No.

Name

Country

Background

1

Dr. Asylbek A. Aidaraliev

(Chairman)

Kyrgyz Republic

Academician of the National Academy of Sciences, Adviser to the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

2

Dr. Q.K. Ahmad

Bangladesh

Chairman, Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad (multidisciplinary research organisation). Contributed as Coordinating Lead Author to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change-Third Assessment. 

3

Ms. Lidia A. Astanina

Kazakhstan

Editor-in-Chief
"Greenwomen" Environmental News Agency, Kazakhstan.

4

Prof. Agajan G. Babaev

Turkmenistan

Director, National ESCAP/UNEP Research and Training Center on Desertification Control.

5

Mr. Rashid Bajwa

Pakistan

Chief Executive Officer, National Rural Support Program (NRSP) - largest NGO in Pakistan. Trained staff of the South Asia Poverty Alleviation Programme (SAPAP).

6

Mr. Anil Chitrakar

Nepal

An energy engineer and  planner involved with renewable energy technologies, alternate hydro power development strategy and National Conservation Strategy  for Nepal.  Elected Ashoka Fellow for initiating a youth environmental movement in Nepal.

7

Dr. Karine Danielyan

Armenia

President, Association for Sustainable Human Development of Armenia.
Associate Professor of Yerevan State University.

8

Mr. Nim Dorji

Bhutan

Director, Sustainable Development Secretariat of Bhutan

9

Mr. Rim A. Giniyatullin

Uzbekistan

GEF Agency Leader (International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea), Former Vice Prime Minister of Uzbekistan and Chairman of IFAS Executive Committee

10

Dr. Parvez Hassan

Pakistan

Senior Partner of Hassan & Hassan (Advocates).  Former Chairman of IUCN Commission on Environmental Law. Former Consultant to  UN projects dealing with environmental protection legislation and forest legislation.  Recipient of UNEP's Global 500 Roll of Honor.

11

Ms. Paimaneh Hasteh

Islamic Republic of Iran

Advisor to the Mayor of Tehran on environmental affairs.

12

Prof. Sun Honglie

China

Academician and Presidium Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Member of Earth Council and Member of  Committee for Conservation of Environment and Resources (CNPC).

13

Ms. Aditi Kapoor

India

Distinguished journalist, columnist and development consultant. Former Consultant to UNIFEM and UNDP in various capacities.  Member of the Board of Directors, World Resources Institute.

14

Mr. Bakhtiyar G. Karimov

Azerbaijan

Chairman, Azerbaijan Power Stations and Electrotechnical Industry Workers Trade Union. Executive Committee Member of the International Federation of Chemical, Energy and Mine and General Workers'Union (ICEM)

15

Dr. Uddesh Kohli

India

Former Chairman/Chief Executive Officer,
Power Finance Corporation of India,
Adviser to the UNSG.

16

Dr. Uner Kirdar

Turkey

Former Senior Adviser to the Administrator/UNDP and former Director/External Relations and Secretary to the Governing Council Secretariat, UNDP. Former senior official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

17

Dr. Mikhail L. Kozeltsev

Russian Federation

Executive Director, Russian Regional Environmental Center; Associate Professor of Environmental Economics, Moscow State University; Lead Researcher
Higher School of Economics. 

18

Prof. Askar Kutanov

Kyrgyz Republic

President-Rector of Academy of Management under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic

19

Prof. Kai Xuan Liang

China

President of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Economists

20

Prof. Ulmas Mirsaidov

Tajikistan

21

Mr. Gauri Pradhan

Nepal

President/ NGO Federation of Nepal (NFN)

22

Mr. Sergey Ryspekov

Kyrgyz Republic

Vice-President of the National Council for Development

23

Mr. Evgeny  A. Shvarts

Russian Federation

Director of Conservation, World Wide Fund for Nature(WWF),  Russian Program Office. Former Manager Protected Areas Component, Russian Federation Biodiversity Conservation Project of GEF.

24

Mr. Murat Suyunbaev

Kyrgyz Republic

Regional Manager, Central Asia Transboundary Biodiversity Project

25

Dr. Priyantha Wijayatunga

Sri Lanka

Senior Lecturer (Electrical Engineering) University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. Energy Sector Advisor to World Bank Office, Colombo. Serves on the Steering Committee on Energy/National Science Foundation and Board of Directors/Sri Lanka Energy Managers' Association.