United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), also known as The UN Refugee Agency is a United Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland and is a member of the United Nations Development Group.The UNHCR has won two Nobel Peace Prizes, once in 1954 and again in 1981.
 High Commissioner - António Guterres, Portugal (2005–present)

Org type	Programme
Acronyms	UNHCR
Head	António Guterres
Status	Active
Established	December 14, 1950
Website	UNHCR.org
Parent org	United Nations

UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced /juːˈnɛskoʊ/) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. Its stated purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through education, science, and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and the human rights along with fundamental freedoms proclaimed in the UN Charter. It is the heir of the League of Nations' International Commission on Intellectual Cooperation.

UNESCO has 193 Member States and seven Associate Members. Most of the field offices are "cluster" offices covering three or more countries; there are also national and regional offices. UNESCO pursues its objectives through five major programs: education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and communication and information.

Projects sponsored by UNESCO include literacy, technical, and teacher-training programmes; international science programmes; the promotion of independent media and freedom of the press; regional and cultural history projects; the promotion of cultural diversity; international cooperation agreements to secure the world cultural and natural heritage (World Heritage Sites) and to preserve human rights, and attempts to bridge the worldwide digital divide. It is also a member of the United Nations Development Group.

Inter Parliamentary Union

The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) (French: L'Union Interparlementaire (UIP)) is an international organization established in 1889 by William Randal Cremer (United Kingdom) and Frédéric Passy (France). It was the first permanent forum for political multilateral negotiations. Initially, the organization was for individual parliamentarians, but has since transformed into an international organization of the parliaments of sovereign states. The national parliaments of 157 countries are members of the IPU, and nine regional parliamentary assemblies are associate members. The IPU has permanent observer status at the United Nations.

History

Leading personalities of the IPU have received eight Nobel Peace Prizes:

• 1901: Frédéric Passy (France)
• 1902: Albert Gobat (Switzerland)
• 1903: William Randal Cremer (United Kingdom)
• 1908: Fredrik Bajer (Denmark)
• 1909: August Marie Francois Beernaert (Belgium)
• 1913: Henri La Fontaine (Belgium)
• 1921: Christian Lange (Norway)
• 1927: Ferdinand Buisson (France)

The organisation's initial objective was the arbitration of conflicts. The IPU played an important part in setting up the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. Over time, its mission has evolved towards the promotion of democracy and inter-parliamentary dialogue. The IPU has worked for establishment of institutions at the inter-governmental level, including the United Nations, an organization with which it cooperates and with which it has permanent observer status.

Map of IPU member states

Numerous bodies have expressed interest in the possibility of transforming the IPU into a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, among them the Committee for a Democratic UN, the German Bundestag and the Socialist International. The Liberal International also considers this as an option.
The headquarters of the union have been moved several times since its inception. Locations:

• 1892–1911: Bern (Switzerland)
• 1911–1914: Brussels (Belgium)
• 1914–1920: Oslo (Norway)
• 1921 – permanent in Geneva (Switzerland)

Members and organization

Members

• International parliamentary assemblies may be admitted by the Governing Council as Associate Members
• Every Parliament constituted in conformity with the laws of a sovereign State whose population it represents and on whose territory it functions may request affiliation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The decision to admit or readmit a Parliament shall be taken by the Governing Council.

It is the duty of the Members of the Union to submit the resolutions of the Union within their respective Parliament, in the most appropriate form; to communicate them to the Government; to stimulate their implementation and to inform the Secretariat of the Union, as often and fully as possible, particularly in its annual reports, as to the steps taken and the results obtained.

Associate members

The participating parliamentary assemblies other than national parliaments are the following:

Name	Related organization
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe	CoE
European Parliament	EU
Latin American Parliament	none
Andean Parliament	CAN
Central American Parliament	SICA
East African Legislative Assembly	EAC
Transitional Arab Parliament	AL
Inter-Parliamentary Committee of the West African Economic and Monetary Union	UEMOA
Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States	ECOWAS

Organs

Headquarters of the IPU in Geneva (2010)

The organs of the Inter-Parliamentary Union are:

• the Assembly, meets twice a year. The Assembly shall be composed of parliamentarians designated as delegates by the Members of the Union. The Assembly is assisted in its work by Standing Committees, whose number and terms of reference are determined by the Governing Council; Standing Committees shall normally prepare reports and draft resolutions for the Assembly. No one delegate may record more than ten votes.

• the Governing Council. The Governing Council shall normally hold two sessions a year. The Governing Council shall be composed of three representatives from each Member of the Union. The term of office of a member of the Governing Council shall last from one Assembly to the next and all the members of the Governing Council must be sitting members of Parliament. The Governing Council shall elect the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union for a period of three years. It elects the members of the Executive Committee and appoints the Secretary General of the Union.

• the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall be composed of the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, fifteen members belonging to different Parliaments (elected by the Governing Council; not less than twelve shall be elected from among the members of the Governing Council) and the President of the Coordinating Committee of the Meeting of Women Parliamentarians. The fifteen elected seats will be assigned to the geopolitical groups. Only parliamentarians from States where women have both the right to vote and the right to stand for election are eligible to the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall be the administrative organ of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

• and the Secretariat. The Secretariat of the Union comprises the totality of the staff of the organisation under the direction of the Secretary General of the Union.

The Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments shall be a consultative body of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

Elected to posts

• President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union is Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), elected to this post for a three-year mandate on 15 October 2008 at the 183rd session of the Governing Council of the IPU in Geneva.
• Secretary General of the Union: Mr. Anders B. Johnsson (Sweden), elected to this post in 1998 for an initial four year mandate. He has since been re-elected twice and is currently serving his third term.
• Standing Committee on democracy and human rights. President: Mr. E. Rodriguez Zavaleta (Peru), Latin American Group.
• Committee on human rights of parliamentarians. President: Ms. S. Carstairs (Canada), expiry of term April 2011.
• On April 17, 2008, Senator Pia Cayetano (Philippines) was elected for a 2 year term, president of the Committee of Women Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) during its 118th General Assembly in Cape Town, South Africa. As the first Filipino and Asian to head it, she ran unopposed and takes over from Uruguay's Monica Xavier.

Amendments to the Statutes

Any proposal to amend the Statutes shall be submitted in writing to the Secretariat of the Union at least three months before the meeting of the Assembly. The Secretariat will immediately communicate all such proposals to the Members of the Union. The consideration of such proposed amendments shall be automatically placed on the agenda of the Assembly.
Any sub-amendments shall be submitted in writing to the Secretariat of the Union at least six weeks before the meeting of the Assembly. The Secretariat will immediately communicate all such sub-amendments to the Members of the Union.
After hearing the opinion of the Governing Council, expressed through a simple majority vote, the Assembly shall decide on such proposals by a two-thirds majority vote.

The IPU and the United Nations

The IPU marked the 50th anniversary of the United Nations by holding a special session in the General Assembly Hall before the start of the session, where they planned for closer cooperation with the United Nations. The General Assembly Resolution passed during that session requested the Secretary-General to put this into action.An agreement was signed between the IPU and the Secretary-General on 24 July 1996 and subsequently ratified by a General Assembly Resolution, where the United Nations recognizes IPU as the world organization of parliaments. Pursuant to this resolution, the Secretary-General submitted a report which was noted with appreciation by the General Assembly, who requested further strengthening of cooperation and another report. This report detailed the measures that had been taken, including opening a liaison office in New York, and cooperation on issues such land-mines and the promotion of representative democracy. Following an entire morning of debate the General Assembly passed a resolution which simply stated that it "looks forward to continued close cooperation".
The following year (1999) the Secretary-General reported on an increased number of areas of cooperation, the issue was debated for an entire afternoon (interrupted by a minute of silence held for tribute to Vazgen Sargsyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia who had just at that time been killed by gunmen) and passed a resolution requesting the IPU be allowed to address the Millennium General Assembly directly.
Following another report, and another half-day debate, the General Assembly welcomed the IPU declaration entitled "The Parliamentary vision for international cooperation at the dawn of the third millennium" and called for the Secretary-General to explore new and further ways in which the relationship could be strengthened.
On 19 November 2002 the IPU was granted observer status to the General Assembly
In the Resolution 59/19, Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the UN General Assembly takes note of the recommendations in regard to engaging parliamentarians more systematically in the work of the United Nations.
The final declaration of the Second World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, hosted at United Nations headquarters, took place in September 2005, was entitled Bridging the democracy gap in international relations: A stronger role for parliament.
In the Resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly, 61/6, Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, in 27 November 2006, it calls for the further development of the annual parliamentary hearing at the United Nations and other specialized parliamentary meetings in the context of major United Nations meetings as joint United Nations-Inter-Parliamentary Union events.
Every year during the fall session of the General Assembly the IPU organises a Parliamentary Hearing. A resolution on cooperation between the United Nations and the IPU allowed for circulation of official IPU documents in the General Assembly.
UN and the IPU cooperate closely in various fields, in particular peace and security, economic and social development, international law, human rights, and democracy and gender issues, but IPU has not obtained the status of UN General Assembly subsidiary organ.

Asian Aid

Asian Aid is a non-profit Christian charity organisation that works to provide sponsorship of poverty-stricken children from India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Founded in 1966, Asian Aid is an accredited, supporting ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Based out of Wauchope, New South Wales, Australia, Asian Aid is a signatory of the ACFID code for non-government organisations and has a supporting branch in the USA.

Without hope, what do we have?

There is no future, nothing to look forward to. No reason to wake up in the morning. No reason to plan. No reason to daydream. No reason to care for yourself - or for others. The world is grey.
At Asian Aid, we believe that hope is something everybody has a right to.
Hope can take many forms. Sometimes it's a gentle hand to hold. Sometimes it's a steaming bowl of rice and vegetables. It can be sign language for the voiceless or deaf, or braille for the sightless. Hope can be a warm blanket at night, and sometimes it comes straight out of a school textbook. It can even grow in a vegetable garden.
We believe in God's promise in Jeremiah 29:11. "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'"
But we also believe it is our responsibility to spread seeds of hope wherever we can, regardless of race, religion, or gender.
Hope changes lives, and that's why we believe it's the best gift we can give. 

Academy of European Law

The Academy of European Law (known by the German acronym ERA for “Europäische Rechtsakademie”) is an international centre for training and debate for lawyers. A public foundation based in Trier, Germany, its objective is to promote the awareness, understanding and good practice of European law.

 

Profile

Through conferences, seminars, study visits, language courses and e-learning projects, many of them multilingual, ERA enables legal practitioners to gain a wider and deeper knowledge of the diverse aspects of European law. Attendees at the events, taking place at the Academy’s conference centre in Trier, in Brussels and other European cities, include judges, prosecutors, lawyers in private practice, notaries, in-house counsel, law enforcement officers, lawyers in public administration and other legal practitioners. The Academy also provides a forum for the discussion of proposals and developments of legal policy at European level and thus contributes to creating a pan-European public sphere.

History

The Academy’s genesis was closely associated with the accelerating pace of European integration and the completion of the internal market. In 1990, the European Parliament recommended that the European Commission invest in a centre for the continuing education of lawyers in order to improve the consistent application of European law. In 1991 the Parliament endorsed a proposal drawn up by a number of MEPs and politicians from Luxembourg and the German Land of Rhineland-Palatinate to establish an Academy of European Law in Trier, Germany, close to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. The Academy was set up in 1992 as a public foundation. The founding patrons were the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Land of Rhineland-Palatinate and the City of Trier. They were soon joined by the other German Länder, the federal state of Germany and, from 2000 on, by other Member States of the European Union. Today, 23 EU Member States are patrons of the Academy.

Structure

The Academy’s training events are designed and implemented by an international team of lawyers divided into four sections: European private law, European business law, European criminal law and European public law. Speakers are drawn from a Europe-wide network of experts, leading professionals and lawmakers. Besides revenue from its conferences, publications and interest on foundation capital, a significant share of the Academy’s budget is made up of support from the European Union and the Land of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Former European Commission president Jacques Santer is the president of the Academy’s Governing Board, which is responsible for fundamental policy decisions and approval of the budget. Pauliine Koskelo, President of the Supreme Court of Finland, is chairwoman of its Board of Trustees. Klaus-Heiner Lehne MEP is chairman of its Executive Board. The Academy’s director is Wolfgang Heusel.

Andean Community of Nations

The Andean Community (Spanish: Comunidad Andina, CAN) is a customs union comprising the South American countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The trade bloc was called the Andean Pact until 1996 and came into existence with the signing of the Cartagena Agreement in 1969. Its headquarters are located in Lima, Peru.


The Andean Community has 98 million inhabitants living in an area of 4,700,000 square kilometers, whose Gross Domestic Product amounted to US$745.3 billion in 2005, including Venezuela, (who was a member at that time). It's estimated GDP PPP for 2011 amounts to US$902.86 billion, excluding Venezuela.

1. Freddy Ehlers Zurita (Ecuador), (2007–2010)
2. Adalid Contreras Baspineiro (Bolivia), (2010–present)

Membership

Member states

The original Andean Pact was founded in 1969 by Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. In 1973, the pact gained its sixth member, Venezuela. In 1976, however, its membership was again reduced to five when Chile withdrew. Venezuela announced its withdrawal in 2006, reducing the Andean Community to four member states.
Recently, with the new cooperation agreement with Mercosur, the Andean Community gained four new associate members: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. These four Mercosur members were granted associate membership by the Andean Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in an enlarged session with the Commission (of the Andean Community) on July 7, 2005. This moves reciprocates the actions of Mercosur which granted associate membership to all the Andean Community nations by virtue of the Economic Complementarity Agreements (Free Trade agreements) signed between the CAN and individual Mercosur members.

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States

The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) is a group of countries (currently 79: 48 African, 16 Caribbean and 15 Pacific), created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. The group's main objectives are sustainable development and poverty reduction within its member states, as well as their greater integration into the world's economy. All of the member states, except Cuba are signatories to the Cotonou Agreement with the European Union.
The Cotonou Agreement (signed in Cotonou, Benin in June 2000) is the successor to the Lomé Conventions. One of the major differences from the Lomé Convention is that the partnership is extended to new actors such as civil society, private sector, trade unions and local authorities. These will be involved in consultations and planning of national development strategies, provided with access to financial resources and involved in the implementation of programmes.
Many small island developing states are ACP states; the fourth Lomé Convention was revised in 1995 in Mauritius and gives special attention to island countries in this agreement.

International Atomic Energy Agency

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. The IAEA was established as an autonomous organization on 29 July 1957. Though established independently of the United Nations through its own international treaty, the IAEA Statute, the IAEA reports to both the UN General Assembly and Security Council.
The IAEA has its headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The IAEA has two "Regional Safeguards Offices" which are located in Toronto, Canada, and in Tokyo, Japan. The IAEA also has two liaison offices which are located in New York City, United States, and in Geneva, Switzerland. In addition, the IAEA has three laboratories located in Vienna and Seibersdorf, Austria, and in Monaco.
The IAEA serves as an intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear technology and nuclear power worldwide. The programs of the IAEA encourage the development of the peaceful applications of nuclear technology, provide international safeguards against misuse of nuclear technology and nuclear materials, and promote nuclear safety (including radiation protection) and nuclear security standards and their implementation.
The IAEA and its former Director General, Mohamed ElBaradei, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize that was awarded on October 7, 2005. The IAEA's current Director General is Yukiya Amano.

Org type	Organization
Acronyms	IAEA
Head	Yukiya Amano
Status	Active
Established	1957
Headquarters	Vienna, Austria
Website	www.iaea.org

Food and Agriculture Organization

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO, or ONUAA for French: Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture) is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information, and helps developing countries and countries in transition modernise and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices, ensuring good nutrition and food security for all. Its Latin motto, fiat panis, translates into English as "let there be bread". As of 8 August 2008, FAO has 191 members states along with the European Union, Faroe Islands and Tokelau which are associate members. It is also a member of the United Nations Development Group.

Org type	Specialized Agency
Acronyms	FAO
Head	Jacques Diouf (current) José Graziano da Silva (elect)
Status	active
Established	16 October 1945 in Quebec City, Canada
Headquarters	Rome, Italy
Website	fao.org
Parent org	ECOSOC

Director-General - Jacques Diouf, Senegal (1994–2011)

The International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON)

The International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON)

The International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON) is an international organization, group of stakeholders committed to developing and communicating information about health and environmental risks of nanotechnology, thereby fostering risk reduction and maximize benefits society. ICON is composed of people from academia, industrial countries, governmental and non governmental organizations in nanotechnology research and development of high activity. ICON is an organization of technical training and not to defend or commercial interests.

National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)

National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)

Finnish Science and the Environment (NCSE) is a non-profit organization, which must be made to improve the scientific basis for environmental decision-making. Although a supporter of science and its use, NCSE has not taken a position on environmental policy.

NCSE specializes in programs that bring together various individuals, institutions and communities work together, especially in many communities to create and use knowledge of the environment, including research, education, environment, and business organizations and government at all levels.

NCSE operates programs in five areas:

1. Scientific solutions - programs that engage diverse communities to deploy science to make decisions on specific issues. This includes the National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry and Wildlife Habitat Policy Research Program.

2. Strengthening education - which includes an affiliate program of the University (~ 160 member schools) with a Council of Deans and Directors of the environment and , a mentoring program for high school students

3. National conference on science, politics and the environment

4th Encyclopedia of Earth. Nose acts as secretariat for the Environmental Information Coalition, which is to build the Encyclopedia of Earth.

5th Science policy - which aims to strengthen understanding and support of environmental science and its application, and programs that make it possible. Nose played a crucial role in stimulating the initiative of the National Science Foundation to triple its annual budget for environmental research, education and scientific assessment

National Registry of Environmental Professionals (NREP)

National Registry of Environmental Professionals (NREP)

The National Registry of Environmental Professionals (PNER) is higher in the U.S. governmental organization for accreditation of the environment, and is recognized by the U.S. Department Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency. PNER has about 12,000 members worldwide, including managers, technicians and other professionals working in the operation and management related to regulatory issues such as compliance with pollution standards, air, soil and water.

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)

Public Services for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit, the organization of environmental protection of local resources and natural state and national government for environmental professionals. PEER is a resource for potential whistleblowers of government, allowing them to expose the harmful environment and contribute anonymously to the correction agency retaliation. Founded in 1996, PEER works primarily for the processing of applications for public sector employees in the government's fault on the environment. Because whistleblowers often face direct retaliation of the participating organizations, peer encourages employees to work through the organization to reveal the government's environmental damage. Once a claim is made, the PEER survey, often with requests for access to information. The organization may choose to take a series of actions, including press releases and legal procedures.

PEER is also used to provide legal services to complainants who are the target of agency retaliation.

Resources for the Future (RFF)

Resources for the Future (RFF)

Future (RFF) is a non-profit organization that makes an independent investigation of the environment, energy and natural resource problems, primarily through the economy and other social sciences. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC, RFF conducts research around the world. In 1952, the Institute is recognized as a pioneer in the field of resource economics.

The Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP)

Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) is a research and education funded by private contributions, based in Arlington, Virginia, USA. It was founded in 1990 by atmospheric physicist S. Fred Singer.  Sepp challenges the prevailing science of climate change and ozone depletion. Sepp also questioned the science used to establish the dangers of passive smoking, arguing that the risks are exaggerated.  [dead link]

Sepp former president of the board is listed as Rockefeller University President Emeritus Frederick Seitz, , a former president of the National Academy of Sciences, now deceased

Student Environmental Action Coalition or SEAC

Student Environmental Action Coalition or SEAC

Student Action Coalition environment or SEAC (pronounced "seek") is a student and a national network of progressive organizations run youth and individuals based in the United States.

SEAC, "working together to protect our planet and our future," defines the environment as including physical, economic, political and cultural context in which we live. In challenging the power structure which threatens these environmental conditions, SEAC works to create progressive social change both locally and globally.
 SEAC was launched in 1988 by students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It differs from other student organizations for the environment because of its broad definition of environment, which includes racism, sexism, militarism, heterosexism, economic justice and animal rights.

Although sometimes disturbing and ready to break the law, are members of the Student Environmental Action Coalition or SEAC program (as they call themselves) willing to do whatever it takes to get their message. SEAC has a bottom-up approach in which the place takes over the management of each chapter across the country. The people of Burma, Britain and Hong Kong, China, for example, participated in the Conference in 1995, SEAC. They are also included in many Internet sites dedicated to environmental and networks www.campusactivism.org www.climatechallenge.org.1, 2

Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV)

Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV)

Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV) is a collaboration of businesses, governments and nongovernmental organizations that are identifying and responding to the pressures of environment and resources in Silicon Valley. As its first initiative, SSV committed valley leading organizations that are partners in the ISS, working toward a goal of reducing regional carbon dioxide (CO2) by 20% below 1990 levels by 2010. The SSV approach to achieve this goal is to facilitate strategies to reduce CO2 emissions through energy and fuel efficiency and using renewable energy sources
Vision: Silicon Valley thriving with a healthy environment, a vibrant economy and a socially just.

Mission: To work with the community of Silicon Valley to create a more sustainable future using an environmental management system.

Geography Served: SSV Partners in San Mateo, Santa Clara, north of Santa Cruz and southern Alameda County. Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases CO2 SSW initiative for local communities, regional and global and across all socioeconomic boundaries.

West Harlem Environmental Action (also known as WEACT)

West Harlem Environmental Action Programme (also known as WEACT) is a Harlem, New York City-based non-profit environmental justice focuses on sustainability, public health, pollution, and other cities in the quality of life. The organization was founded in 1988 to resist the city and the North River sewage treatment plant designed for the construction of the MTA bus depot.  The argument on the basis of an increase in respiratory illnesses among residents of Harlem and other adverse health effects. WEACT lead plaintiff lawsuit was brought against the city, which was solved in 1994.
Currently WEACT is one of several groups involved in negotiations on the community benefits as part of the Columbia University expansion plan Villas Manhattan School. It 'also through the rehabilitation of abandoned brownstone converted WEACT Environmental Justice Center, which houses the office and program space, and act as proof of the various green building technologies.

L'Homme et L'Environnement (English: Man and the Environment)

L'Homme et L'Environnement (English: Man and the Environment)

 
Man and Environment (in English: The man and the environment) is a small nongovernmental organization based in Antananarivo, Madagascar, with a mission to develop economically and ecologically sustainable management of natural resources in some parts of Madagascar.

The organization works in five different areas outside of Antananarivo, with the common goal of ecotourism, medicinal plants, and experimental agriculture as an alternative to the degradation of the environment for local communities. One of the main areas they serve is Vohimana Reserve, near Andasibe-Mantadia National Park.

Humans and the Environment approves the volunteers and researchers in the long term and short-lived, for a fee. Some of the Department of French is preferable but not essential.

Macedonian Ecological Society (MES)

Macedonian Ecological Society (MES)

Macedonian Ecological Society (MES) was founded in 1972 in what was then called the Socialist Republic of Macedonia.

Green Belt Movement

Green Belt Movement

The Green Belt Movement is a grassroots NGO based in indigenous Nairobi, Kenya, which takes a holistic approach to development by focusing on environmental conservation, community development and capacity building. Professor Wangari Maathai founded the organization in 1977 under the auspices of the National Council of Women of Kenya.

The Green Belt Movement organizes women in rural Kenya to plant trees, combating deforestation, restoring their main source of cooking fuel, to generate revenue, and stop soil erosion. Maathai has incorporated advocacy and empowerment, eco-tourism, and only economic development in the Green Belt Movement.

Since Maathai started the movement in 1977, more than 40 million trees were planted. Over 30,000 women trained in forestry, processing industry, beekeeping and other foods, allowing them to earn money while preserving their land and resources. Communities in Kenya (men and women) were motivated and organized both prevent further environmental destruction and restore what was damaged.

In 2004, Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize - to become the first African woman to win Nobel Peace Prize - for his work with the Greenbelt Movement. His book, The Green Belt Movement, published by Lantern Books. Maathai is a leader in the movement ecofeminist

Zalul Environmental Association

Zalul Environmental Association

Zalul Environmental Association is a group based in Israel for the Environment was founded in 1999 in order to protect the oceans and rivers of Israel through conservation, activism, research, information and education. Zalul seeks to end the waste of sewage and other toxic wastes into rivers of Israel through legal and regulatory reforms.

Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (Hebrew: החברה להגנת הטבע‎, HaHevra LeHaganat HaTeva)

Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (Hebrew: החברה להגנת הטבע‎, HaHevra LeHaganat HaTeva)

Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (in Hebrew: החברה להגנת הטבע, HaHevra LeHaganat HaTeva), or the SPNI, an Israeli environmental non-profit organization committed to preserving the plants, animals and natural environments, which represent the biological diversity by protecting lands and water necessary for their survival, and is the oldest and largest organization of environmental organization in Israel.
FNIH is most comparable with the Sierra Club in the United States.

Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network (PENGON)

Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network (PENGON)

Palestinian Environmental NGOs (PENGON Network) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization whose mission is to protect the environment in Palestine, by acting as a coordinating body of environmental groups in the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. PENGON was started in 2000 by Al-Aqsa as a result of increased requirements for the Palestinian environmental organizations to defend the Palestinian environment.
PENGON is composed of 21 member organizations, with objectives that cover a wide range of environmental issues such as land defense against abuse, sustainable agriculture, water conservation, rural affairs, sustainable development, protection of heritage, cultural health and sanitation, protection of biodiversity, human rights and community participation.

PENGON General Assembly consists of all its members. The Coordinating Committee consists of seven members elected every two years by the General Assembly.

PENGON is an umbrella organization of Palestinian organizations operating environment in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. PENGON focuses on the protection of the Palestinian environment in the context of the Israeli military occupation. Therefore, environmental efforts in coordination with the campaigns for social justice and also to integrate the social, cultural economic and environmental protection and defense.

PENGON seeks to create international awareness, build capacity for environmental advocacy and community mobilization to engage in sustainable development. PENGON also encourages cooperation with other developing societies.

PENGON member organizations of the network:

* Al-Ard for the Knowledge Society and Environmental Protection

* Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ)

* Agricultural Services Center (TCA)

* Centre for Primary Health Care Development (CDPHC) - Al Quds University

* Institute for the Study of the water, Birzeit University

* Development and Environment Association Baladna Cultural Center

* National Research Center (LRC)

* LAW-Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and Environment

* Local Committee for Environmental Protection, Nablus

Ma'an Development Center *

* Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees (PARC)

* Palestinian Association for Cultural Exchange (PACE)

* Palestinian Hydrology Group (PHG)

* Center Road Safety and Environment (RESC)

* Society for the Protection of the Environment, Jenin

* The Union Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC)

* Association of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees of the field (UPMRC)

* Water and Environment Institute, Ramallah Municipality

* Water and Environmental Research Unit of the soil (WSERU), Bethlehem University

* Water and Environment Research Center (WESC), An-Najah National University

* Palestine Wildlife Society (WLPS)

The Green Movement (Israel)

The Green Movement (Hebrew: התנועה הירוקה‎, HaTnu`a HaYeruqa) is a social-environmental political party in Israel. The Green Movement brings together activists, organizers, city council members, academics, thinkers, and scientists who share awareness that the social-environmental agenda must be central to Israel's political discourse.

Israel Union for Environmental Defense

Israel Union for Environmental Defense

Israel Union for Environmental Defense (in Hebrew: אדם טבע ודין, Adam Teva extractor, illuminated the nature of man and the law.) A group of environmental activists in Israel.

Association for Environment Conscious Building (AECB)

Association for Environment Conscious Building (AECB)

Association for building environmentally conscious (AECB) is the first network of Green Building professionals in the UK. Composition of the AECB include local authorities, housing associations, contractors, architects, designers, consultants and manufacturers. Members share a "broad green vision", which is reflected in their approach to the design of buildings and their environment. The association was founded in 1989 "to educate the construction industry on the need to respect, protect, preserve and improve the environment."

Asociación Pola Defensa da Ría (Association in Defence of the Ria)

Asociación Pola Defensa da Ría (Association in Defence of the Ria)

Asociación Pola Defensa da Ria (Ria Defense Association), Pontevedra, known as the APDR, Galicia is one of the problems with local environmental non-governmental organization created in 1987 to address pollution in the RIA of Pontevedra. He has over 500 registered members, and has considerable support within the local community.

Through its work, defends APDR a sustainable development model based on the rational use of marine and forest resources, and a tourism model not based on the idea of ​​mass tourism. The organization is open to any citizen interested in the rehabilitation of the estuary and adjacent areas. Most of his work focuses on the fight against major polluting industries  such as logging company TAFISA (already changed) and pulp / paper mill and electro-chemical complex ELNOSA-ENCE.

The Earth Organization

The Earth Organization

Organization is an international non-governmental organization, which calls itself "independent, grass-roots international non-profit organization, conservation and environment, with new solutions, committed to creative, responsible rehabilitation of the planet Earth, the vegetable kingdom and animal. "  The organization is registered as an independent non-profit in South Africa, the subsidiaries in the United States, France, Canada, Hungary and Slovakia.
The organization was founded in 2003 in South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony  and is best known for its activities related to the welfare of elephants.

Koeberg Alert

Koeberg Alert, founded in 1983 and started as a local campaign against the nuclear program of South Africa, especially the construction of Koeberg nuclear power plant. Koeberg Alert is probably the first country green activist movement, apart from Nan Rice, Dolphin Action and Protection Group. For years, combined with the broader democratic movement and anti-apartheid. He is currently organizing various anti-nuclear campaigns, and participate in the wider against war and peace movements.

It was renovated in February 2010 when it took place before the National Nuclear HMS Sceptre's visit nuclear submarine. In March 2010, the process of environmental impact assessment for the construction of nuclear-1 was in its final phase with the publication of the preliminary environmental impact report and alert when writing Koeberg to hold public meetings on the subject culture, and aims to prepare more detailed presentations.

ECOPEACE Party

ECOPEACE Party

ECOPEACE party, eThekwini ECOPEACE already, and before that Ecoparty eThekwini, a party is registered at the national level environment in South Africa, which was founded in 1995. eThekwini is the isiZulu name for Durban. IsiZulu ECOPEACE Buhlakuleni uButhi-Yitshaleni iMithi motto means "poison root, grow trees (medicine)".  'became the 1996 municipal elections, but failed to win a seat. In 2000 he won a seat in the eThekwini Municipal Council.  This is the only green place in South Africa. ECOPEACE has not been re-elected in 2006, municipal elections.  However, its sister organization Operation Khanyisa Movement (OKM) has on the Johannesburg City Council elections. OKM is Mr. Green Coalition (GSC).

Although EcoPeace is an ecologist in the broadest sense to look for aspects of the interruption sustaianability natural, built environment, social, economic, political and global issues, etc, and the production of renewable energy are major concerns.

Endangered Wildlife Trust

Endangered Wildlife Trust

The Endangered Wildlife Trust is a South African organization on the environment for the conservation of endangered species and ecosystems in southern Africa.
Founded in 1973, the work of conservation programs and action research EWT, supports the operation of biodiversity and ecosystems and promotes sustainable use of natural resources. EWT specialized working groups through which the Foundation's objectives can be achieved. These working groups are operating units of the organization and are essentially self by mobilizing the talent and enthusiasm of a network of experts and stakeholders in a conservation priority. Existing working groups have developed very credible path to conservation outcomes.

Environmental Forum for Action (ENFORAC)

Environmental Forum for Action (ENFORAC) is a coalition of 16 nongovernmental organizations, community groups and academic institutions who have come together in one voice to protect and defend the natural resources of Sierra Leone.

Formed in 2004, it was not officially launched until April 2006.

Earthlife Africa

Earthlife Africa is a South African organization on the environment and anti-nuclear-founded in August 1988 in Johannesburg. Initially designed as a South African version of Greenpeace, the group began playing a radical, anti-apartheid activist role. ALS is probably now more of a lobby or pressure group Reform. Considered by some as one of the most important voices in the emerging environmental justice movement Earthlife Africa has been criticized for being too radical, and others to "work with the traditional conservation movement" in the search for environmental control.

Dolphin Action and Protection Group

Dolphin Action and Protection Group is an NGO in South Africa fighting for the protection and conservation of dolphins and whales (cetaceans). The group was founded in 1977. DAPG has since expanded its role and activities and has conducted many national education and fundraising. DAPG thousands of educational brochures are distributed each year in schools and libraries and also for fishing and merchant vessels to prevent the dumping of plastics at sea .

DAPG also fought against the deep-sea fishing, pelagic drift-net, which kills whales caught in nets, and managed to eliminate this method of fishing in the southern Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. DAPG has been working with Marine and Coastal Management in the formation of a South African Whale disentanglement Unit.

Cape Town Ecology Group

Cape Town Ecology Group

The Group is a Cape Town South African ecology of radical environmental group founded in 1987 as a "child of Koeberg Alert," and active until the early 1990s. He went to a more politically oriented green ideology, as opposed to conservation groups based in the apartheid era. According to founder Mike Cope: "We felt the need to address environmental issues at a broader level, and recognized the link between politics and ecology Ecology is definitely a political issue, because environmental issues are on the point where we live ..

Co-organized the first conference in South Africa on the environment [2], in collaboration with the Western Cape in the World Conference on Religion and Peace and the call to Islam in 1991. The National Conference on Environment and Development was held at the University of Western Cape and about 231 representatives from a wide range of organizations discussed the links between environmental degradation and political situation in South Africa. The three-day conference aimed at "environmental policy, ecology politicized" and was considered a breakthrough for its time.

Environmental Forum for Action (ENFORAC)

Environmental Forum for Action (ENFORAC)

Environmental Forum for Action (ENFORAC) is a coalition of 16 nongovernmental organizations, community groups and academic institutions who have come together in one voice to protect and defend the natural resources of Sierra Leone.

Formed in 2004, it was not officially launched until April 2006.

Sibuyanons Against Mining (SAM)

Sibuyanons against mining (SAM) is a group of environmental groups, organized mainly by Sibuyanons.

He fought for the mining moratorium in Sibuyan Island (Philippines). The goal is to protect the island, where flourished the world's densest forest, the river flows the cleanest of the Philippines and the majestic Mount Guiting Guiting-life of degradation of the environment and future operations.

Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources,

Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources,

Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of natural resources, known simply as Haribon Foundation is an organization dedicated to the conservation of biodiversity in the Philippines. It aims to create a constituency for environmental issues given priority conservation actions for habitats and sites, based on solid research, scientific and socioeconomic. It considers the organization of the pioneers of the environment in the Philippines.

The name "Haribon" is a series of "Haring Ibon," English "king of birds" or "king of birds", referring to the Philippine eagle, the icon indicating the importance of protecting biodiversity in the Philippines. The presence is a constant reminder to Filipinos who continuously involved in the care of our environment .

Haribo started bird-watching community in 1972, which evolved from the natural and the Wildlife Conservation Society. In 1983, the company became a full protection of the Foundation. And 'well known in the Philippines and abroad, a pioneer in the Philippine environment. And 'tied to bird and habitat conservation organizations around the world global partnership called BirdLife International, Haribo is the Philippine partner.

Greenpeace Southeast Asia

Greenpeace Southeast Asia

Regional office of Greenpeace Southeast Asia in the global economy of the Greenpeace environmental organization.

Greenpeace has conducted successful campaigns in the Philippines, Taiwan, India, Indonesia and Thailand, who often works with other local environmental groups. In the late 80s and early 90s, Greenpeace has developed his presence, and first established an office in Japan in 1989 and China in 1997. Because of vital importance in the region initial studies were also launched, focusing primarily on the Philippines and Indonesia.

Greenpeace is campaigning in depth by the industrialized countries to reduce and ultimately eliminate pollution and environmental degradation, knowing that these efforts can easily be translated into some multi-national companies consuming dirty technology because of environmental damage in the area . In 1999, Greenpeace conducted a campaign to drive the flow of Republic Act No. 8749, known as the "Philippine Clean Air Act," which includes an unprecedented national ban against the incineration of waste. recognizes the very important area, Greenpeace Southeast Asia was officially established in March 2000 and is headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand, and has operations in Manila, Philippines and Jakarta, Indonesia --- the great cities of the region , are among the most polluted cities in the world.

Greenpeace Southeast Asia is firmly in the local environmental conditions in communities across the country in which it operates. License to use the name "Greenpeace" Stichting Greenpeace Council, Greenpeace Southeast Asia provides financial support for the campaign of Greenpeace International at the local level, to participate in international campaigns, and help shape the international campaign for the program .

Greenpeace Southeast Asia, the work area is to stop imports of hazardous waste, which opposes radioactive shipments, campaigning against the destruction of forests, putting pressure on governments for sustainable energy issues and drawing attention to the dangers of incineration. It uses the tactic of nonviolent direct action to draw attention to what it considers a serious threat to the environment, and then the forces of solutions.

In 2005, the Rainbow Warrior II ran aground and damaged Tubbataha Reef in the Philippines during the inspection of the reef coral bleaching. Greenpeace has been fined $ 7,000 USD without damaging the reef, and agreed to pay the fine, saying he felt responsible for the damage, although Greenpeace has said that the Philippine government had given its outdated maps. The park director Tubbatha appreciate the swift action by Greenpeace led to assessing damage to coral reefs .

As a regional organization, Greenpeace Southeast Asia focuses on evidence of impact presented by global warming and increased public awareness of the problems. The campaign to make changes in the direction of energy policy in the region for the future, the group encourages governments to stop relying on fossil fuels and kisses renewable, sustainable sources of clean energy.

Waipoua Forest

Waipoua Forest

Waipoua Forest preserves some of the best examples of kauri forest remaining in New Zealand. It is noteworthy that two of the largest life kauri tree, Tane Mahuta and Te Matua Ngahere. The forest was declared a sanctuary in 1952. A volunteer from the community, the Waipoua Forest Trust, helps maintain the forest.

TerraNature

TerraNature

Terra Natura is an environmental organization in New Zealand, and is a trust established charity located in Auckland.

The Trust is dedicated to land and marine conservation, restoration of native habitats, protection of endangered species, and reducing the loss of the unique biodiversity of New Zealand .

earth, nature will provide a greater public awareness of environmental issues in New Zealand, and the international importance of 'edge ecology' of the nation, which has evolved 80 million years in isolation, and is a biological treasure with the largest collection in the world air capable of birds, the living fossils of reptiles and frogs, the period before the dinosaurs, gigantic insects, and 80 percent endemism in plants.
Terranatura is also working to establish marine reserves on the high seas, first along a chain of seamounts on the Kermadec hill. Along with this is the opposition of the Foundation for the extraction of minerals from the seabed is proposed on seamounts, and increased awareness of the migration of whales in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, the impact of anthropogenic noise in the oceans marine animals, and the need for legislation to regulate natural resources in the deep sea.

Save Happy Valley Coalition (SHVC)

Save Happy Valley Coalition (SHVC)

The Coalition to Save Happy Valley (SHVC) is an environmental movement formed for the express purpose of preventing the Cypress mine, a surface coal mine on the west coast of New Zealand to continue.

The National Coalition is the umbrella organization for the environment Environment and conservation organizations in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc. (Forest & Bird)

Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc. (Forest & Bird)

The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand guidelines Inc (Forest & Bird) is an environmental organization specializing in the conservation of native plants and wildlife in and around New Zealand.

The company has over 50 active branches are located in urban and rural areas throughout New Zealand.

Branches have been active in conservation projects and protection of the Community and regional level.

Society offices and staff located in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington.

The company publishes the quarterly magazine of Forest & Bird, a Natural History New Zealand, the final documents.

The company is also known that the highest authority of the law on the management of resources, and provide follow who?Notes on the book reads. They are also actively lobbying resources, management, law and practices consistent with the protection of the ecosystem.

New Zealand Institute of Environmental Health (NZIEH)

New Zealand Institute of Environmental Health (NZIEH)

The New Zealand Institute of Environmental Health (NZIEH) is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that promotes best practice in environmental health and those working in the fields of environmental protection and health in New Zealand . It was established in 1920 as a partnership and a member of the International Federation of Environmental Health

New Zealand Ecological Restoration Network (NZERN)

New Zealand Ecological Restoration Network (NZERN) is an organization dedicated to environmental protection and restoration of biodiversity in New Zealand.

Native Forest Restoration Trust

Native Forest Restoration Trust

Founded in 1980, the New Zealand native forest restoration Trust is an organization involved in forest restoration.

Since then, the Trust bought the land at a speed of 250 hectares per year to protect important species, restore habitat and improve water quality. It now has 25 reserves throughout the North Island for a total of nearly 6000 hectares of protected native forests.

Sir Edmund Hillary was the patron of the trust.