IAI Directorate Report

The IAI Directorate Report details a period of significant scientific productivity contrasted with a severe core funding crisis caused by member country non-payments. While the institute successfully advanced research on ecosystem boundaries, urban emissions, and Andean biodiversity, it faced operational disruptions, including temporary salary halts and the cancellation of travel for international climate negotiations. The report emphasizes the transition of the IAI from a funding agency to an active participant in science-policy dialogue and highlights the need for sustainable financial commitments from member states.

• The IAI experienced a severe cash-flow crisis in mid-August 2009, during which it had not received contribution payments from any member countries, leading to temporary salary halts and the suspension of all travel.
• As of May 2010, the IAI had a remaining due amount of US$ 1.75 million in contributions, with the United States accounting for 46%, Venezuela for 13.6%, and Mexico for 8%.
• Research in the La Plata basin indicates that crop expansion over the last 25 years reduced soil carbon by approximately 30%, with loss rates of 28 million metric tons of carbon per year.
• Analysis of the Gran Chaco dry forest shows that 80% deforestation is primarily driven by land use changes for soybean markets and is facilitated by increased rainfall.
• In Costa Rica, conventional evaluations of protected areas overestimated avoided deforestation by more than 65% because they failed to control for the fact that parks were often established in inaccessible areas already under low threat.
• The Collaborative Research Network II (CRN II) leveraged approximately US$ 8 million in funding over its first three years, producing 273 peer-reviewed journal articles, four books, and 67 book chapters by August 2009.
• The IAI's Data & Information System (DIS), based on the Mercury system from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, contains approximately 600 records of information from science projects.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2010). IAI Directorate Report. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-17-directorate-report-e.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. IAI Directorate Report. 2010. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-17-directorate-report-e.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2010iai, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{IAI Directorate Report}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2010}, month = may, url = {https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-17-directorate-report-e.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }