List of Medicinal Plants Specialist Group Members of the IUCN Species Survival Commission

   Medicinal Plant Conservation is chaired by:
  Danna J. Leaman' 98 Russel Avenue' Ottawa, Ontario KIN 7X1 . Canada.
  Tel.  ++ 1/61/235- 7213 . Fax ++ 1/61/235-9622 . E-mail: djl@green-world.org.

• Prof Dr. Bill AALBERSBERG
  Institute of Applied Science, University of the South Pacific.
  PO Box 1168. Suva. Fiji
  Tel.: ++679/3312952
  Fax: ++679/3300373
  E-mail: Aalbersberg@usp.ac.fj
   
• Sudhakar AGRAWAL
  Indian Herbs Research & Supply Co. Ltd.
  P.B. No.5 Sharda Nagar . Saharanpur - 247 001, Uttar Pradesh . India
  Tel.: ++91/132/725044,5,6,9 Fax: ++91/132/726288 E-mail: ihsre@vsnl.com
   
• Prof Dr. Laurent AKE-ASSI
  Centre National de Floristique de l'Universite .
  22 BP 582 . Abidjan 22 . Ivory Coast
  Tel.: ++225/448614
  Fax: ++225/416728; 444688
   
• Dr. Janis B. ALCORN
  World Resources Institute, Institutions and Governance. lOG Street,
  NE (Suite 800) . Washington, DC 20002 . USA
  Tel.: ++ 1/202/729-7600
  Fax: ++1/202/729-7610
  E-mail: jaIcorn@wri.org
   
• Prof John Thor ARNASON
  Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Science.
  30 Marie Curie St., P.O.Box 450, Stn.
  A . Ottawa, Ontario KIN 6N5 . Canada
  Tel.: ++ 1/613/562-5262
  Fax: ++1/613/562-5765
  E-mail: jarnason@science.uotta wa.ca
   
• Serna ATAY
  Dogal Hayati Korurna Dernegi (DHKD) . PK 971 Sirkeci . 34436 Istanbul. Turkey
  Tel.: ++90/212/528-2030
  Fax: ++90/212/528-2040
  E-mail: satay@wwforg.tr
   
• Dr. Yildiz AUMEERUDDY- THOMAS
  WWF /UNESCO People & Plants Programme,
  Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), CNRS . 1919 route de Mende.
  34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 . France
  Tel.: ++33/4/67613234
  Fax: ++33/4/67412138
  E-mail: thomas@cefe.cnrs-mop.fr
   
• Manjul BAJAJ
  301, Block 23. Heritage City, Gurgaon, Haryana - 122002 . India
  Tel.: ++91/11/6891695 Fax: ++91/11/6121181
  E-mail: manjul@nde.vsnl.net.in
   
• Dr. Michael 1. BALICK
  Institute of Economic Botany and Philecology,
  The New York Botanical Garden. Southern Blvd. & 200 Street. Bronx,
  New York 10458-5126. USA
  Tel.: ++1/718/817-8763 Fax: ++1/718/220-1029
  E-mail: mbalick@nybg.org
   
• Dr. Nirrnal Kumar BHATTARAI
  Department of Plant Resources.
  P.B. 20568.. Thapathali, Kathmandu . Nepal
  Tel.: ++977/1/436356
  Fax: ++977/1/473020
  E-mail: mansa@ccsl.com.np
   
• Dr. Emilio BLANCO CASTRO
  Estudio de Botanica .
  C/o Pez Austral 14, 1 A . 28007 Madrid. Spain
  Tel.: ++34/991/5733343
  E-mail: emiliobc@teleline.es
   
• Mark BLUMENTHAL
  American Botanical Council.
  P.O. Box 144345 . Austin, Texas 78714-4345 . USA
  Tel.: ++1/512/926-4900 Fax: ++ 1/512/926-2345
  E-mail: herbcowboy@aol.com
   
• Ximena BUITRON CISNEROS
  TRAFFIC South America - Regional Office,
  c/o mCN Regional Office for South America. Av. De los Shyris 2680 y Gaspar de Villaroel,
  Edif. MIrA COBADELSA, PH . C.P. 17-17-626 Quito. Ecuador
  Tel.: ++593/2/226-1075 x 400 Fax: ++593/2/226-1075 x 230
  E-mail: ximena.buitron@traffic.
  sur.lUcn.org
   
• Prof. Dr. Robert A. BYE
  Jardin Bot{mico del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.
  Apdo. Post 70226.04510 Mexico, D.E . Mexico
  Tel.: ++52/5/616-1297, 622-9057 Fax: ++52/5/616-2326, 622-9046
  E-mail: rbye@ibunam.ibiologia.
  unam.mx
   
• Dr. Michel CAMBORNAC
  Equipe Yves Rocher pour la Nature, Laboratoires Yves Rocher .
  La Croix des archers. 56200 La Gacilly . France
  Tel.: ++33/2/9908-2838
  Fax: ++33/2/9908-2893
  E-mail: michel_cambornac@ yrnetcom
   
• Daisy CASTILLO DE VASQUEZ
  Jardin Botanico Nacional .
  Apartado Postal 21-9, Ave. Rep. de Colombia, esq. Ave. Los Proceres .
  Santo Domingo. Dominican Republic
  Tel.: ++1809/385/2611, -1213 Fax: ++1809/385/0446
  E-mail: j .botanico@codetel.netdo
   
• Prof. Dr. CHAUDHARY MAHENDRA KUMAR
   Departamento de Agricultura del Desierto,
  Universidad Arturo Prat . Av. II Septiembre, 2120 . 121 lquique . Chile
  Tel.: ++56/57/445190 Fax: ++56/57/445190
  E-mail: mahendra.kumar@cec. unap.cl
   
• Prof. Dr. Rachid CHEMLI
  Association Tunisienne Plantes Medicinales,
  FacuIte de Pharmacie de Monastir . Monastir 5000 . Tunisia
  Tel.: ++216/3/461000 Fax: ++216/3/461830
   
• Dr. Tony CUNNINGHAM
  WWF /UNESCO/Kew People and Plants Initiative.
  84 Watkins St . White Gum Valley, Fremantle, 6162. Australia
  Tel.: ++61/8/93366783 Fax: ++61/8/93366783
  E-mail: peopleplan!s@bigpond. com
   
• Dr. Ermias DAGNE
  Chemistry Department, University of Addis Ababa. Miazia 27 Square,
  P.O. Box 30270 . Addis Ababa. Ethiopia
  Tel.: ++251/1/126276; 114854 Fax: ++251/1/551244
  E-mail: eda@telecom.netet
   
• Dr. Patricia S. DE ANGELIS
  Division of Scientific Authority, US Fish and Wildlife Service.
  4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 750 . Arlington, VA 22203. USA
  Tel.: ++ 1/703/358-1708 x 1753 Fax: ++ 1/703/358-2276
  E-mail: Patricia - DeAngelis@fws. gov
   
• Prof. Dr. Elaine ELISABETSKY
  Federal University of Rio Grande do SuI, Brazil.
  C.P. 5072 . 90041970 Porto Alegre RS . Brazil
  Tel.: ++55/51/316-3121; -3183 Fax: ++55/51/316-3121
  E-mail: elisasky@vortex.ufrgs.br
   
• Dr. Victor Ramon FUENTES FIALLO
  Instituto de Investigaciones en Fruticultura Tropical. 7ma Avenida No. 3005, Miramar .
  11300 La Habana, Ciudad de La Habana . Cuba
  Tel.: ++531712027844 Fax: ++531712046794
  E-mail: vfuentes@infomed.sld.cu
   
• Dr. Doug O. FULLER
  Department of Geography, The George Washington University. 619 21st Street, NW .
  Washington DC 20052 . USA
  Tel.: ++ 1/202/994-8073 Fax: ++ 1/202/994-2484
  E-mail: dfuller@gwu.edu
   
• Dr. GANESAN BALACHANDER
  Asian Programs,
  The Mountain Institute. 1828 L Street, NW Suite
  725 . Washington, DC 20036 . USA
  Tel.: ++ 1/202/452-1636 Fax: ++1/202/452-1635
  E-mail: gbalachander@mountain.org
   
• Dr. Nigel P. GERICKE
  Phyto Nova (Pty) Ltd . P.O. Box 937. Sun Valley 7985, Cape Town . South Africa
  Tel.: ++27/21/7891249 Fax: ++27/21/7891249
  E-mail: ngericke@mweb.co.za
   
• Dr. ShahinaAgha GHAZANFAR
  6a Burnt Close. Grantchester, Cambridge CB3 9NJ .
  United Kingdom
  Tel.: ++44/1223/842618
  E-mail: shahina.ghazanfar@ari dus.demon.co.uk
   
• Suresh Kumar GHIMIRE
  WWF Nepal Program. P.O. Box 7660 . Kathmandu. Nepal
  Tel.: ++977/1/331322
  E-mail: yeshi@wwfnepal.org.np
   
• Dr. Gurinderjit Singh GORAYA
  Foundation For Revitalisation Of Local Health Traditions.
  735-B, A.WH.O. Flats. S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali - 160 054, Punjab. India
  Tel.: ++91/172/3099384
  E-mail: gurinder9@hotmail.com
   
• Prof. Dr. Stephan R.P. HALLOY
  Crop and Food Research,
  Invermay Agricultural Research Centre . Private Bag 50034 .
  Mosgiel . New Zealand
  Tel.: ++64/3/489-0160 Fax: ++64/3/489-0674
  E-mail: halloys@crop.cri.nz
   
• Dr. Alan HAMILTON.
  WWF UK . Panda House, Weyside Park, Catteshall Lane.
  Godalming, Surrey GU7 IXR . United Kingdom
  Tel.: ++44/1483/412550 Fax: ++44/1483/426409
  E-mail: ahamilton@wwf.org.uk
   
• Prof. Gloria MONTENEGRO
  Pontificia Universidad Cat6lica de Chile,
  Departamento de Ciencias Vegetales,Facultad de Agronomia e Ingenieria Forestal.
  Campus San Joaquin, Av. Vicuna Mackenna 4860 . Santiago. Chile
  Tel.: ++56/2/686-4117, -6216 Fax: ++56/2/552-0780
  E-mail: gmonten@puc.cl
   
• Prof. VP.K. NAMBIAR
  IDRC Medicinal Plant Conservation Project, Arya Vaidya Sa1a . Kottakkal - 676 503,
  Ma1appuram District, Kerala . India
  Tel.: ++91/493/7422-16, - -19 Fax: ++91/493/7422-10
  E-mail: kottakal@vsnl.com
   
• Dr. Eva NEMETH
  Szent Istvan University of Horticulture and Food Industry,
  Department of Medicinal Plant Production .
  Villanyi ut 29/31, P.O. Box 53 . 1518 Budapest. Hungary
  Tel.: ++36/1/1664998 Fax: ++36/1/1664998
  E-mail: drog@hoya.kee.hu
   
• Rafael Angel OCAMPO SANCHEZ
  Jardin Agroecol6gico Bougainvillea S. A. . Apartado Postal 7643100 .
  Santo Domingo, Heredia. Costa Rica
  Tel.: ++506/241-1978 Fax: ++506/241-1978
  E-mail: quassia@racsa.co.cr
   
• Sara OLDFIELD
  The Old Plough, 2 Caxton Road. Great Gransden,
  Nr. Sandy, Beds. SG 19 3BE . United Kingdom
  Tel.: ++44/1223/571 000 Fax: ++44/1223/461481
  E-mail: sara.o1dfie1d@faunaflora.org
   
• Prof. Dr. PEl SHENGJI
  Dept of Ethnobotany, The Kunming Institute of Botany,
  CAS. Kunming 650204 . China
  Tel.: ++86/871/5150-660 Fax: ++86/871/5150-227
  E-mail: zhiwei@cbik.ac.cn (Assistant)
   
• Alan PIERCE
  1061 Mountainview . Waterbury, Vermont 5676 . USA
  E-mail: arp@sover.net
   
• Prof. Dr. Claudio Urbano PINHEIRO
  Universidade Federal do Maranhao _ UFMA Departamento de Oceanografia e Limnologia . Av. dos Portugueses, sin - Campus do Bacanga . CEP 65.085-580 Sao Luis, Maranhao. Brasil
  Tel.: ++55/98/217-8561, -8564 Fax: ++55/98/217-8569
  E-mail: cpinheiro@elo.com.br
   
• Dr. Laurent PORDIE
  24, ch. du roussimort . 31270 Frouzins . France
  Tel.: ++33/4/4295-2420
  Fax: ++33/4/4295-0209
  E-mail: nomadplant@hotmail.com
   
• Rebecca PRADHAN
  Royal Society for Protection of Nature. Thimphu. Bhutan
  E-mail: rebecca@druknetnetbt
   
• Dr. Nat QUANSAH
  Noir Eclair, Salon de Beaute, Morondava Centre. Morondava 619 . Madagascar
  Tel.: ++261/209552722
  E-mail: quansah@wanadoo.mg
   
• Rubina RAFIQ
  National Herbarium, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council.
  NARC, Park Road. Islamabad 45500 . Pakistan
  Tel.: ++92/51/240-151 Fax: ++92/51/240-909
   
• Ajay RASTOGI
  ECOSERVE . Majkhali . Uttaranchal, Ranikhet - 263 652 . India
  Tel.: ++91/5966/28-338 Fax: ++91/5966/28-723
  E-mail: slg- ecoserve@sancharnetin
   
• Dr. Gopal Singh RAWAT
  Wildlife Institute of India (WII),
  Faculty of Wildlife Biology. P.O. 18, Chandrabani .
   Dehra Dun 248 001, Uttar Pradesh. India
  Tel.: ++91/135/64011/-2,3,4,5 Fax: ++91/135/64011-7
  E-mail: rawatg@wii.gov.in
   
• Dr. Marileen REINDERS
  Department of Cultural Anthropology, Utrecht University.
  P.O. Box 80.140 . 3508 TC Utrecht. The Netherlands
  Tel.: ++31/30/253-1903, -2111 Fax: ++31/30/253-4666
  E-mail: m.reinders@fss.uu.nl
   
• Prof. Moh REJDALI
  Institut Agronomique et Veterinaire Hassan II, Dpt d'Ecologie Vegetale .
  B.P. 6202 Rabat Instituts . Rabat. Morocco
  Tel.: ++212/7/774093 Fax: ++212/7/774093
  E-mail: rejdali@iav.refer.org.ma
   
• Adriana RIVERA-BRUSATIN
  Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial.
  Calle 37 No. 8-40 piso 2 . Bogota. Colombia
  Tel.: ++57/1/3406274 Fax: ++57/1/3406212
  E-mail: arivera@minambiente. gov.co
   
• Christopher S. ROBBINS
  The Nature Conservancy, Oregon Field Office. 821 SE 14th Avenue .
  Portland, OR 97214 . USA
  Tel.: ++ 1/503/972-0378
  E-mail: crobbins@tnc.org
   
• Dr. Anca SARBU
  Botany Department, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest.
  Aleea Portoca1elor 1-3 . 77206 Bucharest. Romania
  Tel.: ++40/1/6387175 Fax: ++40/1/9614090
  E-mail: asarbu@bio.bio.unibuc.ro
   
• Dr Y. K. SARIN
  C-21, Chandralok Colony, Rajpur Road. Dehra Dun - 248 001, Uttar Pradesh. India
  Tel.: ++91/135/748184 Fax: ++91/135/749560
   
• Dr. Uwe SCHIPPMANN
  Bundesamt fUr Naturschufz .
  Konstantinstrasse 11 0 . 53179 Bonn. Germany
  Tel.: ++49/228/8491-136 Fax: ++49/228/8491-119
  E-mail: uwe.schippmann@bfn.de
   
• Dr. Niranjan Chandra SHAH
  MS- 78; Sector 'D' . Aliganj, Lucknow - 226 024 U.P. . India
  Tel.: ++91/522/326489 Fax: ++91/522/326489
  E-mail: ncshah@hotmail.com
   
• Patricia SHANLEY
  Forest Products and People Programme,
  Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) .
  P.O. Box 6596 JKPWB . Jakarta, 10065 . Indonesia
  Tel.: ++62/251/622-622 - Fax: ++62/251/622-100
  E-mail: trishanley@aol.com
   
• Dr. Zabta SHINWARI
  COM STECH . 3-Constitution Avenue . Islamabad - 44000 . Pakistan
  Tel.: ++92/51/9201242-3 Fax: ++92/51/9211115
  E-mail: Shinwari2002@yahoo. com
   
• Dr. Ernest SMALL
  Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (ECORC),
  Central Experimental Farm. Room 212, Saunders Building. Ottawa, ON KIA OC6 . Canada
  Tel.: ++1/613/759-1370 Fax: ++1/613/759-1599
  E-mail: smalle@agr.ca
   
• Dr. Carsten SMITH OLSEN
  The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University,
  Department of Economics and Natural Resources,
  Unit of Forestry. Rolighedsvej 23.
  1958 Frederiksberg C, Copen-
  hagen . Denmark
  Tel.: ++45/3528-2292 Fax: ++45/3528-2671
  E-mail: cso@kvl.dk
   
• Dr. Sanagavarapu VEDAVATHY
  Herbal Folklore Research Centre.
  B-23, Vaikunatapuram, M.R. Palli .
  Tirupati - 517 502, Andhra Pradesh . India
  Tel.: ++91/8574/42605 Fax: ++91/8574/54830
  E-mail: vedavathy@hotmail.com
   
• Devendra Kumar VED
  Foundation for the Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT) .
  No.74/2, Jarakbande Kaval, Post: Attur, Via Yelahanka . Bangalore - 560 064 .
  India Tel.: ++91/80/856-8000, 8001 Fax: ++91/80/856-5873
  E-mail: dk.ved@filht.org.in
   
• Vivienne WILLIAMS
  PO Box 375 . P.O. Wits 2050 Johannesburg . South Africa
  Tel.: ++27/11/882-5024 Fax: ++27/11/346-0942
  E-mail: vivwill@planetac.co.za
   
• Asst. Prof. Dr. ZHAO DE-XIU
  Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica. 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Haidian District.
  Beijing 100093 . China
  Tel.: ++86/1 0/6259-1431 x 6201 Fax: ++86/1 0/6259-0833
  E-mail: zhaodx@ns.ibcas.ac.cn
   
• Viviane STERN DA FONSECAKRUEL
  Etnobotanica - Program a Conserva\fao - DIPEQ,
  Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botanico do Rio de
  Janeiro. Rua Pacheco Leao 915 . CEP 22460-040 Rio de Janeiro RJ - Brazil. Brazil
  Tel.: ++55/21/2294-8696 Fax: ++55/21/2294-8696
  E-mail: vfonseca@jbrj.gov.br
   
• Bhishma P. SUBEDI
  Asia Network for Small Scale Bioresources (ANSAB).
  P.O. Box 11035, Min Bhawan . Kathmandu . Nepal
  Tel.: ++977/1/497547, 476586 Fax: ++977/1/487916
  E-mail: ansab@mos.com.np
   
• Vinay TANDON
  Winrock International India. 1, Navjeevan Vihar . New Delhi 110017 . India
  Tel.: ++91/11/5569-5219 Fax: ++91/11/2669-3881
  E-mail: vinay@winrockindia.org
   
• Paul VANTOMME
  FAO, Wood and Non-Wood Utilization Branch,
  FOPW, Forest Products and Economics Division, Forestry Department. Viale delle
  Terme di Caracalla . 00100 Roma . Italy
  Tel.: ++39/06/570-54064 Fax: ++39/06/570-55618
  E-mail: paul.vantomme@fao.org