PWG employs dialogues for management and collaborative research to assist in the search for mechanisms leading to growth and development that are sustained by a socially accountable use of resources.

• Creates venues in which stakeholders can exchange ideas and perspectives towards sound and responsive natural resource policies.

• Provides scientific information for local and national planning processes.

• Documents and publishes new perspectives and policy directions

• Develops datasets that are useful for communities, national agencies, and local government planners.

• Reviews natural resource and environment policies within shifting sociopolitical and biophysical contexts in regions and communities.