OARE is an international public-private consortium coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Yale University, and leading science and technology publishers. It enables developing countries to gain access to a large collection of environmental science research. OARE's mission is to improve the quality and effectiveness of environmental science research, education and training in low-income countries. OARE seeks to support the efforts of low income countries to achieve four development objectives: (1) Build the capacity of environmental professionals to manage fragile ecosystems, protect human health, and manage natural renewable resources; (2) Build the capacity of national experts to facilitate the development of science-driven state policies, regulatory frameworks, and governance structures; (3) Strengthen the intellectual foundation of universities; and (4) Build the capacity of local media to gather and disseminate to the public new scientific knowledge of importance to the welfare of developing nations. OARE leverages information and communication technologies, recent digitization of vast quantities of proprietary scientific literature, and an international public-private co-operative structure to help reduce the North-South scientific gap. Institutions that would like to access full-text articles and use OARE search tools must register with OARE and receive an institutional user name and password. Users can find basic guidance on how to access and use scholarly resources available through OARE in the Using OARE section of the website. In English, French and Spanish.
