World Resources Institute (WRI)
Organisation O0107
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| Qualification | Biodiversity and protected areas; Governance and institutions; Population, health and human well-being |
| Contact details | World Resources Institute 10 G Street, NE (Suite 800) Washington, DC 20002 USA Phone: +1 (202) 729 7600 Fax: +1 (202) 729 7610 |
| Type of organisation | Environment-Development Institution |
| Organisation's interest | Conservation |
| Location | United States of America |
| Learning Group member? | Yes |
Description
World Resources Institute (WRI) is an environmental think tank that goes beyond research to find practical ways to protect the earth and improve people’s lives. The World Resources Institute’s mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations. WRI provides objective information and practical proposals for policy and institutional change that will foster environmentally sound, socially equitable development.
Projects
1. Ecosystems, Protected Areas and People (EPP): Drawing on a learning network of case histories and guidelines to inform and guide the Biodiversity Convention’s global program of action and investment establishing a secure global system of protected areas to secure field biodiversity.
2. Decentralization and Natural Resources: Market Access and Institutional Choice: Promotes representative local government as a tool to improve environmental justice, reduce poverty, and raise the efficiency and equity of decision-making, and increased rural community and local government access to natural resource commodity chains.
3. Globalization, Environment, and Communities: This project aims to ensure that global processes on environment & development serve as a catalyst for meeting the priority needs and interests of communities worldwide by emphasizing global processes effects on communities.
4. Poverty and Ecosystem Services in East Africa: Develop opportunities for poverty reduction through spatial analysis of ecosystem services. Policymakers will be able to see the linkages between poverty and ecosystem services and improve their implementation of national and regional strategies and plans.
Geographic coverage
Africa
Americas
People
Karl Morrison
E-mail: kmorrison@wri.org
Web URL
http://www.wri.org/
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