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1 Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals Secretariat provided by the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP/ Technical Workshop on Migratory Birds May 2013 Tunis, Tunisia

2 UNEP/ Technical Workshop on Migratory Birds Ibrahim Alhasani Flyway Officer - ME Migratory Soaring Birds Project Regional Flyway Facility BirdLife International, Middle East Division Ibrahim has been the Middle East Flyway officer of the Migratory Soaring Birds project since June 2009 and is based in BirdLife Middle East Partnership Secretariat in Amman, Jordan. Ibrahim.Alhasani@birdlife.org Jordan Hichem Azafzaf President, Association Les Amis des Oiseaux (AAO) Member of the AEWA Technical Committee Regional Representative North Africa azafzaf@gnet.tn Tunisia Akankwasah Barirega Ag. Principal Wildlife Officer Scientific Councillor Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage akankwasah@gmail.com Uganda Olivier Biber International Biodiversity Policy Advisor, Gruner AG for FOEN Regional Representative Northern and South-western Europe East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership Scientific Advisor, International Biodiversity Management Unit olivier.biber@bafu.admin.ch Switzerland

3 UNEP/ Technical Workshop on Migratory Birds Ivana d Alessandro Secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention) Biodiversity Unit, ivana.dalessandro@coe.int Council of Europe Sergey Dereliev Technical Officer UNEP/AEWA Secretariat Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds sdereliev@unep.de AEWA Peter Edwards Technical Expert in Ecology and Ecotoxicology at Syngenta Crop Protection peter.edwards@syngenta.com Switzerland Christine Fuell Senior Technical Officer, Team Leader, AGPMR Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Christine.fuell@fao.org AEWA

4 UNEP/ Technical Workshop on Migratory Birds David de la Bodega Project Life+ VENENO (on illegal use of poison in the natural environment) SEO/BirdLife, Área de Conservación de Especies y Espacios. ddelabodega@seo.org Spain Alan Buckle Syngenta Chairman, Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use Chairman, Rodenticide Resistance Action committee Visiting Research Fellow, Vertebrate Pests Unit, University of Reading alan@alanbuckleconsulting.com Switzerland Carlo C. Custodio Regional Technical Director for Protected Areas, Wildlife and Coastal Zone Management Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) custodiocarlo@yahoo.com Philippines Ruth Cromie Head of Wildlife Health Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Ruth.Cromie@wwt.org.uk

5 UNEP/ Technical Workshop on Migratory Birds Halmos Gergő Director, Species conservation MME/BirdLife Hungary Hungary Jeff Knot Species policy officer The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Simon Nemtzov Coordinator for International Treaties and Scientific Authority for the CITES Convention Israel Nature and Parks Authority Israel Julia Newth Wildlife Health Research Officer Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT)

6 UNEP/ Technical Workshop on Migratory Birds Pierre Mineau Senior Research Scientist in Pesticide Ecotoxicology National Wildlife Research Centre, Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canada & Adjunct Research Professor, Department of Biology, Carleton University Canada Jan Plesnik Adviser to Director in foreign affairs Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Vibhu Prakash Director Bombay Natural History Society India Juan José Sánchez Director, Black Vulture Conservation Foundation Spain

7 UNEP/ Technical Workshop on Migratory Birds Richard Shore Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS) Honorary Professor, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Lancaster Environment Centre Tim Snow Wildlife Prevention & Conflict Resolution E mail snowman@bundunet.com IUCN South African members committee Vice Chairman. Game Rangers Association of Africa Conservation Portfolio Manager E mail timsnow@gameranger.co.za South Africa Fernando Spina Chair of the Scientific Counci Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA) fernando.spina@isprambiente.it Italy David Stroud Senior Ornithologist UK Joint Nature Conservation Committee David.Stroud@jncc.gov.uk

8 UNEP/ Technical Workshop on Migratory Birds Mohamed Ali Ben Temessek Head of department of Environment and marine reserves Tunisian Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development Tunisia Willem Van Den Bossche Conservation Officer, BirdLife Europe European Nature Conservation officer Stichting BirdLife Europe BirdLife International Belgium Juan Diego Vargas Expert on Birds Asociación de Ornitólogos Unidos de Costa Rica Costa Rica

9 UNEP/ Technical Workshop on Migratory Birds Nick Williams Programme Officer, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia UNEP Office Raptors MoU - United Arab Emirates Khaled Zahzah Scientific councillor Deputy Director of Hunting and Protected areas Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture Mr Zahzah is the focal point of and CITES khaledzahzah2000@yahoo.fr Tunisia Coordinator of the UNEP/ Working Group the Risk of to Migratory Birds Symone Krimowa Project Officer, Species Policy, RSPB Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Symone.Krimowa@rspb.org.uk

10 UNEP/ Technical Workshop on Migratory Birds UNEP/ Secretariat Borja Heredia Head of the Scientific and Technical Unit UNEP/ Secretariat The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals Laura Aguado Scientific and Technical Unit UNEP/ Secretariat The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals Robert Vagg Editor/Report writer UNEP/ Secretariat The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

11 Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals Secretariat provided by the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP/ Technical Workshop on Migratory Birds May, Tunis, Tunisia UNEP/ would like to thank the following organisations for their generous financial and in kind support, which has allowed this important workshop to take place: REPUBLIQUE TUNISIENNE MINISTERE DE L ÉQUIPEMENT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT Government of Switzerland Federal Office for the Environment FOEN

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