E hiwere Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) na March 1998 n'okpuru atụmatụ gọọmentị Japan na nkwado nke Kanagawa Prefecture dabere na "Charter for the Establishment of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies". Ebumnuche nke Institutelọ Ọrụ ahụ bụ iji nweta ụkpụrụ ọhụrụ maka mmepeanya na ime mmepe amụma ọhụrụ na nyocha usoro maka usoro gburugburu ebe obibi, na-egosipụta nsonaazụ nyocha n'ime mkpebi ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị maka imezu mmepe na-adigide ma na mpaghara Asia-Pacific na ụwa niile. IGES mere mgbanwe gaa na Ọha Mmasị Incorporated Foundation na Eprel 2012.
Dị ka Charter for the Establishment of the IGES si kwuo, Ụlọ Ọrụ ahụ ga-edozi ihe ịma aka ndị dị mkpa na ọha mmadụ, nke dị n'ihi ekele dị ukwuu nke gburugburu ebe obibi zuru ụwa ọnụ, na ịkọwapụta ụkpụrụ na usoro bara uru nke obodo anyị ugbu a bụ nke kpatara ụwa zuru ụwa ọnụ. nsogbu gburugburu ebe obibi, iji mepụta ụzọ ọhụrụ nke ime ihe omume na ihe atụ ọhụrụ maka mmepeanya. Dabere na ụkpụrụ nke ụkpụrụ ọhụrụ a, a ga-ewu usoro mmekọrịta ọha na eze na nke akụ na ụba ọhụrụ, ka oge ọhụrụ nke gburugburu ụwa nwee ike ịmalite. IGES na-achọpụtakwa na mmezu nke mmepe na-adigide na mpaghara Asia-Pacific bụ ihe dị mkpa maka mba ụwa, ebe ọ bụ na mpaghara ahụ bụ ebe obibi karịa ọkara nke ndị bi n'ụwa ma na-enwe ọganihu akụ na ụba ngwa ngwa. Ya mere, mpaghara ahụ na-arụ ọrụ dị oke mkpa na nchekwa nke gburugburu ụwa.
Site n'ịghọta okwu ndị a dị oke mkpa, IGES ga-akwalite mmekorita nyocha na ụlọ ọrụ mba ụwa, gọọmentị, ndị ọchịchị obodo, ụlọ ọrụ nyocha, mpaghara azụmahịa, ndị na-abụghị ndị gọọmentị (NGO) na ụmụ amaala. N'ịgbakwa nyocha, ụlọ ọrụ ahụ ga-ekekọrịta nsonaazụ nyocha ya ma nabatakwa ogbako mba ụwa na ọmụmụ ihe ọmụmụ.
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