Authors & Acknowledgments

The Global Biodiversity Strategy was developed through a process of research and consultation beginning in 1989 and involving six consultations, six workshops, and more than 500 individuals. This report would not have been possible without the dedication and contributions of these many people.

Primary Authors

  • World Resources Institute
(WRI)
  • The World Conservation Union (IUCN)
  • United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO)

    • Principal Writers

    Walter Reid, Vice President for Program, World Resources Institute

    Charles Victor Barber, Senior Associate, Program in Biological Resources and Institutions, World Resources Institute

    Kenton R. Miller, Director, Program in Biological Resources and Institutions, World Resources Institute

    Partner Organizations

    • African Centre for Technology Studies, KENYA
    • Asian Development Bank, PHILIPPINES
    • Association of Systematics Collections, UNITED STATES
    • Australian Department of the Arts, Sport, Environment, Tourism, and Territories, AUSTRALIA
    • Australian National Parks and Wildlife Center, AUSTRALIA
    • Botanic Gardens Conservation International, UNITED KINGDOM
    • Caribbean Natural Resources Institute, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
    • Center for Marine Conservation, UNITED STATES
    • Commonwealth Science Council, UNITED KINGDOM
    • Conservation International, UNITED STATES
    • Defenders of Wildlife, UNITED STATES
    • Endangered Species Scientific Commission, PEOPLE\'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
    • The George Wright Society, UNITED STATES
    • Indigenous Food Plants Programme, KENYA
    • Indonesian Environmental Forum (WALHI), INDONESIA
    • Institute of Nature Conservation and Reserves, RUSSIA
    • International Board for Plant Genetic Resources, ITALY
    • International Council for Bird Preservation, UNITED KINGDOM
    • International Council for Research in Agroforestry, KENYA
    • Kenya Institute for Organic Farms, KENYA
    • The Keystone Center, UNITED STATES
    • Linnean Society of London, UNITED KINGDOM
    • London Environmental Economics Centre, UNITED KINGDOM
    • Missouri Botanical Garden, UNITED STATES
    • National Biodiversity Institute (INBio), COSTA RICA
    • National Museums of Kenya, KENYA
    • National Parks Foundation, COSTA RICA
    • The Natural History Museum, UNITED KINGDOM
    • The Nature Conservancy, UNITED STATES
    • Nature Foundation, ECUADOR
    • Neotropica Foundation, COSTA RICA
    • Plant Conservation Office (IUCN), UNITED KINGDOM
    • Plant Genetic Resources Centre, ETHIOPIA
    • Pro-Nature Foundation (FUNATURA), BRAZIL
    • Pro-Sierra Nevada Foundation of Santa Marta, COLOMBIA
    • Ramsar Conservation Secretariat, SWITZERLAND
    • Rare Breeds International, ITALY
    • Smithsonian Institution, UNITED STATES
    • Society for Conservation Biology, UNITED STATES
    • Venezuelan Foundation for Conservation of Biological Diversity (BIOMA), VENEZUELA
    • Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network, UNITED STATES
    • Woods Hole Research Center, UNITED STATES
    • World Bank, UNITED STATES
    • World Conservation Monitoring Centre, UNITED KINGDOM
    • World Wide Fund for Nature, SWITZERLAND
    • World Wildlife Fund, UNITED STATES
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