Bonnie Kramer Carney is an attorney with Morgan and Finnegan, Attorneys at Law, New York.
David Downes is an attorney with the Center for International Environmental Law, in Washington, DC.
Dr. Rodrigo Gámez is the Director of the National Biodiversity Institute (INBio) of Costa Rica. Formerly he was Director of University of Costa Rica’s Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology.
Michael A. Gollin practices intellectual property and environmental law in Washington, DC, concentrating on biotechnology and environmental technology matters. He is organizing an indigenous resources trade project.
Dr. Winnie Hallwachs is a biologist and technical advisor to INBio and the Guanacaste Conservation Area in Costa Rica.
Dr. Daniel H. Janzen is a Professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania, and Technical Advisor to INBio and the Guanacaste Conservation Area in Costa Rica.
Dr. Jorge Jimenez is Director of the Division of Biodiversity Inventory, INBio, Costa Rica.
Dr. Calestous Juma was Executive Director and Director of Research of the African Centre for Technology Studies, Nairobi, Kenya. In August 1995 he was appointed Executive Secretary of the Secretariat to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Christopher Klein is an attorney wirh Morgan and Finnegan, Attorneys at Law, New York.
Sarah A. Laird is a Research Fellow with the Rainforest Alliance. Formerly she was director of the Periwinkle Project at Rainforest Alliance in New York.
Eugenia Leon is Director of Administration, INBio, Costa Rica.
Dr. Carrie A. Meyer is an Associate in WRI’s Program in Economics and Population. Before that she was a Professor of Microeconomics and Economic Development at George Mason University in Virginia.
Gerardo Mirabelli is Director of the Division of Biodiversity Information Management, INBio, Costa Rica.
Dr. Alfio Piva is Director of the Division of Biodiversity Information Distribution, INBio, Costa Rica.
Dr. Walter V. Reid, Vice President for Program, World Resources Institute.
Barnard Sihanya is an Assistant Policy Analyst with the African Center for Technology Studies, Nairobi, Kenya
Dr. Anna Sittenfeld is the Director of the Division of Biodiversity Prospecting at INBio.
Organizations
World Resources Instituteis a research and policy organization helping governments, the private sector, environmental and development organizations, and others address a fundamental question: “How can societies meet human needs and nurture economic growth while preserving the natural resources and environmental integrity on which life and economic vitality ultimately depend?” WRI’s books and reports present accurate information about global resources and environmental conditions, analyses of emerging issues, and creative yet workable policy responses. To deepen public understanding, the institute also undertakes briefings, seminars, and conferences and offers material for use in print and broadcast media.
In developing countries, WRI provides field sevices and technical support for governments and nongovernmental organizations working to enrure the sustainable use of natural resources. For further information contact WRI, 10 G Street, NE (Suite 800), Washington, DC 20002 (tel: 202/729-7600, fax: 202/729-7610 ).
The National Biodiversity Institute (Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, or is a private non-profit Costa Rican institution dedicated to the conservation of the country’s wildland biodiversity through facilitating its use as a resource for society’s intellectual and sustainable economic development. INBio operates under the assumption that a developing tropical society will succeed in conserving a major portion of its wildland biodiversity only if this area can generate enough intellectual and economic income to pay for its upkeep and also contribute to the national economy in rough proportion to its area.
Costa Rica’s history of several decades of classical conservation has provided the raw materials for biodiversity conservation through non-destructive use. The next steps, for which INBio was created in 1989, are to determine what these raw materials are–through a direct and detailed inventory–and to facilitate their non-damaging use by all sectors of society. Requests for further information should be addressed to Dr. Rodrigo Gámez, Executive Director, INBio, Apdo. 22-3100, Santo Domingo, Heredia, Costa Rica. Tel: 506/36-7690, Fax: 506/36-2816.
The Rainforest Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of the world’s endangered tropical forests. Its unique mission is to develop and promote sound economic alternatives to tropical deforestation. These alternatives are designed in concert with local people, to develop forest products and businesses that offer long-term, stable income for people living in or near forests. An important part of this work involves educating the public, in the U.S. and the tropics, about what they can do to help save the remaining tropical forests before it’s too late. Contact Rainforest Alliance, 65 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012-2420, Tel: 212/677-1900, Fax: 212/677-2187.
The African Centre for Technology Studies is an international non partisan, not-for-profit institution established to conduct policy research, provide training, offer advice and disseminate information on the application of science and technology to sustainable development. The Centre operates through its headquarters in Nairobi and the ACTS Biopolicy Institute at Maastrict, The Netherlands. Requests for further information should be addressed to African Center for Technology Studies, P.O. Box 45917, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: 254-2/744047, Fax: 743995.
