ATREE USA is the US-based partner organization of Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology & the Environment (ATREE), headquartered in Bangalore, India. ATREE USA, a registered 501c3 non-profit organization, works to promote the various programs and initiatives rooted in ATREE’s unique approach and philosophy and to create connections among organizations around the world to further its mission.
1. Partner with ATREE in India and other organizations throughout the world to foster a sustainable and socially just future.
2. Foster collaboration among US-based organizations and institutions in the Global South in the field of Sustainability Science.
ATREE was established in 1996 with the mission to foster environmental conservation and socially just development to achieve the following:
1. Conserve the environment and promote sustainable development.
2. Improve institutional and policy framework for addressing environmental challenges in areas such as biodiversity, water quality, climate change, sustainable livelihoods, and human well-being.
3. Strengthen the capacity of government, the private sector, and civil society to utilize the knowledge and data to best solve pressing environmental problems.
ATREE is a three-in-one institution – a research organization that generates knowledge leading to action, an academy that produces future environmental leaders, and a grassroots organization that works directly with local communities. This innovative institutional model has gained national and international recognition. It is ranked among the world’s top 20 environmental think tanks by the University of Pennsylvania’s Think Tanks and Civil Society program and has received the UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation in 2019 and the Distinguished Service Award from the Society of Conservation Biology (Asia Section) in 2016, among others.
ATREE’s work has had a wide-ranging impact. Its efforts empowered the Soliga tribe to claim land rights under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), and helped the Government of India to design a road map for post-FRA forest governance. ATREE prepared the successful nomination to designate the Western Ghats as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It convened the Biodiversity Collaborative to help support the National Mission on Biodiversity and Human Well-being, a framework to utilize science to link biodiversity preservation to a wide range of health and nutrition, agricultural, economic, development, and environmental programs. ATREE supports the Karnataka government and Bangalore City in sustainable water management and lake restoration. Its scientists and researchers have published over 750 peer-reviewed articles, 18 books, and 120 popular articles; while its journal – Conservation & Society – has the highest impact factor of any Indian environmental journal.
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