International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
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| Contact details | IDRC Head Office 250 Albert Street Ottawa, ON, Canada K1P 6M1 Phone: (+1-613) 236-6163 Fax: (+1-613) 238-7230 Email: info@idrc.ca |
| Type of organisation | Development organisation |
| Organisation's interest | Development |
| Location | Canada |
| Learning Group member? | No |
Description
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is a public corporation created by the Parliament of Canada in 1970 to help developing countries use science and technology to find practical, long-term solutions to the social, economic, and environmental problems they face. Support is directed toward developing an indigenous research capacity to sustain policies and technologies that developing countries need to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies. In carrying out its mission, IDRC provides funds and expert advice to developing-country researchers working to solve critical development problems.
The Centre supports research under the broad themes of:
- environment and natural resource management,
- information and communication technologies for development,
- innovation, policy and science,
- social and economic policy.
Projects
1. Rural Poverty and Environment Program Initiative: The goal of the program is to support participatory action-research, policy analysis and institutional innovation and reform and contribute to the development of networks, partnerships and communities of practice, in order to strengthen institutions, policies and practices that enhance the food, water and income security of the rural poor living in fragile or degraded upland and coastal ecosystems.
2. International Model Forest Network: The goal of the network is to support, through model forests, the management of the world's forest resources in a sustainable manner, reflecting environmental and socio-economic issues from the perspective of local needs and global concerns.
3. Biodiversity Projects at IDRC: IDRC has administered more than 100 projects in the area of biodiversity and its sustainable use in Asia, Africa and Central/South America since 1992. Examples of these projects are:
- Indigenous Management of Eco-Tourism in the Amazon (Venezuela)
- Management of Natural Resources and Biodiversity (Guelph / Nicaragua)
- Generating Incentives for Sustainable Natural Resource Management (Phase II)
- Sustainability of Green Forest Products (Guatemala) II
- Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development in Xishuangbanna Biosphere Reserve
Geographic coverage
Africa
Americas
Asia
People
Helen Raij, Research Officer
Phone: 598 2 709-0042 (ext 243)
Wendy Manchur, Research Officer
Email: wmanchur@idrc.ca
Web URL
http://web.idrc.ca/en/ev-1-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
Related records below this one:
- Prospectus for the Rural Poverty and Environment Program Initiative for 2005-2010 (Biblio B0471)
- Rural Poverty and Environment Program Initiative Prospectus 2005-2010 (Biblio B1086)
- Conserving Biodiversity, Supporting Livelihoods in Panama's Rainforest (Biblio B1592)
- Rural Poverty and Environment (RPE) Program Initiative (Initiative I0019)