Environmental Commission (EnviCom)

EnviCom is responsible for dealing with both broad and very specific navigation sustainability and environmental risk-related issues of interest to PIANC that crosscut all PIANC areas, partner activities. With strategic initiatives, Working Groups and networking activities EnviCom is proactively developing and providing environmental guidance supporting the Waterborne Transport Infrastructure Sector to strive for sustainability and to implement of the respective PIANC goals. In this regard, EnviCom is pursuing new or continuing existing activities to topics like Working with Nature, Ecosystem Services, Environmental Risk Management, Dredging in environmental sensitive areas, Sustainable ports, Climate change adaptation, Carbon management, Resilience.

In this context, EnviCom is continuously working together with the Technical Commissions of PIANC and partner associations. EnviCom is networking with international organisations such as the London Convention, OSPAR, WODA and the EU. Together with CoCom EnviCom is developing and sharing of information on navigation and the environment for and with Countries in Transition.

EnviCom Chair & Vice-Chair

Burton Suedel

Burton Suedel

Chair

Daan Rijks

Vice-Chair

EnviCom Working Group Reports

Download the EnviCom Glossary HERE!

EnviCom Working Group Reports

Overview of the ongoing EnviCom Working Groups

Overview of the ongoing EnviCom Working Groups

Members

Miguel Arturo Giles Maldonado
  • Function: Member
Matthew Jury
  • Function: Observer
Uirá Cavalcante Oliveira
  • Function: Member
Edward Brauer
  • Function: Secretary
Tripathi R.D.
  • Function: Member
Brian Joyner
  • Function: Observer
Ruben Visser
  • Function: Observer
Junning PAN
  • Function: Member
Guillaume Defays
  • Function: Co-Chair
Friederike Stock
  • Function: Member
Ana Rita Freitas
  • Function: Alternate member
Roman Weichert
  • Function: Alternate member
Jose Isaac Ramírez Macías
  • Function: Alternate member
Gerald Songy
  • Function: YP-member
Arnold DE BRUIJN
  • Function: Member
Rebecca Desrosiers
  • Function: Observer
Dirk Van Rompaey
  • Function: Member
  • Function:
Christopher ORNUM
  • Function: YP-member
Spencer Schute
  • Function: Observer
  • Function:
Jennifer Ogrodnick
  • Function: Member
Suraji SURAJI
  • Function: Member
Ramiro AMOR GRASSI
  • Function: YP-member
Gerardo BESSONE
  • Function: Member
Adam VAN DER BEEKE
  • Function: Member
Shirley DAWE
  • Function: Alternate member
Michael GALLACHER
  • Function: Member
Jean-Pierre HUYGE
  • Function: Member
Eric de Deckere
  • Function: Observer
Filip Vandeputte
  • Function: Alternate member
Karin de Schepper
  • Function: Member
Marc Huygens
  • Function: Member
Frederik Roose
  • Function: Member
Paris Sansoglou
  • Function: Member
Mauricio Bernardo Gaspar Filho
  • Function: Alternate member
Ricardo Schmalbach
  • Function: Member
Elmar FUCHS
  • Function: Member
ROCÍO LÓPEZ PICÓN
  • Function: Member
Olli HOLM
  • Function: Member
David EDWARDS-MAY
  • Function: Observer
Paul SCHERRER
  • Function: Member
Raphael WISSELMANN
  • Function: Member
Chris McDoughall
  • Function: Observer
Christine Adnitt
  • Function: Member
Jan BROOKE
  • Function: Observer
Naser Hajizadeh ZAKER
  • Function: Member
Yasuyuki NAKAGAWA
  • Function: Member
Takeshi NAKAZAKI
  • Function: Alternate member
Myounghak Oh
  • Function: Member
Mieke VAN LOENEN
  • Function: Sister
Daan RIJKS
  • Function: Vice chair
Arjan HIJDRA
  • Function: Observer
Arne PETTERSEN
  • Function: Alternate member
Reynand C. PARAFINA
  • Function: Alternate member
Elmer Nonatus A. Cadano
  • Function: Member
Carlos Daniel BORGES COELHO
  • Function: Member
Alyssa CALOMENI
  • Function: Alternate member
Burton SUEDEL
  • Function: Chair
Luce BASSETTI
  • Function: Member
Andrew MCQUEEN
  • Function: Member
Victor Magar
  • Function: Observer
Safra Altman
  • Function: Observer