Notification 2005-091

Dear Madam/Sir, At its tenth meeting held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 7 to 11 February 2005, the Subsidiary Body on Scientific Technical and Technological Advice decided, in its recommendation X/13, to establish an Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Biodiversity and Climate Change. In particular, SBSTTA decided that the focus of the AHTEG be on adaptation to climate change. The AHTEG shall complete its work in time for the eleventh meeting of SBSTTA scheduled for November 2005. In Notification Ref: 2005-017 dated 16 February 2005, National Focal Points were invited to submit nominations for the Advisory Group. After due consideration, taking into account the nominees’ expertise and experience related to biological diversity and climate change as well as to geographic distribution and gender balance, I am pleased to inform you that the AHTEG on Biodiversity and Climate Change has been established. Please note that the Group will convene in Helsinki, Finland from 13 to 16 September 2005. The list of selected experts is attached herewith in Annex I. __________________________________________________ Annex 1 Selected experts for the meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and Climate Change WEOG Mr. Heikki Toivonen, Finland Mr. Clive Walmsley, United Kingdom Mr. Don McIver, Canada Mr. Klaus Radunsky, Austria Mr. Heikki Granholm, Finland LAC Mr. Carlos Costa Posada, Colombia Mr. Edward Peters, Mexico CEE Mr. Adam Begu, Moldova Mr. Ion Barbu, Romania Africa Mr. Nagmeldin Goutbi Elhassan, Sudan Ms. Aline Alibangar, Central African Republic Asia and the Pacific Mr. Batu Krishna Uprety, Nepal Mr. Anand Patwardan, India Mr. Toshinori Okuda, Japan Indigenous/local community CBD Alliance/Environment Liaison Centre International (Mr. Miguel Lovera) Observers Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Ms. Rocio Lichte) World Conservation Union (IUCN) (Ms. Maria Manguiat) World Wildlife Fund International (Ms. Lara Hansen) United States Geological Survey-Wetlands Research Center (Ms. Virginia Burkett) Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species (Mr. Marco Barbieri) The Nature Conservancy-Climate Change and Conservation Program (Mr. Earl Saxon) Ramsar Convention (Mr. Nick Davidson). IUFRO (Mr. Robert Jandl) Resource persons Mr. Horst Körn, Germany Ms. Habiba Gitay, Australia

Executive Secretary

To: CBD National Focal Points