List of environmental organizations

This is a list of the more notable environmental organizations by organization type (intergovernmental, governmental or non-governmental) and further subdivided by country.

See also: List of conservation organisations and List of anti-nuclear groups

Intergovernmental organizations

Worldwide

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• Earth System Governance Project
• Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Regional

• European Environment Agency (EEA)
• Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)

Local Governments

• ICLEI

Government organizations

The governments of many countries have ministries or agencies devoted to monitoring and protecting the environment:

Australia

• Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

Brazil

• IBAMA

Canada

• Environment Canada

China

• Ministry of Environmental Protection

Denmark

• Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy

Germany

• Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

Hong Kong

• Environmental Protection Department

India

• Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
• Gujarat Pollution Control Board
• Ministry of Environment and Forests

Indonesia

• Directorate General of Forest Protection and Nature Conservation

Ireland

• Environmental Protection Agency

Isle of Man

• Manx National Trust

Israel

• Ministry of the Environment

Mexico

• Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources

Netherlands

• Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

New Zealand

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

Nigeria

• Kano State Environmental Planning and Protection Agency

Norway

• Norwegian Ministry of the Environment
• Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management
• Norwegian Pollution Control Authority

Philippines

• Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Portugal

• Ministry for Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development

Republic of China (Taiwan)

• Environmental Protection Administration

Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Environmental Society

United Kingdom

• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

England

• English Heritage
• Environment Agency
• Natural England

Scotland

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

Sweden

• Ministry of the Environment (Sweden)

Wales

• Cadw
• Countryside Council for Wales
• Environment Agency Wales

Northern Ireland

• Northern Ireland Environment Agency

United States

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

Native American Nations

• Inter-Tribal Environmental Council

Non-governmental organizations

These non-governmental organizations are involved in environmental management, lobbying, advocacy, and/or conservation efforts:

International

• 350.org
• Anti-nuclear movement
• Antinea Foundation
• A Rocha
• Biofuelwatch
• Biosphere Expeditions
• Bioversity International
• BirdLife International
• Confederation of European Environmental Engineering Societies
• Conservation International
• Earth Charter Initiative
• Forests and the European Union Resource Network (FERN)
• Fauna and Flora International
• Forest Stewardship Council
• Friends of Nature
• Friends of the Earth
• Gaia Mater (the mother Earth)
• Global Footprint Network
• Global Witness
• Great Transition Initiative
• Green Actors of West Africa (GAWA)
• Green Cross International
• Greenpeace
• Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense
• International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
• International Analog Forestry Network
• International Network for Sustainable Energy (INFORSE)
• The Mountain Institute
• Mountain Wilderness
• NatureServe
• Plant A Tree Today Foundation (PATT)
• Project AWARE
• Rainforest Alliance
• Sandwatch
• Seeds of Survival of USC Canada
• Society for the Environment (SocEnv)
• Taiga Rescue Network (TRN)
• The Climate Project
• The Nature Conservancy
• The Resource Foundation
• Wetlands International
• Wildlife Conservation Society
• Wolf Preservation Foundation (WPF)
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development
• Worldchanging
• World Conservation Union (WCN)
• World Land Trust(WLT)
• World Resources Institute (WRI)
• World Union for Protection of Life (WUPL)
• Worldwatch Institute
• World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
• Xerces Society
• Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

Continental

Africa

• Environmental Foundation for Africa

Europe

• ClientEarth
• Climate Action Network - Europe (CAN-Europe)
• European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE)
• European Biomass Association
• European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
• European Wildlife
• INFORSE-Europe
• Coastwatch Europe

North America

• Fund for Wild Nature
• Green Zionist Alliance
• International Joint Commission
• North American Native Fishes Association
• Rivers Without Borders
• Whippany River Watershed Action Committee
• Wild Farm Alliance

South America

• Amazon Watch
• Rainforest Foundation Fund

National

Albania

See also Category: Environmental organizations based in Albania

• Institute for Environmental Policy in Albania

Australia

See also Category: Environmental organisations based in Australia

• Australian Conservation Foundation
• Australian Koala Foundation
• Australian Network of Environmental Defenders Offices
• Australian Student Environment Network
• Australian Wildlife Conservancy
• Banksia Environmental Foundation
• Birds Australia
• Blue Wedges
• Clean Ocean Foundation
• Environment Victoria
• Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife
• Greening Australia
• Landcare Australia
• Public Transport Users Association
• The Wilderness Society (Australia)
• Wildlife Watch Australia

Austria

• Transitforum Austria Tirol

Bahamas

• Friends of the Environment

Bolivia

• Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi (CIWY)

Canada

See also Category: Environmental organizations based in Canada

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

China

• Friends of Nature (China)
• Green Camel Bell

Croatia

• Ekološko društvo Zeleni Osijek

Czech Republic

• Environmental Law Service (ELS)
• Hnutí DUHA - Friends of the Earth Czech Republic

Denmark

• Danish Organisation for Renewable Energy (OVE)

Germany

• Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) = Friends of the Earth, Germany
• BUNDjugend (BUND's Youth organization)
• EarthLink e.V.
• Fuck for Forest
• Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) - German Nature Conservation Society
• Robin Wood
• Zeitz Foundation

Greece

• Environmental Centre ARCTUROS

Hong Kong

• Clear the Air (Hong Kong)
• Friends of the Earth (HK)
• Green Power
• Lights Out Hong Kong
• Society for Protection of the Harbour
• The Conservancy Association

India

• Awaaz Foundation
• CERE India
• Conserve
• Exnora International
• Foundation for Ecological Security
• Goa Foundation
• Centre for Science and Environment

Indonesia

• Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation

Ireland

• Gluaiseacht
• Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC)

Israel

• Israel Union for Environmental Defense (IUED)
• Green Movement
• Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network
• Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI)
• Zalul Environmental Association

Kenya

• Green Belt Movement

Macedonia

• Macedonian Ecological Society

Madagascar

• L'Homme et L'Environnement

Malta

• BirdLife Malta

Nepal

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

Netherlands

• Milieudefensie

New Zealand

• Buller Conservation Group
• Conservation Volunteers New Zealand
• Environment and Conservation Organisations of Aotearoa New Zealand (ECO)
• Native Forest Restoration Trust
• New Zealand Ecological Restoration Network
• New Zealand Institute of Environmental Health (NZIEH)
• Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand
• Save Happy Valley Campaign
• TerraNature
• Waipoua Forest Trust

Norway

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

Philippines

• Greenpeace Southeast Asia - Philippines
• Haribon Foundation
• Sibuyanons Against Mining

Portugal

• Quercus

Sierra Leone

• ENFORAC (Environmental Forum for Action)

South Africa

• Cape Town Ecology Group
• Dolphin Action & Protection Group
• Earthlife Africa
• Endangered Wildlife Trust
• EThekwini ECOPEACE
• Groundwork
• Koeberg Alert
• The Earth Organization
• Wildlife & Environment Society

Spain

• Asociación pola defensa da ría

Ukraine

• Ukraine Nature Conservation Society (UkrTOP)

United Kingdom

• Association for Environment Conscious Building
• Bicycology
• Campaign for Better Transport
• Campaign for National Parks (CNP)
• Campaign to Protect Rural England
• Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT)
• Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)
• The Corner House
• Creative Environmental Networks (CEN)
• Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
• Earth Liberation Prisoner Support Network (ELPSN)
• Environmental Investigation Agency
• Environmental Justice Foundation
• Environmental Law Foundation (ELF)
• Environmental Protection UK
• Forest Peoples Programme
• Green Alliance
• Groundwork UK
• The Institution of Environmental Sciences
• Marine Conservation Society
• John Muir Trust
• National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
• People & Planet
• Plane Stupid
• RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)
• Scottish Wildlife Trust
• Stop Climate Chaos
• The Civic Trust
• World Land Trust
• The Wildlife Trusts
• Town and Country Planning Association
• UK Environmental Law Association (UKELA)
• Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
• Woodland Trust

United States

• 41pounds.org
• Abalone Alliance (historic)
• Adirondack Mountain Club
• African American Environmentalist Association
• African Wild Dog Conservancy
• Albatross Foundation USA
• Allegheny Land Trust
• Alliance for Climate Protection
• Alliance to Save Energy
• American Bird Conservancy
• American Farmland Trust
• Animal Protection and Rescue League (APRL)
• Appalachian Voices
• Arlington Coalition on Transportation (ACT)
• Association of Environmental Professionals
• Audubon movement
• Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF)
• Builders for the Bay
• Center for a New American Dream
• Center for International Environmental Law
• Center for Biological Diversity
• Center for Environmental Philosophy
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation
• Citizens Campaign for the Environment
• Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
• Conservation International
• Conservation Law Foundation
• Defenders of Wildlife
• Earthwatch
• Earth First!
• Earth Island Institute
• Earth Policy Institute
• Earth Liberation Army (ELA)
• Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
• EarthLab
• Earth's Birthday Project
• Ecotrust
• Energy Action Coalition
• Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI)
• Environment America
• Environment California
• Environmental Defense Fund
• Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA)
• Environmental Law Institute
• Environmental Life Force (ELF)
• Environmental Working Group
• Earth Share
• Forest Guardians
• Global Water Policy Project
• Green Zionist Alliance
• GREENGUARD Environmental Institute
• Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
• Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)
• Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology
• International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON)
• Honor the Earth
• Izaak Walton League
• Keep America Beautiful
• League of Conservation Voters
• Montana Wilderness Association
• National Audubon Society
• National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)
• National Geographic Society
• National Registry of Environmental Professionals (NREP)
• National Wildlife Federation
• National Wildlife Refuge Association
• Native Forest Council
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• Nature's Classroom
• NatureServe
• Negative Population Growth
• Neighborhood Parks Council
• Nicodemus Wilderness Project
• Pacific Environment
• Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)
• Population Connection
• Preserve Our Island
• Rainforest Action Network
• Resources for the Future (RFF)
• Republicans for Environmental Protection
• Rising Tide North America
• Riverkeeper
• Sand County Foundation
• Save the Redwoods League
• Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP)
• Sea Shepherd
• Sierra Club
• Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
• Student Conservation Association
• Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC)
• Surfrider Foundation
• Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV)
• Tellus Institute
• Texas Campaign for the Environment
• The Big Green Bus
• The Conservation Fund
• The Marine Mammal Center
• The Ocean Conservancy
• The School for Field Studies
• The Wilderness Society
• TreePeople
• Union of Concerned Scientists
• Waterkeeper Alliance
• West Harlem Environmental Action (WEACT)
• WILD Foundation
• Worldwatch Institute
• Wyoming Outdoor Council
• youthNoise

Fictional

• Campaign to Save The Humans, in So Long And Thanks For All The Fish by Douglas Adams
• GreenWorld, in the Trancers II film.
• Reds, in the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson

See also

• Environmental community organizations
• List of civic, fraternal, service, and professional organizations
• List of renewable energy organizations