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Environment and Natural Resources
As governments, donors and citizens become increasingly concerned with the environment and with natural resources, there is a growing realization that many of the binding constraints they face are managerial and political, not scientific. MSI has developed expertise in addressing these issues in the areas of fish and wildlife conservation, parks and protected areas, community-based natural resources management, eco-business, and urban pollution control. Areas of specific MSI experience include:
- Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation. MSI has specialized experience in the design and implementation of participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation systems for activities and organizations concerned with environment and natural resource management. A particular strength of the company is its expertise in the use of innovative and practical methods for involving key stakeholders and the broader public in these exercises.
- Policy and Regulatory Reform. MSI has led efforts to identify and overcome the political and organizational obstacles to effective implementation of environmental policies and regulations. This experience includes the effective use of collaborative approaches such as negotiated rulemaking and cross-agency working groups. Read more about Implementing Environmental Policy change.
- Management of Environmental Consortia. Environmental and natural resource management efforts typically require the active involvement of many governmental, private, non-profit, and community organizations. MSI has successfully facilitated in a number of settings the formation and functioning of the complex, multi-organizational networks needed to carry out these activities. With the USAEP project, MSI currently plays a key role in managing the process of transferring U.S. best practices, experience and technology throughout Asia.
- Capacity Building. MSI has specialized expertise in strengthening local and national organizations concerned with environment and natural resource management, helping these organizations to focus their objectives, improve their governance procedures, form strategic alliances, and develop clear and broadly supported performance standards.
- Endowments. MSI has helped establish environmental and educational endowments in several parts of the world, and assists international donor agencies to develop innovative strategies for promoting the financial sustainability of the organizations they support.
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