Country Profiles

Convention on Biological Diversity

Ms. Daiga Vilkaste
Director
Department of Nature Protection
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development
Peldu Street 25
Riga LV-1494
Latvia

CBD Primary NFP
+371 6 702 6504
+371 6 782 0442

Ambassador, Permanent Representative
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Latvia to the United Nations Office at Geneva
Rue de Lausanne 137
CH-1211 Geneva
Switzerland

CBD Secondary NFP
+41 22 738 51 11
+41 22 738 51 71
Mr. Valdimārts Šlaukstinš
Senior Official
Division of Protected Areas, Department of Nature Protection
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development
Peldu Street 25
Riga 1494
Latvia

SBSTTA NFP
+371 670 265 23
+371 678 204 42
Ms. Inga Belasova
Head, Division of Protected Areas
Department of Nature Protection
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development
Peldu Street 25
LV-1494 Riga
Latvia

Protected Areas NFP
+371 67026519
+371 67020442
Mr. Andris Soms
Senior Specialist (Projection of Information Systems)
Department of Nature (Protected Areas)
Nature Conservation Agency
Baznicas Street 7
Sigulda LV-2150
Latvia

CHM NFP
+371 67509768, +371 64071408
+371 67509544
Ms. Valda Baronina
Deputy Head of Board
Latvian Society for Botanists
Kronvalda Boul.4
Riga LV 1010
Latvia

GSPC NFP
+371 6 783 0999
+371 6 783 0291

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Mrs. Inese Aleksejeva
Deputy Head of Division
Veterinary and Food Department, Division of Biotechnology and Quality
Ministry of Agriculture
Republikas laukums - 2
LV 1981 Riga
Latvia

Cartagena Protocol Primary NFP, Cartagena Protocol emergency contact point, BCH NFP
+371 67027069
+371 67027205

Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing