Membership

Criteria for admission of new member institutes to GNDRI

Criterion 1: Commitment to dryland research, as stipulated by the candidate’s mission statement. Some examples (taken from GNDRI website) are:

- “Mission Statement: Conducting research to explore the natural resources in the Egyptian deserts to be utilized at sustainable manner in Agriculture and improving livelihood of local communities” – Desert Research Institute (DRC), Cairo, Egypt.

- “DRCH strengthens links with international research partners for innovative and interdisciplinary research for the sustainable development of drylands”– Dryland Research Centre Hamburg (DRCH), Hamburg, Germany

- “IADIZA’s mission is to conduct research to improve scientific understanding and management practices needed to achieve sustainable use of arid ecosystems, particularly in central-western Argentina” – Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas (IADIZA), Mendosa, Argentina

- “We devote in research on dry land environmental issues” – Gujarat Institute for Desert Ecology (GUIDE), Bhuj, India

- “The International Center for Arid and Semiarid Land Studies’ (ICASALS) mission is to promote and facilitate multidisciplinary initiatives in research … in arid and semiarid lands” – International Center for Arid and Semiarid Land Studies (ICASALS), Lubbock, Texas.
- “The mission of the BIDR is to carry out scientific research and training required for attaining sustainable use of the Negev Desert of Israel and of other drylands in Israel and the world over” – Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research (BIDR), Sede Boqer, Israel.

Criterion 2: At least 80% of the peer-reviewed publications published by the candidate institute throughout the recent calendar year address dryland issues.

Criterion 3: At the time of issuing the application for admission the candidate institute is active for at least 5 years.

Criterion 4: At the time of issuing the application for admission the candidate institute comprises an academic research staff of at least 10 positions.

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Main institutional data

Full name of your institute in English

Full name of your institute in local language (latin script)

Acronym of your institute

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Email Address

Telephone No.

Postal Code

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Web Site

Fax No.

Additional institutional data

Year of establishment/initiation of work

Official mission statement

Reference of the mission statement (official document in which it appears)

ORGANIZATION AFFILIATION

Full name of the organization to which the institute is affiliated

Type of organization (e.g., government agency, university, etc.)

Describe the relations of the institute to the organization it is affiliated to, especially with respect to the possibility of the latter to change the mission of the institute (max 500 characters)

List of permanent research personnel

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Governance

(Name of Director)

First Name

Last Name

Year of appointment

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List of peer reviewed publications

Hints:

The last 10 publications authored by at least one member of the institute.
Use the APA style to list the publications, e.g.: Tang, K., Wang, M., & Zhou, D. (2021). Abatement potential and cost of agricultural greenhouse gases in Australian dryland farming system. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28(17), 21862-21873.
Then, add a category as follows: in a book - name(s) of book's editor(s); at the end add another entry, in case of book - publisher and city.
If available, it is sufficient to indicate the doi of the publication.

Name of author(s), name of publication, name of venue, volume or chapter, pages

Describe the environment of the location of your institute

Geographic location of your institute

Latitude (preferably in decimal degrees)

Dryland, Land use, Biome

Longitude (preferably in decimal degrees)

Short History and Milestones / Structure of your institute

Provide short history and milestones

Stucture of your institute

Any further information that may be useful/helpful in processing this request for admission to GNDRI

Further information (max 500 characters)