AFRICA
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (East African Hub)
Hub Officer: Mr. Ed Brown
Entoto Street
P.O. Box 1014
Phone: 251-11-517-4385
Mobile: 251-911-50-1193
Fax: 251-11-124-2432
Email: BrownEP@state.gov
Regional Environmental Specialist: Mr. Moges Worku
Phone: 251-11-517-4283
Email: WorkuM@state.gov
· Regional Bureau: Bureau of African Affairs.
· Countries Served: Burundi, Comoros Islands, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
· Key Issues: Renewable energy, including geothermal energy, integrated water resource management, the Nile Basin Initiative, waste management, and fisheries.
Gaborone, Botswana (Southern Africa)
Hub Officer: Dovas Saulyst
P.O. Box 90
Gaborone, Botswana
Phone: +267-39-53-982 Extension 2257
Mobile: +267-7139-5668
Email: saulysda@state.gov
Hub Assistant: Phatsimo Lobelo
Phone: 267 39 53 982 Extension 2378
Fax: 267 39 57 259
E-mail: LobeloP@state.gov
· Regional Bureau: Bureau of African Affairs.
· Countries Served: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
· Key Issues: Sustainable development and trans-boundary collaboration on shared natural resource management, with a focus on water and wildlife to include trans-frontier conservation areas; promoting collaboration within the SADC region on disaster management, including drought mitigation and avian influenza pandemic preparedness.
Accra, Ghana (West and Central African Hub)
Hub Officer: Sam Healy
24 Fourth Circular Road
Cantonments, Accra
Ghana
Phone: 233-21-741-417
Fax: 233-0-244-333-709
Email: HealyKC@state.gov
Hub Assistant: Patience Charway
Phone: 233-030-2741 ext. 1839
Fax: 233-0-244-333-709
E-mail: CharwayPK@state.gov
· Regional Bureau: Bureau of African Affairs Bureau.
· Countries Served: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
· Key Issues: Sustainable management of tropical forests and wildlife, desertification, fisheries and pollution issues.
EUROPE
Copenhagen, Denmark (Baltic and Nordic States Hub)
Hub Officer: Mr. Ed Canuel
Dag Hammarskjold Alle 24
2100 Copenhagen
PSC 73, APO AE 09716
Phone: 45-33-41-73-83
Fax: 45-35-42-70-94
Email: CanuelET@state.gov
Regional Environmental Specialist: Mr. Bo Gregersen
Phone: 45-33-41-7294
Fax: 45-35-42-70-94
Email: GregersenBX@state.gov
· Regional Bureau: Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs.
· Countries Served: Denmark (including Greenland), Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden.
· Works with St. Petersburg, Hamburg, and Poland on Baltic Sea watershed issues only.
· Key Issues: Climate change negotiations, Arctic Council Issues, renewable energy development, environment, health, and science and technology cooperation.
Budapest, Hungary (Central and Eastern European Hub)
Hub Officer: Mr. Mark Canning
Szabadság Tér 12
H-1054 Budapest, Hungary
Phone: 36-1-475-4956
Fax: 36-1-475-4027
Email: HillCD2@state.gov
Regional Environmental Specialist: Ms. Anett Zellei
Phone: 36-1-475-4456
Email: ZelleiA@state.gov
Regional Environmental Specialist: Mr. Tibor Kovacs
Phone: 36-1-475-4439
Email: KovacsT@state.gov
· Regional Bureau: Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs.
· Countries Served: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland (excluding Baltic Sea issues, handled by REO Copenhagen), Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Ukraine.
· Key Issues: Sustainable development, Black Sea environmental issues, trans-boundary water management, health, domestic good governance, science cooperation, and environmental components of Balkan reconstruction.
MIDDLE EAST
Amman, Jordan (Middle Eastern Hub)
Website
Hub Officer: Ms. Caron DeMars
Office: 962-6-590-6621
Cell: 962-79-559-3873
Email: demarsce1@state.gov
Regional Environmental Specialist: Ms. Yara Abu Laban
Phone: 962-6-590-6356
Email: AbulabanYM@state.gov
· Regional Bureau: Near Eastern Affairs.
· Countries Served: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
· Key Issues: Supporting women and girls in science and technology; promoting the Middle East Peace Process via multi-lateral water issues and grants for scientific collaboration; encouraging membership in the Global Methane Initiative; organizing science festivals and engaging in other scientific outreach; involving posts in the Greening Diplomacy Initiative; and providing a stable platform for posts in the midst of Arab Spring.
ASIA
Suva, Fiji (Pacific Hub)
Hub Officer: Mr. Norman Barth
31 Loftus Street, P.O. Box 218
Suva, Fiji
Phone: 679-331-4466, Extension 8166
Fax: 679-330-2998
Email: BarthNH@state.gov
Regional Environmental Specialist: Ms. Sandeep K. Singh
Phone: 679-331-4466, Extension 8210
Email: SinghSK1@state.gov
· Regional Bureau: Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
· Countries Served: Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand (including the Cook Islands and Niue), Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
· Key Issues: Sustainable management of fisheries, protection of biodiversity, and climate change.
Bangkok, Thailand (East Asia Hub)
Hub Officer: Mr. Bryan "Rick" Switzer
120-122 Wireless Road
Bangkok 10330, Thailand
OR APO AP 96946, USA
Phone: 66-2-205-4712
Fax: 66-2-254-2839
Email: switzerbr@state.gov
Regional Environmental Specialist: Ms. Kanchana Aksorn-Aree
Phone: 66-2-205-4609
Email: KanchanA@state.gov
Hub Assistant: Katherine Yates
Phone: 66-2-205-4469
Fax number: 66-2-254-2839
Email: yateskl@state.gov
· Regional Bureau: Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
· Countries Served: Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
· Key Issues: Sustainable management, including law enforcement of forests, water, and biodiversity resources; infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, avian influenza, dengue and others; hydropower and dam construction; air and water pollution.
Kathmandu, Nepal (South Asian Hub)
Hub Officer: Mr. Tracy A. Hall
P O Box: 295
Maharajgunj
Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone: 977-1-400-7200, Extension 4197
Fax: 977-1-400-7272/76
Email: HallTA@state.gov
Regional Environmental Specialist: Mr. Jay Pal Shrestha
Phone: 977-1-400-7200, Extension 4205
Email: ShresthaJP@state.gov
· Regional Bureau: South and Central Asian Affairs Bureau.
· Constituent Posts: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
· Key Issues: Regional cooperation on environmental compliance, water, biodiversity, and climate change.
Atana, Kazakhstan (Central Asian Hub)
Website
Hub Officer: David Paradise
Koshkarbayev Str. No. 3
Ak Bulak 4
010010
Astana, Kazakhstan
Phone: 7-3172-70-21-00
Fax: 7-3172-34-08-90
Email: ParadiseDT@state.gov
Scientific Affairs Assistant: Marzhan Srymova
Phone: 998-71-120-5450, Extension 2136
Email: SrymovaM@state.gov
· Regional Bureau: Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs.
· Countries Served: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
· Key Issues: Regional management of sustainable development issues and shared water resources.
WESTERN HEMISPHERE
San Jose, Costa Rica (Central American and Caribbean Hub)
Hub Officer: Alain G Norman
920-1200 San José, Costa Rica
Phone: 506-2519-2392
Fax: 506-2519-2311
Email: NormanAG@state.gov
Regional Environmental Specialist: Ms. Maricela Munoz
Phone: 506-2519-2392
Fax; 506-2519-2311
Email: MunozMC1@state.gov
Regional Environmental Analyst: Mr. Diego Acosta
Phone: 506-2519-2392
Fax: 506-2519-2311
Email: AcostaD@state.gov
· Regional Bureau: Western Hemisphere Affairs Bureau.
· Countries Served: Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
· Key Issues: Sustainable development, green growth, climate change, renewable and clean energy, tropical forest conservation, marine conservation, and coastal zone management.
Lima, Peru (South American Hub)
Hub Officer: Indran Amirthanayagam
Av. La Encalada Cdra. 17, s/n
Monterrico, Lima 33
Direct phone: 51-1-618-2710
Fax: 51-1-434-4095
Email: indran@state.gov
Regional Environmental Specialist: Esteban Sandoval
Phone: 51-1-618-2417
Email:sandovalej@state.gov
Regional Environmental Assistant: Adriana Quevedo
Phone: 51-1-618-1279
Email:quevedoa@state.gov
· Regional Bureau: Western Hemisphere Affairs.
· Functional Bureau: Oceans and International Environmental & Scientific Affairs
· Countries Served: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
· Key Issues: Sustainable development, green growth, climate change, renewable energy, science and technology cooperation, women in science, environmental cooperation, deforestation and biodiversity loss in the Amazon basin, water, and health.
