About DIVERSITAS

The DIVERSITAS National Committees

The Formation of DIVERSITAS National Committees

National Committees are indespensable to the DIVERSITAS Programme in order to adapt to national concerns and priorities: biodiversity implies a diversity of organisms and ecological systems, a diversity of human-related impacts, as well as a deversity of approaches.

National Committees

can create targeted national programmes to feed into the DIVERSITAS Programme Elements. This will also help in the consolidation of dfferent scentific disciplines within the country and co-ordinate with other national initiatives (systematics, genetic resources, conservation and restoration).
involve the scientific community in the international scientific arena. Science is thought to transcend all boundaries but this is not always the case. Very often nations oterate on a bilateral system, but rarely on a multi-national system.
stimulate international initiatives such as workshops both within and outside the country.
facilitate the obtaining of funds. There are many national ministries or donor organisations which receibe requests for funds for various projects within the country. Forming National Committees can organise and consolidate the activities, creating a unified front with the best possible science guaranteed.
aid in the Convention on Biological Diversity process. Ensure that the information channel is open from the «bottom up» as well as «top down», by providing support to national delegates to the Subsidiary Body for Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice meetings and the Conferences of the Parties.

Contacts points for DIVERSITAS National Committees

Belgium Dr Rudy Herman Ministry of the Flemish Community, Science Innovation and Media Department Boudewijnlaan 30, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium Tel:(32) 2 5536001 Fax:(32) 2 5535891 E-mail: rudy.herman@wim.vlaanderen.be
Brazil Dr José Tundisi Ministry of Science and Technology The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development SEPN bloco B3° andar Asa Norte 70740-901 Brasilia-DF, Brazil Tel:(55) 61 3489401 Fax:(55) 61 3489487 E-mail: tundisi@sirius.cnpq.br	Dr Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias Ministry of Environment, Water Resources and the Amazon Basin Esplanada dos Ministerios BL B8 andar sala 819, 70068-900 Brasilia-DF, Brazil Tel:(55) 61 3171260 Fax:(55) 61 3171209 E-mail: bfsdias@mma.gov.br
France Prof Christian Lévêque CNRS, 1 place Aristide Briand 92195 Meudon, Cedex, France Tel:(33) 1 45075045 Fax:(33) 1 45075124 E-mail: christian.leveque@cnrs-bellevue.fr
Germany Prof DR Norbert Jürgens Botanical Institute of the University of Bonn Gyrhofstrasse 15, D-50931 Cologne, Germany Tel:(49) 221 4702479 Fax:(49) 221 4705181 E-mail: njuergen@novell.biolan.uni-koeln.de
Hungary Dr Gábor Fekete Institute for Ecology and Botany, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Vácrátót, H-2163, Budapest, Hungary Tel:(36) 28 360122 Fax:(36) 28 360110 E-mail: fek6868@helka.iif.hu
Indonesia Dr Setaji Sastrapradja Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation Gedung Patra Jasa, 1st floor, room IC2 Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto Kav. 32-34 Jakarta 12950, Indonesia Tel:(62) 251 340373 Fax:(62) 251 325236 E-mail: dinkopib@indo.net.id
Malaysia Prof A H Zakri Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 43600 UKM Bangi Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia Tel:(60) 3 8250001 Fax:(60) 3 8256484 E-mail: zakri@pkrisc.cc.ukm.my
Peru Dr Lily Rodriguez APECO Parrque José de Acosta 187 Magdalena, Lima 17, Peru Tel:(51) 126 40094 Fax:(51) 126 43027 E-mail: lrodriguez@datos.limaperu.net
Russia Prof Dimitry Pavlov Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Ecology and Evolution 33 Leninsky Prospect Moscow 117071, Russia Tel:(7) 095 9522088 Fax:(7) 095 1291354 E-mail: mabru@glas.apc.org	Dr Valery Neronov Deputy Chair Russian National DIVERSITAS Committee 13 Fersman Street Moscow 117312, Russia Tel:(7) 095 1246000 Fax:(7) 095 1291354 E-mail: mab.ru@relcom.ru
Mexico Prof Gonzalez Halffter Instituto de Ecologia Programa CYTED, Diversidad Biologica Km. 2.5 Antigua Carretera e Coatepec Apartado Postal 63 91000 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico Tel:(52) 28 421842 Fax:(52) 28 121897 E-mail: halffter@sun.ieco.conacyt.mx	Prof José Sarukhán Instituto de Ecologia Ciudad Universitaria Tercer Circuito Exterior CP 04510 DF, Mexico Apartado Postal 70-275 Tel:(52) 5 6229014 Fax:(52) 5 6229018 E-mail: sarukhan@servidor.unam.mx
USA (in the process of being set up) Temporary contact - Scott Spaulding National Academy of Sciences NAS 241 2101 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20418, USA Tel:(1) 202 334 2000 Fax:(1) 202 334 2000 E-mail: sspauldi@nas.edu
International Network for DIVERSITAS in Western Pacific and Asia (DIWPA) Dr Tohru Nakashizuka Kyoto University Center for Ecological Research Hirano, Kamitanakami Otsu 520-2113, Japan Tel:(81) 77 5498200 Fax:(81) 77 5498201 E-mail: asako@ecology.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Official National Biodiversity Groups with whom DIVERSITAS has established links

Cuba	CENBIO
	Dr Pedro Pérez Alvarez	ecologia@ceniai.inf.cu
Egypt	Egyptian MAB Committee
	Dr Mohammed A Ayyad	ayyad@cns.sisnst.net
Finland	Biodiversity Programme
	Dr Mari Walls	mari.walls@utu.fi
Japan	Biodiversity Sub-Committee of Science Council of Japan
	Dr Totsuka	totsuka@ingjapan.or.jp
Malawi	National Biodiversity Committee
	Dr Zipangani M Vokhiwa	zipanganivokhiwa@hotmail.com
Netherlands	Netherlands Research School of Biodiversity
	Dr Wouter Los	los@bio.uva.nl
Norway	National Biodiversity Forum
	Dr Peter-Johan Schei	peter-johan.schei@dirnat.no
Saudi Arabia	Saudi Committee of Biodiversity
	Dr Abdulaziz H Abozenada	Fax:(966) 1 4410797
Switzerland	National Biodiversity Forum
	Dr Sylvia Martinez	matinez@ubaclu.unibas.ch
UK	UK Biodiversity Committee
	Prof Mike Boulter	M.C.Boulter@uel.ac.uk