The Natural Resources Institute (NRI) is a specialist research, development and education organization of the University of Greenwich. The NRI generates, applies and shares knowledge and develop skills for a sustainable world by focusing on food, agriculture, the environment and livelihoods. Using an interdisciplinary approach, NRI undertakes research, teaching, training and consultancy in managing natural resources to address interrelated global challenges affecting everyone from local farmers and consumers to the UK food industry and smallholder communities in the developing world.

James Cook University (JCU) is a public teaching and research institution and is the second oldest university in Queensland, Australia. The university’s main fields of research include marine sciences, biodiversity, sustainable management of tropical ecosystems, genetics and genomics, tropical health care and tourism. JCU offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs and hosts a number of important centers of excellence and research centers and institutes.