GWSP-IPO is funded by:
and hosted by:
Research institutes and projects
ALTERRA Water and Climate
The Centre's mission is to execute fundamental and applied research on water and climate related issues, and to provide academic education and professional training in these fields.
Berkeley Water Center
The Berkeley Water Center takes a comprehensive approach to water resources research and management that reflects the conditions of the 21st Century: variable and uncertain supply, increasing demand and inadequate structural and institutional infrastructure.
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) is a component of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). On 1st April 2000, the four Institutes that formed CEH merged: the Institute of Hydrology (IH) became the CEH Wallingford site, specialising in hydrology. From its base at Crowmarsh Gifford on the Thames near Wallingford, Oxfordshire, about 150 scientists investigate the effects of land-use, climate, topography and geology on the volume and character of surface water resources.
Center for Environmental Systems Research
The Center for Environmental Systems Research as one of the University of Kassel's inter-faculty research centers is pursuing the challenging goals of increasing understanding about the functioning of environmental systems and the causes of environmental problems, and identifying "sustainable" pathways into the future, i.e. pathways that allow development of society in harmony with nature.
Center for Development Research
The Center for Development Research (ZEF) is an international and interdisciplinary academic research institute of the "Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms" University in Bonn.
Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment
At the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), we examine the linkages between natural resources, human health and security, and changes in the global environment. Our staff and students conduct cutting-edge research on these critical problems, and disseminate that knowledge through innovative teaching and outreach at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Centre for Riverine Landscapes
The Centre for Riverine Landscapes is a research centre at Griffith University undertaking research and education on rivers and their catchments.
Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos
Challenge Program on Water and Food
The Challenge Program on Water and Food is an international research and capacity-building initiative to find ways of growing more food with less water - while improving rural livelihoods and protecting the environment.
Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
CSIRO Land and Water
CSIRO Land and Water and its partners seek to develop innovative solutions to Australia's land and water management challenges.
CUASHI
The Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science (CUAHSI) is an organization representing more than one hundred U.S. universities.
EAWAG - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Eawag is a Swiss-based and internationally linked aquatic research institute committed to an ecological, economical and socially responsible management of water - the primary source of all life. It carries out research, teaching and consulting and forms a link between science and practical application.
Ecosystem Services Project
The Ecosystem Services Project is a collaborative natural resource management project studying the services people obtain from their environments, the economic and social values inherent in these services and the opportunities that can arise from considering these services more fully in land management policies and decisions.
Euro-limpacs
Integrated project to evaluate impacts of global change on European freshwater ecosystems
FRIEND
The Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data (FRIEND) research programme is an international study in regional hydrology.
GLOWA Volta Project
The GLOWA Volta Project is an interdisciplinary project supporting sustainable water resource management in the Volta Basin.
Hydrology for the Environment, Life and Policy
HELP is a joint initiative of the United Nations Educational Scientific Organization (UNESCO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
International Food Policy Research Institute
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) conducts research in developing countries to identify policies to improve agriculture, nutrition, and the environment.
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is a non-governmental research organization that conducts inter-disciplinary scientific studies on environmental, economic, technological and social issues in the context of human dimensions of global change.
Institute for Environmental Systems Research
The Institute of Environmental Systems Research (ESR) at the University of Osnabrueck focuses on ecosystems analysis and biogeochemical modelling, environmental exposition and risk analysis, substance balances, environmental management systems, as well as socio-economic issues.
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research
The Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR) is a research institute at the Chinese Academy of Sciences focusing on the studies of the dynamics of terrestrial surface and its reaction to global changes, regional resources and environment, mechanism and changing pattern of man-land system, regional sustainable development and resource economies, ecosystem and its network, as well as geo-information sciences.
Integrated Catchment Assessment and Management Centre
iCAM is a small team of researchers specialising in integrated catchment modelling at the Australian National University.
International Rice Research Institute
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is an autonomous, nonprofit agricultural research and training organization with offices in more than ten nations. The Institute's main goal is to find sustainable ways to improve the well-being of present and future generations of poor rice farmers and consumers while at the same time protecting the environment.
International Water Management Institute
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is a nonprofit scientific research organization focusing on the sustainable use of water and land resources in agriculture and on the water needs of developing countries.
International Soil and Reference Information Centre
ISRIC is a Foundation for Documentation, Training and Research on Soils of the World and is the World Data Centre for Soils of the International Council of Sciences (ICSU)
Landscape Ecology Group
It is located at the Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
The MPI-M is an institute for climate research that aims at understanding how physical, chemical and biological processes, as well as human behaviour contribute to the dynamics of the Earth system, and specifically how they relate to global and regional climate changes.
NeWater
NeWater is new approaches to adaptive water management under uncertainty as an integrated project in the 6th EU Framework Programme
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) is an international and independent research institute working on questions of climate change, climate impact and sustainable development.
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
The RIHN - an inter-disciplinary research institute under the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology - was established to carry out integrated research that innovates solutions to problems related to the global environment.
Rutger's Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
IMCS is dedicated to developing, communicating, and understanding processes governing change and sustainability in marine and coastal ecosystems, and to shaping future directions for the use and protections of our vital marine and coastal resources.
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
The University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (SAFS) addresses major issues in the aquatic sciences with an emphasis on fisheries management and aquatic resource conservation.
SEARCA
SEARCA is a regional center for graduate study and research in agriculture.
Stockholm Environment Institute
SEI is an independent, international research institute specializing in sustainable development and environment issues. It works at local, national, regional and global policy levels. The SEI research programmes aim to clarify the requirements, strategies and policies for a transition to sustainability.
Land Surface Water Hydrology Research Group
The Land Surface Water Hydrology Research Group at the University of Washington focuses primarily on surface water hydrologic modeling using both large and small scale models.
Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas
SAHRA's mission is to identify critical stakeholder-relevant knowledge gaps and conduct basin-focused multidisciplinary research to fill them; and to convey what is known and what is being learned to improve water management and policy.
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
SMHI operates under the auspices of the Swedish Ministry of the Environment and uses its meteorological, hydrological and oceanographic expertise to promote efficiency, safety and a better environment in various areas of society.
The World Fish Center
The World Fish Center is committed to contributing to food security and poverty eradication in developing countries through research, partnerships, capacity building and policy support on living aquatic resources.
UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
The Institute focuses on education and training of professionals and on building the capacity of sector organisations, knowledge centres and other institutions active in the fields of water, the environment and infrastructure, in developing countries and countries in transition.
UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security
SESAM
The University of the Philippines Los Baños School of Environmental Science and Management (UPLB-SESAM) is an academic institution that leads in the environmental education initiative of the university.
Water Systems Analysis Group
The Water Systems Analysis Group is a research group within Complex Systems Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space at the University of New Hampshire.
World Resources Institut - Water Resources and Freshwater Ecosystems
WRI is an environmental think tank that goes beyond research to find practical ways to protect the earth and improve people's lives.
Worldwatch Institute
The Worldwatch Institute is an independent research organization that works for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society, in which the needs of all people are met without threatening the health of the natural environment or the well-being of future generations.
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