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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 or
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 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, 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,
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 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 (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 (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 * Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management * Staatsbosbeheer ;New Zealand * Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment ;Nigeria * Kano State Environmental Planning and Protection Agency ;Saudi Arabia * Saudi Environmental Society ;South Africa * CapeNature * Eastern Cape Parks * Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife * Limpopo Tourism and Parks Board * Mpumalanga Parks Board * North West Parks and Tourism Board * South African National Parks ;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 *
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
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 ...
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 conservation efforts:


International

* 350.org * African Conservation Foundation * African Wildlife Foundation * A Rocha *
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 *
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 * Citizens' Climate Lobby * Climate Action Network * Climate Cardinals * Community Forests International * Confederation of European Environmental Engineering Societies *
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 * Earth Charter Initiative * EARTHDAY.ORG * Earthwatch * Environmental Defense Fund *
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 * Fondation Pacifique * Foundation for Environmental Education *
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 * Friends of Nature *
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 * 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 * Great Transition Initiative * Green Actors of West Africa * Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) * Green Cross International * GreenFaith *
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 * Group for the Environment, Renewable Energy and Solidarity * IDEAS For Us * Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense * International Analog Forestry Network * International Institute for Environment and Development *
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 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 ...
* Let's Do It! World *
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 * Mountain Wilderness *
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 * 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 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 Trust * Rewilding Europe * Sandwatch * Save the Elephants * Sea Shepherd * 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 * Surfrider Foundation * The Climate Reality Project * The Mountain Institute *
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 *
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 *
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 * Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative * Young Friends of the Earth *
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 * Environmental Foundation for Africa * Women Environment Programme


Europe

* Bioenergy Europe *
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 ...
* Climate Action Network – Europe (CAN-Europe) * Coastwatch Europe * European Environmental Bureau * European Wildlife * Generation Climate Europe


North America

* Aytzim: Ecological Judaism * Fund for Wild Nature *
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 * Rivers Without Borders *
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 * Global Green Growth Institute


Southeast Asia

* Rainforest Foundation Norway * Green Life Environmental Conservation and Social Development Group * Greenpeace Southeast Asia


National non-governmental organizations

These
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 ...
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 conservation efforts at the national level:


Albania

* Institute for Environmental Policy in Albania


Australia

* Australian Conservation Foundation * Australian Koala Foundation * Australian Network of Environmental Defenders Offices * Australian Student Environment Network *
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 * Blue Mountains Conservation Society * Bush Heritage Australia * 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 Public Transport Users Association (PTUA) is a community-based public transport lobby group in Victoria, Australia, based in Melbourne. It is run entirely by volunteers and has no full-time staff. History and aims The organisation was fou ...
* The Sunrise Project * The Wilderness Society (Australia) * Wildlife Watch Australia


Austria

* Transitforum Austria Tirol


Bangladesh

*
Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association The Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (), or BELA (বেলা), is a nonprofit legal organization established in 1992 to assist efforts to protect the environment. In 2003, it was placed on the 'Global 500 Roll of Honour' of the Unite ...


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 The David Suzuki Foundation is a science-based non-profit environmental organization headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with offices in Montreal and Toronto. It was established as a federally registered Canadian charity on Jan ...
* Earth Liberation Army (ELA) * Earth Rangers * Ecojustice Canada *
Energy Probe Energy Probe is a non-governmental social, economic, and environmental policy organization based in Toronto, Canada known recently for denying man-made climate change. It was founded in 1970 as a sister project of Pollution Probe. In this early ...
* Green Action Centre * Manitoba Eco-Network * Nature Canada *
Nature Conservancy of Canada The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is a private, non-profit, charitable nature conservation and restoration organisation based in Canada. Since its founding in 1962, the organisation and its partners have protected of land and water acro ...
* Ontario Nature * Pembina Institute * Regenesis (non-profit organization) *
Sierra Club Canada The Sierra Club Canada Foundation (SCCF) is a Canadian environmental organization made up of a national branch and five chapters in Ontario, Atlantic Canada, Québec, the Prairies, and a nation-wide Youth chapter. The organization's mission is t ...
* 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 * Greenpeace East Asia


Colombia

*
Fundación ProAves Fundación ProAves is a nonprofit environmental organization in Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. Th ...


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 SustainableEnergy (VedvarendeEnergi), which was called Danish Organisation for Renewable Energy (OVE) until 2010, is a non-governmental, non-profit, membership based association. SustainableEnergy was founded in 1975 based on a popular movement ...
(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 * GoodPlanet Foundation * 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 DSW () is an international private non-profit foundation addressing Sexual & Reproductive Health (SRH) and population dynamics. DSW funds its project and advocacy work from private donations and the financial support of governments, foundations ...
* Global Nature Fund * Naturschutzbund Deutschland * Robin Wood * The Heinz Sielmann Foundation


Greece

* ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece * 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 *
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 ...
* Lights Out Hong Kong * Society for Protection of the Harbour * The Conservancy Association *
The Climate Group Climate Group is a nonprofit organisation with a mission to drive climate action, fast, and achieve a world of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, with greater prosperity for all. The organisation builds influential networks of business and gove ...


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 *
Environment Conservation Group Environment Conservation Group (ECG) is a non-governmental organisation based in Coimbatore, India. The group is active since 2009 and works towards conservation of the environment and wildlife. ECG was formed by a group of wildlife and environme ...
* 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 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 The Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC; ) is a national charitable organisation established in 1982 to conserve and protect a representative sample of Bog, bogs in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, and to campaign on bog-related issues. Hi ...
(IPCC) * Tramore Eco Group


Israel

*
Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as environmentalism and social justice. Green party platforms typically embrace Social democracy, social democratic economic policies and fo ...
* Israel Union for Environmental Defense *
Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (, ''HaHevra LeHaganat HaTeva''), or SPNI, is an Israeli non-profit environmental organization working to preserve plants, animals, and natural environments that represent bio-diversity, by protectin ...
* Zalul Environmental Association


Italy

* Rientrodolce *
Legambiente Legambiente is an Italian environmentalist association with roots in the anti-nuclear movement that developed in Italy and throughout the Western world in the second half of the 1970s. Founded in 1980 as part of the ARCI, it later became a stand- ...


Kenya

* Green Belt Movement * Pragya Kenya * Trees4Goals ( Lesein Mutunkei)


Korea

* Friends of the Earth Korea * Global Green Growth Institute * 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 The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is a regional intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental learning and knowledge sharing centre founded in 1981, serving the eight regional member countries of the Hindu ...
* 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 Founded in 1980, the NZ Native Forests Restoration Trust is an organisation involved in forest restoration. The Trust acquires land to protect important species, restore their habitat (ecology), habitats and to improve the quality of waterway ...
* 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 * Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature *
Zero Emission Resource Organisation Zero Emission Resource Organisation or ZERO is a Norwegian environmental organisation that was founded in 2002 to work on the reduction of greenhouse gases, primarily in Norway. The philosophy of the organisation is that if new facilities are ...


Pakistan

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Himalayan Wildlife Foundation The Himalayan Wildlife Foundation (HWF), previously called the Himalayan Wildlife Project, is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization based in Islamabad Pakistan focused on conservation of biodiversity and cultural heritage in Pakistan. The ...


Palestine

* Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network


Peru

* Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest


Philippines

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Haribon Foundation The Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources, Inc., simply known as Haribon Foundation, is a nature conservation organization in the Philippines. The name "Haribon" ("bird king") is a reference to the Philippine eagle. The gro ...
* Sibuyanons Against Mining * Alyansa Tigil Mina


Poland

* Workshop for All Beings


Portugal

*
Quercus An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn, borne within a cup. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisp ...


Puerto Rico

* Casa Pueblo * Para La Naturaleza


Romania

* StrawberryNet


Sierra Leone

* ENFORAC (Environmental Forum for Action)


South Africa

* Cape Town Ecology 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 * Wildlife & Environment Society


Spain

*
Asociación pola defensa da ría The Asociación Pola Defensa da Ría (Association in Defence of the Ria) of Pontevedra, known as APDR, is a Galicia (Spain), Galician local environmental non-governmental organisation created in 1987 to address the environmental degradation of Ponte ...
* Fundación Limne


Switzerland

* Pro Natura * Swiss Association for the Protection of Birds * Ecology and Population * Eaternity *
Swiss Association for Transport and Environment The VCS Verkehrs-Club der Schweiz (French: ''ATE Association transports et environnement''; Italian: ''ATA Associazione traffico e ambiente''; English: Swiss Association for Transport and Environment) is an association that provides ''a human and ...
* 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 (UkrTOP)


United Arab Emirates

* Emirates Environmental Group * 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 The British Ecological Society is a learned society in the field of ecology that was founded in 1913. It is the oldest ecological society in the world. The Society's original objective was "to promote and foster the study of Ecology in its widest ...
* British Mycological Society * British Phycological Society *
British Trust for Ornithology The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) is an organisation founded in 1932 for the study of birds in the British Isles. The William, Prince of Wales, Prince of Wales has been patron since October 2020. History Beginning In 1931 Max Nicholson ...
* Buglife * Bumblebee Conservation Trust *
Butterfly Conservation Butterfly Conservation (BC) is a UK-wide nonprofit environmentalist organization and charity dedicated to conserving butterflies, moths, and the environment. The charity uses its research to provide advice on how to conserve and restore butterf ...
* Campaign for Better Transport * Campaign for National Parks (CNP) *
Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales The Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales (CPRW) (), originally named the Council for the Preservation of Rural Wales, is a charity in Wales that aims to secure the protection and enhancement of the country's landscapes and environment. It ...
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Campaign to Protect Rural England Campaign or The Campaign may refer to: Types of campaigns * Campaign, in agriculture, the period during which sugar beet A sugar beet is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose and that is grown commercially for sugar produ ...
(CPRE) *
Canal & River Trust The Canal & River Trust (CRT), branded as in Wales, holds the guardianship of 2,000 miles of canals and rivers, together with reservoirs and a wide range of heritage buildings and structures, in England and Wales. Launched on 12 July 2012, the ...
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Centre for Alternative Technology The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) () is an ecology, eco-centre in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales dedicated to demonstrating and teaching sustainable development. CAT, despite its name, no longer concentrates its efforts exclusively on al ...
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Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) is an independent professional body and a registered charity in the United Kingdom that works internationally to advance the science and practice of water resource managemen ...
(CIWEM) * The Conservation Volunteers *
Earth Liberation Front The Earth Liberation Front (ELF), also known as "Elves" or "The Elves", is the collective name for Wiktionary:autonomy, autonomous individuals or covert cells who, according to the ELF Press Office, use "economic sabotage and guerrilla warfare to ...
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Earth Liberation Prisoner Support Network The Earth Liberation Prisoners Support Network (ELPSN), also known as Spirit of Freedom,Steven Best, Best, Steven and Best & Nocella. ''Terrorist or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals'', Lantern Books, 2004, p. 380. is a netw ...
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Environmental Investigation Agency The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is an international NGO founded in 1984 in the United Kingdom by environmental activists Dave Currey, Jennifer Lonsdale and Allan Thornton. At present, it has offices in London and Washington, D.C. ...
* 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/ *
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 ...
* Froglife * Garden Organic * Global Action Plan * Green Alliance * Green Wood Centre * Groundwork UK * Hardy Plant Society * John Muir Trust *
Keep Britain Tidy Keep Britain Tidy is a UK-based independent environmental charity. The organisation campaigns to reduce litter, improve local places and prevent waste. It has offices in Wigan and London. History Keep Britain Tidy was originally set up by a conf ...
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The Mammal Society The Mammal Society is a British charity devoted to the research and conservation of British mammal A mammal () is a vertebrate animal of the Class (biology), class Mammalia (). Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing ...
* Manx National Heritage *
Marine Conservation Society The Marine Conservation Society is a UK-based charitable organisation working with businesses, governments and communities to clean and protect oceans. Founded in 1978 as the Underwater Conservation Society, the group claims to be working towards ...
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National Biodiversity Network The National Biodiversity Network (UK) (NBN) is a collaborative venture set up in 2000 in the United Kingdom committed to making biodiversity information available through various media, including on the internet via the NBN Atlas—the data searc ...
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National Fruit Collection The United Kingdom's National Fruit Collection is one of the largest collections of fruit trees and plants in the world. Over 2,040 varieties of apple, 502 of pear, 350 of plum, 322 of cherry and smaller collections of bush fruits, nuts and grap ...
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National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty The National Trust () is a heritage and nature conservation charity and membership organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Trust was founded in 1895 by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley to "promote the ...
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National Trust for Scotland The National Trust for Scotland () is a Scottish Building preservation and conservation trusts in the UK, conservation organisation. It is the largest membership organisation in Scotland and describes itself as "the charity that cares for, sha ...
* Open Spaces Society * People & Planet * People's Trust for Endangered Species * Permaculture Association * Plane Stupid *
Plantlife Plantlife is a wild plant conservation charity. , it manages 24 nature reserves around the United Kingdom. HM King Charles III is patron of the charity. History Plantlife was founded in 1989. Its first president was Professor David Bellamy ...
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Population Matters Population Matters, formerly known as the Optimum Population Trust, is a UK-based charity that works at the intersection of population, environmental sustainability, and human rights, including women's empowerment and leadership, sexual and repr ...
* Possible *
The Ramblers The Ramblers' Association, branded simply as the Ramblers, is Great Britain's walking charity. The Ramblers is also a membership organisation with around 100,000 members and a network of volunteers who maintain and protect the path network. T ...
* Residents Against SARP Pollution * The Rivers Trust *
Royal Forestry Society The Royal Forestry Society (RFS) is an educational charity and one of the oldest membership organisations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for those actively involved in woodland management. The RFS has a broad membership which includes woo ...
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Royal Horticultural Society The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity. The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr ...
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RSPB The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a Charitable_organization#United_Kingdom, charitable organisation registered in Charity Commission for England and Wales, England and Wales and in Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, ...
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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a Charitable_organization#United_Kingdom, charitable organisation registered in Charity Commission for England and Wales, England and Wales and in Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, ...
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Scottish Wildlife Trust The Scottish Wildlife Trust () is a registered charity dedicated to conserving the wildlife and natural environment of Scotland. Description The Scottish Wildlife Trust has well over 46,000 members. The Scottish Wildlife Trust acquired its fi ...
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Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) (also known as Anti-Scrape) is an amenity society founded by William Morris, Philip Webb, and others in 1877 to oppose the Victorian restoration, destructive 'restoration' of ancient bu ...
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Soil Association The Soil Association is a British registered charity focused on the effect of agriculture on the environment. It was established in 1946. Their activities include campaigning for local purchasing, public education on nutrition and certificat ...
* Stop Climate Chaos *
Sustrans Sustrans ( ) is a United Kingdom-based walking, wheeling and cycling charity, and the custodian of the National Cycle Network. Its flagship project is the National Cycle Network, which has created of signed cycle routes throughout the United ...
* The Tree Register * The Civic Trust * The Corner House * The Institution of Environmental Sciences *
The Wildlife Trusts The Wildlife Trusts, the trading name of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, is an organisation made up of 46 local Wildlife Trusts in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and Alderney. The Wildlife Trusts, between them, look after more than 2, ...
* Town and Country Planning Association * UK Environmental Law Association (UKELA) *
UK Student Climate Network UK Student Climate Network (UKSCN) was a student-led climate justice organisation operating in England and Wales founded by Anna Taylor, then aged 17, on 1 December 2018, along with Ivi Hohmann and Daniela Torres Perez. It disbanded in 2020, wi ...
(UKSCN) * Vincent Wildlife Trust *
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC), formerly Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society in the UK, is a wildlife charity that is dedicated solely to the worldwide conservation and welfare of all whales, dolphins and porpoises (cetaceans). It ha ...
* Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust * Wildlife and Countryside Link *
The Wildlife Trusts The Wildlife Trusts, the trading name of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, is an organisation made up of 46 local Wildlife Trusts in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and Alderney. The Wildlife Trusts, between them, look after more than 2, ...
* Woodland Trust


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


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Environmentalism Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology, and social movement about supporting life, habitats, and surroundings. While environmentalism focuses more on the environmental and nature-related aspects of green ideology and politics, ecolog ...
* Environmental community organizations * Filmography of environmentalism * List of animal rights groups * List of nature conservation organisations *
List of environmental ministries An environmental ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for the environment and/or natural resources. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of the Environment, ...
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List of green parties This is a list of parties in the world that consider themselves to be upholding the principles and values of green politics. Some are also members of the Global Greens, the European Green Party, the Nordic Green Left Alliance or other international ...
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List of population concern organizations This is a list of organizations that promote a moderation of the size of the human population. Intergovernmental organizations Worldwide UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) Regional Asia-Oceania * All countries – Asian Forum of Parliame ...
* List of renewable energy organizations * List of environmental organisations topics * List of international environmental agreements


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