• Skogforsk :(the Forestry Research Institute of Sweden)

      Is the central research body for the Swedish forestry sector, and is financed jointly by the government and the members of the Institute.   Our goal is to provide Swedish forestry with knowledge, services and products that contributes to a profitable and sustainable forestry. The demand-driven applied research includes Read more [...]

  • Census of Marine Life

      The Census of Marine Life was coordinated by a Secretariat based at the Consortium for Ocean Leadership in Washington, D.C. and governed by an international Scientific Steering Committee. Thirteen National and Regional Implementation Committees worked under the guidance of the international Scientific Steering Committee and served to strengthen the Read more [...]

  • ARCTICNET

      The objective of ArcticNet is to study the impacts of climate change and modernization in the coastal Canadian Arctic. Over 145 ArcticNet researchers from 30 Canadian Universities, 8 federal and 11 provincial agencies and departments collaborate with research teams in Denmark, Finland, France, Greenland, Japan, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Read more [...]

  • International Geosphere-Biosphere Program

      IGBP was launched in 1987 to coordinate international research on global-scale and regional-scale interactions between Earth’s biological, chemical and physical processes and their interactions with human systems.  IGBP views the Earth system as the Earth’s natural physical, chemical and biological cycles and processes and the social and economic dimensions. Vision: IGBP’s Read more [...]

  • African Elephant Specialist Group (AFESG)

      This is a group of technical experts focusing on the conservation and management of African elephants. The broad aim of the AfESG is to promote the long-term conservation of Africa’s elephants and, where possible, the recovery of their population to viable levels.   Led by a volunteer Chair (currently Read more [...]

  • THE ELEPHANT LISTENING PROJECT

      ELP is not just about elephants, but is also about people: researchers, supporters, colleagues, and friends, who together make ELP happen. Here we give a brief history of how ELP began, and short descriptions of the more central players, past and present.   In some ways, the Elephant Listening Read more [...]