Intern, The Access Initiative

Location: US-DC-Washington

Type: Intern

Program: Institutions & Governance Program (IGP)

World Resources Institute (WRI), an action oriented global organization most recently voted as #1 environment & natural resource think tank in the world is consistently recommended by staff as one of the "most desired organizations to work for". WRI has over 30 years of experience focusing on the intersection of the environment and socio-economic development. WRI goes beyond research to put ideas into action – our mission is to move human society to live in ways that protects Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations. WRI has been growing the past five years and now has offices in Washington D.C., India, and China and a presence in Brazil, Indonesia as well as a dozen other countries around the world. WRI staff not only have a deep understanding of the issues, but also an understanding of the political and cultural contexts that shape how decisions are made and how to engage effectively in the countries in which we work and partner. Our staff represents over 40 nationalities. Apply for this job online

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Overview

The World Resources Institute (www.wri.org) is seeking an intern to provide research support to our work on improving the operation and governance of protected areas. WRI’s work seeks to ensure that greater access and participation is possible for people to work to protect and manage protected areas according to their zoning and use. More specifically, the work focuses on: determining the best framework for co-management arrangements in protected areas data collection on the different approaches in developing and developed countries (3-4) to reflect best practices for management delegation, rights to use natural resources; co-management arrangements between government entities, local communities, private landowners and the private sector and model agreements Collection of model co-management agreements for different types of PAs and categories of co-management from 4-5 countries

Responsibilities

This will be an unpaid summer+ internship, with flexible start and end dates. The intern will conduct the following research: • Collecting co-management agreements, documentation of important provisions • Analyzing the different types of co-management agreements and best practices through literature reviews