Built at the Internet Archive
Subject
Sort By:
Creator
Sort By:
Publisher
Sort By:
Sites for this collection are listed below. Narrow your results at left, or enter a search query below to find a site, specific URL or to search the text of archived webpages.
Page 1 of 1 (5 Total Results)
Sort By:
Description: This organization promotes greater awareness in local communities in Turkey and Iraq about the threats to the Tigris River, and helps call global attention to its one-of-a-kind ecology.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Pollution, Sustainable development, Environmental education, Prevention
Group: Middle East & North Africa
Creator: مدونة البيئه العراقية
Publisher: مدونة البيئه العراقية
Language: Arabic
Coverage: Turkey , Iraq
Tag: Africa, River pollution, Environmental media, Turkey, Iraq
Description: The non-profit Foundation for Environmental Protection and Research (ÇEVKOR) was founded in 1991 to provide an avenue for concerned young academics in Turkey to help protect the environment. ÇEVKOR publishes a free online quarterly scholarly journal, EKOLOJI (http://www.ekoloji.com.tr), as well as a popular journal, EKOLOJI MAGAZIN (http://www.ekolojimagazin.com/), featuring news about environmental and sustainability- related events and problems in Turkey. [Harvard appears to be the only U.S. library with print holdings of these titles, but their holdings end in 2004, which is when ÇEVKOR's online archive begins.]
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Sustainable development, Environmental protection, Environmental education
Group: Middle East & North Africa
Creator: ÇEVKOR - Foundation for Environmental Protection and Research
Publisher: ÇEVKOR - Foundation for Environmental Protection and Research
Coverage: Turkey
Tag: Environmental education, Environmental sustainability, Turkey, Africa
Description: The Association of Friends of Kadikoi Science, Culture, and Arts (KADOS) is a nongovernmental organization that is based in Istanbul, Turkey. The focus of their work ranges from issues of solar energy, water, agriculture, mining, hazardous waste, and health.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Non-governmental organizations, Environmental rights, Environmental research
Group: Middle East & North Africa
Creator: Kadikoy Friends of Science, Culture and Art Association (KADOS), Association of Friends of Kadikoi Science, Culture, and Arts (KADOS)
Publisher: Association of Friends of Kadikoi Science, Culture, and Arts (KADOS)
Language: Turkish
Coverage: Istanbul, Turkey
Tag: Africa, Corporate accountability, Energy, Health & wellness, Environmental justice, Agriculture, Coasts and oceans, Environmental advocacy, Water supply, Mining, Energy conservation
Description: The Foundation for the Conservation of Turkey's Monuments, Environment and Tourism Assets (TAÇ) was founded in İstanbul on April 19, 1976. TAÇ Foundation’s purpose is to conserve the artistic and cultural assets and architectural heritage and natural, historical, cultural, aesthetic and touristic wealth of both Turkey and the Anatolian Civilization as well as any kind of related documentation; to ensure the continuity of such values as a cultural web connecting the past to the future and to establish the organizational structure required to achieve this; to coordinate the ideas and efforts of concerned persons and institutions; to carry out the necessary documentation and inventory work; to prepare or commission studies and projects; to undertake or encourage others to engage in the required efforts; to attempt to encourage new practices through sampling; to provide the structures or sites to be conserved with a healthy life by utilizing them as part of the tourism function to the extent that their condition allows; to handle all culturally significant structures and sites that must be conserved within the framework of a master work program; engage in public awareness and educational efforts as well as any kind of publication to facilitate these fit-for- purpose activities; help maintain well-trained personnel; to determine the method of the efforts to be undertaken to achieve all these goals; and to implement or encourage the implementation of all such methods.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Environmental Protection, Ecotourism
Group: Middle East & North Africa
Creator: The Foundation for the Conservation of Turkey's Monuments, Environment and Tourism Assets (TAÇ)
Publisher: The Foundation for the Conservation of Turkey's Monuments, Environment and Tourism Assets (TAÇ)
Coverage: Istanbul, Turkey
Tag: Networking and coordinating, Africa, European Union, Environmental justice, Parks & protected areas, Environmental education, Capacity building, Turkey
Description: The TEMA Foundation (The Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion, for Reforestation and the Protection of Natural Habitats) was founded on September 11, 1992 by two prominent Turkish businessmen Hayrettin Karaca, the founder of Karaca Arboretum, UN Environment Award Owner and Nihat Gökyiğit, co-founder of Tekfen Holding, the founder of the Turkey - Commonwealth of Independent States business councils and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Council. Its mission is to create effective and conscious public opinion on environmental problems, specifically soil erosion, deforestation, desertification, climate change and biodiversity loss. TEMA operates at local, national and international level. It implements educational activities, organizes awareness raising events and campaigns for community mobilization and empowerment. It implements model projects of various scale and intervenes on government policies for proper environmental protection and conducts legal activities, both by legislation drafting and through its lawsuits. While actively influencing and accelerating the processes at local and national level, through its strong international links, TEMA follows the international agenda and links the global perspective to local and national one.
Loading Wayback Capture Info...
Loading video data...
Subject: Natural resources, Reforestation, Soil erosion
Group: Middle East & North Africa
Language: English
Coverage: Istanbul, Turkey
Tag: Environmental activism, Networking and coordinating, Africa, Environmental policy, Forests, Desert, European Union, Environmental advocacy, Environmental education, Rural communities, Climate change mitigation
Page 1 of 1 (5 Total Results)
