GLOBIO (Global Methodology for Mapping Human Impacts on the Biosphere) uses buffer zones from infrastructure to assess the human impact on the natural environment, and to display it in maps.

IUCN - The World Conservation Union. IUCN's Mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. The fulfilment of IUCN's mission requires the Union to address and effectively integrate key social issues in its conservation programmes.

Sustainable Conservation advances the stewardship of natural resources using innovative, pragmatic strategies that actively engage businesses and private landowners in conservation. Founded in 1992, Sustainable Conservation has developed a distinctive approach that combines business strategies with environmental priorities. We're committed to this approach because standard tools for solving environmental problems - litigation, legislation, and land acquisition - fail to adequately address the private sector's impact on the environment.

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is a public corporation created by the Parliament of Canada in 1970 to help developing countries use science and technology to find practical, long-term solutions to the social, economic, and environmental problems they face. Support is directed toward developing an indigenous research capacity to sustain policies and technologies that developing countries need to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies.

MekongInfo, the interactive system for sharing information and knowledge about participatory natural resource management (NRM) in the Lower Mekong Basin"

TRAFFIC's mission is to ensure that trade in wild plants and animals is not a threat to the conservation of nature. TRAFFIC's work is neither easier nor closer to completion than it was in the mid-1970s when TRAFFIC was founded largely to assist in the implementation of CITES. CITES now covers some 30 000 plant and animal species and has more than 150 member countries. These member countries face ever-more complex issues in determining how best to ensure that trade does not threaten the survival of species.

IIED, an international policy research institute and non governmental body working for more sustainable and equitable global development. Although based in London we work globally through a wide range of long-standing relationships with partners across the developing world.

NRI is an internationally recognized multi-disciplinary centre for research, consultancy and education for the management of natural and human resources.

The National Agroforestry Center, a partnership of the Forest Service and the USDA NRCS, develops agroforestry technologies to attain more economically, environmentally and socially sustainable ecosystems.

The International Institute for Sustainable Development. IISD's vision is better living for allsustainably; its mission is to champion innovation, enabling societies to live sustainably. We use internet communications, global partnerships, capacity building and rigorous research to bridge the gap between knowledge and action and to advance sustainable development in the North and South.