International Waterbird Census

IWC Coordinators

Albania

Taulant Bino
Albanian Ornithological Society

Algeria

Nadjiba Bendjedda
Direction Generale des Forets Algérie

Angola

Miguel Xavier
Instituto Nacional Da Biodiversidade e Áreas De Conservação

Argentina

Rubén Dellacasa
Aves Argentinas

Armenia

Mamikon Ghasabyan
Armenian Society for the Protection of Birds

Australia

Coast and Marine Programme
BirdLife Australia

Austria

Norbert Teufelbauer
BirdLife Austria

Azerbaijan

Elchin Sultanov
Azerbaijan Ornithological Society

Bahrain

Ali Abdulla Ali Abdulla Isa
Supreme Council for Environment

Bangladesh

Enam Ul Haque
Bangladesh Bird Club

Belarus

Viktor Natykanets
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

Belgium

Koen Devos
Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek

Belgium

Antoine Derouaux
La Centrale Ornithologique Aves

Belize

Kevin Tsao
Belize Audubon Society

Benin

Hughes Akpona
Direction Générale des Forêts et des Resources Naturelles

Benin

Maximim Djondo
Benin Environment and Education Society

Bhutan

Sherub
Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation & Environment

Bolivia

Dennis Camacho & Diego Méndez
Asociación Boliviana de Ornitología

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Goran Topić
Naše ptice

Botswana

Stephanie Tyler
BirdLife Botswana

Brazil

Priscilla Prudente do Amaral
Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Aves Silvestres

Brunei Darussalam

Shirley Hee
Panaga Natural History Society

Bulgaria

Valeri Georgiev
Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Water

Burundi

Joseph Bizimungu
Association Burundaise pour la Protection de la Nature

Burkino Faso

Mohamed Moulma
NATURAMA

Cabo Verde

Isabel Fortes
Biosfera I

Cambodia

Hong Chamnan
General Directorate of Natural Protected Area, Ministry of Environment

Cameroon

Gordon Ajonina
Cameroon Wildlife Conservation Society

Chile

Edwin French
Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre de Chile

Central African Republic

Salomon Yamale
République Centrafricaine Ministère des Eaux; Forêts, Chasses et Pêche

Chad

Wachoum Abakar
Direction de la Conservation de la Faune et des Aires Protégées

Colombia

Luis Fernando Castillo
Asociación Calidris

Comoros

Amelaid Houmadi
Dahari

Costa Rica

Luis Sandoval
Unión de Ornitólogos de Costa Rica

Côte D’Ivoire

Firmin Kouame
Ministère des Eaux et Forêts

Croatia

Tibor Mikuska
Croatian Society for Bird and Nature Protection

Cyprus

Christina Ieronymidou
BirdLife Cyprus

Czechia

Zuzana Musilová
Czech University of Life Sciences

Denmark

Preben Clausen
Aarhus University

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Pierre Mavuemba
Parc Marin des Mangroves

Djibouti

Houssein Kassim Mohamed
Association Djibouti Nature

Ecuador

Tatiana Santander
Aves & Conservación

Egypt

Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Nature Conservation Sector

El Salvador

Vicky Galán and Marta Quetzada
Fundación Ecológica SalvaNATURA

Eritrea

Russom Tewlde Teklay
Eritrea Institute of Technology

Ethiopia

Mihret Ewnetu
Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority

Finland

Aleksi Lehikoinen
Finnish Museum of Natural History

France

Gwenaël Quaintenne
Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux

French Guiana

Olivier Claessens
Groupe d'Etude et de Protection des Oiseaux en Guyane

Gabon

Gabin Nzamba
Republique Gabonaise Ministère des Eaux et Forêts

Gambia

Abdoulie Sawo
Gambian Department of Parks and Wildlife Management

Georgia

Jimsher Mamuchadze
Environmental Association PSOVI

Germany

Kim Lindner and Nikolas Prior
Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten

Ghana

Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu
Centre for Biodiversity Conservation Research

Ghana

James Selormey
Ghana Forestry Commission

Greece

Danae Portolou
Hellenic Ornithological Society

Guatemala

Alexis Cerezo
Fundación para el Ecodesarrollo y la Conservación

Guinea

Kadiatou Soumah
Corps Paramilitaire des Conservateurs la Nature

Guinea Bissau

Joãozinho Sá
Wetlands International Guinea Bissau

Honduras

Francisco Dubon
Aves Honduras

Hong Kong

Yu Yat Tung
Hong Kong Bird Watching Society

India

P. Sathiyaselvam
Bombay Natural History Society

India

Dhruv Verma
Wetlands International South Asia

Indonesia

Ragil Satriyo Gumilang
Wetlands International Indonesia

Iran

Mahboubeh Tohidi
Iranian Ministry of Environment

Iraq

Mudhafar Salim
Iraqi Organization for Conservation of Nature

Ireland

Niamh Fitzgerald
BirdWatch Ireland

Israel

Ohad Hatzofe
Israel Nature Reserves & National Parks Authority

Italy

Marco Zenatello
Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale

Japan

Kaoru Sakai
Japanese Ministry of the Environment

Jordan

Tareq Qaneer
Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature

Kazakhstan

Sergey Skylarenko
Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan

Kenya

Ireene Madindou
National Museum of Kenya

Kosovo

Qenan Maxhuni
Kosova Environmental Education and Research Center

Kuwait

Abdulaziz Hussain Ali Alyousef
Kuwait Environment Public Authority

Kyrgyzstan

Sergei Kulagin
Kyrgyz Wildlife Conservation Society

Latvia

Antra Stipniece
University of Latvia

Lebanon

Yara Alchammas
Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon

Liberia

Emmanuel Loqueh
Society for the Conservation of Nature of Liberia

Libya

Khaled Salem Etayeb
Libyan Society of Birds

Lithuania

Laimonas Sniauksta
Lithuanian Ornithological Society

Luxembourg

Cindy Redel
natur&ëmwelt

Madagascar

Rivo Rabarisoa
Asity Madagascar

Malawi

Samuel Lenard Chihana
Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi

Malaysia

Yeap Chin Aik
Malaysian Nature Society

Mali

Modibo Konate
Direction Generale des Eaux et Forets

Mali

Mori Diallo
Wetlands International Sahel

Malta

John J. Borg
BirdLife Malta

Mauritania

Amadou Kidé
Parc National Banc d’Arguin

Mauritania

Daf Ould Sehla Ould Daf
Parc National Diawling

Mauritania

Djibril Diallo
Nature Mauritanie

Mauritius

Ranjeeta Devi Auchoybur
Ministry of Agro Industry & Food Security

Mayotte

Malo Braquier
GEPOMAY

Mexico

Eric Hernandez Molina
Pronatura Sur, A.C.

Moldova

Vitalie Ajder
Society for Birds and Nature Protection

Mongolia

Gombobaatar Sundev
Mongolian Ornithological Society

Montenegro

Andrej Vizi
Natural History Museum of Montenegro

Morocco

Mohamed Dakki
GREPOM

Myanmar

Thet Zaw Naing
Myanmar Bird and Nature Society

Namibia

Holger Kolberg
Ministry of Environment & Tourism

Nepal

Laxman Prasad Poudyal
Nepalese Ornithological Union

Netherlands

Menno Hornman
Sovon

New Zealand

David Melville
Ornithological Society of New Zealand

Nicaragua

Michael Gutiérrez
Quetzalli Nicaragua S.A.

Niger

Abdou Malam Issa
Ministère de l'Hydraulique et de l'Assainissement

Nigeria

Adedayo Memudu
Nigerian Conservation Foundation

North Macedonia

Danka Uzunova
Macedonian Ecological Society

Norway

Svein-Håkon Lorentsen
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research

Pakistan

Altaf Hussain
Zoological Survey of Pakistan

Palau

Glenn McKinlay
Belau National Museum

Panama

Esther Carty
Panama Audubon Society

Paraguay

Camilo Benítez & Tatiana Galluppi
Guyra Paraguay

Peru

Igor Iván Lazo Paredes
CORBIDI

Philippines

Anson Tagtag
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Biodiversity Management Bureau

Poland

Wlodzimierz Meissner
University of Gdansk & Polish Society for the Protection of Birds

Portugal

Filipe Moniz
Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas

Republic of Korea

Hwa-Jung Kim
National Institute of Biological Resources

Republic of the Congo

Jérôme Mokoko Ikongo
WCS Programme Congo

Romania

Cristi Domsa
Romanian Ornithological Society

Russian Federation

Alexander Solokha
State Information-Analytical Center of Game Animals and Habitats

Rwanda

Elie Sinayitutse
Nature Rwanda

São Tomé and Príncipe

Asiem Sanyal
Fundação Príncipe

Saudi Arabia

Ali Salim Al Faqih
National Center for Wildlife

Senegal

Assane Ndoye
Ministère de l’environnement et du développement durable

Serbia

Marko Šćiban
Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia

Sierra Leone

Papanie Bai Sesay
Conservation Society of Sierra Leone

Singapore

Lim Kim Keang
Nature Society (Singapore)

Slovakia

Michal Baláž
Slovak Ornithological Society

Slovenia

Luka Božič
Društvo Za Opazovanje In Proučevanje Ptic Slovenije

South Africa

Michael Brooks
Coordinated Waterbird Counts

Spain

Blas Molina
SEO

Sri Lanka

Uditha Hettige & Deepal Warakagoda
Ceylon Bird Club

Sudan

Ibrahim M Hashim
Sudanese Wildlife Society

Sweden

Fredrik Haas
Lund University

Switzerland

Nicolas Auchli
Vogelwarte

Taiwan

Da-Li Lin
New Year Bird Count

Tanzania

Ally Nkwabi
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute

Thailand

Krairat Eiamampai
Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation

Thailand

Khwankhao Sinhaseni
Bird Conservation Society of Thailand

Timor-Leste

Alito Rosa
Konservasaun FLORA & FAUNA

Togo

Maurice Agbeti
Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Ressource Forestière

Tunisia

Hichem Azafzaf
Les Amis des Oiseaux

Turkey

Kiraz Erciyas Yavuz
Ondokuz Mayıs University

Turkmenistan

Eldar Rustamov
Menzbir Ornithological Society

Uganda

Achilles Byaruhanga
Nature Uganda

Ukraine

Vasiliy Kostiushyn
Institute of Zoology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

Salim Javed
Environment Agency Abu Dhabi

United Kingdom

Teresa Frost
Wetland Birds Survey

Uruguay

Matilde Alfaro
Averaves

Uzbekistan

Roman Kashkarov & Oleg Kashkarov
Uzbekistan Society for the Protection of Birds

Venezuela

Cristina Sainz Borgo
Unión Venezolana de Ornitólogos

Vietnam

Le Trong Trai
Viet Nature Conservation Centre

Zambia

Swithin Kashulwe
BirdWatch Zambia

Zimbabwe

Ian Riddell
BirdLife Zimbabwe

For information in countries or regions with no coordinator, please contact iwc@wetlands.org.

Regional Coordinators

Africa-Eurasia

Szabolcs Nagy
Wetlands International European Association

Asia

Taej Mundkur
Wetlands International South Asia

Caribbean

Lisa Sorenson
Birds Caribbean

Central America

Salvadora Morales & Arne Lesterhuis
Manomet

Neotropics

Daniel Blanco
Wetlands International Latinoamérica y el Caribe