List of National Contacts

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AFRICA

• Burkina Faso (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. Jean Abdias COMPAORE
  Coordonnateur du Programme national de gestion sur le milieu (PNGIM)
  01 BP 6486 Ouagadougou 01
  Burkina Faso
  Tel: ( 226) 31 24 64
  Fax: (226) 31 64 91
  E-mail: abdiasj2000@yahoo.fr

• Burundi (updated in 2004)
  
  Ms. Seraphine Wakana
  Ministry of planning of development and reconstruction of the Country
  P.O. Box 224
  Bujumbura, Burundi
  Tel: (257) 22 53 94 
  Fax: (257) 22 41 93

• Ghana  (updated in 2005)

  Mr. Rudolph Kuuzegh
  Deputy Director (HRM)
  Ministry of Environment and Science
  P.O. Box M232
  Accra, Ghana
  Tel.: (233-21) 667-324/666049
  Fax: (233-21) 666-828
  Mob: (233-24) 158319
  E-mail: kuuz2001@yahoo.com
   

• Kenya

  Mr. B. O. K'Omudho
  Director
  National Environment Secretariat
  Ministry of Environmental Conservation
  Bruce House, Standard Street
  P.O. Box 67839, Nairobi, Kenya
  Tel.: (254-2) 243-088
  Fax: (254-2) 248-851
  E-mail: mec@arcc.or.ke
   

• Lesotho (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. L. Molapo / Ms. N. Lebobna
  P.O. Box 10993/52 PO. Box 630
  Maseru 100 Maseru 100 
  Tel: 266 22 311767 266 22 321014
  Fax: 266 22 311767 266 22 321014
  E-mail: lea@lea.org.ls nthoateng@yahoo.co.uk
  
  

• Morocco (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. Mourad Amil
  Chef de Division de l'Observatoire National de l'Environnement 
  36, Avenue Al Abtal, Agdal
  Rabat, Morocco
  Tel.: (212-3) 7772746/ 3-7777668
  Fax: (212-3) 7777697
  E-mail:  se@minenv.gov.ma
  
   
• Senegal (updated in 2004)
  
  Mme. Fatima Dia Toure
  Directeur de l'environnement et des Etablissements Classes
  106, Rue Carnot
  BP : 6557 ・Dakar Etoile ・SENEGAL
  Tel : (221) 823.46.83 / 821.07.25 / 822.62.11
  Fax : (221) 822.62.12
  E-mail: fdtoure@sentoo.sn
  
  
• South Africa (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. Blessing Manale
  Director: Sustainable Development Coordination
  Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
  Pretoria, South Africa
  Tel: 27 12 310 3457; Cell: 27 82 655 4755
  Fax: 27 12 322 1003
  E-mail: bmanale@deat.gov.za   or   manale@iafrica.com
  
  
• Tunisia (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. Abdel Rahmane Gannoun- Dr Dali Najeh Nouri Soussi
  Directeur General de l'ANPE, Directeur de l'OTED
  12 Rue du Cameroun- Belvédére- 1002 Tunis
  B.P. 52 Belvédére, Tunis
  Tel: 216 71 847 122
  Fax: 216 71 848 069
  E-mail: anpe.boc@anpe.nat.tn oted@anpe.nat.tn

  Dr Dali Najeh 
  Directeur Cooperation International pour l'environnement
  Ministere de l'agriculture, Environnement et Ressources Hydrauliques. 
  Alain Savary 1002, Tunis
  Tel: 216 71 284 230
  Fax: 216 71 799 171
  E-mail: dali.najeh@inat.agrinet.tn
   

• Zimbabwe (updated in 2004)
  
  Mrs. M. Sangarwe
  Permanent Secreatary for Environment and Tourism
  53 S. Machel Avenue, 15th Floor Karigamombe Centre
  Harare, Zimbabwe
  Tel: 263-04-757881-5
  Fax: 263-04-773276
  E-mail: prepwssd@ecoweb.co.zw

ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 

• Australia (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. Mark Hyman
  Assistant Secretary, Environment Protection Branch 
  Department of Environment and Heritage
  GPO Box 787
  Canberra, ACT, 2601
  Australia
  Tel: 02 6274 1622
  Fax: 02 6274 1640 
  E-mail: mark.hyman@deh.gov.au 
  
  
• China

  Mr. ZHANG Kunmin
  Deputy Administrator
  National Environmental Protection Agency
  No. 115, Xizhimennei Nanxiaojie
  Beijing 100035, The People's Republic of China
  Tel.: (86-10) 6615-1933
  Fax: (86-10) 6615-1762 
   

• Fiji (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. Sunia Baikeirewa or Mr. Josefa Sania
  Principal Economic Planning Officers
  Ministry of Finance & National Planning
  P.O. Box 2351
  Government Buildings
  Suva, Fiji
  Tel: (679) 331 3411
  Fax:(679) 330 4089
  E-mail: sbaikeirewa@govnet.gov.fj and jsania@govnet.gov.fj
  
  
• India (updated in 2004)
  
  S.K.Joshi
  Director
  Room No. 916 Paryavaran Bhawan
  Ministry of Environment and Forests
  CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi -  110003
  Tel: 91 + 11+ 24382387
  Fax: 91+11+24382387
  Email: skjoshi@menf.delhi.nic.in
  
   
• Indonesia (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. Moh. Helmy
  Assistant Deputy for Environmental Policy Coordination
  Office of Deputy Minister for Environmental Policy and Institution
  4th floor, Building A
  Ministry of Environment
  Jalan D. I. Pandjaitan, Kebun Nanas, Jakarta 13410, Indonesia
  Tel/Fax: (62-21) 85906676 
  
  Mrs. Laksmi Dhewantie
  Assistant Deputy for Environmental Supporting Institutional Capacity Development
  Office of Deputy Minister for Environmental Policy and Institution
  4th floor, Building A
  Ministry of Environment
  Jalan D. I. Pandjaitan, Kebun Nanas, Jakarta 13410, Indonesia
  Tel/Fax: (62-21) 8517161 
  
  Mr. Djauhari Oratmangun
  Director for UN Economic, Development and Environmental Affairs 
  Department of Foreign Affairs.
  Tel: (62-21) 3848 626
  Fax: (62-21) 385 7315
  E-mail: djauhari_ksem@hotmail.com
  
  Mr. Ngurah Swajaya
  Deputy Director of CSD, UNEP and Habitat. Directorate for UN Economic, 
  Development Environmental Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs.
  Tel: (62-21) 3848 626
  Fax: (62-21) 385 7315
  E-mail: swajaya@hotmail.com
  
  Dr. Agus Prabowo
  Director for Natural Resources and Environmental Management
  National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas)
  Jl. Taman Suropati 2, Jakarta 10310
  Tel/Fax: (021) 3900 412
  E-mail : prabowo@bappenas.go.id
  
  Mr. Kasru Susilo
  Advisory staff to the Minister
  Ministry of Settlements and Regional Infrastructure
  Jalan Raden patah 1-1
  Kebayoran Baru
  Jakarta Selatan
  Tel:  7395644 
  Fax:  62 21 7393853
  E-mail:  kasru@kimpraswil.go.id   and  kasru@cbn.net.id
  
  
• Japan (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. Reiji Higashioka
  Deputy Director, Environmental Strategy Division
  Environmental Policy Bureau, Ministry of the Environment
  1-2-2 Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8975 Japan
  Tel: 81-3-5521-8328
  Fax: 81-3-3581-5951
  E-mail: REIJI_HIGASHIOKA@env.go.jp
  
  Mr. Kengo Akashi
  Deputy Director, Policy Planning Division, Waste Management and Recycling Ministry of the Environment
  1-2-2 Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8975 Japan
  Tel: 81-3-5521-8336 
  Fax: 81-3-3593-8262 
  E-mail: KENGO_AKASHI@env.go.jp
  
  
  
• Republic of Korea (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. Lee, Sang Jin 
  Deputy Director of Global Environment Office
  Ministry of Environment
  Government Complex Gwacheon, 1
  Joongang-dong, Gwacheon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, 
  Republic of Korea , 427- 729
  Tel: 82-2-504-9245
  Fax: 82-2-504-9206
  E-mail: sjlee@me.go.kr
  
  
• Kyrgyz Republic (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. Omor S. Rustembekov 
  Director of the Department of Ecology and Nature Management under the
  Ministry of Ecology and Emergencies of the Kyrgyz Republic
  Toktonaliev 2/1, Bishkek 720005
  The Kyrgyz Republic
  Tel: 996 312 547900, + 996 312 549218
  Fax: 996 312 541177, + 996 312 549218
  E-mail: demos@intranet.kg  and  min-eco@elcat.kg
  
  
• Maldives

  Mr. Mohamed Khaleel
  Deputy Director, Environmental Affairs
  Ministry of Planning, Human Resources and Environment
  Government of Maldives
  Male, Maldives
  Tel.: (960) 313-039
  Fax: (960) 327-351
   

• Myanmar (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. Daw Yin Yin Lay
  Joint Secretary/Director
  National Commission for Environmental Affairs
  Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  Pyay Road, Dagon P.O.
  Yangon, Myanmar
  Tel: 951-221-594
  Fax: 951-221-546
  E-mail: env.myan@mptmail.net.mm
  

• Pakistan

  Mr. Mahboob Elahi
  Director General
  Ministry of Environment, Local Government and Rural Development
  Government of Pakistan
  Islamabad, Pakistan
  Tel.: (92-51) 920-1145
  Fax: (92-51) 920-2211
  E-mail:  mahboob@isb.compol.com
   

• Philippines

  Mr. Raphael Perpetuo M. Lotilla
  Deputy Director-General, NEDA
  Coordinator, Philippine Council for Sustainable Development
  NEDA sa Pasig Building
  Amber Avenue, Pasig
  Metro Manila 1600, Philippines
  Tel.: (63-2) 631-2187/633-6015
  Fax: (63-2) 633-6011
  E-mail: rlotilla@neda.gov.ph
  

• Sri Lanka (updated in 2004)
  
  Dr. B. M. S. Batagoda
  Director, Environmental Economics and Global affairs
  Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, 
  104, Parisarapiyasa, Robert Gunawardane Mawatha, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
  Tel: 0094-011-2887456
  Fax: 0094-011-4410236
  E-mail: envecon@sltnet.lk
  

• Tajikistan (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. Djalil Buzrukov
  Adviser to the Minister of Environment, Head of TBSIC ICSD
  Secretary of NCSD of the Republic of Tajikistan
  7340025, Republic of Tajikistan
  Dushanbe, 12, Bohtar Street
  Tel: (992) 372-217198
  Fax: (992) 372-217198
  E-mail: woterforum@tojikiston.com
  

• Uzbekistan (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. Albert Rafikov
  Head of the RC ICSD Department in Uzbekistan
  A. Timur Street
  99, Tashkent
  Republic of Uzbekistan, 700128
  Tel: (998712) 135-07-57
  Fax: (998712) 135-07-57; 135-79-20
  E-mail: suvchi2001@yahoo.com
  
  

• Vanuatu (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. Jimmy ANDENG 
  Director
  Department of Economic & Social Development
  Private Mail Bag 9008
  Port Vila, Vanuatu
  Tel: (678) 22605 
  Fax: (678) 23087 
  
  Mr. Jimmy ANDENG 
  Director
  Department of Economic & Social Development
  Private Mail Bag 9008
  Port Vila, Vanuatu
  Tel: (678) 22605 
  Fax: (678) 23087 
  
  
  

EUROPE

• Austria (updated in 2004)
  
  Ms. Ingeborg Fiala
  Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management
  Stubenbastei 5
  A-1010 Vienna
  Austria
  Tel: 43-1-51522-2545
  Fax: 43-1-5131679-1067
  E-mail: ingeborg.fiala@lebensministerium.at   or    ingeborg.fiala@bmlfuw.gv.at
   
  
• Belgium (updated in 2004)
  
  Ms. Natacha Zuinen
  Attachee
  47-49, avenue des Arts
  1000 Brussel, Belgium
  Tel: 00 32 2 507 74 72
  Fax: 00 32 2 507 74 86
  E-mail : nz@plan.be
   
• Bulgaria (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. Shteryo Nozharov
  Head of Environmental Strategies and Programs Department
  Ministry of Environment and Water
  67 William Gladstone Street
  Sofia 1000, BULGARIA
  Tel: + 359 2 940 62 59
  Fax: + 359 2 981 66 11
  Email: nojarov@moew.government.bg
   
• Cyprus
  
  Ms. Nasia Dikigoropoulou
  Environment Officer, Environment Service
  Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment
  Nicosia, Cyprus
  Tel: +357-22-303859
  Fax: +357-22-774945
  Email: ndikigoropoulou@environment.moa.gov.cy
  
   
• Czech Republic (updated in 2004)

  Prof. Dr. Bedrich Moldan, Ph.D.
  Director, Charles University Environment Center
  Head of the Working Party on Sustainable Development Indicators 
  Charles University Environment Center 
  U Kříže  8
  158 00 - Praha 5, Czech Republic
  Tel: (+420) 2510 80 202
  Fax: (+420) 2516 20 441
  E-mail: bedrich.moldan@czp.cuni.cz
   

• Denmark (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. Jens la Cour
  Head of Section
  Danish Environmental Protection Agency
  Strandgade 29
  DK 1401 Copenhagen K
  Denmark
  Tel: +45 3266 0496
  Fax: +45 3257 6265
  E-Mail: jlc@mst.dk
  
   

• Estonia (updated in 2006)
  
  Ms Ülle Vaht
  Senior Officer
  Strategy and Investment Department
  Estonian Ministry of the Environment
  Narva Rd 7A
  15172, Tallinn
  Tel: +372 6262949
  Fax: +372 6262801
  E-mail: ylle.vaht@envir.ee
  
   

• Finland (updated in 2004)
  
  Ms. Ulla Rosenström
  Research Scientist
  Finnish Environment Institute
  Mechelininkatu 34 a
  PL 140, 00251 Helsinki
  Tel. +358 9 4030 0387
  Fax: +358 9 4030 0391
  E-mail: ulla.rosenstrom@ymparisto.fi
  http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?node=12282&lan=en
  
   
• Germany (updated in 2004)

  Dr. Albert Statz
  Head of Division GI1
  Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation
  and Nuclear Safety
  Alexanderplatz 6, 10178 Berlin, Germany
  Tel:     0049 ・30 ・28550 ・2330
  Fax:    0049 ・30 ・28550 ・ 3341
  Email: albert.statz@bmu.bund.de
  
   

• Greece (updated in 2004)
  
  Ms. Stamatia Aravantinou 
  Head of Division, Bureau of National Programme of Environmental Informatics and EEA
  Hellenic Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works
  147, Patission str, 112 57 Athens, Greece
  Tel: 30 210 86 43 737, 62 36 612
  Fax: 30 210 86 43 737
  E-mail: mata@nfp-gr.eionet.eu.int
  
  Mr. Michalis Modinos
  Chair, National Centre of Environment and Sustainable Development
  1, G. Lambraki str. and Leoforos Kifissias
  Athens, Greece
  Tel: 30 210 80 89 271
  Fax: 30 210 80 84 707
  E-mail: modinos@edpp.gr
  
  
• France

  Mr. Thierry Lavoux
  Institut Francais de l'Environnement (IFEN)
  61, Boulevard Alexandre Martin
  45058 - Orleans Cedex 1, France
  Tel.: (33-2) 3879-7885
  Fax: (33-2) 3879-7870
  E-mail: thierry.lavoux@ifen.fr 
   

• Hungary (updated in 2004)
  
  Dr. Tibor Farag (alternate: Dr. Zita Gellér)
  Director-general (Deputy Head of Department)
  Ministry of Environment and Water
  H-1394 Budapest, POB 351, Hungary
  Tel: 36-1 457-3554; 36-1 457-3578
  Fax: 36-1 201-1335
  E-mail: farago@mail.kvvm.hu    and   geller@mail.kvvm.hu
  
  
• Iceland (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. Hugi Olafsson
  Head of Division
  The Ministry for the Environment
  Vonarstraeti 4
  150 Reykjavik, Iceland
  Tel: 34 545 8600
  Fax: 362 4566
  E-mail: hugi.olafsson@environment.is
  
  
• Ireland (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. Kevin Greene 
  Assistant Principal Officer 
  Environment Policy Section Dept of the Environment
  Heritage and Local Government Custom House
  Dublin 1 
  Tel: 353 1 888 2390 
  Fax: 353 1 888 2691 
  E-mail: kevin_greene@environ.ie
   
• Latvia (updated in 2004)
  
  Ms. IIze Opermane
  Head of the Division of Information Assessment,
  Latvian Environment Agency
  Rupniecibas Street 23, Riga, LV-1045, Latvia
  Tel: 371 7323595
  Fax: 371 7811494
  E-mail: ilze.opermane@lva.gov.lv
  
  
  
• Lithuania (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. Evaldas Vebra
  Chief Desk Officer of the Ministry of Environment
  A. Jaksto 4/9
  LT-2600 VILNIUS
  LITHUANIA
  Tel: 370 5 266 3542
  Fax: 370 5 266 3666
  E-mail: e.vebra@am.lt
  
  
• Macedonia (updated in 2004)
  
  Ms. Margarita Matlievska, M.Sc
  Assistant Head of Sector for European Integration
  Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning
  Drezdenska 52
  1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
  Tel: 389 2 3066 930 ext. 134
  Fax: 389 2 3066 931
  E-mail: M.Matlievska@moepp.gov.mk
  
  or  
  
  Ms. Teodora Obradovic Grncarovska, M.Sc
  Assistant Head of Sector for Sustainable Development
  Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning
  Drezdenska 52
  1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
  Tel: 389 2 3066 930 ext. 109
  Fax: 389 2 3066 931
  E-mail:T.Grncarovska@moepp.gov.mk
  
   
• Norway (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. Knut Thonstad
  Deputy Director General 
  Ministry of Finance 
  P.O. Box 8008 Dep., NO 0030 Oslo Norway 
  Tel: 47 22 24 43 32 
  Fax: 47 22 24 95 08 
  E-mail: knut.thonstad@finans.dep.no
  
  
• Poland (updated in 2004)
  
  Ms. Lucyna Ciołkowska 
  Deputy Director of Department 
  State Inspectorate of Environmental Protection, POLAND
  Tel: 48 22 5792527 
  Fax: 48 22 8254129 
  E-mail: lciolkow@pios.gov.pl 
  
  
• Portugal (updated in 2004)
  
  Ms. Margarida Marcelino (Eng.)
  Instituto do Ambiente
  Environment and Sustainable Development Strategies
  Rua da Murgueira, 9/9A ・Zambujal
  2611-865 Amadora PORTUGAL
  Tel: +351214728358
  Fax: +351214719074
  Email: margarida.marcelino@iambiente.pt
  
   
• Russian Federation
  
  A. Shilkina
  Deputy Head of Department of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia
  1-3 Pervaya Tverskaya Yamskaya, Moscow, 125818
  Tel.: (095) 203-23-73
  Fax: (095) 203-23-73
  E-mail: shilkina@economy.gov.ru
   
• Serbia and Montenegro
  
  Maja Krunić-Lazić
  Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection,
  Directorate for Environmental Protection,
  11070 New Belgrade, Dr Ivana Ribara 91,
  Serbia and Montenegro
  Tel:
  Fax: +381 11 2158 793
  Email: maja.kl@ekoserb.sr.gov.yu
   
• Slovak Republic
  
  Koločány František , RNDr
  The Slovak Republic Government Office
  Námestie slobody 1, 813 70 Bratislava
  Slovak Republic
  Tel.: + 421 2 57295 591
  Fax: + 421 252 497595
   
• Slovenia
  
  Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  Structural indicators
  Vo杪rski pot 12, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
  Tel: + 386 1 241 51 04
  Fax: + 386 1 241 53 44
  Email: anca.novak@gov.si
  
  Institute of Macroeconomic Analyses and Development (IMAD)
  Indicators from the Development Report
  Gregorčičeva 27, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
  Tel: + 386 1 478 10 53
  Fax: + 386 1 478 10 67
  Email: rotija.kmet-zupancic@gov.si
  
  Ministry of the Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy
  Environmental Indicators
  Dunajska c. 48, PO BOX 635, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
  Tel: + 386 1 478 74 00
  Fax: + 386 1 478 7425
  Email: inga.turk@gov.si
  
   
• Sweden (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. Micael Hagman 
  Desk Officer 
  Ministry of the Environment
  SE-103 33 Stockholm, Sweden
  Tel: 46 8 405 22 89
  E-mail: micael.hagman@environment.ministry.se
  
  
• Switzerland (updated in 2004)
  
  Dr. Andr・de Montmollin
  Programme Manager
  Swiss Federal Statistical Office
  Environment Section
  Tel: 41 32 713 64 72
  Fax: 41 32 713 65 46
  E-mail: umwelt@bfs.admin.ch
  
  
  
• United Kingdom (updated in 2004)

  Mr. Stephen Hall
  Statistician
  Environment Protection Statistics and Information Management
  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  5/F15 Ashdown House
  123 Victoria Street
  London, SW1E 6DE
  Tel: 44 (0) 20 70 82 86 19
  Fax: 44 (0) 20 70 82 86 18
  E-mail: Stephen.Hall@defra.gsi.gov.uk
  
           

AMERICAS AND THE CARIBBEAN

• Bahamas (updated in 2004)
  
  Dr. Donald Cooper
  Undersecretary
  Ministry of Health and Environment
  P.O. Box CB 10980
  Nassau Court
  Nassau, The Bahamas
  Tel:  (242) 322-4546/ (242) 322-2576
  Fax: (242) 326-3509
  E-mail: bestnbs@hotmail.com
  
   
• Barbados (updated in 2004)

  Ms. Amrikha D. Singh 
  Environmental Officer
  Ministry of Housing, Lands and the Environment
  First Floor, S.P. Musson Building
  Hincks Street, Bridgetown, Barbados
  Tel.: (246) 467-5705
  Fax: (246) 437-8859
  E-mail: singha@gob.bb
   

• Bolivia

  Mr. Ronald Bedregal Tejada
  Director of National Information System for Sustainable Development (SNIDS)
  Ministry of Sustainable Development
  Av. Mariscal Santa Cruz N.2092, Piso 4 Of 413, Telefono 591 2 2116000 Int. 1703
  La Paz, Bolivia
  Tel.: (591-2) 2116000/ Int 1703
  E-mail: rbedregal@mds.gov.bo
  Web:www.mds.gov.bo
   

• Brazil

  Ms. Regina Elena Crespo-Gualda
  Director
  Department for Institutional Articulation and Agenda 21
  Environment Ministry
  Esplanada dos Ministerios, bloco "B", Sala 851
  Brasilia, CEP 70068-900, Brazil
  Tel.: (55-61) 317-1154
  Fax: (55-61) 224-5605
  E-mail:  gualda@wbr.com.br

  　

• Canada (updated in 2004)
  
  Dr. Risa Smith
  A/Director, Environmental Reporting Branch
  Environment Canada 
  351 St. Joseph St, 9th Floor
  Gatineau, Quebec, CANADA K1A 0H3 
  Tel: (819) 994-9570
  Fax: (819) 994-5738
  E-mail: risa.smith@ec.gc.ca
   
• Costa Rica  

  Dr. Edgar Gutiérrez-Espeleta
  Director, Development Observatory
  University of Costa Rica
  Apdo. Postal 2060
  San Jos・ Costa Rica
  Tel.: (50-6) 283-7483/283-7619
  Fax: (50-6) 283-7563
  E-mail:  egutierr@cariari.ucr.ac.cr
   

• Cuba (updated in 2004)
  
  Mr. Orlando Rey Santos
  Director, Direcci de Medio Ambiente
  Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente
  Capitolio Nacional, Prado y San Jose
  La Habana vieja 10200
  Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba 
  Tel: (537) 8670598
  Fax: (537) 867 0615, (537) 338054
  E-mail: orlando@citma.cu
   
• Mexico

  Ms. Luz Maria Gonzaléz
  Deputy Director of Environmental Indicators
  National Institute of Ecology
  Mexiico City, Mexiico
  Tel.: (52-5) 624-3454/55
  Fax: (52-5) 624-3584
  E-mail:  lmgonzal@chajul.ine.gob.mx
  Website:  www.ine.gob.mx

  Mr. Roberto López Peréz
  Director of Natural Resources and Environment Statistics
  INEGI - National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics
  Héroede Nacozari Sur 2301, Puerta 11, Primer Nivel
  Aguascalientes, Mexiico
  Tel.: (52-449) 9 10 54 37
  Fax: (52-449) 9 19 00 93
  E-mail: roberto.lopez@inegi.gob.mx
   

• Peru (updated in 2004)
  
  Ms. David Solano / Veronika Mendoza 
  Director de educacion y Cultura Ambiental / Especialista Ambiental
  Address Av. Guardia Civil Nｺ 205 San Borja, Lima - Peru
  Tel: (511) 2255370 anexo 212/ 221
  Fax: (511) 4751154
  E-mail: dsolano@conam.gob.pe vmendoza@conam.gob.pe
  
  
• Venezuela

  Ms. Delfina Rodr刕uez
  Direcci de Vegetaci - DGSIA
  Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales
  Torre Sur, Piso 6, Oficina 613
  Plaza Caracas, El Silencio
  Caracas, Venezuela
  Tel.: (58-2) 481-1561
  Fax: (58-2) 408-1266
  E-mail:  rdelfina@marnr.gov.ve
   

West Asia

• Egypt (updated in 2004)
  
  Dr .Fahima EL Shahed
  General Director (Coordinator for National Urban Observatory)
  1Ismail Abaza st., Kasr EL Ani, Cairo, Egypt
  Tel: 20 2 792 1514 / 792 15 17
  Fax: 20 2 792 15 12
  E-mail: gopp2@idsc.net.eg
   
• Oman (updated in 2004)
  
  Ms. Sharifa Al Maskari
  Director of Information
  P.O. Box 881, Postal Code 113
  Muscat , Oman
  Tel: 00 (968) - 604285
  Fax: 00(968)- 698-467
  E-mail: mone@omantel.net.om