WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO -- RANET is an international collaboration to make weather, climate, and related information more accessible to remote and resource poor populations. RANET undertakes this mission in order to aid day-to-day resource decisions and prepare against natural hazards. The program combines innovative technologies with appropriate applications and partnerships at the community level in order to ensure that the networks it creates serve the entirity of community information needs. Community ownership and partnership is the core principle of RANET's sustainability strategy.

The consortium that comprises RANET is a varied list of organizations who believe that environmental information, while not a panacea to the numerous challenges that face many communities, is nonetheless a vital component of any sustainable development strategy.

RANET activities include:

• awareness development;
• training;
• partnership development;
• pilot activities to demonstrate various community techologies;
• broadcast management;
• and development of a dissemination network through partnership and platform development.