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Our deep appreciation and gratitude is extended to the following institutions, organizations, and governments which have supported START:

Direct Support Current: (2006-07)
Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
David and Lucille Packard Foundation
Department for International Development (DFID – UK)
ETC Foundation of the Netherlands
European Commission – EuropeAid Co-operation Office (AIDCO)
European Science Foundation (ESF)
German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP-AIMES project)
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
National Science Council of Taiwan
Netherlands Foundation for the Advancement of Tropical Research (WOTRO)
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS)
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
Research Council of Norway
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)
United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (UKDEFRA)
United Nations Environment Programme/Global Environment Facility
United States Climate Change Science Program (13 agencies)
• Agency for International Development
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Department of Defense
• Department of Energy
• Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
• Department of State
• Department of Transportation
• Department of the Interior, US Geological Survey
• Environmental Protection Agency
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• National Science Foundation
• Smithsonian Institution
United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States National Science Foundation

Collateral and In-Kind Support
Applied Meteorology Foundation (FMA), Italy
Australian Academy of Sciences
Department of Primary Industries, Queensland, Australia
Chiang Mai University, Thailand
China Meteorological Administration (CMA)
Chinese Academy of Sciences, the People’s Republic of China
Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology
European Network for Research in Global Change (ENRICH)
Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
IGBP and WCRP National Committee structures in Asia and Africa
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Institute of Resource Assessment, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Japan Ministry of the Environment
Kenya Academy of Sciences/University of Nairobi, Kenya
National Central University, Taiwan
National Research Council – Thailand
National Natural Science Foundation of China
National Physical Laboratory, India
MEDIAS Secretariat, France
University of the South Pacific, Fiji