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Major Groups Directory

The major groups organizations directory provides the profiles of civil society organizations that are engaged in the work of UNEP. These organizations are either accredited to UNEP Governing Council, participated in previous Global Civil Society Forums (GCSF) or work with one or several UNEP divisions, regional offices or out-posted offices. If this is the case of your organisation, please register your profile to be included in the directory.
     

Name Geographical Scope CSO Type Areas Of Expertise
Association Nour for sostenibl developpement and environement Morocco

Non-Governmental Organizations Poverty and environment
Trade and environment

African Urban Managament Institute Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Gambia

Local Authorities Agriculture
Pollution
Urban environment
Waste management
Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Education and awareness raising
Governance
Institutional strengthening
Multilateral environmental agreements
Sustainable development plans

Abarende Womens Group Kenya

Women Health and environment
Gender

Asociacion Civil Red Ambiental Latin America and Caribbean

Non-Governmental Organizations Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Urban environment
Climate change
Sustainable development plans
Freshwater resources
Institutional strengthening
Multilateral environmental agreements
Pollution
Sustainable consumption and production patterns
Other
Education and awareness raising
Environmental emergency preparedness and response

African Centre for Water Research Global

Professional organizations Institutional strengthening
Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species
Education and awareness raising
Trade and environment
Freshwater resources
Multilateral environmental agreements
Transboundary conservation
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Governance

ABREA (ASSOCIAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DOS EXPOSTOS AO AMIANTO)- BRAZILIAN ASBESTOS VICTIMS ASSOCIATION Global

Non-Governmental Organizations Institutional strengthening
Sanitation
Education and awareness raising
Health and environment
Trade and environment
Waste management
Sustainable development plans
Human rights
Information
Environmentally sound technologies
Pollution
Chemicals

Association of Doctors for the Environment MADE Macedonia The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Non-Governmental Organizations Education and awareness raising
Climate change

Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) Global

Non-Governmental Organizations Information
Sustainable consumption and production patterns
Air quality
Advocacy
Health and environment
Education and awareness raising

Action pour le Developpement de l'Agriculture et de la Peche avec Protection Environnementale de Likende Democratic Republic of the Congo

Non-Governmental Organizations Forests
Poverty and environment

AGAHE Pakistan

Non-Governmental Organizations Poverty and environment
Waste management

ABGREMO for Development Nigeria

Non-Governmental Organizations Conservation of wetlands
Advocacy

Association de Recherche sur le Climat et l'Environnement (ARCE) Algeria

Non-Governmental Organizations Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Climate change

Association Green Panamá Panama

Children and Youth Education and awareness raising
Other
Other

Arab Network for Environment and Development Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Non-Governmental Organizations Freshwater resources
Institutional strengthening
Poverty and environment
Governance
Trade and environment
Transboundary conservation
Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Pollution
Chemicals
Advocacy
Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species
Renewable energy
Sustainable development plans
Gender
Desertification, drought and land degredation
Waste management
Climate change
National environment law
Information
Education and awareness raising

Arab Office for Youth & Environment Egypt

Non-Governmental Organizations Indigenous issues
Pollution
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Urban environment
Renewable energy
Advocacy
Food security and environment
Sustainable development plans
Freshwater resources
National environment law
Transboundary conservation
Air quality
Climate change
Health and environment
Education and awareness raising
Poverty and environment
Environmentally sound technologies
Waste management

African Foundation Global

Non-Governmental Organizations Post-conflict assessment
Forests
Agriculture
Poverty and environment
Climate change
Gender
Governance
Education and awareness raising
Human rights
Multilateral environmental agreements
Trade and environment
Advocacy
Pollution
Environmental emergency preparedness and response
Freshwater resources
Desertification, drought and land degredation
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Urban environment
Sustainable development plans

Arab Urban Development Institute (AUDI) Saudi Arabia

Non-Governmental Organizations Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Sanitation
Waste management
Tourism and environment
Poverty and environment
Education and awareness raising
Urban environment
Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Governance
Sustainable development plans

ANPED Global

Non-Governmental Organizations Trade and environment
Transboundary conservation
Other
Sustainable consumption and production patterns
Sustainable development plans
Human rights
Institutional strengthening
Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species
Climate change
Urban environment
Education and awareness raising
Health and environment
Renewable energy
Advocacy
Economics
Food security and environment
Information
Governance
Poverty and environment
Agriculture

Arab Forum for Environment & Development (AFED) Global

Non-Governmental Organizations Desertification, drought and land degredation
Pollution
Climate change
Food security and environment
Urban environment
Economics
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Education and awareness raising
Freshwater resources
Sustainable development plans
Information
Sustainable consumption and production patterns
National environment law
Institutional strengthening
Waste management
Environmentally sound technologies
Renewable energy
Oceans and seas and coastal areas
Trade and environment
Governance

ACPO - Association of Combat against Pollutants Brazil

Non-Governmental Organizations Sustainable development plans
Air quality

ASSOCIATED LABOR UNIONS-TRADE UNION CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES (ALU-TUCP) Philippines

Workers and Trade Unions Health and environment
Information

Action pour le Developpement de l'Agriculture et de la Peche avec Protection Environnementale de Likende Democratic Republic of the Congo

Non-Governmental Organizations Climate change
Poverty and environment

Asociacion Latinoamerica de Eeducacion Radiofonica Costa Rica

Professional organizations Climate change
Education and awareness raising
Information

Abaddis Media Communications Ethiopia

Media Health and environment
Climate change
Pollution
Other
Forests
National environment law
Desertification, drought and land degredation
Air quality
Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species
Tourism and environment
Education and awareness raising
Information
Urban environment
Advocacy
Poverty and environment

Afrihealth Information Projects/Afrihealth Optonet Association Nigeria

Non-Governmental Organizations Sanitation
Institutional strengthening

ACT FOR NATURE Global

Non-Governmental Organizations Indigenous issues
Multilateral environmental agreements
Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species
Freshwater resources
Conservation of wetlands
Environmental emergency preparedness and response
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Forests
Education and awareness raising

Association For Sustainable Human Development Armenia

Non-Governmental Organizations Environmental emergency preparedness and response
Sustainable development plans

Agropark Climate Association Global

Non-Governmental Organizations Sustainable consumption and production patterns
Renewable energy

AFOSC -KENYA Kenya

Non-Governmental Organizations Sanitation

Al-Qasim Foundation Pakistan

Non-Governmental Organizations Agriculture
Sustainable development plans
Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Human rights
Forests
Education and awareness raising
Gender
Freshwater resources
Health and environment
Advocacy
Environmentally sound technologies
Desertification, drought and land degredation
Conservation of wetlands
Environmental emergency preparedness and response

Asjid Energy Systems Pakistan

Business and Industry Education and awareness raising
Renewable energy
Pollution
Information
Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Environmentally sound technologies
Sustainable development plans

Association for Protection of Environment and Culture (APEC) Nepal

Non-Governmental Organizations Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species
Environmentally sound technologies
Sustainable consumption and production patterns
Sustainable development plans
Education and awareness raising
Environmental emergency preparedness and response
Conservation of wetlands
Climate change
Health and environment
Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Poverty and environment
Waste management

Africa Initiative For Environment Sustainable network Nigeria

Non-Governmental Organizations Advocacy
Health and environment

Adventure Foundation Pakistan Pakistan

Children and Youth Advocacy
Forests
Education and awareness raising
Sustainable development plans
Waste management
Conservation of wetlands
Tourism and environment

Abalekwa development organization Kenya

Non-Governmental Organizations Sustainable development plans
Agriculture

asociacion argentina de medicos por el medio ambiente, AAMMA Argentina

Non-Governmental Organizations Climate change
Sanitation
Food security and environment
Gender
Sustainable development plans
Information
Governance
Health and environment
Poverty and environment
Education and awareness raising
Multilateral environmental agreements
Air quality
Waste management
Advocacy
Pollution
Urban environment
Chemicals
Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Agriculture

Academy For Future Science Global

Non-Governmental Organizations Sustainable consumption and production patterns
Information
Climate change
Renewable energy
Sustainable development plans
Oceans and seas and coastal areas
Health and environment
Indigenous issues
Agriculture
Multilateral environmental agreements
Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Education and awareness raising
Environmentally sound technologies
Freshwater resources
Desertification, drought and land degredation

Association for Forests, Development and Conservation (AFDC) Lebanon

Non-Governmental Organizations Renewable energy
Sustainable development plans
Climate change
Advocacy
Education and awareness raising
Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Forests
Desertification, drought and land degredation
Institutional strengthening
Health and environment
Tourism and environment
Environmentally sound technologies
Governance
National environment law
Waste management
Gender
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity

American Chemistry Council Global

Business and Industry Multilateral environmental agreements
Environmental emergency preparedness and response
Poverty and environment
Advocacy
Sustainable development plans
Institutional strengthening
Chemicals
Information
Health and environment
Sustainable consumption and production patterns
Environmentally sound technologies
National environment law
Climate change
Trade and environment
Governance

Australian Council of Trade Unions Australia

Workers and Trade Unions Gender
Human rights
Governance
Climate change
Advocacy
Poverty and environment
Sustainable development plans
Economics
Education and awareness raising
Trade and environment

AKUAIPA WAIMAKAT - Asociacion para la divulgación, promoción y defensa dde los derechos humanos e indígenas Colombia

Indigenous Peoples and their communities Human rights
Food security and environment

Action for Protection of Wild Animals(APOWA) India

Non-Governmental Organizations Forests
Poverty and environment
Conservation of wetlands
Oceans and seas and coastal areas
Education and awareness raising
Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species
Climate change
Sustainable development plans

Africa 21st Century Org Kenya

Non-Governmental Organizations Climate change
Advocacy

APROMAC - Protection Environment Association Brazil

Non-Governmental Organizations Education and awareness raising
Environmental emergency preparedness and response
Human rights
Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Health and environment
Waste management
Sanitation
Indigenous issues
Information
Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species
Pollution
Sustainable development plans
Advocacy
National environment law
Chemicals
Conservation of wetlands
Poverty and environment
Air quality
Forests

ACORD - Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda

Charity Gender
Sustainable development plans
Food security and environment
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Advocacy
Governance
Post-conflict assessment
Agriculture
Education and awareness raising
Human rights
Trade and environment

All China Environment Federation China (People's Republic of )

Non-Governmental Organizations Sustainable development plans
Pollution
National environment law
Climate change
Advocacy
Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Education and awareness raising
Other
Environmentally sound technologies
Information
Governance

ARCIN Kenya

Non-Governmental Organizations Sustainable development plans
Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species

African Wildlife Foundation Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania (United Republic of), Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Non-Governmental Organizations Tourism and environment
Poverty and environment
Environmentally sound technologies
Forests
Renewable energy
Transboundary conservation
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Sustainable consumption and production patterns
Sustainable development plans
Indigenous issues
Institutional strengthening
Governance
Freshwater resources
Climate change
Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species
Conservation of wetlands

Africa Dream Foundation Ethiopia

Non-Governmental Organizations Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species
Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Conservation of wetlands
Health and environment
Tourism and environment
Environmentally sound technologies
Economics
Renewable energy
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Advocacy

All Africa Students Union, AASU Global

Non-Governmental Organizations Education and awareness raising
Gender
Governance
Climate change
Human rights
Environmentally sound technologies

AEGIS (EGIS) LIFE INTERNATIONAL Cameroon, Nigeria, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United States of America

Non-Governmental Organizations Sustainable consumption and production patterns
Pollution
Education and awareness raising
Multilateral environmental agreements
Transboundary conservation
Human rights
Health and environment
Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Climate change
National environment law
Poverty and environment
Air quality
Gender
Environmental emergency preparedness and response
Desertification, drought and land degredation
Forests
Food security and environment
Advocacy
Indigenous issues
Agriculture

Association for Rivers and Coastal-Ecosystems Conservation India

Indigenous Peoples and their communities Gender
Forests

Action pour le Developpement de l'Agriculture et de la Pêche avec Protection Environnementale de Likende Democratic Republic of the Congo

Non-Governmental Organizations Poverty and environment
Forests

aasd Egypt

Non-Governmental Organizations Climate change
Environmentally sound technologies

Arab Media Forum for Environment and Development Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Non-Governmental Organizations Other
Advocacy
Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Information
Other
Governance
Gender
Economics
Sustainable development plans
Climate change
Education and awareness raising
Human rights

Alqasim Foundation Pakistan

Non-Governmental Organizations Forests
Advocacy
Environmental emergency preparedness and response
Poverty and environment
Agriculture

African Youth Movement [AYM] Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone

Non-Governmental Organizations Poverty and environment
Environmental emergency preparedness and response
Human rights
Education and awareness raising
Freshwater resources
Waste management
Advocacy
Desertification, drought and land degredation
Indigenous issues
Climate change
Forests
Gender
Food security and environment
Governance
Sustainable development plans

ANFD, non-profit NGO Democratic Republic of the Congo

Indigenous Peoples and their communities Indigenous issues
Agriculture

alex cso organisation Global

Business and Industry Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species

alexa 2 Test Albania

Sports federation Air quality
Data collection, analysis and monitoring