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American Forests
A national conservation organization, which aims to restore threatened forest ecosystems and inspire people to value and protect urban and wildland forests. Their projects have restored hundreds of thousands of...
Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition
A network of 30+ NGOs that aims to "protect the Antarctic and Southern Ocean’s unique and vulnerable ecosystems by providing the unified voice of the NGO community." It plays a...
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
Australian Research Council/James Cook University; annual reports, scientific publications on ecosystem dynamics and reef resilience Research Programs: People and ecosystems Ecosystem Dynamics: Past, Present and Future Responding to a Changing...
Assessment Report on Land Degradation and Ecosystem Services
Published by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, this is a powerful eye-opening work by 184 authors, summarizing some 4,000 sources. Insights: Land degradation—a pervasive, systemic phenomenon...
Books | Reports, Ecosystem Services | Natural Wealth Valuation, Environmental Assessment, Land Degradation Assessment
Bat Conservation International
A non-profit that "is dedicated to the enduring protection of the world’s 1300+ species of bats and their habitats and creating a world in which bats and humans successfully coexist....
Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics
Mission: “To carry out research and stimulate cooperation to promote a deeper understanding of the interplay between ecological systems and social and economic development.” Worldwide collaboration with organizations such as...
Biodiversity Research Institute
A research centre with the mission "to assess emerging threats to wildlife and ecosystems through collaborative research, and to use scientific findings to advance environmental awareness and inform decision makers."...
Book Review: An Introduction to Ecological Economics
As we rush headlong into the Anthropocene age, when humans dominate and disrupt the earth and its natural systems, governance of evolution becomes increasingly imperative. “Sustainable development” of some sort...
Campus de la Transition
A group of teachers, students, entrepreneurs, and researchers is where people can learn about and develop a healthy relationship with the environment. Its courses continue to push the boundaries of...
Catholic Climate Covenant
Catholic Climate Covenant (2006; Washington; 5 staff; catholicclimatecovenant.org) A faith based organization supported by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, that aims to "address growing ecological awareness and the...
Center For Environmental Concerns (CEC)
They envision a strong "environmental movement that asserts and gains reforms in the Philippine environmental situation, and advances pro-people, patriotic, progressive, and scientific environmental policies." To this end, they "work...
Climate Change and Land
This Special Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change looks into the connection between climate change and land, but also the impacts of human land use on the ecosystem....
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
A state agency with authority to develop and implement programs and projects to protect Louisiana's coastal areas. The CPRA's mission is to create and implement a master coastal restoration and...
Commission on Ecosystem Management | IUCN
The Commission on Ecosystem Management is a commission of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It strives to “to address global changes” by building the “resilience of socio-ecological systems”...
Conscious Planet
A global movement that unites people from different backgrounds to save the earth. It unites world leaders and influencers around a common goal. The movement's goal is to raise awareness...
Cuba-U.S. Agroecology Network
The Cuba-U.S Agroecology Network is a bilateral network that "connects people, institutions and movements in Cuba and the U.S. to build more ecologically resilient, socially just and economically fair farming...
Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative
Participants seek to advise on ecosystem-based management of resources in the deep ocean. The Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI) is a network of over 750 experts from 50 different countries who...
DeepGreen
DeepGreen intends to mine essential battery metals — cobalt, nickel, copper, manganese — from polymetallic nodules that sit on the deep ocean floor. They have developed this form of mining...
Dendra Systems
Dendra is a technology-enabled service provider addressing restoration of natural ecosystems globally. There are 2 billion hectares of degraded land across the globe, and Dendra has developed drone information-gathering and...
Applied Sciences, Climate Action, Climate Solutions, Ecosystem Management, Ecosystem Restoration, Environmental Technology
EarthRights International
EarthRights International (1990; Washington; 59 staff; earthrights.org) EarthRights International "is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization that combines the power of law and the power of people in defense of human rights...
Environmental Justice, Grassroots Action, Human Rights and Climate Change, Local Communities, State Constitutions and Environmental Rights