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The Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD) and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Announce Future PartnershipNovember 29th, 2004 (London, UK) -- Alice Palmer (Director, FIELD) and Camilla Toulmin (Director, IIED) are delighted to announce further details of the future partnership between their respective organisations. From Monday 29 November 2004, FIELD will be operating from the offices of IIED, 3, Endsleigh Street, London, WC1H 0DD, switchboard 0207 388 2117. From 1 April 2005, FIELD will become a working subsidiary of IIED. While continuing to operate as FIELD, the organisation will build close links with a range of research activites at IIED, including climate change, trade and investment and biodiversity. The partnership will promote further synergies and cross-fertilisation of work, and both strengthen and add to the existing portfolios of each organisation. Camilla Toulmin, Director of IIED said: “We greatly welcome this opportunity to build together on our combined activities and feel this merger has great potential for strengthening our capacity jointly to address the complexities of environmental, legal, institutional and political issues which beset our world.” Alice Palmer, Director of FIELD said: “FIELD brings a worldwide reputation for expertise in international environmental law to IIED’s widely recognised work in promoting sustainable patterns of development from local to global levels. Our strong organisational profiles in international environment and development debates, and similar goals and missions, make our organisations ‘natural partners’ ". For further information: Websites: www.iied.org, www.field.org.uk Contacts: Alice.Palmer@field.org.uk, Camilla.Toulmin@iied.org
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