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"[going] beyond research to find practical ways to protect the earth and improve people's lives.  Our mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth's environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations.  Because people are inspired by ideas, empowered by knowledge, and moved to change by greater understanding, WRI provides—and helps other institutions provide—objective information and practical proposals for policy and institutional change that will foster environmentally sound, socially equitable development."  ("About WRI." World Resources Institute. 29 Mar 2008 http://www.wri.org/about). 

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