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Organisations that focus on environmental issues on a global scale
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- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (Nairobi, Kenya) - UN body responsible for analyzing the state of the global
environment, providing policy advice, and furthering the development of international environmental law aimed at sustainable
development, to serve as an effective link to policy makers
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- Directories of Environmental Organisations
- earthsystems.org (University of Virginia, USA) - non-profit organization expressly dedicated to the advancement of environmental
information and education to the world community
- EnviroLink (Pittsburgh, PA, USA) - non-profit environmental information clearinghouse which provides environmental and animal
rights non-profit organizations with free Internet services
- Environment News Service (ENS) (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) - original daily international wire service of the environment,
independently owned and operated, and not affiliated with any business, industry, government or environmental group, which
presents late-breaking environmental news in a fair and balanced manner
- Environmental Organization WebDirectory - environment search engine
- Forest Conservation Portal -- rainforest, forest and biodiversity conservation news & information
- Global Stewards - provides resources for sustainable living and environmental activism including environmental tips and issues,
environmental, human rights, and animal rights campaigns, an activists' toolkit, global events calendar, and sustainable living
resources
- Green Pages - global directory for environmental technology
- InterEnvironment (World Directory of Environmental Organizations) - international program of the California Institute of Public
Affairs
- Socio-Ecological Union (SEU) (Moscow, Russia) - umbrella organization of environmental groups in the former Soviet republics,
Mongolia, and the USA
- Sustainability-Reports.com (Woudenberg, Netherlands) - portal for sustainability reports of multinational companies all over the
world
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- Audubon International (Selkirk, NY, USA) - not-for-profit environmental organization which aims to improve the quality of life and
the environment through research, education and conservation assistance, particularly in the areas of water conservation, water
quality protection, and the conservation and protection of biological diversity
- Both Ends (Netherlands) - supports the work of environmental organisations, primarily in the so-called South (developing
countries) and the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries
- Center for Respect of Life and Environment (CRLE) (Washington, DC) - aims to foster an ethic of compassion toward all sentient
beings and respect for the integrity of nature, which urges each of us to expand our moral concern to future generations, to poor,
oppressed and disenfranchised human beings, and to animals, plants and the earth as a whole
- Earth Action (USA, Chile and the UK) - a network of more than 1,900 citizen groups in 161 countries which aims to mobilize
growing numbers of people around the world to press their governments for stronger action to solve global problems
- Earth Charter Initiative (San José, Costa Rica) - environmental campaign, born out of the Earth Summit, for a set of ethical
principles similar to the UN Declaration on Human Rights which would inform all environmental decisions around the world
- Earth Day Network (Washington, DC) - alliance of 5,000 groups in 184 countries working to promote a healthy environment and
a peaceful, just, sustainable world
- Earth Island Institute (EII) (San Francisco, USA) - fosters the efforts of creative individuals by providing organizational support in
developing projects for the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the global environment, and provides activists the
freedom to develop program ideas, supported by services to help them pursue those ideas, with a minimum of bureaucracy
- E.F Schumacher Society and Library (Great Barrington, MA, USA) - educational non-profit organization whose programs
demonstrate that both social and environmental sustainability can be achieved by applying the values of human-scale
communities and respect for the natural environment to economic issues
- Friends of the Earth International (FOEI) (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - federation of autonomous environmental organizations in
68 countries all over the world, which campaigns on the most urgent environmental and social issues of our day, while
simultaneously catalyzing a shift toward sustainable societies
- Global Commons Institute (GCI) (London, UK) - independent group whose work centres around protecting the Global Commons
and who is now a highly active participant in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN FCCC) and the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- Global Environment Facility (GEF) (Washington, DC) - helps developing countries fund projects and programs that protect the
global environment, related to biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, the ozone layer, and
persistent organic pollutants
- Global Response (Boulder, CO, USA) - environmental action and education network that empowers people of all ages, cultures,
and nationalities to protect the environment by creating partnerships for effective citizen action, organizing urgent international
letter campaigns to help communities prevent many kinds of environmental destruction
- Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment (GLOBE International) (Washington, DC) - international organization
of legislators from around the planet whose purpose is to enhance international cooperation between parliamentarians on global
environmental issues, urging effective action by governments and private sector leaders, and suggesting alternative and
sustainable approaches
- Greenet (London) - supports a progressive community working for peace, the environment, civil rights and social justice through
the use of information communication technologies (ICTs)
- Green Cross International (Geneva) - non-governmental, non-profit organization whose mission is to help create a sustainable
future by cultivating harmonious relationships between humans and the environment
- Green Volunteers (Bedfordshire, UK) - world guide and information network to voluntary work in nature conservation projects all
over the world from one week to one year
- Greenpeace International (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - non-profit organisation with a presence in 40 countries across the globe,
which focuses on the most crucial worldwide threats to our planet's biodiversity and environment
- International Federation of Environmental Journalists (IFEJ) (Beaufort s/Gervanne, France) - network and international
association of around 7500 journalists associated with every type of medium in more than 110 countries around the world, which
aims to improve public understanding of environment and sustainable development issues worldwide by supporting
environmental journalists through networking, training and promoting free access to information
- International Friends of Nature (IFN) (Vienna, Austria) - umbrella organisation of the national Friends of Nature federations
worldwide which are committed to a sustainable deal for nature based on democracy and solidarity in both economy and
society, with a focus on Europe's responsibility for sustainable development, environmentally and socially sound tourism,
sustainable regional development and active environmental education
- International Society for Ecosystem Health (ISEH) (London, ON, Canada) - dedicated to the development of an integrated,
transdisciplinary science of ecosystem health and to encouraging the understanding of the critical linkages between human
activity, ecological change and health
- International Young Naturefriends (IYNF) (Prague, Czech Republic) - international umbrella organisation of national organisations
in more than 20 countries and an independent part of the International Friends of Nature, which stand for ideals with of peace,
solidarity, tolerance, environmental protection, and the right of young people to participate in the decision making processes
which affect them
- Latin American Center of Social Ecology (CLAES) (Centro Latino Americano de Ecología Social) (Montevideo, Uruguay) -
international center devoted to the study of human-human and human-environment relationships
- Panos Institute (London) - working to promote an enabling media and communications environment worldwide that stimulates
informed and inclusive public debate around key development issues in order to foster sustainable development
- Planet Ark (Sydney, Australia) - "unashamedly populist", non-political, non-profit organisation which aims to show people and
business the many ways that they can reduce their day to day impact on the environment
- Restore Our World Save Our Earth (ROSE) (Moray, Scotland) - non-profit worldwide pressure group which works to benefit
humanity with ecological restoration and control of climate change in particular as its main priorities for the 21st century
- Right Livelihood Award Foundation (Stockholm, Sweden) - award established to honour and support groups of people and
individuals around the globe who valiantly uphold the right livelihood principle that each person should follow an honest
occupation which fully respects other people and the natural world, which means being responsible for the consequences of our
actions and taking only a fair share of the earth's resources
- Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future (London) - multi-stakeholder non-governmental organisation which aims to shape a
strategic, global, multi-stakeholder movement to influence and implement sustainable development agreements and the
Millennium Development Goals
- Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) (Cambridge, MA, USA) - independent nonprofit alliance of 60,000 concerned citizens and
scientists across the United States which augments rigorous scientific analysis with innovative thinking and committed citizen
advocacy to build a cleaner, healthier environment and a safer world
- Worldwatch Institute (Washington, DC) - independent research organization that works for an environmentally sustainable and
socially just society, in which the needs of all people are met without threatening the health of the natural environment or the
well-being of future generations
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