Presidential board: Mag. Guenther Ellersdorfer, Microbiologist President, Coordinator Europe amazonia.network@aon.at Walter Kordesch, Producer, Screenwriter Vice President Ing. Wolfgang Grienauer, IT-Specialist Secretary 24hours@easysolution.at Dr. Robert Lessmann, Politologist, Sociologist Vice Secretary lescon@compuserve.com Mag. Birgit Zehetmayer, Sociologist, Jurist, Producer Treasurer zehetmayer@aon.at Mag. Bettina Brandtner, Dietitian Vice Treasurer bettinabrandtner@hotmail.com Associated Experts: Mag. Dr. Karl Skriner, Microbiologist Universitaetsklinikum Charité Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie Tucholskystr. 2 10117 Berlin karl.skriner@charite.de MSc. Gustavo Villaroel, Ecologist Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas gvillar@strix.ciens.ucv.ve Lic. Gregori Colomine, Ecologist Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas gcolomin@strix.ciens.ucv.ve Dr. Antonio Gonzales, Ecologist Centro de Investigación y Manejo de Recursos Naturales Renovables - CIMAR Av. Irala 565 Edif. UAGRM 3er Piso Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia agonzales@cotas.com.bo Dr. Julio Vivas, Biologist Instituto de Biología Experimental Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas jvivas@strix.ciens.ucv.ve Dr. Robert Lukesch, Politologist OEAR-Regionalberatung GmbH Fichtegasse 2/17, 1010 Wien, Austria lukesch@eunet.at http://www.oear.at Univ. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hofkirchner, Philosopher Institut für Gestaltungs- und Wirkungsforschung Favoritenstrasse 9, 1040 Vienna, Austria hofi@igw.tuwien.ac.at http://igw.tuwien.ac.at/igw/ Dr. Norbert Fenzl, Geologist Nucleo de Meio Ambiente, Universidade Federal do Para, Belem, Brasil norfen@amazon.com.br http://www.ufpa.br Dr. Gottfried Stockinger, Sociologist Institute for Sociology and Communication Theory Salvador, Brazil gott01@terra.com.br http://kaneda.iguw.tuwien.ac.at/stockinger/