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International Global Change Institute
The International Global
Change Institute (IGCI) is a separate, mainly financially self-supporting,
non-profit research and training institute within the University
of Waikato. The IGCI focuses on research into managing environmental
change at global, regional, and local scales. The Institute promotes
linkages to international programmes, institutions, and funding
organisations on matters relating to the human dimensions of global environmental
change. In so doing, IGCI serves as a centre for coordinating and
carrying out research and development projects on global change
issues; provides professional training and higher degree programmes
(MPhil and PhD) focused on the cross-disciplinary issues of global
change; provides policy advice to governments and industry with
respect to global change issues affecting them; and translates and
communicates knowledge of global change issues for policy, planning
and action in New Zealand and internationally.
In focusing on research innovation
for managing environmental change, IGCI develops various methods
and tools, such as integrated computer models, integrated community assessment,
environmental technology assessments, and policy evaluation. These
methods and tools are applied to various research topics, such as
climate change, coastal change, agrobiodiversity, sustainable development,
health and environment, natural hazards, and environmental governance
and planning. Outcomes for environmental sustainability are shared
with others through various means, such as projects aimed at training
of trainers for capacity building and institutional strengthening
in developing countries through the IGCI international network of
collaborating organisations.
Selected examples of IGCI projects
and funding agencies include
- organic tea production in Vietnam
(Asia Development Assistance Facility, NZAID)
- training for sustainable farming in
hill-lands of Northern Vietnam (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Trade, NZ)
- quality of plans, their implementation,
and environmental outcomes by councils under the Resource Management
Act (Foundation for Research Science and Technology, NZ)
- vulnerability and adaptation to climate
change in Pacific island countries (Global Environmental Facility-UNDP
and World Bank)
- global environment outlook for Australia-New
Zealand sub-region (United Nations Environment Programme)
- environmental research consortium,
Bohol, Philippines (Asia Development Assistance Facility, NZAID)
- mainstreaming climate change adaptation
into policies and practices, Pacific Islands (Asia Development Bank)
- mainstreaming of climate issues into
policy and planning processes, Environment Bay of Plenty (Foundation
for Research, Science and Technology, NZ)
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