Thailand

Winrock’s history in Thailand stretches deep to the roots of the organization, when 60 students from the Southeast Asian country were awarded graduate-level fellowships by the Agricul­tural Development Council — founded by John D. Rockefeller 3^RD in 1954. In 2005, the nation also benefitted from the work of John D. Rockefeller 3rd scholars, who investigated how the rural poor could be compensated for protecting the environment — for example, keeping forest watersheds clean. In the last few years, Winrock project work has focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the forestry and land-use sector.