Title: Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation (BSE)

URL: http://bbf.biodiversity.bg/

Description: The Bulgarian Biodiversity Fund (BSE) brings together people with different ideas for the protection of Bulgarian nature. Its missions is to help conserve natural resources, to work toward changing attitudes toward protected areas and protected species, and to increase public awareness about these natural resources. The organization actively participates in the changing of environmental legislation; initiates national campaigns to support Bulgarian nature; creates mechanisms for public participation in the management of protected areas; presents opportunities for the development of sustainable business; involves local people in specific activities for nature conservation; creates a link between conservation and science; spreads information about biodiversity and its social, ethical, cultural, and economic implications; expands the circle of supporters for a common cause.

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Subject:   Environmental policy

Title: Environmental Coalition of Romania (CMR)

URL: http://coalitiapentrumediu.ro/

Description: The Environmental Coalition aims to contribute to sustainable development in Romania and the involvement of civil society in this process. The Coalition is comprised of 74 environmental NGOs in Romania and has the following objectives: Raising awareness and decision makers on environmental protection; Increasing public participation in actions to reduce and prevent environmental impact; Improving the quality of education on environment and sustainable development; Increasing civil society involvement in developing policies to reduce the impact of human activities on the environment; Increasing representation of environmental NGOs in Romania at the national and international level; Improving the institutional framework of business environmental NGOs in Romania; Empowering decision makers.

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Title: Energy 21

URL: http://energy21.ngobg.info/

Description: The missions of the NGO are the promotion of energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources, training of specialists, curriculum development and other forms of training, consultancy, research and development in the field of energy and the environment, and discussion of legislative initiatives and decisions related to energy efficiency, renewable energy, and environmental protection. The organizations cooperates with similar organizations, private companies, and government institutions in the country and abroad on regional, national, and international projects. The objective of the organization is to work toward sustainable energy usage and production through the use of modern technologies.

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Subject:   Sustainable energy,  Renewable energy,  Environmental protection

Title: Bulgarian Association for Alternative Tourism

URL: http://www.baatbg.org/

Description: The organization works toward sustainable development and to improve the quality of the tourism product and infrastructure in the country. Through its varied activities, it hopes to make Bulgaria a significant and intriguing destination for alternative tourism. It encourages the development of partnerships to make Bulgaria a better place for living and business.

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Subject:   Tourism,  Bulgaria,  Sustainable development

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: Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation (Peipsi CTC)

URL: http://www.ctc.ee/

Description: Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation is an international non-profit institute, which works to promote balanced development of border areas, especially in Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe region. The original "Lake Peipsi Project" was begun in 1993 as an informal organization whose primary focus was research environmental issues facing the border between Estonia and Russia. Today, its main activities include nature education and the development of cross-border cooperation.

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Subject:   Environmental education,  International cooperation

Title: Estonian Council of Environmental NGOs (EKO)

URL: http://www.eko.org.ee/

Description: In the early spring of 2002 ten Estonian environmental NGOs founded the Estonian Council of Environmental NGOs (EKO). Today nine non-governmental environmental organisations belong to the council and two organisations plan on joining. EKO is an informal politically independent cooperation network that helps environmental activists jointly achieve the environmental protection goals that are important for all of us. Until now EKO members have made joint efforts mainly to make Estonian forestry, agriculture, and energy policies, and planning decisions more environmentally friendly.

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Subject:   Environmental education,  Estonia,  Environmental law,  Conservation

Title: Regional Environmental Center

URL: http://www.rec.org/

Description: he Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) is an international organisation with a mission to assist in addressing environmental issues. The REC fulfils this mission by promoting cooperation among governments, non-governmental organisations, businesses and other environmental stakeholders, and by supporting the free exchange of information and public participation in environmental decision making. The REC was established in 1990 by the United States, the European Commission and Hungary. Today, the REC is legally based on a charter with over 30 signatories. The REC has an office network in 17 countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey. The head office is located in Szentendre, Hungary.

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Subject:   Wildlife conservation,  Water,  Networking and coordinating

Title: The Foundation for the Conservation of Turkey's Monuments, Environment and Tourism Assets (TAÇ)

URL: http://www.tacvakfi.org.tr/tr

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.

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Subject:   Environmental Protection,  Ecotourism

Title: EU Earth

URL: http://zazemiata.org/

Description: EU Earth is an independent, nonprofit organization that unites the efforts of people determined to create sustainability on the planet and prevent the exploitation of people and nature. It works in cooperation with environmental organizations at the national and international levels. The association is a member of international organizations. Its objectives are to collect and disseminate information related to environmental issues; to contribute to the building of environmental awareness and raising of public awareness about the endangered state of life on the planet; and to organize direct actions and campaigns to protect and restore the environment.

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Subject:   Climate Change,  Environmental Protection