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Organization type: Contractor
Profile:
IRG is an international professional services firm that helps governments, the private sector, communities, and households manage critical resources to build a cleaner, safer, and more prosperous world. Since its inception in 1978, IRG has completed more than 650 contracts in 135 countries, delivering high-quality, cost-effective services that promote positive economic growth, institutional and social change, and intelligent use of resources—human, physical, environmental, and financial.
Areas of Sustainable Tourism (ST) expertise:
- Community-Based NRM
- Ecotourism
- Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
Particular tourism niches:
As above, plus Sustainable Financing
Regions worked:
- Africa
- Asia and the Near East
- Latin America and the Caribbean
USAID projects:
- Bolivia: Support for the Kaa-lya of the Gran Chaco National Park and Integrated Management Areas (1998-2002)
- Regional LAC: Central American Protected Areas System (PROARCA)
(1996-2001)
- Guatemala: Technical Services in the Areas of Strategic Planning, Management, and Institutional Strengthening (1999-2002)
- Dominican Republic: Improved Policies for Environmental Protection
(2003-2007)
- Dominican Republic: Technical Assistance to Environment Secretariat (2000-2002)
- Peru: Biodiversity and Fragile Ecosystem Conservation and Management (BIOFOR) (1998-2002)
- Egypt: Red Sea Sustainable Development and Improved Water Resources Management Project (2003-2004)
- Egypt: Egyptian Environmental Policy Program (1999-2002)
- Honduras: Integrated Watershed Resources Management (2004-2008)
- Bangladesh: Co-Management of Tropical Forest Resources
(2003-2008)
- Indonesia: Natural Resources Management II and III in Indonesia (1997-2004)
- Madagascar: Enabling Conditions for Sustainable Organizations and Policies (PAGE) (1999-2002)
- Namibia: Mid-Term Review Living in a Finite Environment (LIFE II) Program (2001)
- Namibia: Living in a Finite Environment (LIFE) Plus Program
(2004-2008)
- Tanzania: Natural Resources Management Program (1997-2001)
- Regional: Africa Ecotourism Study (1991)
- Uganda: Design of Natural Resources Management/Tourism Program Assistance Paper (1991)
- Uganda: Natural Resources Management PAAD Design (1991)
Recent ST partnerships and collaborations:
- USAID
- USDA
- U.S. Geological Survey
Contact:
IRG
1211 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036 USA
Phone: (202) 289-0100
www.irgltd.com
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