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Conservation and environmental NGOs: description and assessment
At this early stage we have included a few international NGOs as well as some large American and
Canadian ones. The list is far from comprehensive. (To suggestion additional NGOs, please go to our
Input page.) So far there is little evaluation; this will develop
gradually. Initial synopses are now being prepared and will be continuously improved and updated.
(Small NGOs are also worthy of support, but we're not including them at this stage.)
Information included is (or will be) based on:
- reading the organization's website, recent annual report(s) and other publications
- for American organizations, their IRS Form 990 (Thanks to
guidestar.org for making these available online.)
- for Canadian organizations, their CRA Annual Information Return (Form T3010)
- asking questions of the organization's staff
- input from visitors to this website
- searching the Internet for relevant criticism and discussion
See also pages comparing NGOs with respect to basic info and financial info.
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The African Conservation Foundation [One sentence description of
organization.] More (not yet done) www.africanconservation.org
African Wildlife Foundation More (not yet done)
www.awf.org
Amazon Conservation Association [One sentence description of organization.]
More (not yet done) www.amazonconservation.org
Apollo Alliance [One sentence description of organization.] More (not yet done) www.apolloalliance.org
Birdlife International (formerly International Council for Bird Preservation) [One
sentence description of organization.] More (not yet done) www.birdlife.net
Canadian Nature Federation [One sentence description of organization.]
More www.cnf.ca
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society [One sentence description of
organization.] More www.cpaws.org
Center for Biological Diversity [One sentence description of organization.]
More (not yet done) www.sw-center.org/swcbd 
The Conservation Fund Engaged throughout the United States in
conservation of natural areas, farmland, and other "open space" areas with historic, social or scenic
value. More www.conservationfund.org
Conservation International Active in more than 30 countries in Central and
South America, the Caribbean, Africa, Southeast Asia, Philippines, Indonesia, South Pacific, and
elsewhere. Broad range of programs, but with particular emphasis on biodiversity "hotspots",
identified as global conservation priorities, on three remaining "major tropical wilderness
areas", and, more recently, on marine conservation. Strong scientifically and in 'real world'
application.
More www.conservation.org
Defenders of Wildlife [One sentence description of organization.]
More (not yet done) www.defenders.org
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International [One sentence description of
organization.] More (not yet done) www.gorillafund.org
Earth Island Institute More (not yet done)
www.earthisland.org
Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund Formerly the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund.
A non-profit law firm acting primarily in the United States that works through the courts to
enforce and strengthen environmental laws. In addition to its substantial case load, Earthjustice has a
Legislative and Policy program to tackle the legislative side of things and operates an environmental
law clinic at Stanford University. More www.earthjustice.org
Earthtrust [One sentence description of organization.] More (not yet done) www.earthtrust.org
Ecologic [One sentence description of organization.] More (not yet done) www.ecologic.org [Mexico & Central America]
Environmental Defense (a.k.a. Environmental Defense Fund or EDF) More (not yet done)
www.environmentaldefense.org
Environmental Defense Center More (not yet
done) www.www.edcnet.org
Fauna & Flora International [One sentence description of organization.]
More (not yet done) www.fauna-flora.org
Friends of the Earth Europe More (not yet done)
www.foeeurope.org 
Friends of the Earth International More (not yet
done) www.foei.org
Friends of the Earth (United States) More (not yet
done) www.foe.org
Global Nature Fund [One sentence description of organization.] More (not yet done) www.globalnature.org
Greenpeace and Greenpeace Fund, Inc. More (not yet done)
www.greenpeace.org
IUCN - see World Conservation Union
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation
More (not yet done) www.janegoodall.org
National Audubon Society More (not yet done)
www.audubon.org
National Lands Trust More (not yet done)
www.natlands.org
National Parks Conservation Association [One sentence description of
organization.] More (not yet done) www.npca.org
National Wildlife Federation [One sentence description of organization.]
More (not yet done) www.nwf.org
Natural Resources Defense Council This is an activist environmental
organization that lobbies and litigates for better envionmental practices, mainly in the United States,
on issues including air and water pollution, energy policy, managment of forests, water and fisheries,
nuclear weapons and waste, global climate change, biodiversity, and urban environmental issues. More
www.nrdc.org
The Nature Conservancy
A huge (world's largest conservation NGO) and pragmatic organization that engages in
conservation through land protection, mostly in the U.S., but also elsewhere in the Americas and in
the Caribbean and "Pacific Asia". In its 52 years, it says it has protected nearly 15-million acres in
the U.S. and, "with partners", another 101-million acres around the world. It has ~1400 reserves
(totalling __ acres in the US and ___ acres elsewhere) and ~ one-million members.
More nature.org
The Nature Conservancy of Canada A large and growing organization that
acquires from private landowners (through purchase or donation) ecologically significant land or
conservation easements throughout Canada. It retains some properties for permanent protection and
managment and transfers others to an appropriate third party. More
www.natureconservancy.ca
The Ocean Conservancy [One sentence description of organization.]
More (not yet done) www.oceanconservancy.org
Rainforest Alliance More
www.rainforest-alliance.org
Rainforest Action Network
U.S. based group that applies pressure in a confrontational manner to resource and financial
corporations it considers directly or indirectly responsible for destroying old growth forests worldwide;
also educates school children and provides organizing advice and assistance to grassroots groups
working worldwide for conservation or indigenous rights. More www.ran.org
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds More (not
yet done) www.rsbp.org.uk 
Sierra Club More (not yet done) www.sierraclub.org
Sierra Club of Canada More (not yet done)
www.sierraclub.ca
Swedish Society for Nature Conservation More (not
yet done)
www.snf.se 
TRAFFIC [One sentence description of organization.]
More (not yet done) www.traffic.org
Union of Concerned Scientists A "nonprofit partnership of scientists and citizens
combining rigorous scientific analysis, innovative policy development, and effective citizen advocacy to
achieve practical environmental solutions". Their issues include climate change, "advanced vehicles",
various energy issues, invasive species, security, various food issues, and scientific integrity.
More (not yet done)
www.ucsusa.org
Wetlands International [One sentence description of organization.]
More (not yet done) www.wetlands.org
The Wilderness Society (U.S.A.) More (not yet
done)
www.wilderness.org
The Wilderness Society (Australia) More (not yet
done)
www.wilderness.org.au 
The Wildlands Conservancy More (not yet done)
www.wildlandsconservancy.org
Wildlife Conservation Society [One sentence description
of organization.] More) wcs.org
World Conservation Union (IUCN, aka International Union for the
Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) More (not yet
done) www.iucn.org
World Land Trust Based in the UK [One sentence description of
organization.] More (not yet done) www.worldlandtrust.org
World Rainforest Movement [One sentence description of organization.]
More (not yet done) www.wrm.org.uy
World Resources Institute
More (not yet done) www.wri.org
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF; the international organization) [One
sentence description of organization.]
More (not yet done) www.panda.org
World Wildlife Fund (WWF; U.S.) [One sentence description of organization.]
More (not yet done) www.wwf.org
WWF-Canada [One sentence description of organization.]
More www.wwf.ca
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