Environmental organizations

This is a list of environmental organizations, organizations that preserve or monitor the environment in different ways. Environmental organizations can be global, regional, national or local; they can be government-run or private.

Intergovernmental Organizations

International organizations and bodies established under international organizations to protect the environment:

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

Government Organizations

The governments of all developed countries today have government departments or agencies devoted to monitoring and protecting the environment:

• English Heritage
• English Nature
• The Environment Agency (England & Wales)
• Environment Canada
• The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Scotland)
• The EPA (US)
• New Zealand
  • Department of Conservation
  • Ministry for the Environment
  • Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Private Organizations (Environmental NGOs)

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

International

• BirdLife International
• The Center for International Environmental Law
• Earth Charter Organization
• Earth Liberation Front
• Environmental Investigation Agency
• Environmental Law Association Worldwide
• Foundation for Environmental Education
• Friends of the Earth
• Green Cross International
• Greenpeace
• The Nature Conservancy
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development
• Worldwatch Institute
• World Wildlife Fund
• North American Pollinator Protection Campaign
• The Xerces Society

Australia

• Australian Conservation Foundation

Canada

• The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
• Canadian Environmental Law Association
• Canadian Environment Network
• The Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy
• The Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment
• David Suzuki Foundation
• Environmental Bureau of Investigation
• Environmental Defence
• Pollution Probe
• Sierra Club of Canada
• Sierra Legal Defence Fund

Germany

• ROBIN WOOD

New Zealand

• Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand
• Native Forest Restoration Trust
• Native Forest Action
• Environment and Conservation Organisations of Aotearoa New Zealand (ECO)

United States

• American Bird Conservancy
• Earth First!
• National Audubon Society
• Nature's Classroom
• Rainforest Action Network
• Sea Shepherd
• SEAC
• Sierra Club
• Union of Concerned Scientists

Other (to be catagorized)

• The Civic Trust
• Defenders of Wildlife
• Environmental Defense Fund
• European Biomass Association
• Forest Stewardship Council
• GREENGUARD Environmental Institute
• Groundwork
• Izaak Walton League
• National Wildlife Federation
• Negative Population Growth
• The Town and Country Planning Association
• The Wildlands Project
• North American Native Fishes Association

See also

• List of organizations
• environment
• environmentalism
• List of civic, fraternal, service, and professional organizations
• green party,
• activism industry
• environmental agreements