Donors and in-kind contributors
The Board of the Millennium Assessment, on behalf of all those involved, 
would like to thank the following institutions for their support (as of December 
2003):  
Donors 
- Global Environment Facility (GEF) 
 
- United Nations Foundation (UNF) 
 
- David and Lucille Packard Foundation, USA 
 
- The World Bank
 
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 
 
- Government of Norway
 
- Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) 
 
- Swedish International Biodiversity Programme (SwedBio), Sweden 
 
- Rockefeller Foundation, USA 
 
- US National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) 
 
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), UK 
 
- International Council for Science (ICSU), France 
 
- The Christensen Fund, USA 
 
- Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
  
Contributions for Sub-Global Assessments 
- Government of China - Support for Western China Assessment 
 
- Japan Ministry of Environment - Support for Western China Assessment 
 
- Asia Pacific Environmental Innovation Strategy Project (APEIS) - 
Support for Western China Assessment 
 
- Australian National University - Support for Papua New Guinea 
Assessment 
 
- University of Papua New Guinea - Support for Papua New Guinea 
Assessment 
 
- Government of Norway - Support for Norway Assessment and Southern 
Africa Assessment 
 
- South African National Parks, Victoria Falls - Support for Southern 
Africa Assessment (meeting support) 
 
- Tropical Resources Ecology Program (TREP) - Support for Southern 
Africa Assessment 
 
- World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) - Support for the ASB Assessment 
 
- Stockholm University - Support for Sweden Local Assessments 
 
- Government of India - Support for India Local Assessments 
 
- Government of Saudi Arabia - Support for Arab Region Assessments 
 
- Ford Foundation - Support for the Sinai Peninsula Assessment 
 
- Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) - 
Support for Laguna Lake Basin Assessment 
 
- Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) - Support for the Laguna 
Lake Basin Assessment 
 
- University of the Philippines Los Baños - Support for the Laguna Lake 
Basin Assessment 
 
- Universidad de Chile - Support for the Salar de Atacama Assessment 
 
- Environmental Management Authority (EMA) - Support for the Trinidad 
Assessment 
 
- British High Commission, Trinidad & Tobago - Support for the Trinidad 
Assessment 
 
- University of the West Indies - Support for the Trinidad Assessment 
and Caribbean Sea Assessment 
 
- The Cropper Foundation - Support for the Trinidad Assessment and 
Caribbean Sea Assessment 
 
- International Development Research Centre (IDRC) - Support for the 
Caribbean Sea Assessment 
 
- Association of Caribbean States (ACS) - Support for the Caribbean Sea 
Assessment 
 
- Island Resources Foundation (IRF) - Support for the Caribbean Sea 
Assessment 
 
- UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - Support 
for the Sao Paulo Assessment 
 
- Instituto Florestal São Paulo - Support for the São Paulo Assessment 
 
- International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) - 
Support for Hindu Kush-Himalayas Assessment 
 
- Caixa Geral de Depósitos – Support for the Portugal Assessment 
 
- Universidade de Coimbra – Support for the Portugal Assessment
  
Other in-kind services and support 
Institutional support covering staff time, travel, lodging, and services 
rendered in support of the MA. Includes additional financial and in-kind 
support. Support for various meetings or substantive data contributions are 
noted specifically.  
- The Australian National University, Australia 
 
- Center for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, India 
 
- Center for Environmental Science and Policy, Institute for 
International Studies, at Stanford University, USA 
 
- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) 
 
- Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA 
 
- Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA), 
University of Pretoria, South Africa 
 
- Charles University, Czech Republic 
 
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
 
- CNRS, South Africa 
 
- Conservation International (CI), USA 
 
- Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) 
 
- The Cropper Foundation, Trinidad and Tobago 
 
- Czech Republic Ministry of Environment
 
- Environmental Research Institute of the Supervising Scientist 
(ERISS), National Centre for Tropical Wetland Research, Australia (Host and 
support for Freshwater Cross-cut meeting June 2003, Darwin) 
 
- European Commission - Joint Research Centre
 
- European Environment Agency
 
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) 
 
- The Ford Foundation, USA 
 
- German Federal Environment Ministry
 
- Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems International Project Office
 
- Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA) 
 
- Hewlett Foundation, USA 
 
- Indian Institute of Science
 
- Institute for Biodiversity - Science and Business Network (IBN), 
Germany - Contribution of support for assessment of Lake Constance Drainage 
Basin) 
 
- Institute for Biodiversity Network
 
- Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi (IEG), India 
 
- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas 
(ICARDA) 
 
- International Center for Integrated Studies (ICIS), The Netherlands 
 
- International Council for Science (ICSU) 
 
- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 
 
- International Geosphere Biosphere Programme (IGBP) 
 
- International Institute of Ecology, Brazil 
 
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) 
 
- International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 
 
- Irish Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland 
 
- Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone International Project Office
 
- Land Use and Land Cover Change Research Grant (LOICZ) 
 
- Macquarie University, Australia 
 
- Meridian Institute, USA 
 
- Michigan State University, USA 
 
- Ministry of Science and Technology, China 
 
- Namibian National Biodiversity Programme (through GTZ) 
 
- US National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) - Contribution 
of Landsat Satellite Image Data, estimated value of USD $60 million 
 
- The National Biodiversity Institute (INBio), Costa Rica 
 
- The National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at The 
Australian National University
 
- The National Institute for Environmental Studies, Ministry of 
Environment (NIES), Japan 
 
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, The 
Netherlands 
 
- Natural Environment Research Council, U.K. 
 
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
 
- Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
 
- Saint Louis University, Madrid, Spain 
 
- Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) 
 
- Sea Around Us Project, Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, 
Canada - Host and Support for Marine and Coastal Cross-cut meeting April 2003, 
Vancouver, BC 
 
- Smithsonian Institute National Museum of Natural History, USA 
 
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Panama 
 
- Social Science Research Network (SSRN) 
 
- Stanford University, USA 
 
- Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) 
 
- Thomson ISI - provision of trial access to the entire Web of 
Knowledge platform during the Combined Working Group meeting, October 2003 
 
- UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 
 
- UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) 
 
- UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals 
(CMS) 
 
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 
 
- UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 
 
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 
 
- UNEP - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) 
 
- UN Framework Convention to Combat Climate Change (UNFCCC) 
 
- United Nations University, Institute for Advanced Studies, Japan 
(UNU/IAS) 
 
- United States Geological Survey (USGS) - Contribution (via NASA) of 
Landsat Satellite Image Data, estimated value of USD $60 million 
 
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, ACES Global Connect, 
College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences, USA 
 
- University of Limerick, Centre for Environmental Research, Ireland 
 
- University of Maryland, USA 
 
- University of Minnesota, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, 
McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair, USA 
 
- University of Wisconsin, Department of Limnology, USA 
 
- UNU-INWEH, at McMaster University, Canada 
 
- Wageningen University, The Netherlands
 
- Wesleyan University, USA 
 
- The Woods Hole Research Center, USA 
 
- The World Bank
 
- World Bank Institute and Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) 
 
- World Conservation Union (IUCN) 
 
- World Health Organization (WHO) 
 
- World Resources Institute (WRI), USA 
 
- WorldFish Center (formerly ICLARM), Malaysia 
 
- Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA, UNEP) 
 
- Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) 
 
- UNEP/GRID-Arendal
 
- Cost Information Team of British Columbia, Canada 
 
- Global Invasive Species Programme, National Botanical Institute, 
Kirstenbosch Gardens, South Africa 
 
- Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute, 
Colombia 
 
- Bibliotecha Alexandrina, Egypt 
 
- Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Malaysia 
 
- Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal 
 
- Fundação da Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal 
 
- Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses (CP), Portugal 
 
- Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal 
 
- Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal
  
Support for exploratory phase activities: PAGE/WRR/MA 
- The Avina Group
 
- David and Lucille Packard Foundation
 
- Global Environment Facility (GEF) 
 
- Government of Norway
 
- Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA) 
 
- Summit Foundation
 
- UN Development Programme (UNDP) 
 
- UN Environment Programme (UNEP) 
 
- United Nations Foundation (UNF) 
 
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID) 
 
- Wallace Global Fund
 
- The World Bank
  
				 
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