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