The Convention on Biological Diversity

COP Bureau

MEMBERS

President

His Excellency Mr. Huang Runqiu
Minister
Ministry of Ecology and Environment
China

Africa

Mr. Melesse Maryo
Director General
Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
E-mail: melessedevid@gmail.com

Mr. Eric Okoree
Ag. Chief Executive Officer
National Biosafety Authority
Accra, Ghana
E-mail: eriokor@yahoo.com; eric.okoree@gmail.com

Asia and the Pacific

Mr. Raghu Kumar Kodali
Scientist "G"
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
New Delhi, India
E-mail: kodali.rk@gov.in

Ms. Leina El-Awadhi
Department of Biodiversity Conservation
Environment Public Authority
Safat, Kuwait
E-mail: l.alawadhi@epa.org.kw; geology69@yahoo.com

CEE

Ms. Teona Karchava
Chief Specialist
Biodiversity and Forestry Department
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture
Tbilisi, Georgia
E-mail: teona.karchava@mepa.gov.ge

COP-MOP Nagoya Protocol substitute for Georgia:
Mr. Sino Tohirzoda
Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
E-mail: tohirzoda@gmail.com


Ms. Klodiana Marika
Director
Department of Nature and Forests
Ministry of Tourism and Environment
Tirana, Albania
E-mail: Klodiana.Marika@turizmi.gov.al

GRULAC

Ms. Eugenia Arguedas Montezuma
Sistema Nacional de Areas de Conservacion (SINAC)
Ministerio de Ambiente y Energia
San Jose, Costa Rica
E-mail: eugenia.arguedas@sinac.go.cr; eugeniaarguedas95@gmail.com

COP-MOP Nagoya Protocol substitute for Costa Rica:
Ms. Corina Sarli
Secretaria de Embajada
Dirección General de Asuntos Ambientales
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto
Buenos Aires, Argentina
E-mail: sqo@mrecic.gov.ar

Dr. Helena Jeffery Brown
Technical Coordinator (Ag.)
Department of Environment
Ministry of Health and Environment
St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
E-mail: Helena.JefferyBrown@ab.gov.ag; jefferybrown.helena@gmail.com


WEOG

Ms. Gabriele Obermayr
Division I/3, Environment Aid Policy, Sustainability, Biodiversity
Federal Ministry of Sustainability and Tourism
Vienna, Austria
E-mail: gabriele.obermayr@bmk.gv.at

Ms. Rosemary Paterson
Divisional Manager
Environment Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Wellington, New Zealand
E-mail: rosemary.paterson@mfat.govt.nz

COP-MOP Nagoya Protocol substitute for New Zealand:
Ms. Marie Haraldstad
Senior Adviser
Department for Nature Management
Ministry of Climate and Environment
Oslo, Norway
E-mail: Marie.Haraldstad@kld.dep.no