The Council, President, Director General and entire Union extend a very warm welcome to the new Members and Committee and look forward to their active involvement.

New Members:

• Green Connexion, GC, Cameroon

• Madagascar Institut pour la Conservation des Ecosystèmes Tropicaux (Madagascar Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments), MICET, Madagascar

• Fonds Fiduciaire pour le Banc d’Arguin et la Biodiversité Côtière et Marine (Banc d'Arguin and Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Trust Fund), BACOMAB, Mauritania

• Observatoire pour la Protection de l'Environnement et des Monuments Historiques (Observatory for the Protection of the Environment and Historical Monuments), OPEMH, Morocco

• Administracao Nacional das Areas de Conservacao (National Administration of Conservation Areas), ANAC, Mozambique

• Association Pinna pour le Développement et la Promotion de l’Écotourisme (The Pinna Association for the Development and Promotion of Ecotourism), Pinna APDPE, Tunisia

• Notre Grand Bleu (Our Big Blue), NGB, Tunisia

• Associação de Preservação do Meio Ambiente e da Vida (Association for the Preservation of Environmental and Life), APREMAVI, Brazil

• Instituto EKOS Brasil (EKOS Brazil Institute), Ekos Brasil

• Fundación Mar Adentro (Mar Adentro Foundation), FMA, Chile

• Federación Nativa del Río Madre De Dios y Afluentes (Native Federation of the Madre de Dios River and Tributaries ), FENAMAD, Peru,

• World Heritage Promotion Team of Korean Tidal Flats, KoTiF, Republic of Korea

• Greenviet Biodiversity Conservation Centre, GREENVIET, Viet Nam

• WWF - World Wide Fund for Nature, Danube-Carpathian Program Bulgaria, WWF - Bulgaria

• David Suzuki Foundation, DSF, Canada

• Lahore Waste Management Company, LWMC, Pakistan