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Regional Environmental Hubs

AFRICA

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (East African Hub)

Website

Hub Officer: Ms. Kirsten Bauman Entoto Street
P.O. Box 1014
Phone: 251-11-517-4385
Mobile: 251-911-50-1193
Fax: 251-11-124-2432
Email:BaumanKS@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:  Vacant
P.O. Box 90
Gaborone, Botswana

Hub HIV/AIDS & Health Assistant: Ms. Dorothy Tlagae
Phone: 267-395-3982
Fax: 267-395-6947
E-mail: TlagaeDK@state.gov

Hub Assistant: Phatsimo Lobelo
Phone: 267-395-3982
Fax: 267-395-6947
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)

Website

Hub Officer: Aaron Fishman
24 Fourth Circular Road
Cantonments, Accra
Ghana
Phone: 233-21-741-417
Fax: 233-0-244-333-709
Email: FishmanAD@state.gov

Hub Assistant: Patience Charway
Phone: 233-21-74100 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)

Website

Hub Officer: Mr. Erik Hall
Dag Hammarskjold Alle 24
2100 Copenhagen
PSC 73, APO AE 09716
Phone: 45-33-41-73-83
Fax: 45-35-42-70-94
Email: HallE@state.gov

Regional Environmental Specialist: Mr. Bo Gergersen
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)

Website

Hub Officer: Ms. Camille Hill
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: Mr. Manu Bhalla
Office: 962-6-590-6621
Cell: 962-79-559-3873
Email: BhallaM@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: Regional cooperation on a range of environmental issues, protection of the Gulf of Aqaba, environmental activities in support of the Middle East Peace Process, particularly with regard to water, pandemic influenza mitigation (Egypt), and progressing S&T collaboration across the region.

ASIA

Suva, Fiji (Pacific Hub)

Hub Officer: Mr. Joseph Murphy
31 Loftus Street, P.O. Box 218
Suva, Fiji
Phone: 679-331-4466, Extension 8166
Fax: 679-330-2998
Email: MurphyJP@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)

Website

Hub Officer: Mr. Howell "Hal" Howard
120-122 Wireless Road
Bangkok 10330, Thailand
OR APO AP 96946, USA
Phone: 66-2-205-4995
Fax: 66-2-254-2839
Email: HowardHH@state.gov

Regional Environmental Specialist: Ms. Kanchana Aksorn-Aree
Phone: 66-2-205-4609
Email: KanchanA@state.gov

Hub Assistant: Selma Garrido
Phone: 66-2-205-4246
Fax number: 66-2-254-2839
Email: GarridoS@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)

Website

Hub Officer: Mr. John Q. Adams
PO Box 295
Maharajgunj
Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone: 977-1-400-7200, Extension 4088
Fax: 977-1-400-7272
Email: AdamsJQ@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.

Astana, Kazakhstan (Central Asian Hub)

Website
Hub Officer: Bruce Hudspeth
Ak Bulak 4
Street 23-22
Building 3
010010
Astana, Kazakhstan
Phone: 7-3172-70-21-00
Fax: 7-3172-34-08-90
Email: HudspethBK@state.gov

Regional Environmental Specialist: Mr. Bakhtiyor R. Mukhamadiev
Phone: 998-71-120-5450, Extension 2136
Email: MukhamadievBR@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)

Website

Hub Officer: Mr. Timothy P. Lattimer
920-1200 San José, Costa Rica
Phone: 506-2519-2392
Fax: 506-2519-2311
Email: LattimerTP@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: Loss of forests and coastal zone management.

Brasilia, Brazil (South American Hub)

Website

Hub Officer: Anne Braghetta
Avenida das Nacoes, Quadra 801, Lote 3 Brasilia, DF 70403-900
Unit 3500, APO AA 34030
Phone: 55-61-3312-7000, Extension 7417
Fax: 55-61-3312-7668
Email: BraghettaA@state.gov

Regional Environmental Specialist: Larissa Stoner
Phone: 55-61-321-7000, Extension 7245
Email: StonerLA@state.gov

• Regional Bureau: Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs.
• Countries Served: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
• Key Issues: Deforestation and biodiversity loss in the Amazon basin, parks management, capacity building in environmental law enforcement, environmental cooperation agreement work plan development as part of bilateral free trade agreements, and urban pollution problems.