List of environmental organizations

(Redirected from Conservation organization)

An environmental organization is an organization coming out of the conservation or environmental movements 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 or the natural environment. The organization may be a charity, a trust, a non-governmental organization, a governmental organization or an intergovernmental organization. Environmental organizations can be global, national, regional or local. Some environmental issues that environmental organizations focus on include pollution, plastic pollution, waste, resource depletion, human overpopulation and climate change.

Intergovernmental organizations

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Global organization in the world

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Governmental agencies

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Many states have agencies devoted to monitoring and protecting the environment:

International non-governmental organizations

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

International

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Continental

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National non-governmental organizations

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These organizations are involved in environmental management, lobbying, advocacy, and/or conservation efforts at the national level:

Albania

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Australia

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Austria

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Bangladesh

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Belgium

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Bolivia

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Cambodia

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Canada

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Cape Verde

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Chile

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China

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Colombia

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Costa Rica

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Croatia

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Czech Republic

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Denmark

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Estonia

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Ethiopia

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Finland

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France

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Germany

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Greece

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Hong Kong

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Hungary

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India

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Indonesia

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Iraq

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Ireland

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Israel

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Italy

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Kenya

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Korea

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North Macedonia

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Madagascar

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Malta

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Nepal

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Netherlands

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New Zealand

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Norway

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Pakistan

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Palestine

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Peru

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Philippines

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Poland

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Portugal

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Puerto Rico

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Romania

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Sierra Leone

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  • ENFORAC (Environmental Forum for Action)

South Africa

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Spain

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Switzerland

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Tanzania

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Turkey

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Uganda

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Ukraine

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United Arab Emirates

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United Kingdom

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United States

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "China Greentech Initiative". Beijing Foreign Enterprise Human Resources Service Co, Ltd. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

Further reading

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  • Johnson, Erik W.; Scott Frickel (2011). "Ecological Threat and the Founding of U.S. National Environmental Movement Organizations, 1962–1998". Social Problems. 58 (Aug. 2011) (3): 305–29. doi:10.1525/sp.2011.58.3.305. This study examines the role of ecological threat in shaping the U.S. environmental movement. … Declines in wildlife populations are associated with the foundings of wildlife and wilderness protection organizations while increases in air pollution are associated with the foundings of organizations focused on ecosystem well-being and public health.