. Mark Collins, World Conservation Monitoring Centre, United Kingdom; Paul Crutzen, Max-Planck Institute of Chemistry, Germany; Paul Csagoly, Information Exchange Department, The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary; András R. Csanady, Strategy Directorate, Ministry for Environment and Regional Policy, Hungary; Tatiana Davydovskaia, Department of International Cooperation and Science, Ministry for Natural Resources and Environment Protection, Belarus; Dick de Bruijn, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, The Netherlands; Jos de Bruin, Multimedia and Culture, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; André de Moor, Environment and Spatial Planning, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Directoraat Generaal Europese Samenwerking, The Netherlands; Michel den Elzen, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands; V. Demkin, Environmental Policy Division, Ministry for Environmental Protection and Nuclear Safety, Ukraine; R.G. Derwent, Atmospheric Processes Research, Meteorological Office, United Kingdom; Francesco Di Castri, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France; George Dieca, State University of Moldova, Republic of Moldova; A.M. Dourdiev, National Institute of Desert, Flora and Fauna, Ministry of the Use of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, Turkmenistan; Nikolai M. Dronin, Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University, Russian Federation; George Duca, State University of Moldova, Republic of Moldova; Hans Eerens, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands; Bulat K. Esekin, Kazakhstan; Ian A. Fleming, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Norway; Karen Fletcher, International Hotels Environment Initiative, United Kingdom; Isabelle Fleuraud, France; Eeva R. Furman, Finnish Environment Institute, Finland; Ainars Gailitis, Environmental Consulting and Monitoring Centre, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Latvia; Gilberto Gallopin, Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden; Ali S. Gassanov, The State Committee of Ecology and Control of Natural Resources Utilization, Azerbaijan; Pietro Giuliani, Ente Per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente - Antartide, Italy; Nikita F. Glazovsky, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation; Genady N. Golubev, Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University, Russian Federation; John Goodall, European Construction Industry Federation, Belgium; Jean Graebling, Permanent Mission of France to Geneva in Switzerland, France; Allan Gromov, Ministry of Environment, Environmental Policy and International Relations, Estonia; Brian Groombridge, IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Switzerland; Cuno Grootscholten, National Center for Sustainable Construction, The Netherlands; Paolo Guglielmi, Mediterranean Programme, WWF International, Italy; Myroula Hadjichristophorou, Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Cyprus; David O. Hall, King's College, University of London, United Kingdom; Sigmund Haugsjå, Norwegian State Railways, Norway; William J. Hartnett, Negotiation Internationale Professionnelle, France; Oliver W. Heal, United Kingdom; Irina Herczeg, Central European University, Hungary; Thomas Ietswaart, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands; David Insull, United Kingdom; Bengt-Owe Jansson, Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University, Sweden; Ljubomir Jeftic, Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea, United Kingdom; Alexander Juras, The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary; Ahte Kalle, State Directorate for the Protection of Nature and Environment, Croatia; Albena Karadjova, International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Environment and Waters, Bulgaria; Stefan Karpis, Information Science and Monitoring Department, Ministry of Environment, Slovakia; Andrzej Kassenberg, Institute for Sustainable Development, Poland; Dmitri Kavtaradze, Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Russian Federation; Stjepan Keckes, Croatia; Nariman Soltangamid Oglu Kerimov, The State Committee of Ecology and Control of Natural Resources Utilization, Azerbaijan; Yann Kermode, Union Bank of Switzerland, Switzerland; Fazlun Khalid, Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences, United Kingdom; Vitaly Kimstach, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, Norway; Janosz Kindler, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland; Jósef Kindler, Budapest University of Economics, Hungary; Alexandre Charles Kiss, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France; Kees Klein Goldewijk, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands; Joost Knoop, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands; Margarita Korkhmazyan, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Nature Protection, Armenia; Johan Kuylenstierna, Stockholm Environment Institute, United Kingdom; J.W.M. la Riviere, International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, The Netherlands; Darina Lacikova, Environmental Conceptions and Planning Department, Ministry of Environment, Slovakia; Istvan Lang, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; Fred Langeweg, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands; Rik Leemans, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands; Mihai Lesnic, Research and Engineering Institute for Environment, Ministry of Waters, Forests and Environmental Protection, Romania; Erich Lippert, Department of Strategy and Environmental Statistics, Ministry of the Environment, Czech Republic; Peter S. Liss, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom; Michael Loevinsohn, International Service for National Agricultural Research, The Netherlands; Vladimir F. Loginov, Institute of Problems of Natural Resources Use and Ecology, National Academy of Sciences, Belarus; Kim Losev, All Russian Institute of Scientific and Technical Information, Russian Federation; Finn Lynge, Indigenous Peoples Secretariat of the Arctic Council, Denmark; Pim Martens, Department of Mathematics, International Centre for Integrative Studies, Maastricht University, The Netherlands; Philippe Martin, European Commission, Italy; Emily E. Matthews, United Kingdom; Malgosia Mazurek, The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary; Anthony J. McMichael, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom; Derek McNally, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, United Kingdom; Jeffrey A. McNeely, IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Switzerland; Dominique van der Mensbrugghe, OECD, France; Ivan Mersich, Hungarian Meteorological Service, Hungary; Ruben Mnatsakanian, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University, Hungary; Bedrich Moldan, Environmental Centre, Charles University, Czech Republic; Michail E. Nikiforov, Institute of Zoology, Byelorussian Academy of Sciences, Belarus; Michael Norton-Griffiths, Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment, United Kingdom; Tatiana Mikhailovna Novikova, Ministry of Nature Protection, Tajikistan; Karen O'Brien, Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, University of Oslo, Norway; Roel Oldeman, International Soil Reference and Information Centre, The Netherlands; Johannes B. Opschoor, Faculteit de Economische Wetensechappen en Econometrie, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Nicolae Panin, National Institute for Marine Geology and Geo-ecology, Romania; Jit Peters, International Environmental Policy, Ministry of Environment, The Netherlands; Hanne Petersen, Department of Arctic Environment, National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark; Véronique Plocq-Fichelet, Scientific Committee on the Problems of the Environment, France; Elitsa Polizoova, c/o Earth Council, National Council of Sustainable Development, Bulgaria; Max Posch, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands; Ferenc Rabar, Department of Economics, Faculty of Law and State Sciences, Pazmany Peter Catholic University, Hungary; Lars-Otto Reiersen, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, Norway; Polat Reimov, Uzbekistan; Philippe Rekacewicz, Global Resource Information Database, Arendal, Norway; Jean-Pierre Ribaut, Council of Europe, France; Leslie Roberts, World Resources Institute, USA; Henning Rodhe, Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Sweden; Melita Rogelij, Central European University, Hungary; Leonid G. Rudenko, Institute of Geography, Ukranian National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine; Leo Saare, Environment Information Centre, Ministry of the Environment, Estonia; Rolf Sagesser, International Federation of Consulting Engineers, Switzerland; Peter H. Sand, University of Munich, Germany; Paul Sands, Earthscan Publications Limited, United Kingdom; Peter Saunders, United Kingdom; Alexandre Sàvàstenko, Secretariat of the Interstate Ecological Council, Belarus; Kai Schlegelmilch, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Germany; Thomas Schmid, Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany; Andrey Semichaevsky,* Central European University, Hungary; Julia Elena Serpa, International Coffee Organization, United Kingdom; N.G. Shadieva, International Relations and Programmes Department, State Committee for Nature Protection, Uzbekistan; Jerome Simpson, The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary; Mari Skåre, Norway; Harry Slaper, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands; Rob Sluyter, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands; Danièle Smadja, European Commission, Belgium; Valerian A. Snytko, Institute of Geography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation; Dmitry I. Soloviev, Permanent Representation Office of the Sakha Republic, Russian Federation; Nicholas Sonntag, Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden; Menka Spirovska, Division of Environment and Nature Protection, Ministry of Urban Planning, Construction and Environment, Former Yogoslav Republic of Macedonia; David Stanners, European Environment Agency, Denmark; Stephen Stec, The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary; Paul Stoop, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands; Rob Swart, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands; J.K. Syers, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom; Robert L. Sykes, International Council of Tanners, United Kingdom; Olena Sylenok, Ministry for Environmental Protection and Nuclear Safety of Ukraine, Ukraine; László Szendródi, University of Sopron, Hungary; Ben Ten Brink, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands; Victoria Ter-Nikoghosyan, Armenia; Ketevan Tsereteli, Ministry of Environment, Georgia; Inga Turk, Nature Protection Authority, Ministry of the Environment and Physical Planning, Slovenia; Svein Tveitdal, Global Resource Information Database, Arendal, Norway; Diana Urge-Vorsatz, Central European University, Hungary; Cees van Beers, Department of Economics, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands; Detlef van Vuuren, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands; Jaap van Woerden, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands; György Várallyay, Research Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, The Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; Evaldas Vebra, International Cooperation Unit, Ministry for Environmental Protection, Lithuania; Gábor Vida, Department of Genetics, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary; Davor Vidas, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway; Lukas Vischer, University of Bern, Switzerland; Gerrit H. Vonkeman, Institute for European Environmental Policy, Belgium; C. C. Wallen, France; Jacob Werksman, Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, United Kingdom; Simon Wilson, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, The Netherlands; Christa Wolf, Permanent Mission of Germany to Geneva, Switzerland; Alexey V. Yablokov, Center for Russian Environmental Policy, Russian Federation; Oleg N. Yanitsky, Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation; Tony Zamparutti,* Environment Directorate, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, France.

Latin America and the Caribbean

Freddy Abarca, Observatorio del Desarrollo, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica; Ximena Abogabir Scott, Casa de La Paz, Chile; Celeste Acevedo, Subsecretaría de Estado de Recursos Naturales y Medio Ambiente, Ministério de Agricultura y Ganadería, Paraguay; Yosu Rodríguez Z. Aldabe, Secretaría de Medio Ambiente, Recursos Naturales y Pesca, México; Dimas Isaac Arcia González, Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente, Panamá; Paulo Artaxo, Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, Brazil; Luis Mario Batallés Rivas, Ecosistemas Costeros y Marinos, Ministério Medio Ambiente, Uruguay; Raúl Brañes, Asociación Latinoamericana Derecho Ambiental, México; Francisco Brzovic Parilo, Chile; Gerardo Budowski, Earth Council, Costa Rica; Federico Burone Magariños, Secretariado Manejo Medio Ambiente, International Development Research Council, Oficina Regional America Latina y el Caribe, Uruguay; Melina Carla D'Auria, Misión Rescate Argentina, Argentina; Axel Dourojeanni, Environment and Development Division, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Chile; João Batista Drummond Câmara, Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis, Brazil; Juan Escudero Ortúzar, Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente, Chile; Exequiel Ezcurra, Centro de Ecologia, UNAM, Mexico; Zilda Faria, Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis, Brazil; José Francisco C. Fracchia, Departamento Ordenamiento Territorial, Subsecretaría de Estado de Recursos Naturales y Medio Ambiente, Ministério de Agricultura y Ganadería, Paraguay; Patricia Frenz Yonechi, Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente, Chile; Maria Soledad Frías Tapia, Misión Rescate Chile, Chile; Maria Teresa García Aguilar, Secretaria de Medio Ambiente, Recursos Naturales y Pesca (SEMARNAP), Mexico; Guillermo M. García Cornejo, Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente, Chile; Randall García Víquez, Ministério de Ambiente y Energía, Costa Rica; José L. Gómez Reintsch, Ministério de Desarrollo Sostenible y Planificación, Bolivia; Adriana Gonçalves Moreira, Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis, Brazil; Edgar E. Gutiérrez-Espeleta, Observatorio del Desarrollo, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica; Ryan Hanson, Observatorio del Desarrollo, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica; Vladimir R. Hermosilla, Departamento Desarrollo Rural, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Universidad de Chile, Chile; Fabian M. Jaksic, Departamento de Ecología, Catholic University of Chile, Chile; Tom Jolly, Misión Rescate Planeta Tierra Perú, Perú; Maximo T. Kalaw, Jr., Earth Council, Costa Rica; Ivonne Emma Lacombe Lemaitre, Misión Rescate Chile, Chile; Stefan Larenas Riobo, Consumers International, Chile; José Leal, Unidad Economia Ambiental, Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente, Chile; Pablo Leyva, Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales, Colombia; Ernesto López-Zepeda, Ministério de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, El Salvador; Manuel Magalhães, Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis, Brazil; Pedro Maldonado Grunwald, Programa de Investigaciones en Energía, Universidad de Chile, Chile; Marina Mansilla Hermann, Misión Rescate Argentina, Misión Rescate Planeta Tierra, Argentina; Victor H. Marín, Universidad de Chile, Chile; Marilia Marreco Cerqueira, Ministério do Meio Ambiente, dos Recursos Hídricos e da Amazônia Legal, Brazil; Cristina Martín, Acción y Desarrollo Ecológico, México; Claudia Martínez, Corporación Andina de Fomento, Venezuela; Rodrigo L. Mellado Espinoza, Comité Nacional Pro-Defensa de la Fauna y Flora, Chile; Claudia Maria Mello Rosa, Ministério do Meio Ambiente, dos Recursos Hídricos e da Amazônia Legal, Brazil; Francisca Menezes, International Affairs Advisory of the Ministry of Environment, Brazil; Roberto Messias Franco, Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis, Brazil; José Domingos González Míguez, Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil; Jeffrey Orozco, Observatorio del Desarrollo, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica; Vicente Paeile Maranbio, Departamento Recursos Naturales, Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente, Chile; Carlos Piña Riquelme, Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente, Chile; Maritza Reechinti, Ministério del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales Renovables, Venezuela; Iglando Rey, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Cuba; Carla Roberto, Ministry of Housing, Land-Use Management and Environment, Uruguay; Marisabel Romaggi Chiesa, Programa de Desarrollo Sustentable, Centro de Análisis de Políticas Públicas, Universidad de Chile, Chile; Hugo Romero, Escuela de Geografía, Universidad de Chile, Chile; Marisa Rotenberg, Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis, Brazil; Roxana Salazar, Fundación AMBIO, Costa Rica; Hugo Henry Saldivar Canales, Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente, Chile; Aida C. Sánchez González, Ministério de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente, Cuba; Mariano Castro Sánchez-Moreno, Gestión Transectorial y Territorial, Consejo Nacional del Ambiente, Perú; Paul Sánchez-Navarro Russell, Pronatura Asociación Civil, México; Hernán Sandoval Orellana, Corporación Chile Ambiente, Chile; Fernando Santibáñez, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad de Chile, Chile; Carmen E. Scholtfeldt Leighton, Instituto de Estudios Urbanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile; Javier A. Simonetti, Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Chile; Carmiña Soto, Subsecretaría de Estado de Recursos Naturales y Medio Ambiente, Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, Paraguay; Sinfronio Sousa Silva, Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis, Brazil; Nella Stewart, University of West Indies, Jamaica; Osvaldo Sunkel, Programa de Desarrollo Sustentable, Centro de Análisis de Politicas Públicas, Universidad de Chile, Chile; Vanessa Tavares, Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis, Brazil; Fabián Valdivieso Eguiguren, Comisión Permanente del Pacífico Sur, Ecuador; Jorge Valenzuela, Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chile; Raúl Antonio Velásquez Ramos, Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente, Guatemala.

North America

Mohammad A. Ansari, The American Institute for Pollution Prevention, United States; Richard Ballhorn, Environment Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada; Marcus Ballinger, International Affairs Branch, Environment Canada, Canada; Steve Barg, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada; Jane Barr, Commission for Environmental Cooperation of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation, Canada; Diane D. Beal, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection Agency, United States; Pierre Belan, International Joint Commission, Secretariat of the Great Lakes Water Quality Board, Canada; Leonard Berry, Florida Center for Environmental Studies, Florida Atlantic University, United States; J. Michael Bewers, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada; Steve Blight, Environmental Conservation Service, Environment Canada, Canada; Greg Block, Commission for Environmental Cooperation of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation, Quebec, Canada; Philip Bogdonoff, Millennium Institute, United States; Thomas J. Brennan, Office of Environmental Policy, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, United States Department of State, United States; Alan Brewster,* World Resources Institute, United States; Don Brown, US Environmental Protection Agency, USA; James P. Bruce, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada; Tom Brydges,* Environment Canada, Canada; Brigitte Bryld, Division for Sustainable Development, Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development, United States; Jennifer Castleden, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada; Ann Dale, Sustainable Development Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Canada; Anne Dufresne, Canadian Wildlife Services, Environment Canada, Canada; Jill Engel-Cox, United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States; Robert M. Engler, United States Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, United States; David Fisher, Geological Survey of Canada, Canada; Mark Fisher, Environmental Conservation Service, Environment Canada, Canada; Richard A. Fleming, Canadian Forest Service, Canada; Liseanne Forand, Fisheries and Oceans, Canada; Amy Fraenkel, Office of International Activities, United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States; Bill Freedman, Dalhousie University, Canada; William S. Fyfe, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, Canada; Kim Girtel, Trade and Environment, Climate Change and Energy Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada; Michael Glantz, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, United States; Bill Glanville, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada; Jerome C. Glenn, American Council for the United Nations University, United States; Glynn Gomes, University of Toronto, Canada; William Gregg, National Center Biological Resources Division, United States Geological Survey, United States; Paul Griss, New Directions Group, Canada; Venna Halliwell, International Affairs, Policy and Communications, Environment Canada, Canada; Andrew Hamilton, Science Division, Commission for Environmental Cooperation of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation, Canada; Allen Hammond, World Resources Institute, United States; Kevin S. Hanna, Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Canada; Peter Hardi, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada; Tom Harner, University of Toronto, Canada; David Henry, Global Resource Information Database, Ottawa, Canada; R. Anthony Hodge, Canada; Christine Hogan, International Affairs Branch, Environment Canada, Canada; Gary Ironside, Indicators and Assessment Office, Environment Canada, Canada; Yvan Jobin, Environmental Relations Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada; Eileen Johnson, Toxics Pollution Prevention, Environment Canada, Canada; James Martin Jones, World Wide Fund for Nature, United States; Janet Jones, Commissioner for the Environment and Sustainable Development, Office of the Auditor General, Canada; Sarah Kalhok, Environmental Adaptation Research Group, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Canada; Michael Keating, Canada; Anne, Kerr, Indicators and Assessment Office, Environment Canada, Canada; Jeremy Kerr, York University, Canada; R. Koop, International Joint Commission, Secretariat of the Great Lakes, Canada; Thomas L. Laughlin, Office of International Affairs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of State, United States; Kristin Lauhn-Jensen, Canadian Environmental Defence Fund, Canada; Luis Leigh, Environment Canada; Canada; Michael C. MacCracken, United States Global Change Research Program, United States; Thomas F. Malone, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, United States; Pamela Matson, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, United States; Gordon McBean, Atmospheric Environment Service, Canada; Jim McCallum, National Marine Fisheries Service, United States; Richard A. Meganck, Unit for Sustainable Development and Environment, Organization of American States, United States; Michael Metelits, Office of Environmental Policy, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, United States Department of State, United States; Doug Miller, Environics International Ltd, Canada; Elizabeth Mundell, Strategic Priorities, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada; Ted Munn, Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Canada; Janine Murray, Northern Science and Contaminants Research, Indian and Northern Affairs, Canada; Vicki Norberg-Bohm, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States; John C. O'Connor, OconECO, United States; Darlene Pearson, Office of the Sustainable Development Strategy, Canada; Polly A. Penhale, United States National Science Foundation, United States; László Pinter, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada; Jonathan Plaut, Joint Public Advisory Board, North American Free Trade Agreements, United States; Paul Raskin, Stockholm Environment Institute, Boston, United States; Kal Raustiala, Harvard Law School, United States; Steve Rayner, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States; John Reid, Northern Division, Environmental Conservation Service, Environment Canada, Canada; Paul G. Risser, Oregon State University, United States; Kirk P. Rodgers,* Organization of American States, United States; Jon Rogers, Policy Development and Analysis, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada; Jody Rosen-Berger, Accelerated Reduction Elimination of Toxics Secretariat, Environment Canada, Canada; Marlene Roy, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada; Marc Safley, Ecological Sciences Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States; Renée Sauve, Environmental Relations Division, International Environmental Affairs Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada; Jacob Scherr, International Programs, Natural Resources Defence Council, United States; Nola-Kate Seymoar, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Canada; Dana Silk,* Canadian Environmental Network, Canada; Slobodan P. Simonovic, Department of Civil and Geological Engineering, Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Canada; Carol Smith-Wright, Environmental Relations Division, International Environmental Affairs Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada; William T. Sommers, Vegetation Management and Protection Research, United States Forest Service, United States; Janet Stephenson, Natural Resources Canada, Canada; John W.B. Stewart, University of Saskatchewan, Canada; David Stone, Northern Science and Contaminants Research, Indian and Northern Affairs, Canada; Larry Tieszen, International Program, United States Geological Survey, United States; Peter Timmerman, Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Canada; David Van der Zwaag, Dalhousie University, Canada; Michael Vechsel, International Joint Commission, Secretariat of the Great Lakes Water Quality Board, Canada; David G. Victor, Council on Foreign Relations, United States; Konrad von Moltke, Environmental Studies Program, Dartmouth College, United States; Diana Freckman Wall, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, United States; John Waugh, IUCN - The World Conservation Union, United States; Gilbert F. White, Institute of Behavioral Science, Natural Hazards Research Center, University of Colorado, United States; Robin White, World Resources Institute, United States; Rodney R. White, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, United States; Anne Whyte, Mestor Associates, Canada; G. R. Williams, University of Toronto, Canada; Larry Williams,* Sierra Club, United States; G. M. Woodwell, The Woods Hole Research Center, United States.

West Asia

Asmaa Ali Aba Hussein, School of Graduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain; Jameel Abbas, University of Bahrain, Bahrain; Jilani Abd Al-Jawad, Soil Science Division, Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands, Syrian Arab Republic; Anwar Sheikheldeen Abdu, School of Graduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain; Youssef Abdullatif, Marine Research Institute, Tishreen University, Syrian Arab Republic; Mohammad S. Abido, Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands, Syrian Arab Republic; Zieyad Hamzah Abu Ghararah, Meteorology and Environment Protection Administration, Saudi Arabia; Mohammed Akbar, Environment Department, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture, Qatar; Nazar Al Baharna, University of Bahrain, Bahrain; Saleh Al Share, General Coporation for the Environment Protection, Jordan; Dhari Al-Ajmi, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait; Khalid Ghanim Al-Ali, Environment Department, Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture, Qatar; Salem Al-Dhaheri, Federal Environmental Agency, United Arab Emirates; Saif M. Al-Ghais, Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency, United Arab Emirates; Hussein Alwai Al-Gunied, Environment Protection Council, Yemen; Wafa Al-Khamees, Environmental Planning and Impact Assessment, Environment Public Authority, Kuwait; Hisham Al-Khatib, Jordan; Zahwa Al-Kuwari, Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Housing, Municipalities and Environment, Bahrain; Muhammad Hassan Al-Malack, Center for Environment and Water Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia; Rabih Al-Merestani, Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands, Syrian Arab Republic; Mohammed A. Al-Muharrami, Environmental Research and Studies, Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Environment, Oman; Saad Al-Namairy, Federal Environmental Agency, United Arab Emirates; Abdulhadi S. Al-Otaibi, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait; Baker H. Al-Qudah, Ministry of Agriculture, Jordan; Saud Al-Rasheed, Air Pollution Department, Environment Public Authority, Kuwait; Mohammad A. Al-Sarawi, Environment Public Authority, Kuwait; Abdul Rahman S. Al-Sharhan, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates; Mouaffak Al-Sheikh, Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands, Syrian Arab Republic; Mahmood Mohammed Al-Zakwani, Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Environment, Oman; Mohamed Nabil Alaa El-Din, School of Graduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain; Mohamed Suleiman Alabri, Division of Environmental Studies, Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Environment, Oman; Ibrahim A. Alam, Saudi Environmental Society, Saudi Arabia; Mahmoud Kamel Ali, Agriculture College, Tishreen University, Syrian Arab Republic; Khawla M.A. Alobeidan, International Affairs Section, Environment Public Authority, Kuwait; Adel R. Awad, Department of Environmental Engineering, Tishreen University, Syrian Arab Republic; Dored Awad, Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands, Syrian Arab Republic; Yahia Awaidah, Ministry of State for Environment, Syrian Arab Republic; Ali Awadh Banoubi, Federal Environmental Agency, United Arab Emirates; Murad Jabay Bino, Inter-Islamic Network on Water Resources Development and Management, Jordan; Abdulwahab Dakkak, Natural Resources, Meteorology and Environment Protection Administration, Saudi Arabia; Eddy De Pauw, International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas, Syrian Arab Republic; Ismail El-Bagouri,* School of Graduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain; Khalid Fakhro, Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Housing, Municipalities and Environment, Bahrain; Abousamra Fouad, Syrian Arab Republic; Moustafa M. Fouda, Department of Fisheries, Science and Technology, College of Agriculture, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman; Adnan Ghata, Al-Baath University, Syrian Arab Republic; Adel Gouda, Plant Studies Division, Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands, Syrian Arab Republic; Hassan Habib, Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands, Syrian Arab Republic; Ibrahim Nabil Hassan, Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands, Syrian Arab Republic; Mohamed Ali Hassan, Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Housing, Municipalities and Environment, Bahrain; Youssef Johar, Al-Baath University, Syrian Arab Republic; Zuheir Joue'jati, State Planning Commission, Syrian Arab Republic; Abdelmajid Khabour, Land Protection Division, General Corporation for Environmental Protection, Jordan; Ahmed Khattab, Water Protection and Marine Environment Division, General Corporation for the Environment Protection, Jordan; H.H. Kouyoumjian, The Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research, Lebanon; Abdel Raheem Loulou, Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands, Syrian Arab Republic; Ibrahim Jassim Louri, School of Graduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain; Sawsan Mahdi, Ministry of Environment, Lebanon; Tania Mansour, Ministry of Public Works Management, Lebanon; Saeed A. Mohammed, School of Graduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain; Rofail Nabil, Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands, Syrian Arab Republic; Ibrahim Nahal, Faculty of Agriculture, Aleppo University, Syrian Arab Republic; Seif Noureddin, Marine Research Institute, Tishreen University, Syrian Arab Republic; Ahmed Obeidat, Jordan Environment Society, Jordan; Khidhir Elias Putres, Directorate of Environmental Protection and Improvement, Ministry of Health, Iraq; Fadi Riachi, Foundation for Human Environment, Lebanon; Najib Saab, Lebanon; Ryad Saad El-Deen, Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands, Syrian Arab Republic; Muhammad Sadiq, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia; Ibrahim Saker, Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands, Syrian Arab Republic; Solieman Salhab, Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands, Syrian Arab Republic; Hassan Seoud, Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands, Syrian Arab Republic; Hussein Shafa'amri, Ministry of Planning, Jordan; Hussein Shahin, Air Protection Division, General Corporation for Environmental Pollution, Jordan; Muhammad R. Shatanawi, University of Jordan, Jordan; Raja Shafeck Shoughari, Directorate of International Relations, Environment Public Authority, Kuwait; Nizar Ibrahim Tawfiq, Meteorology and Environmental Protection Administration, Saudi Arabia; Saeed Wahba, School of Graduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain; Waleed Zubari, School of Graduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain.

United Nations Environment Programme

Mahmood Yousef Abdulraheem; Yinka Adebayo; Johannes Akiwumi; Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel; Adnan Z. Amin; Salvatore Arrico, (Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity); Gertrud Attar; Ali Ayoub;* Alicia Barcena;* Berna Bayinder;* Maria Angélica Beas Millas, TIERRAMERICA, c/o UNEP-LAC; Françoise Belmont; Hassane Bendahmane; Nancy Bennett; Mark Berman; Eric Blencowe (Secretariat for the Convention on Migratory Species); Cristina Boelcke; Tore Brevik; Amedeo Buonajuti; Ulf Carlsson; Marion Cheatle; Dan Claasen; Uttam G. Dabholkar; Arthur Lyon Dahl; Maria de Amorim;* Matilde Díaz-Almazán; Salif Diop; Ahmed Djoghlaf; Garth Edward;* late K. Anthony Edwards; Sheila Edwards; Omar E. El-Arini (Secretariat of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol); Habib El-Habr; Norberto Fernández; Joanne Fox-Przeworski;* Gabriel Gabrielides (Coordinating Unit for the Mediterranean Action Plan); Eduardo Ganem (Secretariat of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol); Makram Gerges;* Leonel González; Hiremagular N. B. Gopalan; Tony Gross (Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity); Barry Henricksen;* Ivonne Higuero; Taka Hiraishi;* Arab Hoballah (Coordinating Unit for the Mediterranean Action Plan); Jorge E. Illueca; Manjit Iqbal; Sipi Jaakkola; Sam Johnston (Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity); Shafqat Kakakhel; Kagumaho Kakuyo; James Kamara; Fouad Kanbour;* Donald Kaniaru; Bakary Kante; Lal Kurukulasuriya; Christian Lambrechts; Isabel Martínez Vilardell; Timo Maukonen; Terttu Melvasalo;* Laura Meszáros; Salem Milad; Danielle Mitchell; Elizabeth Mrema; Arnulf W. Müller-Helmbrecht (Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species); Agneta Nilsson; D. Bondi Ogolla; Andréane Perrier de la Bathie; Pierre Portas (Secretariat of the Basel Convention on the Control of the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal); Naomi Poulton; Iwona Rummel-Bulska (Secretariat of the Basel Convention on the Control of the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal); Arsenio Rodríguez;* Nelson Sabogal (Secretariat of the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol); Vijay Samnotra; Madhava K. Sarma (Secretariat of the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol); Frits Schlingemann; Gerhart Schneider;* Miriam Schomaker;* Megumi Seki; Ravi Sharma; Surendra Shrestha; Ashbindu Singh; Jim Sniffen; Cheikh Omar Sow; Anna Stabrawa; Janet Stevens; Bai Mass-Max Taal; Alexander Timoshenko; Klaus Töpfer; Izgrev Topkov* (Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species); Peter E.O. Usher;* Suvit Yodmani;* Marceil Yeater; Veerle Vandeweerd;* James B. Willis; Peigi Wilson; Ronald G. Witt; Kaveh Zahedi.

Other United Nations bodies

Iyad Abumoghli, United Nations Development Programme; K. Acheampong, Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, United Nations University; Khaled Alloush, United Nations Development Programme; Juan Antonio Escudero, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations; J. Baidu-Forson, Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, United Nations University; Hussam Bechnak, United Nations Development Programme; Burton Bennett, United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation; Patricio A. Bernal, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; Patricia Bliss-Guest, Global Environment Facility; Jean-Yves Bouchardy, United Nations High Commission for Refugees; James B.L. Breslin, World Meteorological Organization; William Chambers, Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations University, Japan; H.S. Cherif, International Atomic Energy Agency; Eleanor Cody, United Nations Centre for Human Settlements; Carlos Corvalan, World Health Organization; Grégoire de Kalbermatten, Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification; Annick de Marffy, Division of Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations; Liliana de Pauli,United Nations Development Programme; Julian Dumanski, Agricultural and Forestry Systems, The World Bank; Amin El-Sharkawi, Cairo Office, United Nations Development Programme; Ute Enderlein, World Health Organization; Christopher English, Conference Services, United Nations Office in Nairobi; Lowell Flanders, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs; Mohamad Gabr, Agriculture Section, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia; Peter Gilruth, United Nations Development Programme Office to Combat Desertification and Drought; Gisbert Glaser, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; Nicolo E. Gligo Viel, Comisión Económica de las Naciones Unidas para América Latina y el Caribe; Stephen Gold, Training Programme for the Climate Change Convention, United Nations Institute for Training and Research; Robert Goodland, World Bank; N. Ishwaran, World Heritage Centre, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; Terry Jeggle, Department of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Secretariat for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction; Muhammad Khan, Centre for Environmental Health Activities, World Health Organization; Richard Kinley, Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; Mikhael G. Kokine, Environment and Human Settlements Division, United Nations Economic Commision for Europe; Sarim Kol, Economic Commission for Africa of the United Nations; Michel Laverdière, Food and Agriculture Organization; Terence Lee, Environment and Development Division, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean; Lennart Ljungman, Food and Agriculture Organization; Fu-chen Lo, Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations University, Japan; L. Ludvigsen, United Nations Centre for Human Settlements, Europe; George Martine, Country Support Team, Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations Fund for Population Activities; Joseph Maseland, United Nations Centre for Human Settlements; J.Z.Z. Matowanyika, Food and Agriculture Organization; Iouri Moiseev, United Nations Centre for Human Settlements; Jay Moor, United Nations Centre for Human Settlements; Christopher Nuttall, Training Programme in Integrated Environmental Information Systems, United Nations Institute for Training and Research; Merle Opelz, International Atomic Energy Agency; Elina Palm, Department of Humanitarian Affairs, Secretariat for the United Nations International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction; János Pásztor, Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; Bill Phillips, Bureau of the Convention on Wetlands; Vivien Ponniah, Technical and Policy Division, United Nations Fund for Population Activities; Michael Ramos, Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification; Thomas Reich Ball, United Nations Development Programme; Samir Riad, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Regional Office for Science and Technology for Africa; Vladimir Sakharov, Joint United Nations Environment Programme and Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs; Abdin M.A. Salih, Cairo Office, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; Colin Summerhayes, Global Ocean Observing System Project Office, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; Jacob Swager, Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; Peter Swan,* United Nations Centre for Human Settlements; Hiko Tamashiro, World Health Organization; Ludivine Tamiotti, Environment Unit, United Nations High Commission for Refugees; Ricardo Tarifa, World Bank; Archalus Tchekanvorian-Asenbauer, United Nations Development Programme; Kyran Thelen, Oficina Regional de la FAO, América Latina y el Caribe; Jeff Tschirley, Food and Agriculture Organization; Alvaro Ugalde, United Nations Development Programme, Costa Rica; Jerry Velasquez, The United Nations University; Galileo Violini, Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; Y. von Schirnding, World Health Organization; Wolfgang Wagner, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs; Fareed Yasseen, Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; Ryutaro Yatsu, Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations University, Japan.

Note: * since moved or retired

Next: Collaborating and associated centres  Previous: Acronyms and abbreviations  Contents