Wednesday, 24 August 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.

Environment and Conservation Organisations of Aotearoa New Zealand (ECO)

Environment and Conservation Organisations of Aotearoa New Zealand (ECO)

Environmental organizations and conservation in Aotearoa New Zealand (ECO) was established in 1971 as CoEnCo and changed its name to ECO in 1976.

This is a network of coordination and group profit of 70 organizations and publish ecolink (ISSN from 1174 to 0671), a newsletter sent to members and supporters.

Conservation Volunteers New Zealand

Conservation Volunteers New Zealand

Conservation Volunteers New Zealand was founded in 2006, Conservation Volunteers Australia, law. CVNZ first office was opened in Auckland.

Conservation Volunteers New Zealand is a conservation organization in New Zealand not for profit, attracting and coordinates volunteers for environmental restoration projects. CVNZ is registered as a charity with the Charity Commission in New Zealand

National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC)

National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC)

The National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) Formerly the King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation is a Nepali non-governmental organizations working in the field of nature conservation.It was established in 1982 as a nonprofit autonomously by the laws of the law of Nepal. NTNC's mission is to conserve nature and natural resources of Nepal, while addressing the needs of the population in a sustainable manner.

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is an international training of the mountain and independent knowledge center committed to improving the sustainable livelihoods of mountain people in the Greater Himalaya. ICIMOD serves eight regional member countries (RMCs) in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan - and the world community of the mountain. Founded in 1983, ICIMOD is based in Kathmandu, Nepal, and brings together a partnership of regional member countries, partner institutions and donors with a commitment to development efforts to ensure a better future for people and environment of the Greater Himalayas.

BirdLife Malta

BirdLife Malta

BirdLife Malta is the largest environmental movement. Organization's stated purpose is "to protect wild birds, natural habitats and biodiversity,"
BirdLife Malta is Malta's first environmental NGO. It was founded in January 1962 and was then known as MOS (Malta Ornithological Society). It started more as a study group, but soon realized that wild birds have been desperately need someone to fight for their protection. All the efforts of BirdLife Malta today are directly or indirectly channeled into the protection of birds.

Malta is a small state heavily populated island in the Mediterranean, without truly wild areas left. The main threats to birds in Malta are habitat destruction (eg, new roads, building development, hotels, golf courses), disturbance and direct persecution (hunting, trapping). Malta has been called "the most fiercely hostile birds of Europe"
BirdLife Malta uses different methods to ensure the conservation of birds. Chief among its methods of education, particularly through schools, campaigns, publications, media and a section of active junior, the operation of two wetland nature reserves, namely Ghadira and Is -Simar, lobbying the authorities for better legislation on the protection of birds, which help police enforcement, better recovery and enhancement of degraded habitats, and doing research on birds and their habitat in order identify areas for protection.

BirdLife Malta problems various newsletters and magazines for its members and publishes books on natural history. His latest book is the nature of Gozo (2007).

BirdLife Malta is a totally voluntary organization and depends on donations and order. Membership is currently around 3,000

BirdLife Malta is a partner of BirdLife International, a worldwide network of environmental organizations in 100 countries and territories.

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: People and the Environment) is a small nongovernmental organization based in Antananarivo, Madagascar, with a mission to develop economically and ecologically sustainable natural resource 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) 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 to organize rural women in Kenya to plant trees, combating deforestation, restoring their main cooking fuel, income, and to stop soil erosion. Maathai has incorporated advocacy and empowerment for women, eco-tourism, and the only economic development of 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, food processing, beekeeping and other businesses that allow them to earn income while preserving their land and resources. Communities in Kenya (men and women) were both motivated and organized to 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 ecofeminist movement.

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 SPNI, is an Israeli non-profit working to preserve the environment of plants, animals and natural communities representing the diversity biological, protecting land and water necessary for their survival, and it is the organization of Israel oldest and largest conservation.
FNIH is most comparable with the Sierra Club in the United States.

Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network (PENGON)


Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network (PENGON) is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization whose mission is to protect the environment of Palestine, acting as a coordinating body for Palestinian organizations in the environment located in the West Bank and Gaza. PENGON began after the 2000 Al-Aqsa, due to the increasing demands of the Palestinian environmental organizations to defend the Palestinian environment Intifada.

PENGON includes 21 member organizations objectives cover a wide range of environmental issues such as defending the country from abuse, sustainable agriculture, water conservation, rural issues, sustainable development, protection of cultural heritage, health and sanitation, biodiversity conservation , human rights and community participation.

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

PENGON the umbrella organization of Palestinian environmental NGOs operating in both the West Bank and Gaza Strip. PENGON focuses on the protection of the environment in Palestine under Israeli military occupation. Therefore, the environmental work is coordinated with campaigns for social justice, and also the social, economic and cultural, environment and defense.

PENGON aims to increase international awareness of the environment enhance the defense capabilities and to mobilize communities to commit themselves to sustainable development. PENGON also encourages cooperation with other companies developing '.

PENGON member organizations of the network:

Al-Ard Society for Environmental Awareness and Protection

Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ)

Centre for Agricultural Services (TCAS)

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

Institute of Water Studies, Birzeit University

Development and Environment Association Baladna Cultural Center

Land Research Center (LRC)

Law, the Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and Environment

The local committee for the protection of the environment in Nablus

Ma'an Development Center

Palestinian Agricultural Assistance 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

Committees of the agricultural work (UAWC)

Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees (UPMRC)

Department of Water and Environment, the Municipality of Ramallah

Unit water and soil environmental research (WSERU), Bethlehem University

Water and Environmental Studies Center (WESC), An-Najah National University

Palestine Wildlife Society (WLPS)

Green Movement (Hebrew: התנועה הירוקה‎, HaTnu`a HaYeruqa)


Green Movement (in Hebrew: התנועה הירוקה, HaTnu HaYeruqa ') is a socio-environmental political party in Israel. Green business brings together activists, organizers, city council members, scientists, thinkers and scientists to share information on socio-environmental program will be a key Israeli 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.

Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC)

Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC)

Irish Peat Conservation Council (IPCC) is a national organization created in 1982 to preserve and protect a representative sample of Irish bogs.

I have been for many years, the center of Dublin, the seat of the Council is currently in Allen, Bog Visitor Centre, Lullymore, Rathangan, Co. Kildare. Allen's Swamp Nature Center acquired the IPCC in 2003 tand since then the work is underway to develop an internationally recognized center of conservation mud, education and research.

IPCC conservation goals and objectives are presented in a series of action plans, the most recent Fens and bogs of Ireland Conservation Plan 2005. Account of the first fifteen years of the campaign to save the wetlands include marshes Save Story, in which all IPCC publications can be ordered through the website of the charity . The IPCC also produces a newsletter twice a year, the news Mire campaign, which is going out with friends Bog. Mire system a friend has the means through which citizens can participate and contribute to the campaign to save the marshes. Fund-raising methods Among other specific complaints, sales of share certificates symbolic Irish bogs, swamps Save wrapping paper and list, raffles, open days and sale of work, visits to Allen, Bog Nature.

The IPCC is a registered charity, no state-funded and relies on public support to ensure its independence and influence

Gluaiseacht for Global Justice

Gluaiseacht for Global Justice


Gluaiseacht for Global Justice is an environment in Ireland, peace and social justice groups. Gluaiseacht means "movement" in the Irish language. The group believes in nonviolent resistance to the current form of capitalist globalization. Originally a network of environmental companies in the world and other universities and colleges throughout Ireland.

Gluaiseacht was involved in anti-nuclear protests at the Trident submarine base in Faslane, Scotland, and the Sellafield nuclear plant. 

Gluaiseacht organized gathering Ecotopia 2002 (annual summer camp for activists in Europe) in connection with EYFA

Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS)

Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS)

Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation is an Indonesian non-profit NGO founded by Dr. Willie Smits in 1991 and dedicated to the preservation of endangered species in Borneo orangutan and its habitat through the involvement of local people. It is audited by a multinational audit firm and operates under a formal agreement with the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry to preserve and rehabilitate orangutans. BOS manages the programs orangutan rescue, rehabilitation and reintroduction of the East and Central Kalimantan. With nearly 1000 orangutans in its care and employs 600 000 people in a hundred places  BOS is the largest NGO conservation of primates in the world.

Nyaru Menteng and Samboja Lestari is BOS sites that received the widest media coverage. Nyaru Menteng, which was founded and operated by Lone D. Nielsen, was the subject of several television series including Orangutan Diary and Orangutan Island. Samboja Lestari featured in a recent TED conference in 2009, "Willie Smits recreates a tropical forest"  where Smits describes how he recreated the forest is habitat for orangutans rescued.

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is a non-profit organization of public interest research and defense firm based in New Delhi, India. Founded in 1980, the CSE has worked in various environmental issues of development in India, and encouraging policy changes where required, and better implementation of existing policies. CSE has adapted a strategy called knowledge-based activities to create awareness of the problems and propose sustainable solutions.

Goa Foundation

Goa Foundation

Goa Foundation is best known groups of Goa Environmental Action. , founded in 1986 by a group of environmentalists in Goa battles every single combat environment, the organization has influence over the judiciary, the government and the general public, which persisted in its environmental agenda for nearly two decades .

The Foundation's work covers the various areas and fields, all related in one way or another with the conservation of the environment of Goa:

Environmental litigation: The Foundation has presented, and has fought for more than 80 Public Interest Litigation in the High Court and the Supreme Court of India on environmental issues. These petitions do with mines, forests, beaches, pollution from industry, urban planning, etc.

Environmental Education: The organization has been at the forefront of environmental education efforts of its volume peak, fish curry and rice on a regular basis to update the citizens of the environmental report. From time to time, to keep the organization of courses in public interest to the general public, with a strong emphasis on environmental issues.

Solid Waste Management: The Fund continues to work on specific environmental problems Goa state, including the management and solid waste treatment, these projects were supported by the Government of Goa and the UNDP Small Grants Project. His latest project in this regard is the elimination of plastic waste from the environment Goan
Legal obligations: the Foundation, was appointed to the state of Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority,  and the Supreme Court monitoring committee on hazardous waste (which is an all-India responsibility).
The Foundation has contributed to the formation of non-profit organization called Green Goa Works, led by Wendel Rodricks, Goa is an internationally renowned designer. The company is registered in the Companies Act § 25. It deals only with environmental restoration projects, especially eco-friendly ways to dispose of solid waste.

Foundation for Ecological Security

Foundation for Ecological Security

Ecological Safety Foundation is a non governmental organization based in Anand, Gujarat, India, which seeks to preserve ecologically sensitive lands and water resources.

Exnora International


Exnora International is a non-governmental organizations in environmental service organization started in 1989 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India by MB Nirmal, a social activist. It focuses on the preservation of nature and prevent environmental degradation.

Exnora name comes from an excellent novel and radical ideas to solve the environmental problems are caused by the problem.

Conserve (NGO)


In 1998, when the Delhi government launched the Bhagidari, asking its citizens to participate in civic initiatives bear, Anita Ahuja and her husband-IIT graduate Shalabh the challenge and launched preserve. With a seed grant from the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the duo began advocating for waste management through seminars and workshops.
Preserve began in the living room of some friends who took Anita Ahuja issues such as wastewater and waste. In synergy with local well-being of residents (RWA), would also collect waste Ahuja multiple columns in a park and then take it apart. Wet food waste would be turned into compost, while rejecting as dry polythene bags would be on page . This project was not enough work, but led her to the idea of ​​doing something about plastic bags.
Over two years Ahuja experimented with bags of recycling. She tried to weave them together to create a tarp-like cover for the huts of the slum dwellers. Another time she tried pasting pieces of polyethylene on canvas and cardboard. She saw that the thicker tissue can be used to Bric-a-brac, such as pens and folders, and realized she had finally found a recipe for success when his home-made products has become a popular exposure to the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi. She decided to venture into accessories.
Ahuja project has created jobs for tens of disadvantaged people and also becomes a solution to the problem of plastic waste. The range has been expanded with the creation of shoes, handbags, jewelry, lamps, boxes and books .

CERE India


Center for Environmental Research and Education (CERE) is a Mumbai-based non-profit organization working to promote environmental sustainability through action-oriented education, information and advocacy. CERE was created in 2002 by Dr. (Mrs.) N. Pardiwala Rashneh, an ecologist at the University of Edinburgh and Mrs Rustom Kitayun, an environmental educator. ECRE has successfully undertaken projects in urban and rural areas in India, who worked closely with various government departments, educational institutions, multinational corporations and organizations of civil society. ECRE is also a pioneer in corporate sustainability and carbon management systems, they help organizations identify their carbon footprints, meet international accounting standards, the implementation of low-cost strategies to reduce carbon provide significant savings and economic engage in staff awareness.

ECRE has been commissioned for projects of the Industrial Bank spirits, Tata Capital Ltd, Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Tata Consultancy Services, Rabo Bank, Tata Power and others. In 2005, both Dr. and Mrs. Rustom Pardiwala recognized as a social entrepreneur for change and the international Ashoka awarded scholarships. In 2009, Dr. Pardiwala selected as one of Asia 21 Young Leaders and conferred the Asia Society Fellowship in Japan.

Awaaz Foundation

Awaaz Foundation

Awaaz Foundation is a charitable trust and NGOs in Mumbai, India, which aims to raise awareness, conduct advocacy, and is involved in educational projects to protect the environment and prevent pollution of the environment. He influenced many key decisions by the government and politics influenced the decision on the key environmental issues in India. Fund recipients are citizens of India in general.

Awaaz Foundation was incorporated February 21, 2006 by Sumaira Abdulali, a noted environmentalist who has exposed many scandals of the villainy of the environment in India at personal risk. The Fund has filed several public interest litigation, including requirements for a strict application of the noise-laws, a better functioning of the Authority Tree of Mumbai  preventing noise pollution, banning tobacco sales to minors , and efforts to combat politically sponsored mafia sand extraction

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The Conservancy Association (Chinese: 長春社)

The Conservancy Association (Chinese: 長春社)

Conservancy Association (Chinese: 长春 社) is a Hong Kong non-governmental organization founded in 1968.

The organization focuses on environmental protection and conservation of natural and cultural heritage. It also aims to improve the quality of life for present and future generations and to ensure that Hong Kong regional and global shoulder its environmental responsibilities. Defenders of the organization for appropriate policies, monitoring government action, promotes environmental education and plays a role in community participation.

Robert N. Rayne (1913-2000) has founded the Conservancy Association in Hong Kong in 1968, together with Prof. SY Hu Chinese University of Hong Kong, Professor Brian Lofts at the University of Hong Kong, the father of H. Naylor Kowloon Wah Yang College, John H. Pain et al. It 'became president of the Conservancy in 1973 and has participated in campaigns anti-Plane night in Hong Kong in early 1970.

Lights Out Hong Kong (香港熄燈 or 888熄燈)

Lights Out Hong Kong (香港熄燈 or 888熄燈)

Lights Out Hong Kong (香港 熄灯 熄灯 or 888) is a campaign in Hong Kong to protest against air pollution in the city. The campaign organizers urged Hong Kong people to turn off their lights for 3 minutes at 8:00 am on 8.8.2006 as an expression of protest. Campaigners hope the campaign will raise awareness about the problem of air pollution in Hong Kong and we urge the government to take action against it. The campaign received support from a number of environmental groups and societies, and the duo signed at177 to promote it.