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Amazon Watch
A nonprofit organization working to "protect the rainforest and advance the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. It partners up with "indigenous and environmental organizations in campaigns for...
Arctic Council
Arctic Council (1996, Tromso, Norway; 15 staff; arctic-council.org) A high-level intergovernmental forum to provide a means for "promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction among the Arctic States, with the involvement of...
Alliances | Coalitions | Networks, Arctic, Arctic Change and Security, Arctic Futures, Arctic Preservation
Asociacion ANAI
A non-profit that was founded by a group of activists who "came together and dedicated their lives to work toward integrating the wellbeing of nature and people" in the Talamanca...
Bioprotection Autearoa
A small educational project that aims to incorporate a Maori viewpoint to environmental challenges by educating and mentoring "a diverse group of emerging scientists at undergraduate and post-graduate level across"...
Alliances | Coalitions | Networks, Biological Control, Biosecurity, Ecosystem Management, Ecosystems Research
Center for World Indigenous Studies
Is a non-profit organization and think tank run by a number of scholars and activists seeking to apply and inform people of traditional knowledge. It strives to advance the recognition...
Climate Change Africa Opportunities (CCAO)
The pan-African and indigenous organization works to support African resilience to climate change through "incubation, impetus, capacity building and support for a dynamic of systemic, structural, participatory and integrated transformation...
Commission on Environmental, Economic & Social Policy | IUCN
The Commission on Environmental, Economic & Social Policy is a commission of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. CEESP “contributes to the IUCN's mission by generating and disseminating knowledge...
Cultural Survival
Cultural Survival is a non-profit organization that “advocates for Indigenous Peoples' rights and supports Indigenous communities’ self-determination, cultures and political resilience.” It “employs a participatory, rights-based approach to its relationships”...
Forest Peoples Programme (FPP)
They aim to "promote an alternative vision of how forests should be managed, based on respect for the rights, knowledge, cultures and identities of the peoples who know them best."...
Global Alliance of Territorial Communities
A political platform comprised of indigenous peoples and local communities working together to safeguard Mother Earth for the benefit of all humankind, both present and future. It ensures it legitimacy...
Global Indigenous Council
.An international body that aims to provide all First Nations with the necessary tools and resources to improve their lives. It can also help ignite the fire that will allow...
*New Format*, Alliances | Coalitions | Networks, Indigenous Activism, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Peace
Gwich’in Council International
Is a nonprofit organization that “represents 9,000 Gwich’in in the Northwest Territories (NWT), Yukon, and Alaska as a Permanent Participant in the Arctic Council; the only international organization to give...
Idle No More
A First Nations of Canada organization focused on justice, security, resource use, and climate change. Arose in response to attacks on treaty rights by resource extractors. Chapters in Brazil, the...
Activist Organizations, Climate Change Activism, Deep Ecology, Indigenous Activism, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights
Indigenous Climate Action
A rights and awareness group that advocates an indigenous perspective on climate change. ICA believes that "the leadership of Indigenous peoples, as stewards, caretakers and protectors of the earth, is...
Instituto Socioambiental
A non-profit civil society organization proposing "integrated solutions to social and environmental issues with a central focus on the defense of social, collective and diffuse rights related to the environment,...
International Land and Forest Tenure Facility
Is an "international, multi-stakeholder financial mechanism exclusively focused on securing land and forest rights for Indigenous Peoples and local communities." It provides "grants to implement tenure rights under existing law...
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
The "global network of Indigenous Peoples’ organizations and international mechanisms" works to "promote the recognition, respect, and implementation of Indigenous Peoples' rights to land, cultural integrity, and development on their...
Inuit Circumpolar Council
Is an "international, non-government organization representing approximately 160,000 Inuit of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Chukotka (Russia), and has offices in all four countries." It strives to "strengthen unity among Inuit...
MiningWatch Canada
A pan-Canadian initiative supported by environmental, social justice, aboriginal, and labor organizations from around the country. It addresses the critical need for a coordinated public interest response "For Peoples and...
Native American Traditional Food Systems
They are focused on Indigenous Culinary Education, Indigenous Food Access, & Indigenous Food Business Development; addressing the economic and health crises affecting Native communities by re-establishing Native foodways. They envision...