Partners

Partners

WFED work would not be possible without the assistance of its many and diverse partners (listed below). These partnerships include both institutions and individuals. If you are interested in becoming a partner in a WFED project or you would like WFED to become a partner in a project, please contact WFED to explore such opportunities.

Partnerships

Colombia National Bioprospecting Program
Partners	Achievements
Alexander Von Humboldt Institute Colombian Ministry for the Environment Colombian Embassy in the USUNCTAD	Agreement to develop national bioprospecting proposal Multiple Workshops

Consensus Building Initiative on Activities Implemented Jointly
Partners	Achievements
Center for Sustainable Development in the Americas Geir Sjøberg Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change United Nations Environment Program Others	Multiple education workshops Activities Implemented Jointly: A Sourcebook for North and South Multiple articles and reports

Costa Rica's Private Reserve Management Initiative
Partners	Achievements
Monteverde Conservation League Costa Rican Network of Nature Reserves Kurtis Productions	Facilitated 2-day bioprospecting workshop Resolved conflict with large network over benefit-sharing arrangements associated with video footage Film project on Bosque Eterno de los Niños

Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in the Eastern Himalayas
Partners	Achievements
The Nando Peretti Foundation National Biodiversity Center of Bhutan	Multiple Workshops Systematic review of Bhutan's laws, regulations, institutional arrangements relating to bioprospecting

Iceland Biological Resource Access Project
Partners	Achievements
ICETEC - Technological Institute of Iceland	Revision of Iceland's public land access permits

East African Bioprospecting Program
Partners	Achievements
Kenya National Centre for Science and Technology Global Bioscience Development Institute USAID	Facilitated training course on bioprospecting contracts Agreement to develop proposal for a Kenyan Bioprospecting Program

Middle East Shared Water Resource Project
Partners	Achievements
Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs United Nations Environment Program	Multiple workshops on data sharing and joint management strategy development Developed shared water resource management strategy between Israel, Palestine, and Jordan.

Russian Projects
Partners	Achievements
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Nuclear Threat Initiative Public Welfare Foundation U.S. Department of Energy's Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention	Creation of the Center for Ecological Research and BioResources Development along with technical assistance and project development Filming of a visit to Yellowstone National Park by an official Russian scientific delegation cooperating with the US on developing a vaccine to combat Brucellosis in Yellowstone's bison Uniting Russian and American researchers to begin fighting Brucellosis in Yellowstone bison

Yellowstone Thermophiles Conservation Project
Partners	Achievements
American Gramaphone American Society for Microbiology Chip Davis Cleveland Foundation (Bares and Sedgwick Funds) Discovery Communications, Inc. Diversa Corporation Gardner Mills Group Kurtis Productions L.L. Bean, Inc. Mannheim Steamroller Mutual of Omaha Companies National Park Service Sony Electronics Inc. Walter Cronkite Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone Park Foundation	Designed first bioprospecting and benefit-sharing agreement between a US national park and a private company Award-winning film Yellowstone Revealed First microbiology information brochure for Midway Geyser Basin First public knowledge assessment of microbiology at Yellowstone National Park Multiple public presentations, interviews, and reports on Yellowstone's conservation-based bioprospecting program Multiple workshops to develop the above achievements.

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