An environmental organization is an

organization An organization or organisation (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English; American and British English spelling differences#-ise, -ize (-isation, -ization), see spelling differences) is an legal entity, entity—such as ...

coming out of the

conservation Conservation is the preservation or efficient use of resources, or the conservation of various quantities under physical laws. Conservation may also refer to: Environment and natural resources * Nature conservation, the protection and manage ...

environmental movement The environmental movement (sometimes referred to as the ecology movement) is a social movement that aims to protect the natural world from harmful environmental practices in order to create sustainable living. In its recognition of humanity a ...

s that seeks to protect, analyse or monitor the environment against misuse or

degradation Degradation may refer to: Science * Degradation (geology), lowering of a fluvial surface by erosion * Degradation (telecommunications), of an electronic signal * Biodegradation of organic substances by living organisms * Environmental degradation ...

from human forces. In this sense the environment may refer to the

biophysical environment The natural environment or natural world encompasses all life, biotic and abiotic component, abiotic things occurring nature, naturally, meaning in this case not artificiality, artificial. The term is most often applied to Earth or some parts ...

or the

natural environment The natural environment or natural world encompasses all life, biotic and abiotic component, abiotic things occurring nature, naturally, meaning in this case not artificiality, artificial. The term is most often applied to Earth or some parts ...

. The organization may be a

charity Charity may refer to: Common meanings * Charitable organization or charity, a non-profit organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being of persons * Charity (practice), the practice of being benevolent, giving and sha ...

, a

trust Trust often refers to: * Trust (social science), confidence in or dependence on a person or quality It may also refer to: Business and law * Trust (law), a legal relationship in which one person holds property for another's benefit * Trust (bu ...

, a

non-governmental organization A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus ...

, a

governmental organization A government agency or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government (bureaucracy) that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, s ...

or an

intergovernmental organization Globalization is social change associated with increased connectivity among societies and their elements and the explosive evolution of transportation and telecommunication technologies to facilitate international cultural and economic exchange. ...

. Environmental organizations can be global,

national National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

regional In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

or local. Some

environmental issue Environmental issues are disruptions in the usual function of ecosystems. Further, these issues can be caused by humans (human impact on the environment) or they can be natural. These issues are considered serious when the ecosystem cannot recov ...

s that environmental organizations focus on include

pollution Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause harm. Pollution can take the form of any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) or energy (such as radioactivity, heat, sound, or light). Pollutants, the component ...

plastic pollution Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags and microbeads) in the Earth's environment that adversely affects humans, wildlife and their habitat. Plastics that act as pollutants are catego ...

waste Waste are unwanted or unusable materials. Waste is any substance discarded after primary use, or is worthless, defective and of no use. A by-product, by contrast is a joint product of relatively minor Value (economics), economic value. A wast ...

resource depletion Resource depletion occurs when a natural resource is consumed faster than it can be replenished. The value of a resource depends on its availability in nature and the cost of extracting it. By the law of supply and demand, the Scarcity, scarcer ...

human overpopulation Human overpopulation (or human population overshoot) is the idea that human populations may become too large to be sustainability, sustained by their environment or resources in the long term. The topic is usually discussed in the context of wor ...

and

climate change Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in Global surface temperature, global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate variability and change, Climate change in ...

Intergovernmental organizations

Global organization in the world

Global Alliance on Health and Pollution GAHP (Global Alliance on Health and Pollution) is a network of international and national level agencies committed to a collaborative, multi-sectoral approach to address the global pollution crisis and the resulting health and economic impacts. GA ...

(GAHP) *

Global Biodiversity Information Facility The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international organisation that focuses on making scientific data on biodiversity available via the Internet using web services. The data are provided by many institutions from around th ...

(GBIF) *

School strike for climate Fridays for Future (FFF), also known as the School Strike for Climate ( ), is an international movement of school students who skip Friday classes to participate in demonstrations to demand climate change mitigation, action from political le ...

or Fridays for Future (FFF) *

Global Green Growth Institute The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is an intergovernmental organization based in Seoul, South Korea. It is dedicated to promoting green growth, which integrates economic progress with environmental sustainability. It provides technical s ...

(GGGI) *

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations. Its job is to "provide governments at all levels with scientific information that they can use to develop climate policies". The World Met ...

(IPCC) *

International Union for Conservation of Nature The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Founded in 1948, IUCN has become the global authority on the stat ...

(IUCN) * Intersectional Ecoliberation Movement (IELM) *

United Nations Environment Programme The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system. It was established by Maurice Strong, its first director, after the Declaration of the United Nati ...

(UNEP) *

European Environment Agency The European Environment Agency (EEA) is the agency of the European Union (EU) which provides independent information on the environment. Definition The European Environment Agency (EEA) is the agency of the European Union (EU) which provides ...

(EEA) *

Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) is a regional partnership programme implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and executed by the United Nations Office for Project Services ( UNOPS) ...

(PEMSEA)

Governmental agencies

Many states have agencies devoted to monitoring and protecting the environment: ;Bangladesh * Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Bangladesh) ;Netherlands *

Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth The Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth (; KGG) is the Dutch ministry responsible for climate policy. The ministry was spun off from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy on 2 July 2024, when the right-wing Schoof cabine ...

Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (; I&W) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for transport, aviation, public works, land management and water resource management. The Ministry was created in 2010 as the Ministry of Infrastructur ...

Staatsbosbeheer Staatsbosbeheer, founded in 1899, is a Dutch government organization for forestry and the management of nature reserves. Staatsbosbeheer currently oversees over 250,000 hectares of land in the Netherlands. Usually this land is open to the public ...

;New Zealand *

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment __NOTOC__ The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (''Te Kaitiaki Taiao a Te Whare Pāremata'' in Māori language, Māori) is an independent Officer of the New Zealand Parliament appointed by the Governor-General of New Zealand, Govern ...

;Nigeria * Kano State Environmental Planning and Protection Agency ;Saudi Arabia * Saudi Environmental Society ;South Africa *

CapeNature CapeNature (officially the Western Cape Nature Conservation Board) is a governmental organisation responsible for maintaining wilderness areas and public nature reserves in Western Cape Province, South Africa. Parks managed by CapeNature West ...

Eastern Cape Parks Eastern Cape Parks are the national parks, marine protected areas, nature reserves and other nature conservation areas in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency (ECPTA) is the governmental organisation resp ...

* Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife * Limpopo Tourism and Parks Board * Mpumalanga Parks Board * North West Parks and Tourism Board *

South African National Parks South African National Parks (SANParks) is the body responsible for managing South Africa's national parks. SANParks was formed in 1926, and currently manages 19 parks consisting of , over 3% of the total area of South Africa. Many parks offer ...

;Switzerland *

Federal Office for the Environment Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to: Politics General *Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies *Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states or ...

;United States *

Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency may refer to the following government organizations: * Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland), Australia * Environmental Protection Agency (Ghana) * Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland) * Environmenta ...

Fish and Wildlife Service A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits. Fish can be grouped into the more basal jawless fish and the more common jawed fis ...

National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an List of federal agencies in the United States, agency of the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government, within the US Department of the Interior. The service manages all List ...

Inter-Tribal Environmental Council The Inter-Tribal Environmental Council (ITEC) was set up in 1992 to protect the health of Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans, their natural resources, and Natural environment, environment. To accomplish this ITEC provides techn ...

International non-governmental organizations

These

s are involved in

environmental management Environmental resource management or environmental management is the management of the interaction and impact of human societies on the environment. It is not, as the phrase might suggest, the management of the environment itself. Environment ...

lobbying Lobbying is a form of advocacy, which lawfully attempts to directly influence legislators or government officials, such as regulatory agency, regulatory agencies or judiciary. Lobbying involves direct, face-to-face contact and is carried out by va ...

advocacy Advocacy is an Action (philosophy), activity by an individual or advocacy group, group that aims to influence decision making, decisions within political, economic, and social institutions. Advocacy includes activities and publications to infl ...

, and/or

efforts:

International

350.org 350.org is an international environmental organization addressing the climate crisis. Its stated goal is to end the use of fossil fuels and transition to renewable energy by building a global, grassroots movement. The 350 in the name stands fo ...

* African Conservation Foundation *

African Wildlife Foundation The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is an international conservation organization created with the intent of preserving Africa's wildlife, wild lands, and natural resources. Founded in 1961, the organization helped establish conservation progr ...

A Rocha A Rocha is an international network of environmental organizations with Christian ethos. A Rocha means "the rock" in Portuguese. History A Rocha International was founded in Portugal in 1983. The A Rocha Worldwide Covenant defines the rights ...

Anti-nuclear movement The Anti-nuclear war movement is a new social movements, social movement that opposes various nuclear technology, nuclear technologies. Some direct action groups, environmental movements, and professional organisations have identified them ...

* Arab Forum for Environment and Development *

American Forests American Forests is a 501(c)(3) non-profit conservation organization, established in 1875, and dedicated to protecting and restoring healthy forest ecosystems. The current headquarters are in Washington, D.C. Activities The mission of America ...

Bergwaldprojekt Bergwaldprojekt is a multinational environmental protection organization (NGO) that works with volunteers in forest ecosystems. It is focused on protection, preservation, and care of forests, especially mountain forests and cultural landscapes. ...

Bioversity International Bioversity International is a global research-for-development organization that delivers scientific evidence, management practices and policy options to use and safeguard agricultural biodiversity to attain global food security, food- and nutritio ...

BirdLife International BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats. BirdLife International's priorities include preventing extinction of bird species, identifying and safeguarding i ...

Botanic Gardens Conservation International Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) is a plant conservation biology, conservation Charitable organization, charity based in Kew, Surrey, England. It is a membership organisation, working with 800 botanic gardens in 118 countries, wh ...

* CEE Bankwatch Network *

Center for Development and Strategy The Center for Development and Strategy (CDS) is an environmental and economic American think tank and online publisher based in Buffalo, New York, in the United States. The center develops policy studies, risk briefs, and OpEds on political, eco ...

Citizens' Climate Lobby Citizens' Climate Lobby (CCL) is an international grassroots environmental group that trains and supports volunteers to build relationships with their elected representatives in order to influence climate policy. The CCL is a registered 501(c)( ...

Climate Action Network Climate Action Network - International (CAN) is a global network of over 1,300 environmental non-governmental organisations in over 130 countries working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to eco ...

Climate Cardinals Climate Cardinals is a global, youth-led organization focused on making climate action accessible to non-English speakers through translation and education. Its mission is to empower youth and the global majority of 6.5 billion non-English speaker ...

Community Forests International Community Forests International (CFI) is a Charitable organization, charity that works with sustainability in forests. The CFI headquarters is located in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. The organization was founded in 2007 by Jeff Schnurr. Afte ...

Confederation of European Environmental Engineering Societies The Confederation of European Environmental Engineering Societies (CEEES) was created as a co-operative international organization for information exchange regarding environmental engineering between the various European societies in this field. ...

Conservation International Conservation International (CI) is an American nonprofit environmental organization headquartered in Crystal City, Virginia, in Arlington County, Virginia. CI's work focuses on science, policy and partnership with businesses, governments and co ...

* Dancing Star Foundation * Deep Green Resistance *

Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund (originally the Digit Fund) is a charity for the protection of endangered mountain gorillas. The Digit Fund was created by Dian Fossey in 1978 to finance her anti-poaching patrols and prevent further poaching of the mo ...

* Earth Charter Initiative * EARTHDAY.ORG * Earthwatch *

Environmental Defense Fund Environmental Defense Fund or EDF (formerly known as Environmental Defense) is a United States–based nonprofit environmental advocacy group. The group is known for its work on issues including global warming, ecosystem restoration, oceans, an ...

Extinction Rebellion Extinction Rebellion (abbreviated as XR) is a UK-founded global environmental movement, with the stated aim of using nonviolent civil disobedience to compel government action to avoid tipping points in the climate system, biodiversity loss, and ...

Fauna and Flora International Fauna & Flora is an international nature conservation charity and non-governmental organization based in the United Kingdom. Founded as the Society for the Preservation of the Wild Fauna of the Empire, the society created some of the first ga ...

Fondation Pacifique The Fondation Pacifique is a Switzerland-based non-profit organisation with the mission to play an innovative role in the conservation of the oceans. The foundation's projects are articulated around its flagship: the sailing boat ''Fleur de Pass ...

Foundation for Environmental Education The Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) is a non-governmental organization, non-governmental, non-profit organisation promoting sustainable development through environmental education. FEE is active through five programmes; Blue Flag be ...

Forest Stewardship Council The Forest Stewardship Council GmbH (FSC) is an international non-profit, multistakeholder organization established in 1993 that promotes responsible management of the world's forests via timber certification. This organization uses a market-b ...

* Forests and the European Union Resource Network *

Frankfurt Zoological Society The Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS) is an international conservation organization founded in 1858 with headquarters in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. FZS focuses on maintaining biodiversity and conserving wildlife and ecosystems in protected area ...

Friends of Nature Friends of Nature (international abbreviation: NFI, for German: Naturfreunde International) is a non-profit organisation with a background in the social democratic movement, which aims to make the enjoyment of nature accessible to the wider commu ...

Friends of the Earth Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is an international network of grassroots environmental organizations in 73 countries. About half of the member groups call themselves "Friends of the Earth" in their own languages; the others use other ...

Global Footprint Network The Global Footprint Network was founded in 2003 and is an independent think tank originally based in the United States, Belgium and Switzerland. It was established as a charitable not-for-profit organization in each of those three countries. Its ...

* Global Landscapes Forum *

Global Witness Global Witness is an international NGO that investigates environmental and human rights abuses. The organisation campaigns for greater representation of people affected by the climate crisis in climate decision-making. They have offices in Lon ...

GoodPlanet Foundation The GoodPlanet Foundation is a non-governmental organization founded by Yann Arthus-Bertrand in 2005, supporting ecology and sustainable development. Activities The GoodPlanet Foundation is mainly concerned with the distribution of pedagogic ...

* Great Transition Initiative *

Green Actors of West Africa Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a combin ...

* Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) *

Green Cross International Green Cross International is an environmentalist organisation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, founded by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1993. Today, member organisations are in 30 countries. Its primary mission is to "respond to ...

GreenFaith GreenFaith is a global interfaith environmental coalition. Focusing on grassroots activism, it encourages faith leaders worldwide to invest in green energy, divest from fossil fuels, and publicly advocate for climate justice on a religious basi ...

Greenpeace Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by a group of Environmental movement, environmental activists. Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its biod ...

Green Belt Movement The Green Belt Movement (GBM) is an indigenous grassroots organization in Kenya that empowers women through the planting of trees. It is one of the most effective and well-known grassroots organisations addressing the problem of global deforest ...

Group for the Environment, Renewable Energy and Solidarity Group for the Environment, Renewable Energy and Solidarity (GERES) is an international development NGO set up in Marseille in 1976. Background The ''Groupement pour l'Exploitation Rationnelle de l'Energie Soldaire'' (Group for the Rational Use ...

* IDEAS For Us *

Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense The Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (Spanish: ''Asociacion Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente'') (AIDA) is a non-profit international environmental law organization founded in 1996 by a collaboration of five environm ...

* International Analog Forestry Network *

International Institute for Environment and Development The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is an independent policy research institute (think tank) whose stated mission is to "build a fairer, more sustainable world, using evidence, action and influence in partnership wit ...

International Rivers International Rivers is a nonprofit, nongovernmental, environmental, and human rights organization. Founded in 1985 by social and environmental activists, International Rivers works with policy and financial analysts, scientists, journalists, ...

International Tree Foundation International Tree Foundation (ITF) is an international, non-profit, non-political, conservation organisation. It is involved in planting, maintenance and protection of trees. It was founded in Kenya on 22 July 1922 by Richard St. Barbe Baker a ...

Let's Do It! World Let's Do It World is a global civic organization that started from Estonia, mobilizing people worldwide in joining local, national and regional clean-up events. Among other projects, it is the founder of World Cleanup Day, on which a network of ...

Marine Stewardship Council The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is a non-profit organisation which aims to set standards for sustainable fishing. Fisheries that wish to demonstrate they are well-managed and sustainable compared to the MSC's standards are assessed by a tea ...

Miss Earth Miss Earth is an annual international major beauty pageant based in the Philippines that advocates for environmental awareness, conservation and social responsibility. Along with Miss World, Miss Universe, and Miss International, it is one ...

Mountain Wilderness Mountain Wilderness is an international non-governmental organization dedicated to the preservation of mountain areas, in their natural and cultural aspects. The organization was founded in Europe and has a stronger presence in alpine and pyren ...

NatureServe NatureServe, Inc. is a non-profit organization based in Arlington County, Virginia, United States, US, that provides proprietary wildlife conservation-related data, tools, and services to private and government clients, partner organizations, and ...

* Oceana *

Panthera Corporation Panthera Corporation, or Panthera, is a charitable organization devoted to preserving wild cats and their ecosystems around the globe. Founded in 2006, Panthera is devoted to the conservation of the world’s 40 species of wild cats and the vast ...

Partners in Population and Development Partners in Population and Development (PPD) is a Southern-led, Southern-run global inter-governmental organization of 28 developing countries with commitment to promote south-south cooperation (SSC) in the field of reproductive health, population ...

* Plant A Tree Today Foundation * Pragya *

Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) is an international, non-profit, non-governmental organization which promotes sustainable forest management through independent third-party certification. As of 2006, it was cons ...

* Project AWARE *

Rainforest Action Network Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is an environmental organization based in San Francisco, California, United States. The organization was founded by Randy "Hurricane" Hayes and Mike Roselle in 1985, and first gained national prominence with a gra ...

Rainforest Alliance The Rainforest Alliance is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) with staff in more than 20 countries and operations in more than 70 countries. It was founded in 1987 by Daniel Katz, an American environmental activist, who serve ...

Rainforest Foundation Fund The Rainforest Foundation Fund is a charitable foundation founded in 1987 and dedicated to drawing attention to rainforests and defending the rights of indigenous peoples living there. The fund provides support to indigenous rainforest peop ...

* Rainforest Foundation UK *

Rainforest Foundation US Rainforest Foundation US is a non-profit NGO working in Central and South America. It is one of the first international organizations to support the indigenous peoples of the world's rainforests in their efforts to protect their environment and ...

Rainforest Trust Rainforest Trust is a US-based nonprofit environmental organization focused on the purchase and protection of tropical lands to strategically conserve threatened species. Founded in 1988, Rainforest Trust was formerly known as World Parks Endowme ...

Rewilding Europe Rewilding Europe is a non-profit organization based in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, dedicated to creating rewilded landscapes throughout Europe. The group's efforts have contributed to increasing the stock of previously endangered species such as t ...

Sandwatch Sandwatch is a program in which children, youth and adults work together to scientifically monitor and critically evaluate the problems facing their beach environments. They then design and implement practical activities and projects to address pa ...

Save the Elephants Save the Elephants (STE) was founded in 1993 by Iain Douglas-Hamilton Iain Douglas-Hamilton (born 16 August 1942) is a Scottish zoologist from Oxford University and one of the world's foremost authorities on the African elephant. In 1993 ...

Sea Shepherd A sea is a large body of salt water. There are particular seas and the sea. The sea commonly refers to the ocean, the interconnected body of seawaters that spans most of Earth. Particular seas are either marginal seas, second-order sections ...

* Seeds of Survival *

Society for the Environment The Society for the Environment (SocEnv) is an Umbrella organization, umbrella body for environmental organisations in the UK. Its primary function is the licensing of its member institutions to confer chartered (professional), chartered status o ...

Society for the Protection of Underground Networks The Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN) is a science-based initiative to map and protect the mycorrhizal networks that regulate the Earth's climate and ecosystems. The organization was founded in 2021. The Executive Direct ...

Surfrider Foundation The Surfrider Foundation is a U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit environmental organization that works to protect and preserve the world's oceans, waves and beaches. It focuses on plastic reduction, water quality, beach access, beach and surf spot preser ...

The Climate Reality Project The Climate Reality Project is a non-profit organization involved in education and advocacy related to climate change. The Climate Reality Project came into being in July 2011 as the consolidation of two environmental groups, the Alliance for Cli ...

The Mountain Institute The Mountain Institute (TMI) is an international non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., and operates regional field offices in the Andes, Appalachians, and Himalayas. Respectively, these are the longest, the oldest, and the ta ...

The Nature Conservancy The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a global environmental organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, United States. it works via affiliates or branches in 79 countries and territories, as well as across every state in the US. Founded in ...

* The Earth Organization * This is My Earth *

Traffic (conservation programme) TRAFFIC (Trade Records Analysis of Flora and Fauna in Commerce), also known as the Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network, is a global non-governmental organization monitoring the trade in wild plants and animals. TRAFFIC focuses on preserving bio ...

* Tree Aid *

Wetlands International Wetlands International is a global organisation that works to sustain and restore wetlands and their resources for people and biodiversity. It is an independent, not-for-profit, global organisation, supported by government and NGO membership from ...

WILD Foundation The WILD Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that was founded in 1974 by two South Africans and based in Boulder, Colorado. History The WILD Foundation was founded in 1974 by South African game ranger Ian Player and his Zulu mentor Magq ...

Wildlife Conservation Society The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a global 501(c)(3) organization, 501(c)(3) non-governmental organization, headquartered at the Bronx Zoo in New York City, with a mission to save "wildlife and wild places across the globe". Founded in ...

World Business Council for Sustainable Development The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a CEO-led organization of over 225 international companies. The council is also connected to 60 national and regional business councils and partner organizations. Its origins da ...

World Land Trust World Land Trust is a UK registered charity. Acting on its tagline of "Saving Land, Saving Species", the trust raises money to buy and then protect environmentally-threatened land, and therefore species, in Africa, Asia, and Central and South A ...

World Resources Institute The World Resources Institute (WRI) is a global research non-profit organization established in 1982 with funding from the MacArthur Foundation under the leadership of James Gustave Speth. Subsequent presidents include Jonathan Lash (1993– ...

World Union for Protection of Life The World Union for Protection of Life (German: ''Weltbund zum Schutz des Lebens'', French: ''Union Mondiale pour la Protection de la Vie'', Russian: Всемирный союз для защиты жизни) is an international non-profit orga ...

World Wide Fund for Nature The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is a Swiss-based international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment. It was formerly named th ...

Worldwatch Institute The Worldwatch Institute was a globally focused environmental research organization based in Washington, D.C., founded by Lester R. Brown. Worldwatch was named as one of the top ten sustainable development research organizations by Globescan S ...

Xerces Society The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation (Xerces Society) is a non-profit environmental organization that focuses on the conservation of invertebrates considered to be essential to biological diversity and ecosystem health. It is name ...

Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative or Y2Y is a transboundary Canada–United States not-for-profit organization that aims to connect and protect the Yellowstone-to-Yukon region. Its mission proposes to maintain and restore habitat i ...

Young Friends of the Earth Young Friends of the Earth Europe (YFoEE) is a grassroots network of young people and youth organisations working together on social and environmental justice issues. It works collectively on the local, national and European level, to inspire you ...

Zoological Society of London The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is a charity and organization devoted to the worldwide animal conservation, conservation of animals and their habitat conservation, habitats. It was founded in 1826. Since 1828, it has maintained London Zo ...

Continental

Africa

African Conservation Trust African or Africans may refer to: * Anything from or pertaining to the continent of Africa: ** People who are native to Africa, descendants of natives of Africa, or individuals who trace their ancestry to indigenous inhabitants of Africa *** List ...

* Environmental Foundation for Africa * Women Environment Programme

Europe

Bioenergy Europe Bioenergy Europe (formerly known as AEBIOM) is a European trade association open to national biomass associations and bioenergy companies active in Europe. It was founded in 1990 under the leadership of French senator Michel Souplet with the a ...

ClientEarth ClientEarth is an environmental law charity, with offices in London, Brussels, Warsaw, Berlin, Beijing, Madrid and Los Angeles. It was founded in 2008 by James Thornton and the organisation's CEO is Laura Clarke. As lawyers and environmental expe ...

– Europe (CAN-Europe) * Coastwatch Europe *

European Environmental Bureau The European Environmental Bureau (EEB) is a network of around 180 environmental citizens' organisations based in more than 40 countries, representing local, national, European, and international groups in European Union Member States and some ...

* European Wildlife *

Generation Climate Europe Generation Climate Europe (GCE) is a coalition of major Europe, European youth organizations aiming to advocate for more climate action from European institutions. History Generation Climate Europe was launched in September 2019 by youth activis ...

North America

* Aytzim: Ecological Judaism *

Fund for Wild Nature The Fund For Wild Nature is an environmental organization that gives financial support to grassroot projects and organizations that work for the protection of biodiversity and wilderness. The Fund works exclusively for projects in countries of Nort ...

International Joint Commission The International Joint Commission () is a bi-national organization established by the governments of the United States and Canada under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. Its responsibilities were expanded with the signing of the Great L ...

* National Cleanup Day *

North American Native Fishes Association The North American Native Fishes Association (NANFA) is a non-profit, tax-exempt U.S. corporation that serves to bring together professional and amateur aquarists, anglers, fisheries biologists, ichthyologists, fish and wildlife officials, educa ...

Rivers Without Borders Rivers Without Borders is a nonprofit organization fiscally sponsored by the Tides Center in the United States. Rivers Without Borders works as a project oTides Canada Initiativesin Canada. Tides Canada's mission is to provide uncommon solutions f ...

Sierra Club The Sierra Club is an American environmental organization with chapters in all 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico. The club was founded in 1892, in San Francisco, by preservationist John Muir. A product of the Pro ...

* Stand.earth

East Asia

Greenpeace East Asia Greenpeace East Asia is an office serving the East Asia region of the global environmental organization Greenpeace. History Greenpeace East Asia's first China office was opened in Hong Kong in 1997. Early actions included a blockade of a shipme ...

Southeast Asia

Rainforest Foundation Norway Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) working to protect the world's rainforests and to secure the legal rights of their inhabitants. It is one of the largest rainforest organizations in the world, and collab ...

* Green Life Environmental Conservation and Social Development Group *

Greenpeace Southeast Asia Greenpeace Southeast Asia is the regional office of the global environmental organization Greenpeace. Greenpeace has run successful campaigns in the Philippines, Taiwan, India, Indonesia and Thailand, often working with other local environmental ...

National non-governmental organizations

These

s are involved in

, and/or

efforts at the national level:

Albania

Institute for Environmental Policy in Albania The Institute for Environmental Policy or short IEP (Albanian: Instituti i Politikave Mjedisore) is a non-governmental, non-profit organization founded in November 2008 in Tirana, Albania which promotes environmental sustainability in Albania. Aim ...

Australia

Australian Conservation Foundation The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) is Australia's national environmental organisation, launched in 1965 in response to a proposal by the World Wide Fund for Nature for a more co-ordinated approach to sustainability. One high-profi ...

Australian Koala Foundation The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) is registered Australian charity created in 1986, dedicated to the effective management and conservation of the koala and its habitat. It is the principal non-profit, non-governmental organisation dedicate ...

Australian Network of Environmental Defenders Offices Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) is an Australian NGO that encourages, funds, and provides lawyers and legal support for litigation, law reform, and community engagement on climate change and environmental issues. EDO formed in late 2019 w ...

Australian Student Environment Network The Australian Student Environment Network (ASEN) is the national network of many campus environment collectives in Australia, formed at the 1997 Students and Sustainability convergence in Townsville. People from ASEN facilitate communication betw ...

Australian Youth Climate Coalition The Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC) is a youth organisation in Australia focused on climate change activism. The organisation aims "to build a movement of young people leading solutions to the climate crisis", by empowerment and educa ...

Australian Wildlife Conservancy The Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) is an independent Australian nonprofit organisation, working to conserve threatened wildlife and ecosystems in Australia. AWC is the largest private owner and manager of land for conservation in Austral ...

* Blue Mountains Conservation Society * Bush Heritage Australia * Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, Birds Australia * Blue Wedges * CERES Community Environment Park * Clean Ocean Foundation * Environment Victoria * Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife * Greening Australia * Keep Australia Beautiful * Public Transport Users Association * The Sunrise Project * The Wilderness Society (Australia) * Wildlife Watch Australia

Austria

* Transitforum Austria Tirol

Bangladesh

* Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association

Belgium

* Corporate Europe Observatory

Bolivia

* Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi (CIWY)

Cambodia

* Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity * Free the Bears Fund * Save Cambodia's Wildlife

Canada

* Ancient Forest Alliance * Bird Protection Quebec * Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment * Canadian Environmental Law Association * Canadian Environmental Network * Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society * Canadian Youth Climate Coalition * David Suzuki Foundation * Earth Liberation Army (ELA) * Earth Rangers * Ecojustice Canada * Energy Probe * Green Action Centre * Manitoba Eco-Network * Nature Canada * Nature Conservancy of Canada * Ontario Nature * Pembina Institute * Regenesis (non-profit organization) * Sierra Club Canada * Sierra Youth Coalition * Stand.earth * The Society for the Preservation of Wild Culture * Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) * Western Canada Wilderness Committee

Cape Verde

* Quercus Cabo Verde

Chile

* Cetacean Conservation Center * CODEFF * Modatima

China

* China greentech initiative * Friends of Nature (China) * Green Camel Bell *

Colombia

* Fundación ProAves

Costa Rica

* Acción de Lucha Anti-Petrola

Croatia

* Ekološko društvo Zeleni Osijek

Czech Republic

* Hnutí Brontosaurus * Hnutí DUHA – Friends of the Earth Czech Republic

Denmark

* Danish Organisation for Renewable Energy (OVE)

Estonia

* Estonian Nature Fund * Tartu Students' Nature Conservation Circle

Ethiopia

* Population, health, and the environment (PHE) * SOS Sahel Ethiopia

Finland

* Finnish Association for Nature Conservation * Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation

France

* France Nature Environnement *

* Water and Rivers of Brittany

Germany

* Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland * BUNDjugend * EarthLink e.V. * Ende Gelände * Ethecon Foundation * Fuck for Forest * German Foundation for World Population * Global Nature Fund * Naturschutzbund Deutschland * Robin Wood (environmental organisation), Robin Wood * The Heinz Sielmann Foundation

Greece

* ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece * Lily Venizelos, Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles (MEDASSET)

Hong Kong

* Clean Air Network * Clear the Air (Hong Kong) * Friends of the Earth (HK) * Green Council * Green Power *

* Lights Out Hong Kong * Society for Protection of the Harbour * The Conservancy Association * The Climate Group

Hungary

* Göncöl Foundation

India

* Agency for Non-conventional Energy and Rural Technology (ANERT) * Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) * Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) * Conserve (NGO), Conserve * Environment Conservation Group * Environmentalist Foundation of India * Leaf Bank * Pasumai Thaayagam TNPT * Poovulagin Nanbargal * Pragya India * The Energy and Resources Institute * Vindhyan Ecology and Natural History Foundation

Indonesia

* Borneo Orangutan Survival, Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation * Fire Free Alliance * Gili Eco Trust * The Indonesian Forum for Environment * Mangrove Care Forum Bali * Organisation for the Preservation of Birds and their Habitat * Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme * Yayasan Merah Putih

Iraq

* Nature Iraq

Ireland

* Gluaiseacht * Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC) * Tramore Eco Group

Israel

* Green Party (Israel), Green Party * Israel Union for Environmental Defense * Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel * Zalul Environmental Association

Italy

* Rientrodolce * Legambiente

Kenya

* Pragya Kenya * Trees4Goals (Lesein Mutunkei)

Korea

* Friends of the Earth Korea *

* Korean Federation for Environmental Movement * Korean Mountain Preservation League

North Macedonia

* Macedonian Ecological Society

Madagascar

* Blue Ventures * L'Homme et L'Environnement

Malta

* BirdLife Malta * Friends of the Earth (Malta)

Nepal

* International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development * National Trust for Nature Conservation

Netherlands

* Global Forest Coalition * Milieudefensie * Rutgers WPF * Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals

New Zealand

* Buller Conservation Group * Environment and Conservation Organisations of Aotearoa New Zealand * Environment Hubs Aotearoa * Live Ocean * Native Forest Restoration Trust * New Zealand Ecological Restoration Network * New Zealand Institute of Environmental Health * OceansWatch * Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand * Save Happy Valley Campaign * Waipoua Forest Trust

Norway

* Bellona Foundation * Eco-Agents * Green Warriors of Norway * Nature and Youth (Norway), Nature and Youth * Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature * Zero Emission Resource Organisation

Pakistan

* Himalayan Wildlife Foundation

Palestine

* Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network

Peru

* Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest

Philippines

* Haribon Foundation * Sibuyanons Against Mining * Alyansa Tigil Mina

Poland

* Workshop for All Beings

Portugal

* Quercus (organization), Quercus

Puerto Rico

* Casa Pueblo * #See Conservation_Trust_of_Puerto_Rico , Para La Naturaleza

Romania

* StrawberryNet

Sierra Leone

* ENFORAC (Environmental Forum for Action)

South Africa

* Cape Town Ecology Group * Dolphin Action and Protection Group, Dolphin Action & Protection Group * The Earth Organization * Earthlife Africa * Endangered Wildlife Trust * EThekwini ECOPEACE * Koeberg Alert * Natural Justice: Lawyers for Communities and the Environment * WESSA, Wildlife & Environment Society

Spain

* Asociación pola defensa da ría * Fundación Limne

Switzerland

* Pro Natura (Switzerland), Pro Natura * BirdLife International, Swiss Association for the Protection of Birds * Ecology and Population * Eaternity * Swiss Association for Transport and Environment * Pro Specie Rara

Tanzania

* Tanzania Environmental Conservation Society (TECOSO Tanzania)

Turkey

* Right to Clean Air Platform Turkey * Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion

Uganda

* Conservation Through Public Health (Population Health Environment programme)

Ukraine

* Ukraine Nature Conservation Society, Ukraine Nature Conservation Society (UkrTOP)

United Arab Emirates

* Emirates Environmental Group * Zayed_International_Prize_for_the_Environment, Zayed International Foundation for the Environment

United Kingdom

* Agroforestry Research Trust * Association for Environment Conscious Building * Bat Conservation Trust * Bicycology * BioRegional * Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland * British Ecological Society * British Mycological Society * British Phycological Society * British Trust for Ornithology * Buglife * Bumblebee Conservation Trust * Butterfly Conservation * Campaign for Better Transport (UK), Campaign for Better Transport * Campaign for National Parks (CNP) * Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales * Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) * Canal & River Trust * Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) * Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) * The Conservation Volunteers * Earth Liberation Front (ELF) * Earth Liberation Prisoner Support Network (ELPSN) * Earthworm Society of Britain * Environmental Investigation Agency * Environmental Justice Foundation * Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) * Environmental Protection UK * The Facilities Society (sustainable facilities) * Forest Peoples Programme * Freshwater Habitats Trust https://freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/ *

* Froglife * Garden Organic * Global Action Plan * Green Alliance (think tank), Green Alliance * Green Wood Centre * Groundwork UK * Hardy Plant Society * John Muir Trust * Keep Britain Tidy * The Mammal Society * Manx National Heritage * Marine Conservation Society * National Biodiversity Network * National Fruit Collection * National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty * National Trust for Scotland * Open Spaces Society * People & Planet * People's Trust for Endangered Species * Permaculture Association * Plane Stupid * Plantlife * Population Matters * Possible_(charity), Possible * The Ramblers * Residents Against SARP Pollution * The Rivers Trust * Royal Forestry Society * Royal Horticultural Society * RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) * Scottish Wildlife Trust * Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings * Soil Association * Stop Climate Chaos * Sustrans * The Tree Register * Civic Voice, The Civic Trust * The Corner House (organisation), The Corner House * The Institution of Environmental Sciences * The Wildlife Trusts * Town and Country Planning Association * UK Environmental Law Association (UKELA) * UK Student Climate Network (UKSCN) * Vincent Wildlife Trust * Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society * Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust * Wildlife and Countryside Link * The Wildlife Trusts * Woodland Trust

United States

* American Environmental Research Organization The AERO, Inc. (Wisconsin)