
List of Registered Participants
Experts International Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS)
Cuernavaca, Mexico; 24-27 October 2004
Observers Workshop Support Staff
Participants
Mr. Stanley Shikhule AtsaliPatent Examiner
Kenya Industrial Property Institute
Kapiti Road
P.O. Box 51648
Nairobi 254
Kenya
Tel: +254 (020) 602-210, 602-211
Fax: +254 (020) 606-312
E-mail: satsali@yahoo.com
Dr. Kelly Bannister
Research Associate
POLIS Project on Ecological Governance, University of Victoria
University House 4, PO Box 3060
Victoria, BC V8W 3R4
Canada
Tel: +1 (250) 472-5016, 246-9722
Fax: +1 (250) 472-5060
E-mail: kel@uvic.ca
Ms. Mariana Bellot Rojas
Coordinadora de Asuntos Internacionales
Comisión Nacional para el Uso y Conocimiento de la Biodiversidad (Conabio)
Av. Liga Periférico-Insurgentes Sur No. 4903,
Col. Parques del Pedregal
México, DF 14010
México
Tel.: +52 (55) 5528-9137
Fax: +52 (55) 5528-9185
E-mail: mbellot@xolo.conabio.gob.mx Ms. Paz J. Benavidez II
Legal Consultant
Committee on Ecology,
House of Representatives
25 Yakal, Banaba Court
Antipolo City 1870
Philippines
Tel: +632-696-1976
Fax: +639 (18) 930-5028
E-mail: pjbcaps@broline.com Ms. Sophie Bernier
Analyst
Biodiversity Convention Office,
Environment Canada
351 St. Joseph Blvd.,
9th Floor
Place Vincent Massey
Hull, QC K1A 0H3
Canada
Tel: +1 (819) 994-7821
Fax: +1 (819) 953-1765
E-mail: sophie.bernier@ec.gc.ca
Dr. Mohamad bin Osman
Associate Professor
School of Environment and Natural Resource Science,
Faculty of Science and Technology,
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 UKM Bangi
Selangor
Malaysia
Tel: +603-8921-5239, 8921-3200, 8921-3201
Fax: +603-8925-3357, 8925-2698
E-mail: mbopar@pkrisc.cc.ukm.my, mbopar@hotmail.com
Mr. Geoff Burton
Director, Genetic Resources Management Policy
Natural Heritage Division,
Department of Environment and Heritage,
Australian Government
John Gorton Building King Edward Terrace, Parkes
GPO Box 787
Canberra, ACT 2600
Australia
Tel: +61 (2) 6274-2528
Fax: + (61) 2 6274-2903
E-mail: Geoff.Burton@deh.gov.au
Mr. Jorge Cabrera
Legal Adviser
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio)
Apdo. 1487-1002
San José
Costa Rica
Tel: +506-381-9086
Fax: +506-225-1209
Email: jacmed@racsa.co.cr,
jorgecmedaglia@hotmail.com Dr. Santiago Carrizosa
Research Ecologist
Genetic Resources Conservation Program,
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-8602
United States of America (Colombia)
Tel: +1 (530) 754-8506
Fax: +1 (530) 754-8505
E-mail: scarrizosa@ucdavis.edu
Mr. Fernando Casas Castañeda
Senior Advisor/ Asesor Asuntos Internacionales del Director General
Instituto Alexander von Humboldt
Calle Carrera 13, No. 28-01, Piso 7
Bogotá, DC
Colombia
Tel: +571 287 7514
Fax: +57 (1)-350 6619
E-mail: fcasas@humboldt.org.co
casasf@cable.net.co
Ms. Kim Connolly-Stone
Senior Advisor
Intellectual Property
Ministry of Economic Development,
New Zealand
33 Bowen Street
Wellington
New Zealand
Tel: +64 (4) 474-2751
Fax: +64 (4) 499-1791
E-mail: kim.connolly-stone@med.govt.nz
Ms. Kathryn Davis
CBD Implementation Officer
Conventions and Policy Section
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew, Richmond, Surrey,
SW13 9PG
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Tel: +44 (0)20 8332-5705
Fax: +44 (0)20 8332-5757
Email: k.davis@kew.org Dr. Graham Dutfield
Herchel Smith Senior Research Fellow
Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute,
Queen Mary,
University of London
John Vane Science Building
Charterhouse Square
London, EC1M 6BQ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Tel: +44 (0)20 7882-5926
Fax: +44 (0)20 7882-3446
E-mail: g.m.dutfield@qmul.ac.uk
Mr. Peter Einarsson
Consultant
GRAIN
Bjorkeryd
SE-360 13 Urshult
13 Urshult
Sweden
Tel.: +46 477 401 60
E-mail: peter@einarsson.net Mr. José Carlos Fernández Ugalde
Director de Economía Ambiental
Instituto Nacional de Ecología (INE)
Periférico Sur 5000,
5º piso, Col. Insurgentes Cuicuilco
México, DF 04530
México
Tel: +52 (55) 5424-6409
Fax: +52 (55) 5424-5408
E-mail: jcfernan@ine.gob.mx
Ms. Susan Finston
Associate Vice President,
International Affairs
PhRMA
1100 15th St., NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States of America
Tel.: +1 (202) 835-3495
Fax: +1 (202) 835-3413
E-mail: sfinston@phrma.org
Dr. Martin Girsberger
Co-head Legal Services
Patents and Design
Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property
Einsteinstrasse 2
CH-3003 Berne
Switzerland
E-mail: martin.girsberger@ipi.ch
Mr. George Greene
President
Stratos Inc.
1 Nicholas St.,
Suite 1404
Ottawa, ON K1N 7B7
Canada
Tel: +1 (613) 241-1001, Ext. 33
Fax: +1 (613) 241-4758
E-mail: ggreene@stratos-sts.com
Dr. Leonard Hirsch
Senior Policy Advisor
Smithsonian Institution
1100 Jefferson Drive SW
MRC 705 PO Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012
United States of America
Tel.: +1 (202) 633-4788
Fax: +1 (202) 312-2888
E-mail: lhirsch@si.edu
Mr. Timothy J. Hodges
Associate Director
Biodiversity Convention Office
Environment Canada
351 St. Joseph Blvd.,
9th Floor
Place Vincent Massey
Hull, QC K1A 0H3
Canada
Tel: +1 (819) 956-9885
Fax: +1 (819) 953-1765
E-mail: tim.hodges@ec.gc.ca
Ms. Birthe Ivars
Senior Advisor
Norwegian Ministry of the Environment
PO Box 8013 Dep., Myntgt. 2
Oslo, 0030
Norway
Tel.: +47-2224-6007
Fax: +47-2224-2756
E-mail: birthe.ivars@md.dep.no Prof. William Kingston
Professor
Trinity College,
University of Dublin
49 Sandymount Avenue
Dublin 04
Ireland
Tel: +353 (1) 608-1479
Fax: +353 (1) 679-9503
E-mail: wkngston@tcd.ie
Prof. Paul Kuruk
Professor
Cumberland School of Law,
Samford University
2848 Chapman Court
Marietta, GA 30066
United States of America
Tel.: +1 (770) 422-2142
E-mail: PKuruk@aol.com Dr. Lene Lange
Science Director,
Novozymes Molecular Biotechnology
Novozymes
Novozymes A/S
Krogshoejvej 36
2880 Bagsvaerd
Denmark
Tel.: +45 (88) 249-999
Fax: +45 (88) 249-998
E-mail: lla@novozymes.com Mr. Jock Langford
Senior Intellectual Property Advisor
Biodiversity Convention Office
Environment Canada
351 St. Joseph Blvd.,
9th Floor
Place Vincent Massey
Hull, QC K1A 0H3
Canada
Tel: +1 (819) 953-2121
Fax: +1 (819) 953-1765
E-mail: jock.langford@ec.gc.ca
Mr. Robert Lewis-Lettington
Deputy Director
SEAPRI
PO Box 30772
Nairobi 00100
Kenya
Tel: +254-721-232483
Fax: +254-20-860110
E-mail: lettington@cgiar.org,
rlettington@icipe.org
Mr. Christian López-Silva
Research Assistant
Sheffield Institute of Biotechnological Law and Ethics,
University of Sheffield
55 Forres Road
Sheffield, S10 1WD
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Tel.: +44-114-267-9267,
+44-772-913-4311 (Mobile)
Fax: +44 (0) 870-705-3338 (UK only)
E-mail: C.Lopez-Silva@sheffield.ac.uk Dr. Magno Antonio Matamoros
Coordinador Estrategia Nacional de Biodiversidad
Dirección Nacional de Biodiversidad y Áreas Protegidas,
Ministerio del Ambiente del Ecuador
Av. Amazonas y Eloy Alfaro,
Piso 8, Edificio MAG
Quito
Ecuador
Tel: +593 (2) 250-6337
Fax: +593 (2) 250-6337
E-mail: antonio@ambiente.gov.ec,
magnoantonio@hotmail.com
Prof. Gabriel Ricardo Nemogá-Soto
Research Group Policy
and Legislation on Biodiversity,
Genetic Resources and
Traditional Knowledge
National University of Colombia
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Cra. 25. No. 40-64, Apto. 505
Bogotá
Colombia
Tel.: +571-368-8265
Fax: +571-222-7371
E-mail: grnemogas@unal.edu.co
Prof. Gurdial Singh Nijar
Professor
Law Faculty, Universiti Malaya
Kuala Lumpur, 50603
Malaysia
Tel.: (60-3) 7967-6567
Fax: (60-3) 7957-3239
E-mail: nijar46@hotmail.com Mr. Augustine Bantar Njamnshi
Jurist
Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme - Cameroon (BDCP-C)
BP 25284 Messa
Yaounde
Cameroon
Tel.: +237-776-5230
Fax: +237-231-4483
E-mail: abnjamnshi@yahoo.com
Ms. Valérie Normand
Programme Officer
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
World Trade Centre
393 St Jacques Street,
Office 300
Montréal, QC H2Y 1N9
Canada
Tel: +1 (514) 287-7033
Fax: +1 (514) 288-6588
E-mail: valerie.normand@biodiv.org
Dr. Nicola Notaro
Principal Administrator
European Commission
200, Rue de la Loi
Brussels B-1049
Belgium
Tel.: +32 (2) 299-0499
Fax: +32 (2) 296-9558
E-mail: nicola.notaro@cec.eu.int
Prof. Ruth Okediji
Professor of Law
University of Minnesota
School of Law
229 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States of America
Tel: +1 (612) 625-6475
E-mail: rokediji@umn.edu
Dr. Paul Oldham
ESRC Centre for Economic and
Social Aspects of Genomics (CESAGen)
Lancaster University
Furness College
Lancaster
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Tel.: +44 (0)1524-592-788
Fax: +44 (0) 1524-592-503
E-mail: p.oldham@lancaster.ac.uk Mr. François Pythoud
Adjoint scientifique
Section Biotechnologie et Flux de Substances,
Office fédéral de l'environnement,
des fôrets et du paysage (OFEFP)
(Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscapes, SAEFL)
CH-3003 Berne
Switzerland
Tel: +41 (31) 322-9395
Fax: +41 (31) 324-7978
E-mail: Francois.Pythoud@buwal.admin.ch
Dr. Jorge Ernesto Quezada Díaz
CBD National Focal Point
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources/
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
Kilómetro 5 ½ Carretera a Santatecla,
Calle y Colonia Las Mercedes,
Edificio MARN,
Instalaciones ISTA
San Salvador
El Salvador
Tel.: + (503) 224-6926
Fax: + (503) 224-6926
E-mail: quezada@marn.gob.sv, jordiquebu@hotmail.com Dr. Joshua Rosenthal
Deputy Director, DITR
Fogarty International Center,
National Institutes of Health
31 Center Drive,
Room B2C39
Bethesda,
Maryland 20892-2220
United States of America
Tel: +1 (301) 496-1653
Fax: +1 (301) 402-0779
E-mail: joshua_rosenthal@nih.gov
Mr. Manuel Ricardo Ruiz-Muller
Director de Programa
Programa de Asuntos Internacionales,
Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (SPDA)
Prolongación Arenales No. 437
Lima 27
Perú
Tel: +511-422-2720, 441-9171
Fax: +511-422-4365
E-mail: mruiz@SPDA.org.pe
Mr. Preston T. Scott
Executive Director and Consultant to Yellowstone National Park
World Foundation for Environment and Development (WFED)
1816 Jefferson Place, NW
Washington,
DC 20036-2505
United States of America
Tel: +1 (202) 872-9585
Fax: +1 (202) 872-4300
E-mail: preston@wfed.org,
PTScott@aol.com
Ms. Adrienne Seel
Senior Project Leader
Government of Canada
235 Queen Street, C-1040-C
Ottawa, ON K1A OH5
Canada
Tel.: +1 (613) 952-2103
Fax: +1 (613) 952-1980
E-mail: seel.adrienne@ic.gc.ca Dr. John Stephen Charles Smith
Research Fellow
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
7300 NW 62nd Avenue
Johnston,
IA 50131
United States of America
Tel: +1 (515) 270-3353
Fax: +1 (515) 270-4312
E-mail: stephen.smith@pioneer.com
Dr. Jorge Soberón
Executive Secretary/
Secretario Ejecutivo
Comisión Nacional para el Uso y Conocimiento de la Biodiversidad (Conabio)
Av. Liga Periférico-Insurgentes Sur No. 4903,
Col. Parques del Pedregal
México, DF 14010
México
Tel: +52 (55) 5528-9103
Fax: +52 (55) 5528-9131
E-mail: jsoberon@xolo.conabio.gob.mx
Mr. Brendan Tobin
Coordinator Biodiplomacy Initiative
Institute Advanced Studies,
United Nations University (IAS-UNU)
6F, International Organizations Center
Pacifico-Yokohama
1-1-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi-Ku
Yokohama 220-0012
Japan
Tel.: +81 (4) 5221-2300
Fax: +81 (4) 5221-2302
Email: tobin@ias.unu.edu Dr. Jesús Vega Herrera
Intellectual Property Specialist
Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial (IMPI)
Arenal 550, Piso 1 Col. Tepepán
México, DF 16020
México
Tel: +52 (55) 5334-0700 Ext. 5069
Fax: +52 (55) 5555-4056
E-mail: jvega@impi.gob.mx Dr. Ana Cristina Villegas
AAAS Diplomacy Fellow
Ecology and Terrestrial Conservation,
Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs,
US State Department
2201 C St. NW
Washington, DC 20520
United States of America
Tel.: +1 (202) 647-6022
Fax: +1 (202) 647-5247
E-mail: VillegasAC@state.gov Ms. Peigi Wilson
Director,
Stewardship
Assembly of First Nations
1 Nicholas Street
Ottawa,
ON K1N 7B7
Canada
Tel: +1 (613) 241-6789 Ext. 228
Fax: +1 (613) 241-5808
E-mail: peigidan@rogers.com,
pwilson@afn.ca
Dr. Maureen M. Wolfson
Director Research Services
South African National Biodiversity Institute
2 Cussonia Ave
Pretoria 0001
South Africa
Tel.: +27 (12) 804-3200
Fax: +27 (12) 804-5343
E-mail: Wolfson@nbi.ac.za Ms. Tomme Rosanne Young
Senior Legal Officer
IUCN Environmental Law Centre
Godesberger Allee 108-112
Bonn 53175
Germany
Tel: +49 (228) 269-2231
Fax: +49 (228) 269-2250
E-mail: TYoung@iucn.org
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Observers
Mr. Hesiquio Benítez DíazDirector de Enlace y Asuntos Internacionales
Comisión Nacional para el Uso y Conocimiento de la Biodiversidad (Conabio)
Av. Liga Periférico-Insurgentes Sur No. 4903,
Col. Parques del Pedregal
México, DF 14010
México
Tel.: +52 (55) 5528-9125
Fax: +52 (55) 5528-9185
E-mail: hbenitez@xolo.conabio.gob.mx
Ms. Eurídice Arelí Flores Guadarrama
Especialista en Propiedad Industrial
Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial (IMPI)
Periférico Sur 3106, 1er. Piso,
Col. Jardines del Pedregal
México, DF 01900
México
Tel.: +52 (55) 5624-0440
Fax: +52 (55) 5624-0439
E-mail: eflores@impi.gob.mx
Ms. Elleli Huerta Ocampo
Directora de Recursos Genéticos y Biodiversidad
Subsecretaría de Fomento y Normatividad Ambiental,
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Semarnat)
Blvd. Adolfo Ruiz Cortines 4209,
Jardines en la Montaña
México, DF 14210
México
Tel.: +52 (55) 5628-0661
Fax: +52 (55) 5628-0600, Ext. 12081
E-mail: elleli.huerta@semarnat.gob.mx
Ms. Isabel López-Noriega
Research
Centre for International Sustainable Development Law
3661 Peel
Montréal, QC
Canada
Tel.: +1 (514) 398-6640
Fax: +1 (514) 398-8197
E-mail: piporito2@wanadoo.es
Mr. José Lugo Rodríguez
Jefe de departamento de asuntos jurídicos
Unidad Coordinadora de Asuntos Internacionales,
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Semarnat)
Av. San Jerónimo No. 458,
Col. Jardines del Pedregal
México, DF 01900
México
Tel.: +52 (55) 5490-2100 Ext.14658
Fax: +52 (55) 5490-2194
E-mail: jose.lugo@semarnat.gob.mx
Ms. Ana Laura Martínez
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Semarnat)
Blvd. Adolfo Ruiz Cortines 4209,
Jardines en la Montaña
México, DF 14210
México
Tel.: +52 (55) 5628-0600 Ext. 10725
Fax: +52 (55) 5628-0706
Mr. John Mundy
Director
Foreign Affairs Canada,
Environment and Sustainable Development Relations Division
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa,
ON Canada
K1A 0G2
Tel: +1 (613) 995-2168
Fax: +1 (613) 995-9525
E-mail: john.mundy@international.gc.ca
Ms. Luz María Ortiz Ortiz
Directora para la Agenda Verde
Unidad Coordinadora de Asuntos Internacionales,
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Semarnat)
Av. San Jerónimo No. 458,
Col. Jardines del Pedregal
México, DF 01900
México
Tel.: +52 (55) 5490-2118
Fax: +52 (55) 5490-2194
E-mail: lortiz@semarnat.gob.mx Ms. María del Consuelo Margarita Palafox Uribe
Subdirectora de Investigación Jurídica Ambiental
Coordinación General Jurídica,
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Semarnat)
Blvd. Adolfo Ruiz Cortines 4209,
Jardines en la Montaña
México, DF 14210
México
Tel.: +52 (55) 5628-0832
Fax: +52 (55) 5628-0832
E-mail: margarita.palafox@semarnat.gob.mx
Ms. Lorenza Reyes Retana Esponda
Directora de Estudios Jurídicos
Coordinación General Jurídica,
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Semarnat)
Blvd. Adolfo Ruiz Cortines 4209,
Jardines en la Montaña
México, DF 14210
México
Tel.: +52 (55) 5628-0839
Fax: +52 (55) 5628-0832
E-mail: lorenza.reyes@semarnat.gob.mx
Ms. Patricia Tovar Millán
Subdirectora de Recursos Genéticos
Subsecretaría de Fomento y Normatividad Ambiental,
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Semarnat)
Blvd. Adolfo Ruiz Cortines 4209,
Jardines en la Montaña
México, DF 14210
México
Tel.: +52 (55) 5628-0650
Fax: +52 (55) 5628-0600, Ext. 12081
Email: ptovar@semarnat.gob.mx
Workshop Support Staff
Ms. Mariana Becerra PérezJefa del Departamento de Análisis Político Instituto Nacional de Ecología (INE)
Periférico Sur 5000, 5º piso,
Col. Insurgentes Cuicuilco
México, DF 04530
México
Tel.: +52 (55) 5424-6400, Ext. 13132
Fax: +52 (55) 5424-5408
E-mail: pbecerra@ine.gob.mx Mr. Thomas Hammond
Workshop Facilitator
Senior Program Advisor
IUCN - The World Conservation Union
555 René-Levesque Blvd. West,
Suite 500
Montréal, QC H2Z 1B1
Canada
Tel: +1 (514) 287-9704, Ext. 361
Fax: +1 (514) 287-9687
E-mail: tom.hammond@iucn.org
Mr. Gmelina Ramírez Ramírez
Jefe de Departamento de Valoración Económica
Instituto Nacional de Ecología (INE)
Periférico Sur 5000, 5º piso,
Col. Insurgentes Cuicuilco
México, DF 04530
México
Tel.: +52 (55) 5424-6400, Ext. 13279
Fax: +52 (55) 5424-5408
E-mail: gmelina@ine.gob.mx Ms. Martha Rosas
Workshop Logistics Coordinator
Comisión Nacional para el Uso y Conocimiento de la Biodiversidad (Conabio)
Av. Liga Periférico-Insurgentes
Sur No. 4903,
Col. Parques del Pedregal
México, DF 14010
México
Tel: +52 (55) 5528-9137
Fax: +52 (55) 5528-9185
E-mail: absmex04@xolo.conabio.gob.mx

