Applied Research Institute Jerusalem (ARIJ)

Website: www.arij.org
Founded in 1990, ARIJ is a "non-profit organization dedicated to promoting sustainable development in the occupied Palestinian territories and the self-reliance of the Palestinian people through greater control over their natural resources."
"The Institute works specifically to augment the local stock of scientific and technical knowledge and to introduce and devise more efficient methods of resource utilization and conservation, improved practices, and appropriate technology."
Individual project funders include the EU, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), Canadian government's International Development Research Centre and USAID.
ARIJ takes a highly political and biased approach to its research. It publishes unreliable and even false reports that are often cited by other environmental NGOs; and has a partner website for "Monitoring Israeli Colonization Activities in the Palestinian Territories."
Its political agenda is demonstrated in its involvement in the Divestment campaign.