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International
World Wide Fund For Nature &
Environmental
E
Magazine
www.emagazine.com
E is an independent newsstand-quality publication on
environmental issues--a magazine that could educate,
inspire and empower Americans to make a difference for
the environment. A substantial magazine, E is chock full
of everything the budding environmentalist needs to
know, from "rainforests to recycling" and from
the "personal to the political."
Environmental News Network
www.enn.com
The Environmental News Network mission is to create
environmental awareness on critical issues through the
presentation of fair and balanced daily news and
information products. ENN provides its products and
services to CNN, Turner Broadcasting, National
Geographic, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, and other media companies, government
agencies, foundations, special interest groups and the
general public. Millions read our news and information
products each day.
Global Environmental Outlook
www.grid.unep.ch/geo1
United Nations Environment Program Global Environmental
Report from 1997.
Green Cross International
www.gci.ch
Green Cross International was founded by Mikhail
Gorbachev in 1993, building on the 1992 Earth Summit in
Rio de Janeiro and Agenda 21. Our mission is to help
create a sustainable future by cultivating harmonious
relationships between humans and the environment. Green
Cross concentrates its efforts on the following five
programs whose common theme is to promote a significant
change in human values leading to greater respect and
care for Earth's community of life in all its diversity.
Greenpeace
www.greenpeace.org
One World
www.oneworld.org
OneWorld Online is a partnership: over 100 organizations
working for human rights and sustainable development. We
are working together to broadcast an alternative world
agenda, an agenda for a fairer world.
United Nations Environment Program
www.unep.org
Volunteer Opportunities Worldwide
www.idealist.org/globalvolunteers.html
This site lists environmental volunteer opportunities
around the world. A great place to go to find out where
you can get involved.
World Conservation Union (IUCN)
www.iucn.org
The World Conservation Union, is one of the world's
oldest international conservation organizations. It was
established in France in 1948 as the "International
Union for the Protection of Nature." Today it is a
union of governments, government agencies, and
non-governmental organizations working at the field and
policy levels, together with scientists and experts, to
protect nature.
World Resources Institute
www.wri.org
The World Resources Institute's mission is to move human
society to live in ways that protect Earth's environment
and its capacity to provide for the needs and
aspirations of current and future generations. Because
people are inspired by ideas, empowered by knowledge,
and moved to change by greater understanding, WRI
provides - and helps other institutions provide -
objective information and practical proposals for policy
and institutional change that will foster
environmentally sound, socially equitable development.
World Watch
www.worldwatch.org
Worldwatch is a nonprofit public policy research
organization dedicated to informing policymakers and the
public about emerging global problems and trends and the
complex links between the world economy and its
environmental support systems.
World Wildlife Fund
www.panda.org
World Wide Fund For Nature is the world's largest and
most experienced independent conservation organization,
with around 5 million supporters and a global network of
27 National Organizations, 5 Associates, and 21 Program
Offices.
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Earthlife
Africa
www.earthlife.org.za
Founded in the 1980s, Earthlife Africa provided a
context for politics and the environment to be linked
and raised as part of political discussion. Hence ELA's
declaration that politics and ecology are integrally
linked.
EcoNews Africa
www.web.apc.org/~econews
EcoNews Africa is an NGO initiative that analyses global
environment and development issues from an African
perspective and reports on local, national, and regional
activities that contribute to global solutions.
Environmental Information Center (Lebanon)
www.spnl.org.lb
The Environmental Information Center is a special
subsection of the Society for the Protection of Nature
in Lebanon.
Friends of the Earth
www.ecopeace.net
EcoPeace-Friends of the Earth Middle East, is a unique
umbrella organization representing the leading Egyptian,
Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian environmental
nongovernmental organizations. Our primary objective is
the promotion of cooperative efforts to protect our
shared environmental heritage. In so doing, we hope to
help achieve both sustainable regional development and
the creation of necessary conditions for lasting peace
in our region.
SEPADO (Somalia)
members.tripod.com/~sepado
Somalia Environmental Protection and
Anti-desertification organization (SEPADO) is legally
constituted and registered as voluntary Non-governmental
organization, formed during the summer of 1996 to combat
environmental problems of the war-torn Somalia.
Southern Africa Environment Project
www.oneworld.org/saep
The Southern Africa Environment Project is a non-profit
corporation organized in 1994. It has offices in Cape
Town and Port Elizabeth. SAEP works with a variety of
South African government departments, educational
institutions, environmental non-governmental
organizations, and community-based organizations. Its
educational Programs run the gamut from workshops and
conferences to a rapidly growing internship Program. Its
initial focus has been on South Africa, but it is
expanding into Lesotho and other SADC countries as
opportunities and funding permit.
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Asia Pacific Regional Environmental Network
www.nautilus.org/aprenet
APRENet is an electronic information system focused on
environmental issues in Asia-Pacific. Utilizing its
on-line library, e-mail networks, and news reports,
APRENet seeks to stimulate debate and promote regional
environmental policy alternatives in the region. Network
participants include analysts and activists from
research institutions, journalists, citizen groups,
government, and business.
Australian Conservation Foundation
www.peg.apc.org/~acfenv
ACF is Australia's major national non-government
environment organization with a broad agenda
encompassing all aspects of the natural environment.
Founded in 1965, ACF is an independent, not for profit
organization governed by its members through a
democratically-elected 37 member Council with
representatives from all states and territories of
Australia.
Center for Science and the Environment (India)
www.oneworld.org/cse
The Center's work is mainly organized as policy
research; communications and public awareness raising;
campaigns and lobbying activities; and documentation.
The Center's research projects have tried to develop a
policy framework for an equitous, participatory and
environmentally-sound development. The Center has
organized a number of seminars and workshops which have
been attended not only by academics, but also by senior
ministers, grassroots activists, NGOs and members of the
public.
Environment Australia
kaos.erin.gov.au
This is the site for the Australian environmental
protection agency. The goals of the Department are to
develop, in the national interest, a proper recognition
of environmental, social and related economic values in
government decision-making and activities; and to
improve the quality of the decision-making process,
program delivery and communication by ensuring that
Government has available to it reliable information and
advice and efficient delivery mechanisms.
Environment & Conservation Organizations of
Australia and New Zealand
www.converge.org.nz/eco
ECO, Environment and Conservation organizations of New
Zealand, Inc., is a network of around 80 organizations.
ECO members include large international organizations
such as the World Wide Fund for Nature (NZ), Greenpeace
(NZ), and Friends of the Earth (NZ); national
organizations such as the National Council of Women,
professional organizations, including the NZ Association
of Scientists, and local groups, such as the Southland
Resource Monitor Center. ECO is the co-ordinating body
for this broad spectrum of groups who cover a complete
range of environmental and conservation concerns and
activities. There are also 400 individual "Friends
of ECO."
Environment Center of Western Australia
www.iinet.net.au/~ecwa
The Environment Center is a non-profit non-governmental
organization, whose goals are to determine and respond
to the environment information needs of the Western
Australian community. The Environment Center tries to
raise community awareness on environmental issues, and
the connections between this and our lifestyles. The
Environment Center facilitates and assists community
participation and action on environmental issues, and
works with other groups to fulfill these aims.
Friends of the Earth:
Friends of the Earth has worked for conservation and
public health protection for more than a quarter of a
century. In the process, we have learned to focus on the
underlying social and economic causes of environmental
problems both at home and abroad, building coalitions
and working with our unique Friends of the Earth
international network.
Australia
www.foe.org.au
Hong Kong
www.hk.super.net/~foehk
Indonesia
members.tripod.com/walhij/welcome
Japan
www.vcom.or.jp/project/good-env/foej
Philippines
www.sequel.net/~lrcksk
Greenpeace
Australia
www.greenpeace.org.au
Japan
www.nets.ne.jp/GREENPEACE
New Zealand
www.greenpace.org/nz
Greenpower Hong Kong
www.hk.linkage.net/~greenpow
Greenpower promotes public awareness of environmental
protection, community-based environmental education,
formulation of environmental policy, a green living
cultures compatible with the needs of a sustainable
earth, and contributes to the betterment of China's
ecology.
International Fund for China's Environment
www.ifce.org
The International Fund for China's Environment (IFCE)
was established by a group of concerned scientists and
professionals in 1996. The mission of the IFCE is to
help ensure the protection of the world's environment
and its biological diversity by providing assistance to
aid China in resolving its environmental problems. IFCE
is a non-profit organization (NGO) with its main office
in the Washington metropolitan area, U.S. and a branch
office in Beijing, China.
Japan Environmental Exchange
web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/s-world/jee
JEE is an international, volunteer-based environmental
awareness group. We offer a place for citizens to join
in ongoing projects or start up new ones. JEE maintains
an office in Kyoto, and also has branches in Tokyo (JEE
Kanto) and California (JEE US).
King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation (Nepal)
www.south-asia.com/kingmah.htm
The King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation (KMTNC)
is an autonomous, non- governmental and non-profit
organization. KMTNC was created because of the
realization that the relationship between nature
conservation and economic development is mutually
dependent. It was established by the special King
Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation Act in 1982.
Today, it has successfully undertaken over 60 projects
in the fields of nature conservation, biodiversity
protection and sustainable rural development.
Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales
www.nccnsw.org.au
The Nature Conservation Council of NSW (NCC) is the peak
umbrella organization for over 100 conservation and
environment groups in New South Wales, Australia.
Collectively we work on a huge range of conservation
issues in NSW.
WWF:
World Wide Fund For Nature is the world's largest and
most experienced independent conservation organization,
with around 5 million supporters and a global network of
27 National Organizations, 5 Associates, and 21 Program
Offices.
Hong Kong
www.wwf.org.hk
Japan
wwfjapan.aaapc.co.jp
Malaysia
www.geocities.com/rainforest/2701
Philippines
www.nubook.com/wwf-phil
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AIDIS (Argentina)
www.aidisar.org
La Asociación Argentina de Ingenier’a Sanitaria y
Ciencias del Ambiente (AIDIS Argentina), es una
Organización No Gubernamental, sin fines de lucro, con
personer’a jur’dica constitu’da en 1948, como
miembro de la Asociación Interamericana de Ingenier’a
Sanitar’a y Ambiental, a la que representa en el
pa’s. La Asociación Interamericana está integrada
por 23 Cap’tulos o Secciones Nacionales de las Américas,
mas la Caribean Water and Wastewater Association, que
intega a las islas del Caribe de habla inglesa.
Brazilan Institute for the Environment
www.ibama.gov.br
IBAMA tem por missão institucional executar as
pol’ticas nacionais de meio ambiente nasatribui›es
federais permanentes, por meio da gestão ambiental
compartilhada, visando ˆ preservaão da qualidade
ambiental para as presentes e futuras gera›es.
Brazilian Reference and Cultural Support Center
fcebrac@zaz.com.br
Chile Information Project Environmental Report
www.chiper.cl
The site provides weekly reports on the state of the
environment. Chiper is now bilingual (English-Espanol),
it includes a daily environmental news update, a special
Native Forest section, a forestry fact file, and six
member groups.
The Earth Council (Costa Rica)
www.ecouncil.ac.cr
P.O. Box 2323
1002 San Jose
Costa Rica
PH: 506/256-1611
Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth has worked for conservation and
public health protection for more than a quarter of a
century. In the process, we have learned to focus on the
underlying social and economic causes of environmental
problems both at home and abroad, building coalitions
and working with our unique Friends of the Earth
international network.
Chile
www.netup.cl/~codeff
Ecuador
www.ecuanex.apc.org/accion
El Salvador
www.tao.ca/~cesta
Uruguay
www.chasque.apc.org/redesur/redes.html
Fundacion Vida (Honduras)
Vida is a joint USAID, UNDP, Honduran government
project. Most of the funds come from USAID development
money which are allocated to Honduran environmental
groups.
Blvd. Suyapa, Edificio Florencia 2o Piso #203
Apartado Postal 4252 Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Phone: (504) 239-1642 and 239-1644
Fax: (504) 239-1645
Contact: Jorge Quinones
Greenpeace
Argentina
www.ar-w3.com/greenpeace
Brazil
www.greenpeace.org.br
Honduran Organization for the Defense of the
Environment (OHDA)
bmyton@ns.unah.hondunet.net
2232 Calzada Fujiyama
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Fax/Phone (504) 239-2583
Contact: Carlos Medina, President
Jamaica's Natural Resources Conservation Authority
www.nrca.org
The Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) is
the Government Agency responsible for the management,
conservation and protection of the natural resources of
Jamaica. The NRCA exists to provide the management
framework for the conservation, protection and
sustainable use of Jamaica's natural resources in
collaboration with its partners in the public and
private sectors.
National Association for the Conservation of Nature
(ANCON) (Panama)
www.ancon.org
ANCON es una organización privada, independiente y sin
fines de lucro dedicada exclusivamente a la conservación
de la diversidad biológica y los recursos naturales de
Panamá.
PROVITA (Venezuela)
provita1@telcel.net.ve
National Ecology Network (RENACE) (Chile)
www.renace.net
RENACE is a network of 140 Chilean citizen organizations
working between Arica and Punta Arenas for the
protection of the environment and quality of life.
RENACE is dedicated to promoting the exchange of
information, proposals and experiments between
organizations working towards an ecologically
sustainable society in Chile; promoting collaborative
efforts between citizen organizations to contribute to
the solving of the environmental problems in Chile;
facilitating technical and legal support and training
for environmental and social organizations facing
environmental problems; editing, publishing and
diffusing information intended to strengthen
environmental work in Chile; and promoting ecologically
sustainable communities.
Socio-Environmental Institute (Brazil)
www.socioambiental.org
O Instituto Socioambiental é uma associaão civil de
direito privado, sem fins lucrativos, fundada para
propor solu›es, de maneira integrada, a quest›es
sociais e ambientais. Seu objetivo principal é defender
bens e direitos sociais, coletivos e difusos relativos
ao meio ambiente, ao patrim™nio cultural, aos direitos
humanos e dos povos.
WWF Brazil
www.wwf.org.br
World Wide Fund For Nature is the world's largest and
most experienced independent conservation organization,
with around 5 million supporters and a global network of
27 National Organizations, 5 Associates, and 21 Program
Offices.
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European
Environment Agency
www.eea.eu.int
Through the provision of timely, targeted, relevant and
reliable information to policymaking agents and the
public, the EEA aims to help achieve significant and
measurable improvement in Europe's environment.
Friends of the Earth:
Friends of the Earth has worked for conservation and
public health protection for more than a quarter of a
century. In the process, we have learned to focus on the
underlying social and economic causes of environmental
problems both at home and abroad, building coalitions
and working with our unique Friends of the Earth
international network.
Austria
www.foe.at/foe
Belgium
www.ful.ac.be/hotes/amisterre
Denmark
www.sunsite.auc.dk/noah
Finland
www.kaapeli.fi/~maanyst
France
www.apro.fr/natcog/at/at.html
Germany
www.bund.net
Italy
www.amiciterra.it
Netherlands
www.milieudefensie.nl
Norway
www.grida.no/ngo/naturvern
Scotland
www.foe-scotland.org.uk
Spain
www.tierra.org
Sweden
www.mjv.se
www.wwf.se
Switzerland
www.pronatura.ch
UK
www.foe.co.uk
Greenpeace:
Austria
www.greenpeace.at
Belgium
greenpeace.agoranet.be
Czech Republic
www.greenpeace.cz
Denmark
www.greenpeace.org/~dk
Germany
www.greenpeace.de
Greece
www.compulink.gr/greenpeace
Italy
www.greenpeace.it
Luxembourg
www.greenpeace.org/~luxembrg
Mediterranean
www.greenpeace.org/~med
Netherlands
www.greenpeace.org/~nl
Russia
green.rosmail.com/index.html
Slovakia
www.isternet.sk/greenpeace
Spain
www.greenpeace.es
Sweden
www.greenpeace.se
Switzerland
www.greenpeace.ch
UK
www.greenpeace.org.uk
LEGAMBIENTE (Italy)
www.legambiente.it
Founded in 1980, Legambiente is a non-political
non-profit-making Italian association for the safeguard
of the environment which is financed by private
individuals and members and not by the State. The
Italian Ministry of Environment has recognized
Legambiente to be an 'association of interest for the
environment'. It is a member of the EEB (European
Environmental Bureau) and of the IUCN (International
Union for Conservation of Nature). Legambiente is also
the UNEP (United Nations Environment Program) National
Committee for Italy.
Netherlands Commitee voor IUCN
www.nciucn.nl
The World Conservation Union, is one of the world's
oldest international conservation organizations. It was
established in France in 1948 as the "International
Union for the Protection of Nature." Today it is a
union of governments, government agencies, and
non-governmental organizations working at the field and
policy levels, together with scientists and experts, to
protect nature.
Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
www.snf.se
The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, SSNC, is
Sweden's oldest environmental organization. It was
founded in 1909 by a group of researchers and cultural
personalities. From that day on, the SSNC has had its
given place in matters linked to nature conservation,
and has grown to be Sweden's most important
environmental watchdog, backed by the solid mandate of
its around 160,000 members.
WWF:
World Wide Fund For Nature is the world's largest and
most experienced independent conservation organization,
with around 5 million supporters and a global network of
27 National Organizations, 5 Associates, and 21 Program
Offices.
Belgium
www.wwf.be
Denmark
wwf.dk
Germany
wwf.de
Greece
www.wwf.gr
Finland
www.wwf.fi
Italy
wwf.it
Netherlands
www.wwf.nl
Spain
www.wwf.es
Sweden
www.wwf.se
Switzerland
www.wwf.ch
UK
www.wwf-uk.org
Greenpeace Germany
www.greenpeace.de
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Earth Island
Institute
www.earthisland.org
Earth Island Institute (EII), founded in 1982 by veteran
environmentalist David Brower, fosters the efforts of
creative individuals by providing organizational support
in developing projects for the conservation,
preservation, and restoration of the global environment.
Earth Island's Project Network consists of more than 30
projects worldwide.Through innovative education and
activist campaigns, we are addressing many of the most
pressing social and environmental issues.
Co-Op America
www.coopamerica.org
Co-op America, a national nonprofit organization founded
in 1982, provides the economic strategies, organizing
power and practical tools for businesses and individuals
to address today's social and environmental problems.
While many environmental organizations choose to fight
important political and legal battles, Co-op America is
the leading force in educating and empowering our
nation's people and businesses to make significant
improvements through the economic system.
Friends of the Earth
www.foe.org
Friends of the Earth has worked for conservation and
public health protection for more than a quarter of a
century. In the process, we have learned to focus on the
underlying social and economic causes of environmental
problems both at home and abroad, building coalitions
and working with our unique Friends of the Earth
international network.
Friends of the Earth Canada
www.foecanada.org
Friends of the Earth has worked for conservation and
public health protection for more than a quarter of a
century. In the process, we have learned to focus on the
underlying social and economic causes of environmental
problems both at home and abroad, building coalitions
and working with our unique Friends of the Earth
international network.
League of Conservation Voters
www.lcv.org
The League of Conservation Voters works to create a
Congress more responsive to your environmental concerns.
As the bipartisan political voice for over nine million
members ofenvironmental and conservation groups, LCV is
the only national environmental organization dedicated
full-time to educating citizens about the environmental
voting records of Members of Congress.
20/20 Vision
www.2020vision.org
Have more good intentions than free time? Every month
20/20 Vision identifies the best way for you to spend 20
minutes to protect the environment and promote peace. We
send you a monthly action postcard with the necessary
information to write a brief letter or make a key phone
call to policy makers facing crucial decisions. Your
actions will help them make the right choices for our
earth and your community. Every six months you will
receive an update on the results of your actions.
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
www.nrdc.org
The Natural Resources Defense Council's purpose is to
safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals,
and the natural systems on which all life depends. We
work to restore the integrity of the elements that
sustain life -- air, land, and water -- and to defend
endangered natural places. We seek to establish
sustainability and good stewardship of the Earth as
central ethical imperatives of human society. NRDC
affirms the integral place of human beings in the
environment. We strive to protect nature in ways that
advance the long-term welfare of present and future
generations. We work to foster the fundamental right of
all people to have a voice in decisions that affect
their environment. We seek to break down the pattern of
disproportionate environmental burdens borne by people
of color and others who face social or economic
inequities. Ultimately, NRDC strives to help create a
new way of life for humankind, one that can be sustained
indefinitely without fouling or depleting the resources
that support all life on Earth.
Public Interest Research Group
www.pirg.org
The State PIRGs are a national, non-profit, non-partisan
network of state-based, member-supported public interest
watchdogs. They work on environmental and consumer
issues on a local, state and nationwide basis.
Sierra Club
www.sierraclub.org
The Sierra Club is a nonprofit, member-supported public
interest organization that promotes conservation of the
natural environment by influencing public policy
decisions: legislative, administrative, legal, and
electoral.
WWF Canada
www.wwfcanada.org
World Wide Fund For Nature is the world's largest and
most experienced independent conservation organization,
with around 5 million supporters and a global network of
27 National Organizations, 5 Associates, and 21 Program
Offices.
WWF U.S.
www.wwf.org
World Wide Fund For Nature is the world's largest and
most experienced independent conservation organization,
with around 5 million supporters and a global network of
27 National Organizations, 5 Associates, and 21 Program
Offices.
Greenpeace Canada
www.greenpeacecanada.org
Greenepeace USA
www.greenpeaceusa.org
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