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ARKive
Contains images of global and British endangered species
Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea
The primary aim of ACOPS is to promote strategies for the sustainable development of the coastal and marine environment through scientific, legal and policy research, and advisory and public awareness activities. Work is carried out at the global, regional and national levels. Studying our seas and oceans both as indicators of pollution and as a threatened resource in their own right, ACOPS strives to identify cost-effective, long-term environmental solutions that can effectively be implemented across the world.
African Wildlife Foundation
The African Wildlife Foundation, together with the people of Africa, works to ensure the wildlife and wild lands of Africa will endure forever.
All Species Foundation
The ALL Species Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the complete inventory of all species of life on Earth within the next 25 years - a human generation.
Amazon Co-op
The Amazoncoop is a non-profit organization set up in 1998. The objectives of the coop are to raise donations and develop sustainable businesses for its members, eight Indian Tribes in the Brazilian Amazon. The Brazilian Government does not have the political will to adequately provide for the Indians health,education, or protection of their reserves. Unless the tribes become self-sufficient, their very future is in peril.
Amazon Watch
Amazon Watch works to defend the environment and rights of the indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin.
Amazonia
The EWGA's Amazonia web site. Addresses as comprehensively and efficiently as possible numerous issues relating to the Amazon region.
Amercian center for Environmental Education and Information
 
Amizade
Amizade encourages intercultural exploration and understanding through community-driven volunteer programs and service-learning courses. Amizade Volunteer Programs offer a rewarding combination of exploration, service and understanding in communities around the world. Service-Learning Courses offer undergraduate and graduate credit to students interested in challenging academic and service experiences with communities around the world.
Animal Info
Information on endangered mamals
Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition
The Antartic and Southern Ocean Coalition(ASAC) is a global coalition of environmental non-governmental organisations with more than 150 members in over 40 countries. It has worked since 1978 to ensure the antartic and the surounding area remain unspoiled.
Association of National Park Authorities
 
BANC
 
BBCi Nature
 
Balikpapan Orangutan Society, USA (BOS-USA)
A group dedicated to the conservation of orangutans and their rainforest home
Barn Owl Trust
 
BioGems
 
Biodiversity Hot spots
A site mapping the biodiversity hotspots on the earth
BirdLife International
BirdLife International is a global Partnership of conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources.
Birdlinks
 
Botanical Society of the British Isles
 
British Ecological Society
 
British Naturalists' Association
 
British Trees
 
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV)
 
Browerweb
David Ross Brower was born in Berkeley, California on July 1, 1912. He founded Earth Island Institute and was president of Earth Island Action Group. Brower was a life-long wilderness enthusiast and engaged in conservation battles starting in 1938 and ending in 2000 with his death at the age of 88.
Bushmeat Project
Great apes -- gorillas, chimpanzees, and bonobos -- are being hunted to extinction for commercial bushmeat in the equatorial forests of west and central Africa. This site campaigns against it.
Butterfly Conservation
 
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
CIFOR is an international research and global knowledge institution committed to conserving forests and improving the livelihoods of people in the tropics. CIFOR's high impact research helps local communities and small farmers gain their rightful share of forest resources, while increasing the production and value of forest products.
Conservation International
Conservation International aims to save the earths living heritage, global biodiversity, and demonstrate human societies are able to live harmoniousely with nature
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) is a distinct forum of Arctic professionals, indigenous peoples representatives, and observer countries and organisations, to discuss and address circumpolar Arctic conservation issues. As one of the Working Groups of the Arctic Council, its primary role is to advise the Arctic governments (Canada, Denmark/Greenland, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States) on conservation matters and sustainable use issues of international significance and common concern.
Convention on Biological Diversity
Signed by 150 government leaders at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, the Convention on Biological Diversity is dedicated to promoting sustainable development. Conceived as a practical tool for translating the principles of Agenda 21 into reality, the Convention recognizes that biological diversity is about more than plants, animals and micro organisms and their ecosystems - it is about people and our need for food security, medicines, fresh air and water, shelter, and a clean and healthy environment in which to live.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species UK
This site, maintained by the UK CITES authorities, aims to provide information and updates on CITES-related matters as they pertain to the United Kingdom and its Overseas Territories
Council for National Parks
 
CountryGoer
 
Countryside Council for Wales
 
Cyprus Conservation Foundation
The Cyprus Conservation Foundation was established in 1992 as an not for profit educational organisation and is a sibling to the Laona Foundation for the Conservation and Regeneration of the Cypriot Countryside. The overall aim of the Cyprus Conservation Foundation (CCF) is to promote environmental awareness within Cypriot society through educational and sensitisation programmes, thereby protecting the island's natural resources and heritage, and facilitating the island's harmonisation with European environmental legislation and standards.
Dart Estuary Environmental Management
 
Declining Amphibians Populations Task Force
The Mission of the DAPTF is to determine the nature, extent and causes of declines of amphibians throughout the world, and to promote means by which declines can be halted or reversed
Defend the Dunes
 
Derbyshire Foxes
 
Devon Wildlife trust
 
Dolphin Care UK
 
EIA - Environmental Investigation Agency
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is an international campaigning organisation committed to investigating and exposing environmental crime
Earth Culture
EarthCulture is a nonprofit organization promoting a sustainable Earth. We work for livable cities, diverse wilderness areas, and the rights of all life through education and nonviolent direct action.
EarthWatch
 
Endangered Species
EE-Link ~ Environmental Education on the Internet, a resource designed to support students, teachers and professionals that support K-12 environmental education. Browse and search this site for a wealth of information and links on Environmental Education!!
English Nature
 
Environment Wales
 
European Centre for Nature Conservation
ECNC actively promotes, by bridging the gap between science and policy, the conservation of nature and especially of biodiversity in Europe, because of their intrinsic values and their relevance to the economy and European culture; thereby ECNC seeks the integration of nature conservation considerations into other policies.
European Environment Agency
The EEA aims to support sustainable development and to help achieve significant and measurable improvement in Europe's environment through the provision of timely, targeted, relevant and reliable information to policy making agents and the public.
FERN
FERN aims to achieve environmental and social justice, focusing on forests and forest peoples' rights in the policies and practices of the European Union.
Forest Conservation Portal
forests.org works to end deforestation, preserve primary and old-growth forests, conserve and sustainably manage other forests, and to commence the age of ecological restoration. This web site is for educational and non-commercial use only
Forest Stewardship Council International
FSC is an international not-for-profit membership-based organization that brings people together to find solutions to the problems created by bad forestry practices and to reward good forest management.
Forest Stewardship Council UK
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international, non-governmental organisation dedicated to promoting responsible management of the world's forests. It was founded in 1993 in response to public concern about deforestation and demand for a trustworthy wood-labelling scheme.
Forestry Commission
 
Friends of the Nemaiah Valley
Promoting and sponsoring the preservation and protection of the lands delineated by the Nemiah Aboriginal Wilderness Preserve of the Tsilhqot'in People of Xeni, including the Nemaiah Valley, Chilko Lake, the Brittany Triangle and the surrounding region.
Froglife
 
Fundaci˘ Natura
Fundaci˘ Natura is one of the first NGO created in Spain exclusively devoted to the conservation of the biological diversity through the protection, improvement and restoration of the natural ecosystems.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
 
Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN)
 
Global Forest Watch
 
Good Beach Guide
 
Greenforce
 
IUCN Redlist of threatened species
 
IUCN The World Conservation Union
 
Illegal-logging.info
 
Indian Tiger Welfare Society
 
International Forest-related Processes
 
International Fund for Animal Welfare
 
International Institute for Environment and Development
 
International Mire Conservation Group
 
International Snow Leopard Trust
 
Iracambi
 
Jane Goodall Institute UK
 
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
 
LIFE Peatlands Project
 
Landscape Forum Ireland
 
Leicester Primate Concern
 
Lifeforce
 
Limestone Pavement Action Group
 
London & West Middx. National Trust Volunteers
 
London Biodiversity Partnership
 
Madagascar Wildlife Conservation
 
Madagascar Wildlife Conservation
 
Mammal Society
 
Marine Conservation Society
 
Marine Stewardship Council
 
Marinet
 
National Biodiversity Network
 
National Community Forest Partnership
 
National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens (NCCPG)
 
National Small Woods Association
 
National Urban Forestry Unit
 
National Wildflower Centre
 
National  Federation of Badger Groups
 
Natural Environment Research Council
 
Natural Selection: subject gateway to the natural world
 
Naturenet
 
North Sea Action Group
 
One Planet, One Life & The Sixth Mass Extinction
 
Open Spaces Society
 
Orangutan Health Project
 
Planet Ark
 
Planetary Coral Reef Foundation
 
Plantlife
 
Project Las Piedras
 
Qu‚bec Forest Industries Association
 
RSA Trees Initiative
 
Rainforest Action Network
 
Rainforest Foundation UK
 
Rainforest Information Centre
 
Rare Breeds Survival Trust
 
ReefBase
 
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
 
Sakhalin Environment Watch
 
Save the lakes
 
SaveTheArctic.com
 
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
 
Scottish Natural Heritage
 
Sea Anglers' Conservation Network
 
Seal Conservation Society
 
Sierra Club, BC
 
Species Dictionary
 
Steep Holm Island
 
Sussex Downs Conservation Board (SDCB)
 
Talnotry Avian Care Trust (TACT)
 
The Andrew Lees Trust
The Andrew Lees Trust (ALT) was set up in January 1995, in memory of Andrew Lees, then Campaigns Director of Friends of the Earth, following his tragic death in the forests of southern Madagascar in 1994. Andrew had worked closely with local communities in all his campaigns and he passionately believed in empowering people to find their own solutions - whether it be for environmental, social or personal development.
The Ape Alliance
The Ape Alliance is an international coalition of organisations and individuals, working for the conservation and welfare of apes
The Barn Owl Centre
 
The Bat Conservation Trust
 
The Born Free Foundation
An international wildlife charity working throughout the world to prevent wild animal suffering and protect threatened species in the wild
The Borneo Project
Supporting indigenous initiatives for rainforest protection, human rights, and community development.
The Bushmeat Campaign
 
The Bushmeat Research Programme
The Bushmeat Research Programme at the Institute of Zoology, the research arm of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), is involved in research to enhance our understanding of the bushmeat trade in West and Central Africa. A better understanding of the trade will assist both both policy makers and project managers to develop effective methods of regulation and management for sustainability. This work is interdisciplinary in its design: it tackles the biological, economic and social aspects of the trade, using a variety of approaches including field research and mathematical modelling.
The Carbon Netral Company
The CarbonNeutral Company leads the world in helping businesses and individuals tackle their contribution to climate change. Our scope is from strategic consultancy and carbon management for our corporate and government clients, through to climate-related gifts available on the high street.
The Conservation Foundation
 
The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR)
The 1992 OSPAR Convention is the current instrument guiding international cooperation on the protection of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic. It combined and up-dated the 1972 Oslo Convention on dumping waste at sea and the 1974 Paris Convention on land-based sources of marine pollution.
The Countryside Agency
 
The Countryside Trust
 
The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund
 
The Environment Agency
 
The Global Trees Campaign
 
The Gorilla Foundation
 
The Haribon Foundation
 
The Herpetological Conservation Trust
 
The Jatun Sacha Foundation
 
The Land is Ours
 
The National Trust
 
The Natural History Museum
 
The Nature Conservancy
 
The Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species
 
The Shared Earth Trust
 
The Shark Trust
 
The South Downs Campaign
 
The Sumatran Orangutan Society
 
The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS)
 
The Wild Flower Society
 
The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT)
 
The Wildlife Trusts
 
Traffic
 
Tree Council
 
Trees for Life
 
UK Biodiversity
 
UK Wildlife Helpline
 
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)
 
United Nations Environment Programme
 
WARSI (Conservation Information Forum)
 
Whales Online
 
Wild About Britain
 
Wild about woods
 
WildNet Africa
 
Wildfowl Wetlands Trust
 
Wolf Trust
 
Woodland Trust
 
World Commission on Dams
 
World Land Trust
 
World Rainforest Movement
 
adopt a dolphin
 
forests monitor
FORESTS MONITOR aims to contribute to the debate about sustainable forest management by collating and disseminating information on companies operating in the forestry sector around the world. The forestry sector has traditionally operated without independent scrutiny and we work to increase transparency and accountability of the sector. This web site contains publications, maps and some of the information we hold on forestry companies.
reticule
 
wildlifeline
 
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