List of environmental organizations Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

This is a list of environmental organizations, organizations that preserve or monitor the environment in different ways. Environmental organizations can be global, regional, national or local; they can be government-run or private.

Table of contents

1 Intergovernmental Organizations 2 Government Organizations 3 Private Organizations (Environmental NGOss) 3.1 International 3.2 Australia 3.3 Canada 3.4 Germany 3.5 New Zealand 3.6 United Kingdom 3.7 United States 3.8 Other (to be catagorized) 4 See also 5 External links

Intergovernmental Organizations

International organizations and bodies established under international organizations to protect the environment:

• Commission for Environmental Cooperation (NAFTA)
• European Environment Agency (EEA)
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme))

Government Organizations

The governments of all developed countries today have government departments or agencies devoted to monitoring and protecting the environment:

• English Heritage
• English Nature
• The Environment Agency (England & Wales)
• Environment Canada
• The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Scotland)
• New Zealand
  • Department of Conservation
  • Ministry for the Environment
  • Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
• United States
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Fish and Wildlife Service

  All US states have fish & game departments that regulate local hunting and other taking of wild animals.

Private Organizations (Environmental NGOss)

These organizations are involved in lobbying, advocacy, or conservation efforts:

International

• BirdLife International
• The Center for International Environmental Law
• Earth Charter Organization
• Earth Liberation Front
• Environmental Investigation Agency
• Environmental Law Association Worldwide
• Foundation for Environmental Education
• Friends of the Earth
• Green Cross International
• Greenpeace
• The Nature Conservancy
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development
• Worldwatch Institute
• World Wildlife Fund
• North American Pollinator Protection Campaign
• The Xerces Society

Australia

• Australian Conservation Foundation

Canada

• ACTivist Magazine
• The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
• Canadian Environmental Law Association
• Canadian Environment Network
• The Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy
• The Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment
• David Suzuki Foundation
• Environmental Bureau of Investigation
• Environmental Defence
• Pollution Probe
• Sierra Club of Canada
• Sierra Legal Defence Fund

Germany

• ROBIN WOOD
• BUND (Friends of the Earth Germany)

New Zealand

• Beech Forest Action Council
• Buller Conservation Group
• Environment and Conservation Organisations of Aotearoa New Zealand (ECO)
• Native Forest Action
• Native Forest Action Council changed name to Maruia Society
• Native Forest Restoration Trust
• Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand

See also: List of New Zealand Environmental organizations

United Kingdom

• Friends of the Earth England Wales and Northern Ireland
• Friends of the Earth Scotland
• Greenpeace UK
• Transport 2000
• Council for the Protection of Rural England
• RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)

United States

• American Bird Conservancy
• Earth First!
• National Audubon Society
• Nature's Classroom
• Native Forest Council
• Rainforest Action Network
• Sea Shepherd
• Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC)
• Sierra Club
• Union of Concerned Scientists

Other (to be catagorized)

• The Civic Trust
• Defenders of Wildlife
• Environmental Defense Fund
• European Biomass Association
• Forest Stewardship Council
• GREENGUARD Environmental Institute
• Groundwork
• Izaak Walton League
• National Wildlife Federation
• Negative Population Growth
• The Town and Country Planning Association
• The Wildlands Project
• North American Native Fishes Association

See also

• List of organizations
• environment
• environmentalism
• List of civic, fraternal, service, and professional organizations
• green party,
• activism industry
• environmental agreements

External links

(These should be sorted into categories above; those that aren't primarily organizations, but rather websites, should be moved to environment)

• Scorecard.org - lots of info about pollution in your area, just enter your zip code. Colored maps also show how bad certain types of pollution are in your area.
• Environmental Protection Agency
• OEHHA
• Environmental Defense Fund
• ACTivist Magazine
• CUSP - environmental voting records for the United States Congress, including overpopulation-related votes
• League of Conservation Voters - environmental voting records for the United States Congress
• Rachel's Environment and Health News - Weekly news about how the polluted environment affects people, and what corporations and governments are doing (or not doing) about it. Also in Spanish.
• Essential.org - Some organizations related to consumers and consumer protection, including pollution.
• CleanUp GE.org - Info about GE's shady dumping practices on the Hudson River.
• Extoxnet newsletters - environmental pollution news. Last update 1998.
• Environmental News Network - more news
• Environmental Working Group
• Sewage Sludge - in the US it is perfectly legal to fertilize food crops with solids from the sewer, which include lots of heavy metals and toxins.

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