EARTH INNOVATION INSTITUTE

At Earth Innovation Institute, we foster this transition to low-emission rural development - a shift to economic growth that keeps forests and fisheries intact and rewards farmers, ranchers, and fishermen for using sustainable practices... Earth Innovation Institute works to advance climate-friendly rural development through innovative approaches to sustainable farming, forestry and fisheries in tropical regions around the world... In 1995, Dan Nepstad and Toby McGrath along with a team of researchers co-founded IPAM in Belém, at the lower mouth of Brazil's Amazon River. The idea was to create an institution that shaped public policy processes and rural development from a basis of hard evidence and sound research, free of political party affiliations. One foot in the field, one foot in the policy dialogues. In 2010, after receiving multiple requests for collaboration outside of Brazil, Dr. Nepstad established the IPAM International Program in San Francisco, which three years later..

Also known as: Earth Innovation

Primary location: Berkeley United States