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Research Institutes
Asian Wild Pig Newsis the is the newsletter of the Asian Regional Sub-group of the IUCN/SSC Pigs, Peccaries, and Hippos Specialist Group, and the Bearded Pig Research and Conservation Group. The newsletter is sponsored by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Bogor, Indonesia.
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research was established in June 1982 to assist and encourage Australia's agricultural scientists to use their skills for the benefit of developing countries, and at the same time work to resolve Australia's own agricultural problems.
The Asia Pacific Association of Forestry Research Institutions (APAFRI) is an independent non-profit body, which aims to enhance research and technology development capabilities in support of conservation and management of forest resources in the Region.
CSIRO Tropical Forest Research Centre (Australia)
Centre for Forest Tree Technology (Victoria, Australia)
European Forest Institute
The European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN) is a forum for communication between European organizations, researchers, EU institutions and others concerned with sub-tropical forest research. The ETFRN Network seeks to promote the involvement of European research expertise towards the conservation and wise use of forests and woodlands in tropical and subtropical countries
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
The International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) is an autonomous, non-profit research institute that aims to improve human welfare by alleviating poverty, improving food and nutritional security, and enhancing environmental resilience in the tropics. ICRAF conducts partnership with national agricultural research systems for more sustainable and productive land use.
The International Development Research Centre is a public corporation created by the Canadian government to help communities in the developing world find solutions to social, economic, and environmental problems through research.
The International Forestry Resources and Institutions Research Program (IFRI) research program was initiated in 1992 at Indiana University to determine how to change processes leading to deforestation in many countries of the world, assess what type of institutions are associated with sustainable forest practices and help policy makers and forest users to design more effective forest policies.
International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO) is a non-profit, non-governmental international network of forest scientists. Its objectives are to promote international cooperation in forestry and forest products research.
The Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) was established under the Science and Technology policy adopted by the Government of Kerala as an autonomous institution to undertake research in areas like forestry, biodiversity etc., that are vital to the development of Kerala State.
Resources for the Future is a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization based in Washington, DC that conducts independent research -- rooted primarily in economics and other social sciences -- on environmental and natural resource issues.
The Tropenbos Foundation (Netherlands) aims to contribute effectively to the conservation and wise use of tropical rainforests, involve local research institutions and strengthen research capacity in tropical forest countries.
The mission on the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (United Kingdom) is to enable better management of the Earth's environment by increasing knowledge and understanding of the plant and fungal kingdoms. The Center for Economic Botany is a focal point for Kew's research into useful and potentially useful plants.
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