Reframing the conceptual and operational field of natural resources requires deep interdisciplinarity across fields encompassing legal and socio-economic studies, and life-sciences. And, it goes without saying, philosophy. The priorities at present are the aid to decision-making and a participative, pro-active civil society acting to

• (1) manage human activities while meeting the specific territorial potential and resource capacities and
• (2) ensure a fair re-allocation of such resources according to vital human needs and coherent public goods policies.

  

Who are the members, what are the missions and the activities of the Institute :

Law

• the Institute of Environmental Law (IDE), University Lyon 3 IDE sur le site de Lyon3
• the “Lascaux” ERC program on food and land law, University of Nantes http://www.droit-aliments-terre.eu/

• University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (USAMV) Cluj-Napoca http://www.usamvcluj.ro/

Socio-economy

• Chair in Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra, http://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/
• the Veblen Institute in Paris, http://www.veblen-institute.org/
• Laboratoire montpellierain d’économie théorique et appliquée (LAMETA), SupAgro Montpellier. http://www.lameta.univ-montp1.fr/
• Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI), http://seri.at/
• Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon, ( Institut d’Asie Orientale )
• the ISARA Lyon (agriculture institute) http://www.isara.fr/
• Ecole Polytechique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) http://www.epfl.ch/

  Natural and Earth Sciences

• the Envirhonalp consortium in Rhône-Alpes http://envirhonalp.obs.ujf-grenoble.fr/
• the ISARA Lyon (agriculture institute) http://www.isara.fr/
• Département Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité, UMR 7204, National Museum of Natural History, Paris.http://www.mnhn.fr/(....)
• Center for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, CEES, Oslo University, http://www.mn.uio.no/cees/english/
• Ecole Polytechique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) http://www.epfl.ch/
• Norman Borlaug Institute, Nottingham University /Rothamstead RC) http://borlaug.tamu.edu/

• University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (USAMV) Cluj-Napoca http://www.usamvcluj.ro/
• Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon, ( [labo Environnement Ville Société [Reproduction et développement des plantes ] )

Philosophy and dialogue

• “Chaire industrielle de l’eau : rationalités, usages, imaginaires”, Université Jean Moulin Lyon3, http://facdephilo.univ-lyon3.fr/recherche/chaire-industrielle/
• Center for Intercultural Dialogue (CID), University of Wisconsin http://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org/
• Ecole Polytechique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) http://www.epfl.ch/
• Center for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, CEES, Oslo University, http://www.mn.uio.no/cees/english/