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Title: 2Celsius

URL: http://2celsius.org/

Description: 2Celsius is a young European environmental organization registered in Romania. It has two branches: 2Celsius Network and 2Celsius Association. 2Celsius Association is focused on local issues, comprising informal environmental education, climate change policy, sustainable development from an ecological perspective, and trainings for young people in Romania. 2Celsius Network opens the way for a region-wide extended environmental media portal dedicated to the green economy and to containing climate change effects in Central and Eastern Europe. The platform is especially dedicated to Central and Eastern Europe's green businesses and, equally, to the advancement of the green collar economy. There are 2 permanent staff members of 2Celsius Association in Romania. Around 10 young environmental journalists and activists from East and Central Europe contribute to the media platform and support 2Celsius environmental education activities. In addition to its main environmental and development focus, 2Celsius is committed to democratization in the Eastern Europe. The association acts locally via its educational programs on ecology and civic participation. In two years of existence, 2Celsius Association has become a partner of the prestigious Earth Day Network in Washington, D.C., a member of Climate Action Network Romania, and the European Journalism Centre in Maastricht. From this position, 2Celsius is carrying out trainings for young journalists on environmental journalism and climate change.

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Subject:   Environmental economics Climate change mitigation

Title: Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED)

URL: http://www.afedonline.org/en/inner.aspx?menuID=1

Description: The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) is a not-for-profit regional non-governmental organization, grouping experts together with the civil society, business community and media, to promote prudent environmental policies and programmes across the Arab region. While it maintains its character as a non- governmental organization, AFED admits, in the capacity of observers, national, regional and international bodies working in the fields of environment and sustainable development. AFED aims to encourage Arab societies to protect the environment and use natural resources in a sensible manner resulting in sustainable development.

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Subject:   Social advocacy Education Sustainable development

Title: Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment (AWHHE)

URL: http://www.awhhe.am/

Description: Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment (AWHHE) NGO was founded in 1999. The mission of AWHHE is to explore the issue of environment pollution in Armenia, to advocate for the human right to live in a healthy environment, to help decrease environmental risks to human health, and promote a healthy lifestyle, especially for children and women. AWHHE runs education and information campaigns about environmental health threats and social injustice related to environmental pollution; provides independent monitoring and investigations on water supply management and other related issues; lobbies the decision-makers to make sound solutions; contributes to capacity building of rural communities; strengthens the participation of women in decision making at local and national levels; promotes the implementation of Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Armenia; publishes popular-scientific articles; creates information materials; and organizes and participates in international and national conferences and forums.

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Subject:   Environmental Protection Armenia Non-governmental organizations Women

Title: BlueLink

URL: http://www.bluelink.net/

Description: BlueLink.net is an online news site and social network for investigative journalism and civil society action and initiatives in Bulgaria. BlueLink.net supports civil society organisations and empowers citizen participation in decision making by: social-networking on its website; developing strategic internet-based IT tools; and running an independent newsroom for public interest journalism. Its mission is to improve democracy and protect nature and human rights by strengthening civil society. Since 1998, BlueLink.net has been an established hub for coordination, exchange of information, and information technology innovation among environmental civil society organisations (CSOs) and groups. Some of Bulgaria’s most active and reputable environmental groups are among BlueLink’s founders. State authorities, such as the Ministry of Environment and Waters and the Forestry Agency have partnered with BlueLink in securing CSO participation and disseminating information to civil society. BlueLink.net operates in Bulgaria, but supports like-minded activities and networks in the EU, the Balkans and the former USSR, and globally as part of the Association for Progressive Communications, the Climate News Network, UK, and the Earth Journalism Network project of Internews.

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Subject:   Environment Freedom of the internet Journalism

Title: Center for Sustainable Development Strategy (CEDD)

URL: http://www.cedd.ro/

Description: Founded in 2010, the organization carries out activities in the public interest, such as promoting socially responsible practices and methods of sustainable development in society, the economy, and the environment. It also works to promote civic engagement and respect for democratic values. The CEDD's activities include informational campaigns, educational programs, and publication.

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Subject:   Sustainable development Environmental policy

Title: chinadialogue

URL: https://www.chinadialogue.net/

Description: ChinaDialogue.net is an independent, non-profit organization based in London and Beijing. It is funded by a range of institutional supporters, including several major charitable foundations. Chinadialogue aims to promote common understanding of urgent environmental challenges, including climate change, species loss, pollution, water scarcity and environment damage. It is devoted to the publication of high quality, bilingual information, direct dialogue and the search for solutions to our shared environmental challenges.

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Subject:   Pollution Climate change

Title: Crimean Republican Association "Ekologiya i Mir" (CRAEM)

URL: http://www.ekomir.crimea.ua/

Description: The Crimean Republic Association "Ekologiya I Mir" (CRAEM) is a non-governmental environmental organization founded in 1988, to stop the building of a nuclear power plant in Crimea. Since then, Ekologiya I Mir has acted as an independent non- governmental organization uniting people in all sectors of society, with than two hundred activists involved. The organization aims to protect Crimean nature and the health of its inhabitants. . CRAEM's major concerns are: urban areas with excess garbage; environmental ignorance and inactivity of the population concerning its rights; food quality; irrational territory planning; domination of 'traditional' types of energy; and high levels of chlorine in drinking water. Its activities include: the collection and dissemination of ecological information (holding seminars, conferences, working with mass-media); ecological action; ecological education; organization of scientific research and public participation in environmental impact assessment; study and conservation of nature preserves and rare Crimean animals and plants; planning and realization of Crimean sustainable development goals; support of Crimean NGOs.

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Subject:   Environmental protection Conservation Crimea

Title: Crimean Republican Association "Ekologiya i Mir" (CRAEM)

URL: http://ekomir.org/

Description: The Crimean Republic Association "Ekologiya I Mir" (CRAEM) is a non-governmental environmental organization founded in 1988, to stop the building of a nuclear power plant in Crimea. Since then, Ekologiya I Mir has acted as an independent non- governmental organization uniting people in all sectors of society, with than two hundred activists involved. The organization aims to protect Crimean nature and the health of its inhabitants. . CRAEM's major concerns are: urban areas with excess garbage; environmental ignorance and inactivity of the population concerning its rights; food quality; irrational territory planning; domination of 'traditional' types of energy; and high levels of chlorine in drinking water. Its activities include: the collection and dissemination of ecological information (holding seminars, conferences, working with mass-media); ecological action; ecological education; organization of scientific research and public participation in environmental impact assessment; study and conservation of nature preserves and rare Crimean animals and plants; planning and realization of Crimean sustainable development goals; support of Crimean NGOs.

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Subject:   Ecology Bio-diversity Conservation Waste Water

Title: EcoClub "Eremurus"

URL: http://eremurus.org/

Description: EcoClub "Eremurus" was created in 1982 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Its goal is to educate individuals and society about sustainable development. Its main activities are environmental education and promotion of environmental awareness and the protection of nature. In terms of education, the group runs and provides support to ecological Sunday schools and summer camps; teacher trainings; newsletters; and festivals and competitions. It also supports work in national parks and nature preserves, such as tree planting, animal surveys, geobotanic mapping, clean-up campaigns, and raids for the protection of rare or endangered species. The group's research initiatives include the observation of animals and plants - size, condition, etc. EcoClub "Eremurus" has participated in the international education project SPARE in Uzbekistan since 2000 and in Ukraine since 2001.

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Title: Ecological Library Foundation

URL: http://be.eko.org.pl/

Description: The Ecological Library Foundation is a regional environmental education center in Poznan.

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Subject:   Environmental media Environmental education

Title: Ecoportal

URL: http://www.ecoportal.net/Servicios/Directorio_de_ONGs/M/Movimiento_Verde_Colombiano_-_MOVER

Description: Ecoportal's mission is to inform, educate, and raise awareness about environmental and social issues, and to serve as a discussion space for organizations and individuals interested or involved in these areas. Started in 2000, the site provides courses on socio-economic issues, a weekly ezine called "Environment and Society", campaigns to safeguard the environment, a glossary of environmental terms, and a review of environmental legislation. All materials are in Spanish.

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Subject:   Colombia Environmental protection Sustainable development Social justice

Title: EFN-News

URL: http://efn-news.blogspot.com/

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.

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Subject:   Pollution Sustainable development Environmental education Prevention

Title: Global Village of Beijing (GVB)

URL: http://www.gvbchina.org.cn/

Description: Global Village of Beijing (GVB) was founded by Liao Xiaoyi in 1996. Its purpose and mission are to carry out environmental education, promote public participation in environmental protection and spread the concept and practice of ecological society. Its focus is advocating for green lifestyles, providing training for eco-villages, and promoting environmental issues in the media.

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Title: Green Dossier

URL: http://dossier.org.ua/

Description: International Charitable Organization "Information Center" Green Dossier " operates on the principles of legality, humanity, common interests and equal rights of participants, openness, voluntary and government, not with a view to profit. "Green Dossier" occupies a unique position: a bridge between environmental NGOs, businesses, public institutions and the media - for creative cooperation and achieve positive change.

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Subject:   European union Green economy Climate change

Title: Green Earth Volunteers (GEV)

URL: http://eng.greensos.cn/About.aspx

Description: Founded in 1996, Green Earth Volunteers (GEV) is one of China's oldest local environmental NGOs. Our mission is to serve as a vehicle for grassroots public participation through encouraging volunteerism. We also support environmental journalism in China, with the goals of improving awareness of environmental issues and improving information disclosure. Many of our current projects focus on water issues, including encouraging national cooperation on river protection, and we are part of the global Waterkeepers Alliance. In 2007 GEV formally registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs as the "Green Earth Environmental Scientific Research Centre." Friends are now working with GEV to create a stable and professional management staff as a foundation from which to consolidate and expand our activities.

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Title: Institute PEC Murska Sobota

URL: http://www.ekocenter.si/old

Description: The Institute of PEC has been operating successfully for 18 years, implementing environmental and public awareness projects. The project PURO (Reusing computer equipment) seeks to give socially disadvantaged families and individuals access to free or low- cost information technology and computers and increase the use of electronic waste.

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Title: Iranian Society of Environmentalists (IRSEN)

URL: http://www.irsen.org/

Description: Iranian Society of Environmentalists was established for the promotion of environmental knowledge qualitatively through integration of development aspects and sustainable development aims, applying appropriate technology, and development of expert research activities in environmental fields.

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Subject:   Environmental research Environmental media Hands-on training

Title: Japan Center for Climate Change Actions (JCCCA)

URL: http://www.jccca.org/

Description: Founded in 1999 as part of the enactment of the national "Promotion of Measures to Cope with Global Warming" law, the Japan Center for Climate Change is a national center that collects and disseminates domestic and international information related to climate change. The collection and public dissemination of both national and international information related to global warming and climate change are central to the JCCC's mission. A part of this activity consists in the construction and maintenance of a searchable database (currently only in Japanese) of global warming and climate change resources, including for example Internet resources and materials held by the JCCC. NOTE: This is a semi-governmental center founded by a government-led initiative and run by an organization appointed by the Ministry of Environment.

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Subject:   Environmental Climate change mitigation Education

Title: Japan for Sustainability (JFS)

URL: http://www.japanfs.org/

Description: Japan for Sustainability (JFS), established in 2002, is a non-profit organization providing information on developments and activities in Japan that lead toward sustainability: "The mission of Japan for Sustainability is to make this world a more sustainable place for current and future generations, by delivering to the world useful ideas and information on the latest developments and activities in Japan that promote sustainability, and providing a communication platform and information to help people envision a sustainable future and to seek ideas that can fill the gaps between our current society and the sustainable future society we would like to live in."

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Subject:   Sustainable development Renewable Energy Carbon Reduction Nuclear fuel alternatives

Title: Kalpavriksh Environment Action Group

URL: http://www.kalpavriksh.org/

Description: Kalpavriksh is a non profit organisation working on environmental and social issues. The group began in 1979 with a campaign led by students to save Delhi's Ridge Forest. It works on the local, national and global levels, is registered under the Societies Registration Act (S-17439) and is based in Delhi and Pune.

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Subject:   Environmental protection Forest protection Environmental education Sustainable development Conservation of natural resources India

Title: Sichuan Greenriver Environmental Protection Promotion Association

URL: http://www.green-river.org/

Description: Greenriver, established in 1995, is an environmental protection NGO approved by Sichuan Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau and registered in Sichuan Civil Administration Office. Its mission is to promote the environmental protection of the glaciers and headwaters of China’s rivers in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, to foster public environmental awareness and the ethics of conservation, to encourage citizen participation and to ensure environmentally sustainable economic and social development of the headwaters area. Its focus is the operation of environmental protection stations at the source and upper parts of the Yangtze River; to invite scientists and environmental protection groups from home and abroad to conduct environmental-related research; to offer operable solutions and implementation plans; to publish literature and audio-visual media about environmental protection; promotion of collective involvement in ecological protection and cultural exchanges between environmental organizations at home and abroad.

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Subject:   Sichuan Green River Environmental Protection Volunteerism

Title: Ural Ecological Union

URL: http://ecoural.narod.ru/Index.htm

Description: The Ural Ecological Union is a regional public non-profit organization formed in 1989. It brings together the knowledge of scientists, public figures, teachers, lawyers, journalists, entrepreneurs, and economists whose professional activities relate to the environment. The mission of the Ural Ecological Union is the promotion of environmental improvement in the Urals, the quest for sustainable development in the region through environmental education, the implementation of significant environmental projects, independent examination, legislative activities, and lobbying of national and local authorities for the protection of the environment. The Ural Ecological Union is a member of the International Socio- Ecological Union.

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