List of Members of the IWG REGION/ Group Africa MEMBER Mr. Rogatien Biaou Ambassadeur Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, de l'Intégration Africaine, de la Francophonie et des Béninois de l'Extérieur Cotonou, Bénin ALTERNATE Mr. Sandjima Dounia Secretaire Général du Ministère de l'Environnement et des Ressources Halieutiques la Qualité de vie et des Parcs Nationaux N'djaména, Chad Mr. Stephen Muwaya Senior Range Ecologist Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fishery Entebbe, Uganda Asia Mr. Chencho Norbu Director Department of Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture Thimphu, Bhutan Ms. Jia Xiaoxia Director of CCICCD State Forestry Administration Beijing, China GRULAC Mr. Thiago Medeiros da Cunha Cavalcanti Terceiro Secretário Divisão do Meio Ambiente Ministério das Relações Exteriores - Brasil Ms. Romy Montiel Hernández Direccion de Relaciones Internacionales Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnologia y Medio Ambiente La Habana, Cuba Eastern Europe Mr. Uladzimir Sauchanka Head of Geological and Ecological Research Department of the Belarussian Research and Design Institute on Mining and Chemical Industry, Belarus Mr. Yurie Kolmaz Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine Ukraine Focal Point Mr. Jorge Luis García Rodríguez Gerencia de Suelos Comisión Nacional Forestal Mexico REGION/ Group MEMBER WEOG Mr. Lúcio Pires do Rosário Deputy NFP for UNCCD Advisor to the "Direcção Geral dos Recursos Florestais" Ministry for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries" Lisboa, Portugal WEOG Ms. Barbara de Rosa-Joynt Division Chief for Biodiversity Office of Ecology and Conservation Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science United States Department of State Washington DC , United States of America CSO Mr. Tanveer Arif Society for Conservation and Protection of Environment (SCOPE Pakistan) Karachi, Pakistan COP 10 President H.E. Mr. Don Koo Lee Minister of the Korea Forest Service Daejeon, Republic of Korea CST Chair Mr. Antonio Rocha Magalhᾶes CGEE-Centre for Strategic Studies and Management Ministry of Science and Technology Brasilia DF, Brazil CRIC Chair Ms. Mary Rowen Senior Biodiversity Policy Advisor United States Agency for International Development Washington DC, United States of America ALTERNATE