CONVENTION SECRETARIATS
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (SBC)
Iwona Rummel-Bulska
Executive Secretary
Åsa Jonasson Granados
Senior Programme Officer
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
Bernd von Droste
Director, World Heritage Centre
Harold Eidsvik
Senior Programme Specialist
World Heritage Centre
Herman van Hooff
Programme Specialist
World Heritage Centre
Convention on Biological Diversity
Calestous Juma
Executive Secretary
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Izgrev Topkov
Secretary General
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)
Arnulf Müller-Helmbrecht
Co-ordinator
Douglas Hykle
Deputy Co-ordinator
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar)
Delmar Blasco
Secretary General
Convention to Combat Desertification Interim Secretariat
Robert J. Ryan Jr.
Special Advisor
Olivier Jalbert
Legal Advisor
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Jacob Swager
Coordinator, Communication, Assessment and Review
Mukul Sanwal
Adviser, National Communications
Alexandre P. Metalnikov
Adviser, Ocean climate interactions
ORGANISATIONS CO-SPONSORING GTOS
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Wim G. Sombroek
Director,
Land and Water Development Division
Robert Brinkman
Chief, Soil Resources
Management and Conservation Service Land and Water Development Division
Marc Bied-Charreton
Chief, Environmental Information Management Service
Sustainable Development Department
John S. Latham
Remote Sensing Officer (Agriculture)
Environmental Information Management Service
Sustainable Development Department
Dominique Lantieri
Remote Sensing Officer (Agriculture)
Environmental Information Management Service
Sustainable Development Department
Stein W. Bie
Director, Research, Extension and Training Division
Sustainable Development Department
L. Odell Larson
Chief, Statistical Development Service
Statistics Division
Jean Viseur
Senior Officer, Statistical Development Service
Statistics Division
United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO)
Gisbert Glaser
Director, Bureau for Co-ordination of Environmental Programmes
F. Wolfgang Eder
Director, Division of Earth Sciences
Robert Missotten
Programme Specialist
Division of Earth Sciences
Baghoui Rouhban
Programme Specialist, Division of Earth Sciences
Andras Szöllösi-Nagy
Director, Division of Hydrological Sciences
Mohamed Skouri
Senior Programme Specialist
Division of Ecological Sciences
Jane Robertson
Programme Specialist
Division of Ecological Sciences
Günar Kullenberg
Executive Secretary
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Jean-Paul Rebert
Director, GOOS Support Office
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Harvey Croze
Assistant Executive Director, UNEP
Division of Environment Information and Assessment
Arthur Lyon Dahl
Co-ordinator, UN System-wide Earthwatch
Division of Environment Information and Assessment
Marion E. Cheatle
Programme Officer
Division of Environment Information and Assessment
Peter J. Peterson
Officer-in-Charge
International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals (IRPTC)
Peter Usher
Chief, Climate Unit
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Michel Jarraud
Deputy Secretary-General
Frederic Delsol
Director
Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme Department
John M. Miller
Chief, Environment Division
Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme Department
Victor G. Boldirev
Director, World Climate Programme Department
Arthur Askew
Chief, Water Resources Division
Hydrology and Water Resources Department
Thomas W. Spence
Director, Joint Planning Office
Global Climate Observing System
Hal Kibby
Senior Scientist
Joint Planning Office
Global Climate Observing System
International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)
Julia Marton-Lefèvre
Executive Director
Elizabeth Merle
Administrator
OTHERS CONSULTED
David J. Norse
Chairman
Ad hoc Scientific and Technical Planning Group
Global Terrestrial Observing System
Carl Cristian Wallen
Consultant, UNEP
Jürgen Nauber
Secretary General
German National Committee
UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme
Françoise Burhenne-Guilmin
Head, IUCN Environmental Law Centre
James Thorsell
Senior Advisor - Natural Heritage
IUCN - The World Conservation Union
