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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Fourth special session of the Committee on Science and Technology
Cancun, Mexico, 9–12 March 2015
Provisional
10 March 2015
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LISTE DES PARTICIPANTS
Convention des Nations Unies sur la lutte contre la désertification
Quatrième session speciale du Comité de la science et de la technologie
Cancun, Mexique, 9–12 mars 2015
Provisoire
10 mars 2015
Toutes corrections doivent être adressées au comptoir de l’enregistrement ou à M.
Marcos Montoiro, numéro de téléphone portable +5219981026981. La version finale de
la liste des participants sera disponible après la conférence. Elle sera également
disponible sur le site Internet du secrétariat à l’adresse suivante:
<http://www.unccd.int>.
ICCD/CST(S-4)/MISC.1
GE.15-04158
ARGENTINA
Sra. María Laura Corso
Asesor Técnico
Dirección de Conservación del Suelo y Lucha
contra la Desertificación
Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo
Sustentable
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Prof. Dr. Hamid Custovic
Science and technology correspondent
Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences
Institute of Soil Sciences
University of Sarajevo
BOTSWANA
Lic. Vanina Pietragalla
Asesora tecnica de la DCSYLCD
Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo
Sustentable
ARMENIA
Mr. Samvel Baloyan
Science and technology correspondent
Deputy Director
Environmental Project Implementation Unit
Ministry of Nature Protection
Ms. Gofetamang Phunyuka
Principal Scientific Officer II
Department of Forestry and Range Resources
Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and
Tourism
BRAZIL
Dr. Aldrin Martin Perez Marin
Researcher
Research Coordination
National Institute of Semi-Arid
AUSTRIA
CAMEROON
Mr. Franz Breitwieser
Director
Head of Unit
Development Aspects of Environment and
Sustainability
Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and
Foreign Affairs
M. Pogenet Pabame
Délégué Régional de l'Environnement et de la
Protection
Ministère de l'Environnement et de la
Protection de la Nature
CHINA
BELARUS
Mr. Valentin Yatsukhno
Head
Landscape Ecology Laboratories
Belarussian State University
BHUTAN
Mr. Haka Drukpa
Land Management Officer
National Soil Services Centre
Department of Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture and Forests
Ms. Karma Derma Dorji
Program Director
National Soil Services Centre
Ministry of Agriculture and Forests
Mr. Bin Luo
Deputy Director-General
National Bureau to Combat Desertification
State Forestry Administration
Dr. Bo Wu
Senior Researcher
Deputy Director
Institute of Desertification Studies
Chinese Forestry Academy
Mr. Haihua Qu
Program Officer
National Bureau to Combat Desertification
State Forestry Administration
COLOMBIA
Sr. Reinaldo Sanchez Lopez
Coordinador del Grupo de Suelos y Tierras
Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y
Estudios Ambientales
2
COOK ISLANDS
Ms. Heimata Louisa Karika
Manager
Island Futures Division
National Environment Service
COSTA RICA
Sr. Renato Jiménez Zúniga
Corresponsal de ciencia y tecnología
Instituto Nacional de Innovación y
Transferencia en Tecnología Agropecuaria
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia
ERITREA
Mr. Hadgu Ghebrendrias
Ministry of Agriculture
EUROPEAN UNION
Mr. Stefan Sommer
Science and technology correspondent
Research Officer
Land Resource Management
Joint Research Center
European Commission
FINLAND
CÔTE D'IVOIRE
M. Della André Alla
Professeur Titulaire
Institut de Géographie Tropicale
Université Félix Houphouet Boigny de
Cocody
CUBA
Sra. Odalys Goicochea Cardoso
Directora
Dirección de Medio Ambiente
Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio
Ambiente
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
M. Prosper Kalombo Kayembe
Correspondant pour la science et la
technologie
Chef de Bureau
Ministère de l'Environnement, Conservation
de la Nature et Tourisme
Dr. Vesa Johannes Kaarakka
Senior Adviser
Department for Development Policy
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Ms. Hanna Gehör
Desk Officer
Forest and Desertification Policy
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
FRANCE
Mr. Thierry Boisseaux
Agregado para la Ciencia y la Tecnología
Embajada de Francia en México - CCC IFAL
Embassade de France, Espagne
GABON
M. Vivino Max Thierry Mouyalou
Correspondant pour la science et la
technologie
Ministère de la Forêt, de l'environnement et
de la protection des ressources naturelles
DOMINICA
GEORGIA
H.E. Mr. Lloyd Gabriel Pascal
National focal point
Ambassador
Environmental Coordinating Unit
Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources,
Physical Planning and Fisheries
ECUADOR
Sr. Alfredo Xavier Davila Cevallos
Coordinador del Proyecto GIDDACC
Ministerio del Ambiente
Dr. Nana Bolashvili
Senior Scientist
Director of the Institute of Geography
Ministry of Environment Protection and
Natural Resources
GERMANY
Mr. Hannes Etter
German Agency for International Cooperation
3
Mr. Mark Schauer
CCD Project
German Agency for International Cooperation
GRENADA
Mr. Michael Mason
Science and technology correspondent
Land Use Officer
Land Use Division
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Lands,
Fisheries and Environment
GUYANA
Mr. Doorga Persaud
Commissioner
Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission
HUNGARY
Mr. Sandor Szalai
Science and technology correspondent
Principal and University Professor
Szent Istvan University
INDIA
Mr. Vivek Saxena
Science and technology correspondent
Deputy Inspector General of Forests
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Ms. Yael Hashavit
Deputy Chief of Mission
Embassy of Israel, Mexico
JAPAN
Mr. Satoshi Teramura
Deputy Director
Biodiversity Policy Division
Nature Conservation Bureau
Ministry of the Environment
Dr. Atsushi Tsunekawa
Director of Arid Land Research Center
Tottori University
KAZAKHSTAN
Mr. Yerlan Zhumabayev
Project Manager
Sustainable Land Management Projects
United Nations Development Programme,
Kazakhstan
KENYA
Mr. Francis Inganga Akungwi
Chief Environment Research Officer
National Environment Management Authority
Ministry of Environment and Mineral
Resources
KUWAIT
INDONESIA
Dr. Syaiful Anwar
Alternate Head of Delegation
Deputy Director of Watershed Management
Techniques
Ministry of Forestry
IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)
Dr. Hossein Saadat
Member of High Council
Forest, Range and Watershed Management
Organization
Prof. Raafat Meisak Attalla
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
Environment Public Authority
LESOTHO
Mr. Malefetsane Joachim Nthimo
National focal point
District Coordinator
Ministry of Forestry and Land Reclamation
Dr. Ratsele Clement Ratsele
Director of Range Resources Management
Ministry of Forestry and Land Reclamation
ISRAEL
MADAGASCAR
Prof. Uriel Safriel
National focal point
Professor of Ecology
Center of Environment Conventions
Blaustein Institute for Desert Research
4
M. Henri Jeferson Andrianiana Rajaonimaria
Correspondant pour la science et la
technologie
Ministère de l'Environnement et des Forêts
MALAYSIA
Ms. Azizah Binti Ariffin
Undersecretary of Science and Technology
Core Division
Ministry of Science, Technology and
Innovation
MAURITANIA
S.E. M. Mohamed El Abed Sidi Salem
Ministre
Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de
la Recherche Scientifique
MAURITIUS
Mr. Vishnu Tezoo
Conservator of Forests
Forestry Service
Ministry of Agro Industry, Food Production
and Security
MEXICO
Sr. Jorge Rescala Pérez
Director General
Comisión Nacional Forestal
Sr. Enrique Lendo Fuentes
Titular de la Unidad Coordinadora de Asuntos
Internacionales
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos
Naturales
Sr. Jesús David Gomez Diaz
Corresponsal de ciencia y tecnología
Departamento de Suelos
Universidad Autonoma Chapingo
Sr. Jesús Carrasco Gómez
Coordinador General de Conservación y
Restauración
Comisión Nacional Forestal
Sr. Andrés Juárez Muñoz
Subdirector de Suelos
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos
Naturales
Sra. Gabriela Ramcke Lancaster
Subdirectora de Cooperación Internacional
Comisión Nacional Forestal
MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF)
Dr. Murukesan Krishnapillai
Researcher and Extension Specialist
Cooperative Research and Extension
College of Micronesia
MOROCCO
M. Mohamed Qarro
Correspondant pour la science et la
technologie
Haut Commissariat aux Eaux et Forêts et à la
Lutte contre la Désertification
NAMIBIA
Ms. Ndapanda Kanime
Chief Conservation Scientist
Ministry of Environment and Tourism
NIGER
Mme Zalia Yacouba
Conseillère en environnement et
développement durable
Conseil National de l'Environnement pour un
Développement Durable
PAKISTAN
Mr. Raja Muhammad Omer
Director Strategic Planning and Marketing
Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Department
Ministry of Environment
PANAMA
Sra. Karima Lince
Ingeniera en Suelo
Dirección de Gestión Integrada de Cuencas
Hidrográficas
Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente
Sr. Salvador Arturo Beltran Retis
Titular de la Unidad Coordinadora de Asuntos
Internacionales
Comisión Nacional Forestal
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PERU
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Sra. Nicole Edel Laure Bernex Weiss de
Falen
Centro de Investigación en Geografía
Aplicada
Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la
Naturaleza, el Territorio y Energías
Renovables
Sr. Juan Jesus Torres Guevara
Corresponsal de ciencia y tecnología
Director
Centro de Investigaciones de Zonas Aridas
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina
PHILIPPINES
Eng. Samuel M. Contreras
Science and technology correspondent
Division Head
Soil Conservation and Management Division
Bureau of Soils and Water Management
Department of Agriculture
Mr. Valeriu Cazac
Chief of Hydrology Department
State Hydrometeorological Service
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Dr. German Kust
Professor
Institute of Ecological Soil Science
Moscow State University
SAMOA
Ms. Faainoino Laulala
Principal Land Development Officer
Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment
SAUDI ARABIA
Eng. Abdulaziz Alhowaish
National focal point
Director of Natural Resources Department
Ministry of Agriculture
POLAND
Mr. Tomasz Chruszczow
Special Envoy for Climate Change
SBSTA Chair
Department of Sustainable Development
Ministry of Environment
PORTUGAL
Dr. Lúcio Pires do Rosário
National focal point
Planning and International Affairs
Department
Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests
Ministry of Agriculture, the Sea, Environment
and Spatial Planning
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Mr. Jino Kwon
Scientist
Korea Forest Service
Mr. Ki Hyung Park
Forest Researcher
Division of Forest Disaster Management
Korea Forest Research Institute
6
Eng. Naser B. Almarri
Ministry of Agriculture
SERBIA
Ms. Gordana Grujic
Directorate for Environmental Protection
Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning
SOUTH AFRICA
Mr. Jones Muleso Kharika
Biodiversity risk management
Department of Environmental Affairs
Ms. Thizwilondi Rambau
Biodiversity Officer Control
Deputy Director
Department of Environmental Affairs
Prof. Klaus. Kellner
Science and technology correspondent
Professor
School of Biological Sciences
North West University
SRI LANKA
Mr. T.R. Waruna Sri Danapala
Director, Natural Resources
Ministry of Mahaweli Development and
Environment
SWITZERLAND
Mr. Marcus Giger
Expert
Centre for Development and Environment
University of Bern
Mme Elena Havlicek
Experte
Section protection du sol
Office Fédéral de l'Environnement, des Forêts
et du Paysage
Ms. Nina Lauterburg
Centre on Development and Environment
University of Bern
THAILAND
Mr. Worapong Waramit
National focal point
Director
Planning Division
Land Development Department
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
Mr. Wisit Ngamsom
Senior Policy and Plan Analyst
Planning Division
Land Development Department
Mr. Erdogan Ozevren
National focal point
General Directorate of Combating
Desertification and Erosion
Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs
Mr. Sibel Nihal Tekin
Junior Expert
Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs
Prof. Dr. Ozden Gorucu
Science and technology correspondent
General Directorate of Combatting Erosion
and Desertification
Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs
Prof. Dr. Temel Sariyildiz
Kastamonu University
19 Mayis University
Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Atalay
Professor
Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs
Dr. Sule Ozevren
Agriculture Engineer
Agricultural Insurance and Natural Disaster
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock
Mr. Mustafa Cinar
Education Secretary
Trade Union of Forestry and Agriculture
Industry
Mr. Benul Sozer
Head of the Foreign Affairs
Trade Union of Forestry and Agriculture
Industry
TOGO
TURKMENISTAN
M. Tchinbiadja Kombate
Ingénieur Agronome
Chargé de mission du Ministre
Ministère de l'Environnement et des
Ressources Forestières
TURKEY
Mr. Ibrahim Ciftci
Deputy Undersecretary
Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs
Mr. Oleg Guchgeldiyev
Project Manager
UNDP/GEF/MNP Project
Ministry of Nature Protection
UGANDA
Dr. Matthias Magunda
Science and technology correspondent
Principal Research Scientist
National Agricultural Research Laboratories
Institute
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UKRAINE
Ms. Olena Rakoid
Science and technology correspondent
National University of Life and
Environmental Sciences
UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
Ms. Zainabu Bungwa
Division of Environment
Vice-President's Office
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Dr. Jeff Herrick
Soil Scientist
Agriculture Research Service
Department of Agriculture
UZBEKISTAN
Ms. Gulchekhra Khasankhanova
Head of Soil Reclamation and Irrigation
Department of Research
UZGIP Institute
Ministry of Agriculture and Water
Management
YEMEN
Mr. Abdo Mohammed Saleh Madar
Deputy Director
General of Forests, Ranges and
Desertification Control
Irrigation and Land Reclamation Sector
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation
8
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT OFFICES, SPECIALIZED AGENCIES AND
RELATED ORGANIZATIONS
ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR LATIN
AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Sr. Michel Schlaifer
Asesor Clima, Desarrollo Sostenible
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Ms. Sally Bunning
Senior Officer - Land Resources officer
management land and water division
Land and Water Division
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY
AGENCY
Mr. Karuppan Sakadevan
Official of IAEA
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Mr. Juan de dios Roger Mattos
Regional Climate and Environment Specialist
SECRETARIAT OF THE CONVENTION ON
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Ms. Sakhile Koketso
Programme Officer
Science, Assessment and Monitoring
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT
PROGRAMME
Ms. Maryam Niamir-Fuller
Special Advisor Post 2015
UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY
Ms. Naomi Stewart
Project Associate
WORLD METEOROLOGICAL
ORGANIZATION
Mr. Jose Camacho
Senior Scientific Officer
Agricultural Meteorology Division
9
INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
AFRICAN UNION
Dr. Ahmed Elmekass
Coordinator AU/SAFGRAD
Mr. Mamadou Koutou
AU/SAFGRAD
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
Mr. Marc Paganini
Earth Observation Application Engineer
Projects Section of the Exploitation and
Services Division
Earth Observation Science, Applications and
Future Technology Department
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
Mr. Ulrich Apel
Senior Environmental Specialist
Land and Forests - Asia
Ms. Guadalupe Duron
Programme Officer
Mr. Chandrashekhar Biradar
Head
Dr. Richard Thomas
Director CRP, Dryland Systems
Dr. Theib Oweis
Director
Integrated Water and Land Management
Program
INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR
CONSERVATION OF NATURE
Dr. Jonathan Davies
Coordinator, Drylands Coordinator
Mr. Tao Wang
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ms. Graciela Metternicht
International Union for Conservation of
Nature
OBSERVATOIRE DU SAHARA ET DU SAHEL
Ms. Marie-Therese Maurice
Ms. Khaoula Jaoui Ep Meliani
Mr. Thomas Hammond
Mr. Kherraz Khatim
Executive Secretary
Mr. Steffen Cole Brandstrup Hansen
Environment Specialist
Ms. Fareeha Iqbal
Climate Change Specialist
Mr. Alan James Cowie
Program manager
M. Briki Mourad
Responsable de Surveillance
Environnementale
Mr. Ben Khatra Nabil
Coordinator of the Environment Programme
Mr. Maxime Thibon
Mr. Jean-Marc Sinnassamy
Senior Environmental Specialist
Natural Resources Team
Mr. Andrew Chilombo
Environmental Specialist
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY
AREAS
Ms. Tana Lala-Pritchard
Communications Programme Coordinator
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CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
ARGENTINA
Fundación del Sur
Mr. Juan Luis Mérega
Centro de Estudios Biologicos
Medioambiente y Recursos Naturales
Mr. Diego Ramon Briceño
Dominguez
Ms. Ivonne Cruz Santander
BELGIUM
Entrepreneurs Sans Frontiers
Mr. Yair Levy
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Forestry and Environmental Action
Ms. Sonja Malicevic
ECOTROPICO A.C
Mr. Marcelo Carreon
Pronatura Noreste A. C.
Mr. Juan Manuel Medina Rosales
Tijuana Calidad de Vida
Ms. Alma Sanchez
FRANCE
Centre d'actions et de réalisations
internationales
M. Patrice Burger
Directeur
Représentant du Groupe de Travail
Désertification (GTD)
GERMANY
DesertNet International - Network for
International Research on Desertification
Ms. Ouafa Sahli
Director
Dr. Axel Paulsch
Institute for Biodiversity Network
Dr. Cornelia Paulsch
Insitute for Biodiversity Network
ITALY
DesertNet International - Network for
International Research on Desertification
Prof. Pier Paolo Roggero
NRD-UNISS
University of Sassari
MEXICO
Asociacion Mexicana de profesionales
forestales AC
Mr. Guilllermo Dominguez
Quedzada
Yaxche, Arbol de la Vida AC
Mr. Ekab Meade
Mr. Carlos Meade y de la Cueva
NETHERLANDS
International Soil Reference and
Information Centre - World Soil
Information
Mr. Godert Willem Jan Baron Van
Lynden
ISRIC - World Soil Information
Stitchting Both ENDS - Environment and
Development Service for NGOs
Ms. Nathalie Van Haren
PAKISTAN
Society for Conservation & Protection of
Environment
Mr. Tanveer Arif
Chief Executive Officer
Society for Conservation and
Protection of Environment
SENEGAL
Environnement Développement Action
dans le Tiers Monde
M. Emmanuel. Seck
Chargé de programme
Ms. Fatoumata Cherif
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Conservation International
Ms. Sandy Andelman
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SCIENTISTS
Mr. Chehbouni Abdelghani
IRD
Mr. Hans Guenter Brauch
Pace Reseach and European Security
(AFES-PRESS)
Mr. Hukmatullo Mahmudovich Ahmadov
Tajik Soil Sciences Institute.
Sr. Claudio Bravo
Dr. Mariam Akhtar-Schuster
Desernet International.
Ms. Melanie Broin
Agropolis International
Sr. Candelario Alemán García
Centro de Informacion y Gestion Ambiental.
Sr. Delbby Garcia Capote
Agencia de Medio Ambiente de Cuba
Dr. Salim Mubarak Al-Hatrushi
Sra. Fernanda Castelo Branco Araujo
Master on Constitucional law/Teacher
Unichristus
Mr. Iran Alia Tejacal
Universidad Autonoma de Morelos
Ms. Jarcilene Almeida-Cortez
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Mr. Ghazi Ali Al-Rawas
Sultan Qaboos University
Mr. Malik Mohamed Al-Wardy
Sultan Qaboos University.
Sr. Manuel Anaya-Garduno
Colegio de Postgraduados, Centro
Internacional de Demostración y
Capacitación en Aprovechamiento del Agua
de Lluvia.
Sra. Maria de Lourdes Angeles
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones
Forestales,Agricolas y Pecuarias-INIFAP
Ms. Beatriz Azevêdo Araújo
Universidade Federal do Ceará
Sr. Carlos Avila-Bello
Universidad Veracruzana
Ms. Simonetta Bagella
University of Sassari
Ms. Audrey Barbe
Institut de Recherche pour le
Développement IRD France Sud
M. Martial Bernoux
IRD
Ms. Yassine Abdulrahman Charabi
Sultan Qaboos University
Mr. Michael Robert Cherlet
European Commission
Ms. Chizoba Chinweze
Chemtek Associates
Sr. Mariano Anibal Cony
IADIZA
Sra. Helena Cotler
Instituto Nacional de Ecologia y Cambio
Climático
Ms. Annette Louise Cowie
University of New England and NSW
Ms. Silke Cram Heydrich
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mr. Mihail Daradur
State Hydrometeorological Service
Sr. Adán Carro de la Fuente
Comisión Nacional del Agua (CONAGUA)
Dr. Joris de Vente
Spanish National Research Council
Sra. Miriam Diaz
Universidad Nacional Experimental
Francisco de Miranda
Centro de Investigaciones en Ecologia y
Zonas Aridas
Dra. Matilde Borroto Perez
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
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Sr. Cristobal Felix Diaz Morejon
Ministerio de Ciencia Tecnologia y Medio
Ambiente
Mr. Hakki Emrah Erdogan
General Directorate of Agrarian Reform
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock
M. Richard Escadafal
Président du Comité Scientifique Français
de la Désertification
Institut de recherche pour le Développement
Directeur de Recherche
Ms. Marjolaine Fages
Ecole Supérieure d'Agriculture d'Angers
Economy and sociology
Dr. Nicola Favretto
United Nations University
Ms. Fidaa Haddad
IUCN
Mr. Angel Hector Hermandez-Romero
Facultad de Ingeniería en Sistemas de
Producción Agropecuaria.
Ms. Ana Huaico Malhue
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
Mr. Bernard Hubert
Agropolis International
Ms. Donia Jendoubi
University of Bern
Dr. Andries Jordaan
University of the Free State
Mr. Sahibzada Khan
Sustainable Land Management Project
Sr. Jose Jacobo Femat
Sra. Maria del Pilar Fernández Lomelín
UNAM
Mr. Immo Fiebrig
University of Coventry
Centre for Agroecology, Water and
Resilience
Mr. Ashot Khoetsyan
Armenian State Pedagogical University
Ms. Tomoe Kihira
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Mr. John Kommalapati
Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University
Sr. Pablo Frere
REDES CHACO – WAMIP
Mr. Peter Laban
"In Search for Innovation" Consultancies
Hon. Chachu Francis Ganya
Kenyan National Assembly and WAMIP
Ms. Sureka Lakshminarayana Radabhai
Universidad de Chapingo
Sr. Sergio Gomez-Rosales
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones
Forestales Agrícolas y Pecuarias
Ms. Lizeth Margarita Lechuga Gayosso
Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo
Dr. Alan Grainger
University of Leeds
Sra. María Elena Granados
Instituto de Investigaciones Sobre los
Recursos Naturales. Universidad
Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
Sr. Jorge Legorreta Ordorica
SEMARNAT Unidad Coordinadora de
Participación Social y Transparencia
Mr. Xinrong Li
Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and
Engineering Research Institute, CAS
Mr. Liudmyla Granovska
Mr. Hanspeter Liniger
WOCAT Secretariat
Mr. Dagoberto Guillén Sánchez
Universidad Autonoma del Estado de
Mexico
Mr. Zhimin Liu
Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese
Academy of Sciences
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Mr. Santos Armando Lopez
Universidad Autonoma de Chapingo
Mr. Sergio Beltran Lopez
Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí
Mr. Victor Lopez Martinez
Universidad de Morelos
Ms. Catarina Loredo
Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí
Mr. Mounir Louhaichi
CGIAR/ICARDA
Mr. Fernando Marengo Layseca
Mr. Ricardo Mata-Gonzalez
Oregon State University
Ms. Graciela Metternicht
International Union for Conservation of
Nature
Mr. Cesar Morales
AridasLac Initiative at CEPAL
Ms. Yolanda Nava Gutiérrez
Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala
Ms. Stacey L. Noel
SEI Africa Centre
Ms. Mandakh Nyamtseren
The Institute of Geoecology
Ms. Deborah O’Connell
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organisation
Ms. Maria Judith Ochoa
Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero
Ms. Ursula Oswald-Spring
National Autonomous University of Mexico
(UNAM)
Sr. Octavio Perez Pardo
College of Agricultural Engineering of
Santiago del Estero. Argentina
Dr. Sandra Piesik
Research & Development Group Ecosystems
Mr. Raul Ponce-Hernandez
Trent University
Ms. Laura Antonia Prill
University of Hamburg
Dr. Claire Helen Quinn
University of Leeds
Sr. Jose Manuel Quintero Romero
Ms. Indumathi Rajagopal
Universidad Autonoma Chapingo
Mr. Pandey Rajendra Prasad
Government of India
Mr. Krishnamurthy Laksmi Reddiar
Universidad Autonoma Chapingo
Prof. Mark Reed
Birmingham City University, Centre for
Environment and Society Research
Ms. Melanie Requier-Desjardins
Scientific Administrator PhD
Mr. Alessandro Rizzo
Representant de I` Amerique Centrale et
Cube
Ms. María Guadalupe Santiago Martínez
Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala
Prof. Dr. Temel Sariyildiz
Kastamonu University
Ms. Yuko Sasaki
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Mr. Razingrim Arhtur Ouedraogo
International Union for Conservation of
Nature
Ms. Giovanna Seddaiu
Desertification Research Centre
Mr. William Albert Payne
University of Nevada
Ms. Aderita Sena
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Ms. Aurora Perez
Colegio de Post Graduados
Dr. Zengming Song
PRC GEF Partnership
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Mr. Fermin Sosa
Iduyu A.C.
Mr. Bi Tra Aimé Vroh
Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Ms. Kadidiatou Souley Yero
Agrhymet Regional Centre
Mr. Tao Wang
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mr. Abdoulaye Sambo Soumaila
Group of Research, Studies and Actions for
Development (GREAD)
Mr. Wanfu Wang
Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and
Engineering Research Institute
Mr. Tim Stott
Liverpool John Moores University
Dr. Robert A. Washington-Allen
University of Tennessee
Dr. Lindsay Stringer
DesertNet International
Mr. Xiangming Xiao
University of Oklahoma
Dr. Elias Symeonakis
Manchester Metropolitan University
Ms. Regina Zavaleta Aragón
Biosustentabilidad y forraje verde en Oaxaca
Mr. Emmanuel John Temu
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Mr. Wenzhi Zhao
Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and
Engineering Research Institute, Chinese
Academy of Sciences
Mr. Adamou Didier Tidjani
Agronomy Faculty
University of Niamey
Mr. Compton Tucker
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration’s Goddard Space Flight
Center (NASA)
Mr. Stefan Van der Esch
PBL
Ms. Rayisa Vozhehova
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Ms Zheng Zhou
Anhui Normal University
Mr. Dominnique Zongo
Deuxieme Programme National de Gestion
des Terroirs, Unité Nationale de
Coordination
Mr. Sander Zwart
Africa Rice Center