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This is a list of environmental organizations, organizations that preserve, analyze or monitor the environment. Environmental organizations can be global, regional, national or local; they can be governmental or private.

Intergovernmental Organizations

International organizations and bodies established through international agreements or other commitments to protect the environment:

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

There are also environmental Intergovernmental Organizations that group governments at the regional and local level, as distinguishable from the national level. Examples are the network of regional governments for sustainable development [1] and the ICLEI-Local governments for sustainability [2]. These organizations use the method of open coordination to share policy best practice and provide assistance and counsel to partners on issues related to environmental development following the UN Millennium Agenda. These networks can be seen as international organisations and have observer status in the different UN environmental organizations.

Government Organizations

The governments of all developed countries, as well as the majority of developing countries have government departments or agencies devoted to monitoring and protecting the environment:

Brazil

• IBAMA

Canada

• Environment Canada
• Lake Ontario Waterkeeper
• Friends of the Earth Canada
• ECO Canada

India

• Ministry of Environment and Forests
• Central Pollution Control Board
• Gujarat Pollution Control Board

Ireland

• Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland)

Isle of Man

• Manx National Trust

Japan

• National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)

New Zealand

• Department of Conservation
• Ministry for the Environment
• Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

United Kingdom

• Campaign to Protect Rural England
• Friends of the Earth
• The Wildlife Trusts
• Association for Environment Conscious Building

England

• English Heritage
• Natural England
• Environment Agency (England & Wales)

Scotland

• Historic Scotland
• Scottish Natural Heritage
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Wales

• Countryside Council for Wales
• Cadw

Northern Ireland

• Environment and Heritage Service

United States

• United States Environmental Protection Agency
• United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Native American Nations

• Inter-Tribal Environmental Council

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

Private Organizations (Environmental NGOs)

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

International

• African Wild Dog Conservancy
• Aga Khan Trust for Culture
• American Indoor Air Quality Council
• Bellona Foundation
• Biofuelwatch
• Biosphere Expeditions
• BirdLife International
• Center for International Environmental Law
• Conservation Foundation
• Conservation International
• Conservation Law Foundation
• Earth Charter Initiative
• Earth First!
• Earth Island Institute
• Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
• Earth Liberation Prisoner Support Network (ELPSN)
• Earth Policy Institute
• Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) (UK)
• Environmental Investigation Agency
• Forests and the European Union Resource Network (FERN)
• Forest Stewardship Council
• Friends of Nature
• Friends of the Earth
• Gaia Mater (the mother Earth)
• Global Water Policy Project
• Global Witness
• Global Vision International
• Great Transition Initiative
• Green Cross International
• Greenpeace
• International Analog Forestry Network
• International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
• International Institute for Sustainable Development
• NatureServe
• Nicodemus Wilderness Project
• Regenesis - the Global Movement for Environment Sustainability, Liberty & Social Justice
• Tellus Institute
• The Nature Conservancy
• Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
• Wetlands International
• Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
• Wildlife Conservation Society
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development
• Worldchanging
• World Conservation Union (IUCN)
• World Resources Institute (WRI)
• Worldwatch Institute
• World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
• Xerces Society
• Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

Regional

Africa

• African American Environmentalist Association
• African Conservation Foundation
• Environmental Foundation for Africa

Europe

• European Biomass Association
• European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
• Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe

North America

• Association of Environmental Professionals
• North American Native Fishes Association

National

Australia

• Australian Conservation Foundation
• Australian Coal Alliance
• Australian Student Environment Network
• Australian Wildlife Conservancy
• Birds Australia
• Environment Victoria
• Greening Australia SA
• Gaia Foundation
• Landcare Australia
• Public Transport Users Association

See also Category:Environmental organisations based in Australia.

Austria

• Transitforum Austria Tirol

Earthwatch

Canada

• Canadian Environmental Law Association
• Canadian Environmental Network
• Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy
• Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
• David Suzuki Foundation
• Earth Liberation Army (ELA)
• Green Tomorrow
• Manitoba Eco-Network
• Nature Canada
• Sierra Club of Canada
• Sierra Legal Defence Fund
• International Institute for Sustainable Development

See also Category:Environmental organizations based in Canada.

Croatia

• Ekološko društvo Zeleni Osijek

Czech Republic

• Hnutí DUHA - Friends of the Earth Czech Republic

Germany

• ARA
• Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) = Friends of the Earth Germany
• BUNDjugend (BUND's Youth organization)
• Global 2000
• Robin Wood

Hong Kong

• Clear the Air (Hong Kong)
• The Conservancy Association

Iran

• Earth Watchers Center (EWC)

Ireland

• Environmental Conservation Organisation
• Gluaiseacht
• Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC)

Israel

• Israel Union for Environmental Defense (IUED), Adam Teva V'Di

Italy

• Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli

Kenya

• Green Belt Movement

Macedonia

• Macedonian Ecological Society

Nepal

• ICIMOD

The Netherlands

• Both ENDS environment and development service
• ICCO
• Milieudefensie - Friends of the Earth Netherlands

New Zealand

• Buller Conservation Group
• Environment and Conservation Organisations of Aotearoa New Zealand (ECO)
• Greenpeace Aotearoa New Zealand
• Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
• Native Forest Restoration Trust
• New Zealand Ecological Restoration Network
• Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand
• Save Happy Valley Campaign
• TerraNature
• Trees for Survival
• Waipoua Forest Trust
• Climaction [3]

Norway

• Bellona
• Friends of the Earth Norway (Norges Naturvernforbund)
• Green Warriors of Norway (Norges Miljøvernforbund)
• Natur og Ungdom
• Zero Emission Resource Organisation

Pakistan

• Rehbar Development Foundation

Portugal

• Quercus (organization)

South Africa

• Earthlife Africa
• Koeberg Alert
• Cape Town Ecology Group

Taiwan

• Wild at Heart (environmental group)

Tanzania

• Sand County Foundation

United Kingdom

• Camp for Climate Action
• Campaign for the Protection of Rural England
• The Corner House
• Camp for Climate Action
• Down to Earth
• Earth First!
• Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
• Forest Peoples Programme
• Friends of the Earth England Wales and Northern Ireland
• Friends of the Earth Scotland
• The Institution of Environmental Sciences
• John Muir Trust
• Plane Stupid
• Rising Tide UK
• Town and Country Planning Association
• Transport 2000
• Council for the Protection of Rural England
• RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)
• Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
• World Wildlife Fund
• CECB

United States

• Abalone Alliance (historic)
• African American Environmentalist Association
• Alliance for Climate Protection
• American Bird Conservancy
• American Farmland Trust
• Appalachian Voices
• Association of Environmental Professionals
• Center for a New American Dream
• Clamshell Alliance
• Clear the Air (United States)
• Defenders of Wildlife
• Earth First!
• Earth Island Institute
• Earth Liberation Army (ELA)
• Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
• Ecologyfund.com
• Environmental Defense Fund
• Environmental Law Institute
• Environmental Life Force (ELF)
• Forest Guardians
• Global Green USA
• High Uintas Preservation Council
• Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology
• Izaak Walton League
• League of Conservation Voters
• National Audubon Society
• National Geographic Society
• National Wildlife Federation
• Native Forest Council
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• Nature's Classroom
• NatureServe
• Negative Population Growth
• Neighborhood Parks Council
• New Jersey Audubon Society
• New York City Audubon
• New York Student Sustainability Coalition
• Population Connection
• Rainforest Action Network
• Republicans for Environmental Protection
• Rising Tide North America
• Sand County Foundation
• Save the Redwoods League
• Sea Shepherd
• Sierra Club
• Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
• Student Conservation Association
• Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC)
• Texas Campaign for the Environment
• The Marine Mammal Center
• The Nature Conservancy
• The School for Field Studies
• The Wilderness Society
• TreePeople (founded by Andy Lipkis)
• Union of Concerned Scientists
• Waterkeeper Alliance
• Worldchanging

Other (to be categorized)

• The Resource Foundation
• The Civic Trust
• GREENGUARD Environmental Institute
• Groundwork
• The Town and Country Planning Association
• Rehbar
• Environmental Defense
• Industrial Workers of the World
• League of Conservation Voters
• Essential Information
• Environmental Working Group
• Bird Protection Quebec

Fictional

• GreenWorld, in the Trancers II film.

See also

• Activism industry
• Animal rights
• Environmental agreements
• List of environmental dates
• Environmentalism
• List of civic, fraternal, service, and professional organizations
• List of renewable energy organizations
• Timeline of environmental events
• Nature center