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World Directory of Environmental Organizations

Sixth Edition

A Handbook of National and International Organizations and ProgramsGovernmental and Non-GovernmentalConcerned with Protecting the Earth's Resources

Edited by Ted Trzyna
with the assistance of Julie Didion

A publication of the International Center for the Environment and Public Policy, a program of the California Institute of Public Affairs

CIPA Publication No. 103; Who's Doing What Series No. 2 (Sixth Edition)

First published by Earthscan in the UK and USA in 2001

For a full list of publications please contact:

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Earthscan is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business

Published in cooperation with IUCN - The World Conservation Union Initiated and endorsed by the Sierra Club

Copyright 2001, California Institute of Public Affairs.

All rights reserved.

Cover design and photo by Rick Caughman (1909) 395-0565
Pictured: Icehouse Canyon on Mount Baldy, Angeles National Forest, California

This book is protected by copyright. No part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher. This specifically includes use for mailing list purposes. Manufactured in the United States of America.

The entries in this directory are based on information provided by the organizations listed and from other sources purporting to be accurate. Listing does not imply endorsement by the sponsoring organizations. Descriptions and interpretations are those of the editor and do not necessarily represent the views of the sponsors. The designation of geographic entities in the book and the presentation of the material do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the sponsors concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

First edition published 1973 by the Sierra Club, San Francisco; second edition published 1976 by the Center for California Public Affairs (former name of the California Institute of Public Affairs); third (1989), fourth (1992), fifth (1996), and sixth (2001) editions published by the California Institute of Public Affairs.

Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 75-38124

ISBN 13: 978-1-85383-794-4 (pbk)

ISSN 0092-0908

Contents

• Take a minute to study the table of contents. It shows how the book is structured.
• If you are looking for information about a particular organization, start with the index at the back of the book. However, most national organizations are not indexed; check in the country listings in .
• If you are looking for organizations concerned with a particular subject, see , Who's Doing What: Problems, Resources, and Biomes.
• If you are looking for organizations concerned with a particular region of the world, see , The World Regions: Key Organizations.
• If you want to learn about the global movement to protect the environment, look through the entries. This is not only a reference book but a profile of the field; it is meant to be read. And, as one reviewer of an earlier edition wrote about the World Directory , it "helps readers and researchers to see instantly that they are not alone in the struggle for world survival."

Please Help us

The World Directory of Environmental Organizations is not a commercial venture but a collaborative effort of three non-profit organizations to provide a service to the world conservation community. Please help us update and improve the book by sending us new information and suggestions for other organizations that should be included (keeping in mind the general criteria given in the introduction). These should be sent to: Editors, World Directory of Environmental Organizations, P.O. Box 189040, Sacramento, California 95818, USA, fax (1 916) 442-2478, e-mail cipa@cipahq.org. We would greatly appreciate your assistance.

Agenda 21: Program of action adopted by the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (see pp. 6, 37)

Agroforestry: An ecologically based natural resource management system in which trees are integrated in farmland and rangeland

ASEAN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations

CGIAR: Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CITES: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (UNEP)

Convention: a formal agreement among governments

CSD: Commission on Sustainable Development (UN)

Development: In an international context, refers to improving the economic and social conditions of poorer countries; see also Sustainable development

ECA: Economic Commission for Africa (UN)

ECE: Economic Commission for Europe (UN)

ESCAP: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN)

ESCWA: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN)

EU: European Union

FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

GIS: geographic information system

Habitat: United Nations Centre for Human Settlements

IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency (UN)

ICSU: International Council for Science

IFAD: International Fund for Agricultural Development (UN)

IIED: International Institute for Environment and Development

ILO: International Labour Organization (UN)

IMO: International Maritime Organization (UN)

INTECOL: International Association for Ecology

IOC: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (Unesco)

IUBS: International Union of Biological Sciences

IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN - The World Conservation Union)

MAB: Man and the Biosphere Programme (of Unesco)

NGO: Non-governmental organization

North: In an international context, refers to the richer, industrialized countries of the world

OAS: Organization of American States

OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Ramsar Convention: Convention on wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat

SCOPE: Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (of ICSU)

South: In an international context, refers to the less-developed countries of the world

Sustainable development: "Improving the quality of human life while living within the carrying capacity of supporting ecosystems" (Caring for the Earth, IUCN/WWF/UNEP. 1991)

T: telephone

TNC: The Nature Conservancy

TRAFFIC: A wildlife trade monitoring group sponsored by IUCN and WWF

UN: United Nations

UNCED: United Nations Conference on Environment and Development ("Earth Summit"), 1992; see pp. 6, 37

UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNDP: United Nations Development Programme UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme

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