Title: Action for the Protection of Wild Animals (APOWA)

URL: http://apowa.org

Description: Established in April, 1999, Action for the Protection of Wild Animals (APOWA) has a decade of experience in the field of animal welfare, nature conservation, and sustainable development. APOWA addresses issues like animal welfare, and the survival of species and their habitats. It acts to conserve natural resources in coastal Odisha, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on evidence, and take into account community needs. Over the years, its perspective has broadened to reflect a more holistic understanding of conservation issues facing the state and country, especially related to climate change and disaster risk reduction programs. It is focused on the reduction of threats to mangrove forests, as well as community-based disaster risk reduction programs in coastal villages. It supports related technological innovations that help coastal communities.

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Subject:   Environmental protection,  Animal welfare,  India

Title: Acción Ecológica

URL: http://www.accionecologica.org/

Description: Acción Ecológica is one of the main environmental organizations in Ecuador. It is based in Quito. They campaign on a range of issues including oil extraction, exploration and pipeline transport, Amazon Rainforest protection, food sovereignty, biofuels and plantations for carbon offsets.

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Subject:   Ecology,  Environmental activism

Title: Romanian Association of Nature Lovers (ARIN)

URL: http://www.arin.ro/

Description: The association aims to protect the right of every human being to live in a healthy environment by conducting activities that contribute to sustainable development, environmental protection, education, fundamental human rights, economic and social development, and integration of at-risk groups. It primarily, but not exclusively, targets young people.

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Subject:   Environmental conditions

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: Society Against Nõmme Road

URL: http://www.nommeteeselts.ee/

Description: Society Against Nõmme Road is a Tallinn-based NGO that was founded in 1999. Its main activities include environmental protection and civil society development in the capital of Estonia.

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Title: The Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion, for Reforestation and the Protection of Natural Habitats (TEMA)

URL: http://www.tema.org.tr/web_14966-2_2/index.aspx

Description: The TEMA Foundation (The Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion, for Reforestation and the Protection of Natural Habitats) was founded on September 11, 1992 by two prominent Turkish businessmen Hayrettin Karaca, the founder of Karaca Arboretum, UN Environment Award Owner and Nihat Gökyiğit, co-founder of Tekfen Holding, the founder of the Turkey - Commonwealth of Independent States business councils and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Council. Its mission is to create effective and conscious public opinion on environmental problems, specifically soil erosion, deforestation, desertification, climate change and biodiversity loss. TEMA operates at local, national and international level. It implements educational activities, organizes awareness raising events and campaigns for community mobilization and empowerment. It implements model projects of various scale and intervenes on government policies for proper environmental protection and conducts legal activities, both by legislation drafting and through its lawsuits. While actively influencing and accelerating the processes at local and national level, through its strong international links, TEMA follows the international agenda and links the global perspective to local and national one.

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Subject:   Natural resources,  Reforestation,  Soil erosion

Title: Viitor Plus

URL: http://www.viitorplus.ro/

Description: ViitorPlus is a nonprofit, non-governmental, independent organization in Romania whose goal is to stimulate and contribute to the practice of sustainable development at the individual, community and organizational levels. It runs projects for afforestation, recycling, and the implementation of eco-friendly practices in the office.

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Subject:   Sustainable Development,  Recycling,  Environmental Protection