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- Action
for Community and Ecology in the Rainforest of Central America
(ACERCA) - working project of the Alliance for Global
Justice and a member of the Native Forest Network
- Biodiversidad
en América Latina- destinado al encuentro y el
intercambio entre las organizaciones latinoamericanas y
todos y todas aquellos/as que trabajan en defensa de la
Biodiversidad
- The
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) -
public interest, not-for-profit environmental law firm founded
in 1989 to strengthen international and comparative environmental
law and policy around the world.
- Center
for International Forestry Research - international
research and global knowledge institution committed to conserving
forests and improving the livelihoods of people in the tropics.
- Conservation
International- conserving the Earth's living natural
heritage, our global biodiversity and to demonstrate that
human societies are able to live harmoniously with nature.
- Corporate
Watch- counters corporate-led globalization through
education, network-building and activism.
- Critical
Ecosystem Partnership Fund- provides strategic assistance
to nongovernmental organizations, community groups and other
civil society partners to help safeguard Earth’s biodiversity
hotspots.
- Earthjustice-
nonprofit law firm for the environment, representing—without
charge—hundreds of public interest clients, large
and small.
- EarthRights
International- nonprofit, nongovernmental organization
(NGO) that combines the power of law and the power of people
in defense of human rights and the environment, our earth
rights.
- Environmental
Defense- leading national nonprofit organization representing
more than 400,000 members. Since 1967, we have linked science,
economics and law to create innovative, equitable and cost-effective
solutions to society's most urgent environmental problems.
- Environmental
Investigation Agency (EIA) - international campaigning
organisation committed to investigating and exposing environmental
crime.
- Friends
of the Earth- is the U.S. voice of an influential, international
network of grassroots groups in 70 countries.
- Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Forestry - assists nations in managing their forests
sustainably.
- Forest
Ethics - dedicated to protecting forests by redirecting
U.S. markets towards ecologically sound alternatives.
- Forest
Trends - seeks to maintain and restore forest ecosystems
by promoting incentives that diversify trade in the forest
sector, moving beyond exclusive focus on lumber and fiber
to a broader range of products and services.
- Global
Response - organizes urgent international letter campaigns
to help communities prevent many kinds of environmental
destruction.
- Global
Witness for Peace - through campaigns, works to highlight
the link between the exploitation of natural resources and
human rights abuses, particularly where the resources such
as timber, diamonds and oil are used to fund and perpetuate
conflict and corruption.
- Greenpeace
- non-profit organisation, with a presence in 40 countries
across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, which
focuses on the most crucial worldwide threats to our planet's
biodiversity and environment.
- Illegal-logging.info
- aims to provide a central point of information about efforts
to stem illegal forest practices and the associated trade
in forest products.
- The
Nature Conservancy - works to preserve the plants, animals
and natural communities that represent the diversity of
life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need
to survive.
- Natural
Resources Defense Council- nation's most effective environmental
action organization. We use law, science and the support
of more than 1 million members and online activists to protect
the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe
and healthy environment for all living things.
- Rainforest
Action Network - campaigns for the forests, their inhabitants
and the natural systems that sustain life by transforming
the global marketplace through grassroots organizing, education
and non-violent direct action.
- Sierra
Club - America's oldest, largest and most influential
grassroots environmental organization.
- World
Resources Institute's Global Forest Watch - managed
in partnership with non-governmental organizations, research
institutions, government agencies and private corporations
– seeks to catalyze changes in forest use to better
meet human needs and protect forest ecosystems.
- World
Wildlife Fund U.S.
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