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ATREE

'''Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) was established in 1996 as a non-profit organisation. Its mission is to integrate rigorous natural sciences and social sciences with policy, education and socially responsible conservation action.

ATREE's mission is to promote socially just environmental conservation and sustainable development by generating rigorous interdisciplinary knowledge that engages actively with academia, policy makers, practitioners, activists, students and wider public audiences. ''' Our notion of socially just is grounded in the following values:

* that both material and non-material quality of life are important * that this quality of life needs to be sustained across future generations as well as distributed equitably within current generations * that the rights and needs of people also need to be balanced with those of all other life forms * that societal decisions about socio-environmental issues must be taken in a democratic manner