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environmental A biophysical environment is a biotic and abiotic surrounding of an organism or population, and consequently includes the factors that have an influence in their survival, development, and evolution. A biophysical environment can vary in scale f ...

research institute A research institute, research centre, research center or research organization, is an establishment founded for doing research. Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research. Although the term often i ...

s, by country or region. These organizations undertake research on the sustainable

management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...

of resources, including

water Water (chemical formula ) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a ...

energy In physics, energy (from Ancient Greek: ἐνέργεια, ''enérgeia'', “activity”) is the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of heat a ...

and

biodiversity Biodiversity or biological diversity is the variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is a measure of variation at the genetic (''genetic variability''), species (''species diversity''), and ecosystem (''ecosystem diversity'') l ...

Australia

* Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM) *

Cooperative Research Centre Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) are an Australian Federal Government program and are key bodies for Australian science, scientific research. The Cooperative Research Centres Programme was established in 1990 to enhance Australia's industri ...

* Environment Institute,

University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public research university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on N ...

* Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment (HIE),

University of Western Sydney Western Sydney University, formerly the University of Western Sydney, is an Australian multi-campus university in the Greater Western region of Sydney, Australia. The university in its current form was founded in 1989 as a federated network u ...

* Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC),

the University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = Br ...

ANSTO

Canada

* McMaster Institute of Environment and Health (MIEH) * University of Toronto School of the Environment

Colombia

* International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical)

Denmark

Environmental Assessment Institute The Environmental Assessment Institute (EAI) ( da, Institut for Miljøvurdering – IMV) was an independent body under the Danish Ministry of the Environment. It was established in February 2002 by the Liberal/ Conservative Danish Government with ...

(EAI) * Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) (secretariat) * Danish Centre for Environment and Energy (DCE)

Estonia

* Estonian Environmental Research Centre (EERC) **

Estonian Environmental Research Institute Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language, written in the ...

(operates within the EERC)

European Union

European Molecular Biology Laboratory The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is an intergovernmental organization dedicated to molecular biology research and is supported by 27 member states, two prospect states, and one associate member state. EMBL was created in 1974 and ...

(EMBL)

Finland

Finnish Environment Institute The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) ( fi, Suomen ympäristökeskus, sv, Finlands miljöcentral) is a multidisciplinary research and expert institute under the Ministry of the Environment, Finland. SYKE has four office and research facilitie ...

France

Curie Institute (Paris) Centre of protontherapy Institut Curie is one of the leading medical, biological and biophysical research centres in the world. It is a private non-profit foundation operating a research center on biophysics, cell biology and oncology and a ho ...

Germany

* 0ecologic institute *

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research The work of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ (prior to 28 November 2006 UFZ-Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig-Halle GmbH) covers both basic research and applied research. The UFZ was established on 12 December 1991. The Cent ...

* Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change * Öko-Institut * Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy

Ghana

Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations ( research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body. In some countries, institutes ca ...

(IESS)

Greece

* Kalamos Island biological field station

Hong Kong SAR

* Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development (RISUD) at PolyU * Research Centre for Sustainable Hong Kong (CSHK) at City University

India

* Center for Environmental Nuclear Research (CENR) *

Center for Environmental Planning and Technology CEPT University, formerly the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology, is an academic institution located near university area in Ahmedabad, India offering undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes in areas of natural and de ...

(CEPT) * Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) *

National Environmental Engineering Research Institute The CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI) is a research institute created and funded by Government of India. It was established in Nagpur in the year 1958 with focus on water supply, sewage disposal and commu ...

(NEERI) * The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) * Centre for Environment Education (CEE) * Sri Paramakalyani Centre for Environmental Sciences (SPKCES) * Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) * Nalanda University Centre - Tribhuvan College * Centre for Climate Change Research, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India (CCCR)

Iran

* International Research Center for Water and Environment (IRCWE) * Zenderud Environmental Research Center (ZERC)

Ireland

*Environmental Research Institute (ERI)

Israel

Arava Institute for Environmental Studies The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (AIES) is an academic studies and research institute located at Kibbutz Ketura on the Israeli side of the Arava Valley. Under the motto that "nature knows no borders", AIES seeks to train future l ...

(AIES) * Israel Institute for Biological Research (IBR)

Italy

* Institute of Ecosystem Study (CNR-ISE)

Japan

Institute of Cetacean Research The is a Japanese entity that claims to be a research organization specializing in the "biological and social sciences related to whales". In the past, it killing several hundred whales per year in the name of its 'research', the validity and ...

(ICR) *

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations (research institute, research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body. In some countr ...

(IGES)

Kazakhstan

* Sustainable Kazakhstan Research Institute (SKRI)

Kenya

* National Environment Management Authority (NEMA)

Netherlands

Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands The Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) is one of the largest energy research institute in Europe and holds a strong international position. With and for the market, ECN develops knowledge and technology that enable a transition to a ...

(ECN) *

Netherlands Institute of Ecology ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

(NIOO-KNAW) *

Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research The Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, also known as NIOZ, in Dutch the Nederlands Instituut voor Zeeonderzoek, is the Dutch national oceanographic institute. It is located on the island of Texel, and in Yerseke, in the Netherlands. The i ...

(NIOZ)

Nigeria

* Centre for Environmental Research & Training (CERT) * Institute of Environmental Accountants

New Zealand

* Environmental Research Institute (University of Waikato) * Centre for Sustainability * GNS Science (formerly the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences) * NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research) * Te Waiora Joint Institute for Freshwater Management (University of Waikato and NIWA) *

Cawthron Institute The Cawthron Institute is New Zealand's largest independent science organisation, specialising in science that supports the environment and development within primary industries. Cawthron has its main facilities in Nelson. It works with regional ...

* ESR (Institute of Environmental Science and Research) * Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research

Norway

* Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research

Panama

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI, es, Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales) is located in Panama and is the only bureau of the Smithsonian Institution based outside of the United States. It is dedicated to understa ...

Philippines

* Environmental and Climate Change Research Institute - ECCRI

Poland

* Curie Institute (Warsaw)

Portugal

* Environmental Health Institute (ISAMB)

Romania

* National R&D Institute for Industrial Ecology - ECOIND

Russia

* Mir Environmental Effects Payload (MEEP)

Spain

* Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, ICTA UAB

South Korea

* Korea Environment Institute (KEI) *

National Institute of Environmental Research The National Institute of Environmental Research, or NIER, is a research agency operated by the South Korean government. Its president is Seong-Kyu Yoon. It is charged with environmental research, education, international cooperation, and settin ...

(NIER)

Sweden

* Stockholm Environment Institute *

Stockholm Resilience Centre The Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC), is a research centre on resilience and sustainability science at Stockholm University. It is a joint initiative between Stockholm University and the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics at the Royal Swe ...

Switzerland

* Center for Development and Environment (CDE) * Centre for International Environmental Studies (CIES)

Taiwan

* Research Center for Climate Change and Sustainable Development * Research Center for Future Earth (NTU RCFE) * Centre for Global Change and Sustainability Science Center (CGCSS)

United Kingdom

Cabot Institute, University of Bristol
* Center for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) *

Chartered Institute of Environmental Health The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) is a professional membership body concerned with environmental health and promoting standards in the training and education of environmental health professionals. History The history of the ...

(CIEH) *

Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology The Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) is a subdivision and research centre of the School of Anthropology and Conservation at the University of Kent, started in 1989 and named in honour of the famous British naturalist Gerald D ...

European Bioinformatics Institute The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) is an Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) which, as part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) family, focuses on research and services in bioinformatics. It is located on the Well ...

(EBI)
Grantham Institute - Climate Change and Environment, Imperial College London
*

Centre for Environmental Policy The Centre for Environmental Policy (CEP) is a department at Imperial College London in the Faculty of Natural Sciences. Its aim is to influence a wide range of environmental issues through research on the environmental, energy and health aspects ...

(CEP), Imperial College London * Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Wales *

Earthwatch Europe Earthwatch Institute is an international environmental charity. Founded as Educational Expeditions International in 1971 by Bob Citron and Clarence Truesdale, Earthwatch supports hundreds of Ph.D. researchers across dozens of countries, conduct ...

Institute of Zoology The Institute of Zoology (IoZ) is the research division of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) in England. It is a government-funded research institute specialising in scientific issues relevant to the conservation of animal species and their hab ...

(IoZ)
International Institute for Environment and Development
(IIED) * National Institute for Environmental eScience (NIEeS) * Oxford Environmental Change Institute * UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources (ISR)
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

United States

* Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) * Center for Environmental Legal Studies (CELS), USA * Center for Global Change & Earth Observations (CGCEO), USA * Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at Berkeley Law (CLEE) * Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies *

Conard Environmental Research Area The Henry S. Conard Environmental Research Area (CERA) is a protected environmental research facility at outside Kellogg, Iowa. The 365-acre (148 ha) facility is owned and operated by Grinnell College for class use in the study of ecology and st ...

(CERA), Iowa * Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research, Alaska *

Cooperative Institute for Climate and Ocean Research A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-control ...

(CICOR) * Cooperative Institute for Climate Applications and Research (CICAR) * Cooperative Institute for Climate Science (CICS) * Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) * Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) *

Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies The Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies is a research organization created in 1978 by a cooperative agreement between the University of Oklahoma (OU) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). CIMMS pro ...

(CIMMS) *

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) is a research institute that is sponsored jointly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) and the Uni ...

(CIRES) *

Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) is a scientific research institution at Colorado State University (CSU) that operates under a cooperative agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Off ...

(CIRA) *

Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a member-supported unit of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, which studies birds and other wildlife. It is housed in the Imogene Powers Johnson Center for Birds and Biodiversity in Sapsucker Woods Sanctuar ...

, New York *

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Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

, New York * Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) * Earthwatch Institute, Boston, Massachusetts * Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC), North Dakota * Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI), Washington, DC *

Florida Environmental Research Institute The Florida Environmental Research Institute (FERI) is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit, research and education organization located in Tampa, Florida. Founded in 1998, FERI’s initial client was the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Naval Research (O ...

(FERI) *

Florida Institute of Oceanography The Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO), located on the campus of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, is an entity of the State University System of Florida that works collaboratively with 32 institutions and agencies from across ...

(FIO) *

Global Energy Network Institute The Global Energy Network Institute (GENI) is a research and education organization founded by Peter Meisen in 1986 and registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in 1991. GENI's focus is on the interconnection of electric power transmissi ...

(GENI), California * Global Environment Facility (GEF), Washington, DC (secretariat) * Graham Sustainability Institute, University of Michigan * Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES),

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

, Providence, Rhode Island *

Institute on the Environment An institute is an organisational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations (research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body. In some countries, institutes can ...

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...

(IonE), St. Paul, Minnesota *

Integrated Taxonomic Information System The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is an American partnership of federal agencies designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the taxonomy of biological species. ITIS was originally formed in 1996 as an interagenc ...

(ITIS-North America), Washington, DC (secretariat) * National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) *

National Snow and Ice Data Center The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) is a United States information and referral center in support of polar and cryospheric research. NSIDC archives and distributes digital and analog snow and ice data and also maintains information abo ...

(NSIDC) * Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) *

Property and Environment Research Center The Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), previously known as the Political Economy Research Center, is a free market environmental think tank based in Bozeman, Montana, United States. Established in 1980, PERC is dedicated to origina ...

(PERC), Montana *

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) is a United States environmental research and educational facility operated by the Smithsonian Institution. It is located on the Rhode and West Rivers near Edgewater in Anne Arundel County, M ...

(SERC) * Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Authority (SCCWRP) *

UC Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institut ...

Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC)
UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

University of California at Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a Normal school, teachers colle ...

USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies The USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies is an environmental research and education facility run by the University of Southern California. It is an organized research unit that encompasses a wide range of faculty and topics across the ...

(WIES) *

Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy The Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy is a joint initiative between the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the Yale Law School. Mission The Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy seeks to advance fresh thinking and a ...

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