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This is a list of environmental organizations, organizations that preserve, analyze or monitor the environment in different ways. Environmental organizations can be global, regional, national or local; they can be government-run or private.
Intergovernmental Organizations
International organizations and bodies established under international organizations to protect the environment:
- Commission for Environmental Cooperation (NAFTA)
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)
Government Organizations
The governments of all developed countries today have government departments or agencies devoted to monitoring and protecting the environment:
Canada
New Zealand
- Department of Conservation
- Ministry for the Environment
- Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
United Kingdom
England
- English Heritage
- English Nature
- Environment Agency (England & Wales)
Scotland
Wales
- Countryside Council for Wales
- Cadw
- Environment Agency (England & Wales)
Northern Ireland
United States
Native American Nations
- All US states have fish & game departments that regulate local hunting and other taking of wild animals.
Private Organizations (Environmental NGOs)
These organizations are involved in lobbying, advocacy, or conservation efforts:
International
- Bellona Foundation
- BirdLife International
- The Center for International Environmental Law
- Christian Vegetarian Association - (stresses ecological impact/stewardship)
- Conservation International
- Earth Charter Initiative
- Earth Policy Institute
- ECOresearch Network - Environmental Communication Online
- Environmental Investigation Agency
- Environmental Law Association Worldwide
- EthicalNetwork.org - Global Online community of environmentalists
- FERN
- Forest Stewardship Council
- Foundation for Environmental Education
- Friends of the Earth
- Gaia Mater (the mother Earth)
- Green Cross International
- Greenpeace
- Friends of nature
- iNSnet
- The Nature Conservancy
- Northwest Earth Institute www.nwei.org
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development
- Worldwatch Institute
- World Rainforest Movement
- World Wildlife Fund
- North American Pollinator Protection Campaign
- The Xerces Society
- Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
Australia
See also Category:Australian environmental organisations.Canada
- ACTivist Magazine
- A Rocha
- The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
- Canadian Environmental Law Association
- Canadian Environment Network
- The Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy
- The Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment
- David Suzuki Foundation
- Environmental Bureau of Investigation
- Environmental Defence
- Pollution Probe
- Sierra Club of Canada
- Sierra Legal Defence Fund
Germany
- ROBIN WOOD
- BUND (Friends of the Earth Germany)
- BUNDjugend (Bund's Youth organization)
Italy
New Zealand
- Buller Conservation Group
- Environment and Conservation Organisations of Aotearoa New Zealand (ECO)
- Greenpeace Aotearoa New Zealand
- Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
- Native Forest Restoration Trust
- New Zealand Ecological Restoration Network
- Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand
- Save Happy Valley Campaign
- TerraNature
- Trees for Survival
- Waipoua Forest Trust
See also: Category:New Zealand environmental organisations and List of New Zealand Environmental organizations
South Africa
- North West Parks & Tourism Board Honorary Officer Association*
- Friends of the Pilansberg FOPS
- Earthlife Africa
- Koeberg Alert
- Cape Town Ecology Group
United Kingdom
- Campaign for the Protection of Rural England
- Friends of the Earth England Wales and Northern Ireland
- Friends of the Earth Scotland
- Greenpeace UK
- Town and Country Planning Association
- Transport 2000
- Council for the Protection of Rural England
- RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)
- Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment IEMA
United States
- American Bird Conservancy
- Association of Environmental Professionals
- Center for a New American Dream
- Center for Transportation and the Environment *
- Earth First!
- Environmental Ministry Network
- Fishkill Creek Watershed Committee
- Global Environmental Technology & Management
- Jigeemu.com
- League of Conservation Voters
- Izaak Walton League
- National Audubon Society
- Nature's Classroom
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Native Forest Council
- National Wildlife Federation
- Negative Population Growth
- Population Connection
- Rainforest Action Network
- Resource Renewal Institute
- Sea Shepherd
- Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC)
- Sierra Club
- The Marine Mammal Center
- TreePeople
- Union of Concerned Scientists
- The Rewilding Institute
- White Kiwi Foundation
- The Wilderness Society
- The Wildlands Project
Other (to be categorized)
- African Conservation Foundation
- The Civic Trust
- Defenders of Wildlife
- Environmental Defense Fund
- European Biomass Association
- GREENGUARD Environmental Institute
- Groundwork
- IPAM - Brazil - Environmental Research NGO
- Israel Union for Environmental Defense (IUED), known in Hebrew as Adam Teva V'Din
- The Town and Country Planning Association
- North American Native Fishes Association
- Transitforum Austria Tirol
See also
- Activism industry
- Association of Environmental Professionals
- Earth Day
- Environment
- Environmental agreements
- Environmentalism
- Green party
- List of civic, fraternal, service, and professional organizations
- List of organizations
- Timeline of environmental events
- World Ocean Day
- World Water Day
External links
(These should be sorted into categories above; those that aren't primarily organizations, but rather websites, should be moved to natural environment)
- American Conscience - Equipped with intelligence and a sound conscience, we have the ability to look beyond short term gain to support businesses that will best serve the world that we will share tomorrow.
- National Environmental Trust - a non-profit, non-partisan organization that works to inform citizens about environmental problems and how they affect our health and quality of life.
- Scorecard.org - lots of info about pollution in your area, just enter your zip code. Colored maps also show how bad certain types of pollution are in your area.
- Environmental Protection Agency
- OEHHA
- Environmental Defense Fund
- ACTivist Magazine
- Industrial Workers of the World
- CUSP - environmental voting records for the United States Congress, including overpopulation-related votes
- League of Conservation Voters - environmental voting records for the United States Congress
- Rachel's Environment and Health News - Weekly news about how the polluted environment affects people, and what corporations and governments are doing about it. Also in Spanish.
- Essential.org - Some organizations related to consumers and consumer protection, including pollution.
- CleanUp GE.org - Info about GE's shady dumping practices on the Hudson River.
- Extoxnet newsletters - environmental pollution news. Last update 1998.
- Environmental News Network - more news
- Environmental Working Group
- Sewage Sludge
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