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This document is the 2004 IRS Form 990 tax return for the World Resources Institute (WRI), an environmental think tank. It details the organization's financial status, including total revenue of $18,646,375 and total expenses of $20,108,387 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005. The return outlines WRI's program service accomplishments across eight thematic areas, its governance structure, and its asset holdings, including $39,503,429 in securities.

This document is the IRS Form 990 return for the World Resources Institute (WRI) for the tax year beginning October 1, 2006, and ending September 30, 2007. It details the organization's financial status, including total revenue of $27,179,487 and total expenses of $23,176,502, as well as its program service accomplishments across seven thematic areas focused on environmental protection and sustainable development.

The GFI Guidance Manual provides a qualitative framework for assessing forest governance based on three components (Actors, Rules, Practices) and five principles of good governance (Transparency, Participation, Accountability, Coordination, Capacity). It offers a menu of indicators across six thematic areas—Tenure, Land Use, Management, Revenues, Institutions, and Cross-Cutting Issues—to help researchers and civil society organizations diagnose governance weaknesses and support sustainable forest management and REDD+ programs.

The WRI Results Framework is a strategic document that maps the organization's goals, intervention targets, and impact indicators across three primary human systems: food, land & water; energy; and cities. It establishes a hierarchy of results from global targets (by 2030) to WRI intervention targets (by 2027) and specific country-level targets, all designed to improve human well-being, protect nature, and tackle climate change.