Plantlife International’s activities across the globe concentrate on four focal areas: Important plant areas, Medicinal plants and livelihoods, Policies and strategies, Planta Europa Secretariat.

Polar Bears International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the worldwide conservation of the polar bear.

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is made up of 36 staff members in San Francisco, CA and in Tokyo, Japan, plus thousands of volunteers and other concerned citizens around the world. Rainforest Action Network protects forests and the rights of their inhabitants by campaigning.

Reef Guardian International is a public-interest advocacy organization exclusively dedicated to the protection of coral reefs and their marine life.

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (founded in 1981, USA).
The idea of Sea Shepherd was formed when Captain Paul Watson founded the Earth Force Society in 1977 in Vancouver BC, Canada. The original mandate of both organizations was marine mammal protection and conservation with an immediate goal of shutting down illegal whaling and sealing operations, but Sea Shepherd later expanded its mission to include all marine wildlife.
Sea Shepherd is committed to the eradication of pirate whaling, poaching, shark finning, unlawful habitat destruction, and violations of established laws in the World's oceans.
To that end, Sea Shepherd assists national and international bodies in the enforcement of international law under authority of the United Nations World Charter for Nature.

Sharkproject is one of the largest international shark protection organisations. With over 100,000 visitors a month, the Website www.sharkproject.org is the most frequently visited shark website in the world.

Over 2,000 members from around the world support the organisation, including large international companies such as Lufthansa, Sony, Fuji and Lapp AG. Our own posters, TV and radio adverts inform the public at large about the current desperate situation of sharks.

TRN is the only international network of non-governmental organizations, indigenous peoples and individuals working to defend the world's boreal forests.

United Nations Environment Programme is the voice for the environment within the United Nations system. UNEP acts as a catalyst, advocate, educator and facilitator to promote the wise use and sustainable development of the global environment. To accomplish this, UNEP works with a wide range of partners, including United Nations entities, international organizations, national governments, non-governmental organizations, the private sector and civil society.

Over a decade ago, most countries joined an international treaty: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).  They consider what can be done to reduce global warming and to cope with whatever temperature increases are inevitable. The UNFCCC secretariat supports all institutions involved in the climate change process.

The United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) is part of the United Nations and promotes the management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests. 

The World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development
intends to consult with various stakeholder groups. It will seek to achieve policy reforms aimed at reconciling economic and environmental objectives for sustainable management of global forests.

The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) has invigorated the ancient practice of growing trees on farms, using innovative science for development to transform lives and landscapes. Our research focuses on four global themes: Land and people, Environmental services, Strengthening institutions and Trees & Markets. The Centre’s headquarters are based in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, with regional centres throughout the developing world in more than 20 countries across Africa, Asia and South America.

The World Conservation Union is the world’s largest and most important conservation network. The Union brings together 82 States, 111 government agencies, more than 800 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique worldwide partnership. The Union’s mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.

The World Rainforest Movement is an international network to defend the world's rainforests.

The World Resources Institute is an environmental think tank that goes beyond research to create practical ways to protect the Earth and improve people’s lives. Our mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment for current and future generations.

Known worldwide by its panda logo, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) leads international efforts to protect endangered species and their habitats. Now in its fifth decade, WWF works in more than 100 countries around the globe to conserve the diversity of life on earth.

The Worldwatch Institute is an independent research organization that works for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society, in which the needs of all people are met without threatening the health of the natural environment or the well-being of future generations.