Society of Wetland Scientists South

American Chapter* –

SWS- SA Chapter

In Portuguese

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   *An official chapter of the  Society of Wetland Scientists - An International Organization U.S.A

 

*Organizers: Prof. Isidro T. Savillo- Member, Membership Committee, SWS Org., U.S.A.
                   Prof. Florencia A. Trama - Project Director, CNEH-Peru

  * The Society of Wetland Scientists’ South American chapter continuously invites wetland professionals, scientists, managers, NGOs and government officials involve in wetland projects and researches, students as well as any wetland enthusiast to become members of the Society of Wetland Scientists’ South American chapter. You must be a citizen of any country belonging to South America.

 * Thank you very much to the 28 petitioners! Without your heartfelt consent, willingness and cooperation, this chapter could not have been established. Thanks also to the organizers of the SWS SA chapter, namely Prof. Isidro T. Savillo, Member of the Membership Committee of the SWS Org USA and Prof. Florencia Trama and to Maria Elaine de Oliveira for establishing the Portuguese SWS SA chapter web site.

    Our sincere appreciation also goes to Dr. Andrew Baldwin (President of SWS Org 2009-2010), Dr. Glenn Guntenspergen (President, SWS Org 2010-2011), Dr. William Conner, Secretary General SWS Org,  the Old SWS Board Members (2010)  and the SWS General membership who greatly showed their support and approval of the SWS SA Chapter during the 2010 SWS International Convention and Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.

    And last but not the least, Our special gratitude also goes  to Irene Ulm for facilitating the SWS membership of the SWS SA chapter petitioners, to Beth Middleton who introduced Prof. I. Savillo to Flor Trama, which led to the establishment of this chapter, and to BurkInc. for readily updating SWS SA chapter Petitioners' membership in the SWS membership directory. We also thank all the other individuals who did contribute to the establishment of the SWS SA chapter!

  Without all of you,  the SWS SA chapter could not have been realized!!! Thanks again.

 *For further information about the SWS SA chapter, please send emails to Elier Valdivieso (etabilo@centroneotropical.org), current President of SWS SA Chapter and/or to the organizers: Prof. Florencia Trama (ftrama@centroneotropical.org) and to Prof. Isidro T. Savillo (isidro_savillo@yahoo.com).

    WELCOME TO THE SOCIETY OF WETLAND SCIENTISTS SOUTH AMERICAN CHAPTER

THE SOCIETY OF WETLAND SCIENTISTS –SOUTH AMERICAN- CHAPTER includes the countries of:

  Argentina

  Brasil

  Bolivia

  Chile

  Colombia

  Ecuador

  Guyana

  Paraguay

  Perú

  Uruguay

  Venezuela

  Surinam

  French Guyana

       Here is the List of the 28 Petitioners or Underwriters for the Society of Wetland Scientists South American Chapter.

 

1. M.Sc. Florencia Trama
Directora de Proyectos
Centro Neotropical de Entrenamiento en Humedales-Perú
Jr. Puerto Inca # 174 Depto 302
Urbanización Los Olivos - Surco
Lima 33, Perú


2. Dra. Patricia Kandus
Laboratorio de Ecología, Teledetección y Eco-Informática.
Instituto de Investigaciones e Ingeniería Ambiental (3iA)
Universidad Nacional de San Martín
Peatonal Belgrano 3563, (1650) San Martín,
Prov. de Buenos Aires
Argentina


3. Dr. Roberto P. Schlatter, (Med.Vet., Ph.D)
Instituto de Zoología, Fac. de Ciencias
Universidad Austral de Chile
Box 567, Valdivia, Chile


4. Dr. Luis Gonzalo Morales
Instituto de Zoología Tropical
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela


5. M.Sc. Federico Rizo-Patrón
Director Ejecutivo
Centro Neotropical de Entrenamiento en Humedales - Perú
Jr. Puerto Inca # 174 Depto 302
Urbanización Los Olivos - Surco
Lima 33, Perú


6. Oscar Andrés Gamarra Torres
Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza de Amazonas
Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Ceja de Selva
Chachapoyas – Amazonas, Perú


7. Dr. Guillermo Rueda-Delgado
Limnology Laboratory Jorge Tadeo Lozano University
Carrera 4 No 22-61 Mod. 5 Piso 8. Bogotá D.C., Colombia


8. Ing. Heliodoro Sánchez 

Focal Point World Commission Protected Areas

IUCN Colombia

Carrera 21 No 150-72

Bogotá, Colombia


9. M.Sc. Cesar Lautaro Chavez Villavicencio
Los Algarrobos 416 (3er piso)
Urbanización Los Jardines. SMP.
Lima, Perú


10. Luisa Vega
Carrera 13 A No 27 - 21
El Yopal, Casanare, Colombia


11. Maria Elaine de Oliveira
Universidade Federal Fluminense
Instituto de Geociências
Departamento de Geografia
Caixa Postal 107.092
24360-970 Niterói, RJ, Brasil  Dept. Ingeniería Civil & EULA
Universidad de Concepción
Barrio Universitario, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile


18. Tarsicio Granizo
Subsecretario de Políticas y Planificación
(Undersecretary of Policy and Planning)
Ministerio Coordinador de Patrimonio
(Ministry of Natural and Cultural Heritage)
Av. Colón y Juan Leon Mera
Edificio Ministerio de Cultura, 2do Piso
Quito, Ecuador


19. M.Sc. Farith Adilson Díaz
Auxiliar Professor
Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó "DLC"
Programa de Ingeniería Ambiental
B/ Nicolás Medrano
Quibdó - Colombia


20. Gislaine Disconzi Instituto de Zoología y Ecología Tropical,
Facultad de Ciencias,
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Caracas 1041-A,
Apartado Postal 47058 27. Dra. Mirta Menghi
Cento de Ecologia y Recursos Naturales Renovables
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
Físicas y Naturales- UNC
Cordoba, 5000 Argentina


28. M.Sc. Jesus N. Pinto Ledezma
Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff
Universidad Gabriel René Moreno
Av. Irala 565; CC. 2489
Santa Crus de la Sierra, Bolivia