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Major Groups Directory |
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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. |
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| Name | Geographical Scope | CSO Type | Areas Of Expertise | ||
| International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) | Global |
Business and Industry |
Pollution Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity Multilateral environmental agreements Health and environment Environmentally sound technologies Chemicals |
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| ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability | Global |
Local Authorities |
Institutional strengthening Urban environment Climate change Sustainable development plans Renewable energy Advocacy |
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| Initiative DEVT | No geographical scope |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Conservation of wetlands Urban environment Waste management Education and awareness raising Information Sustainable consumption and production patterns |
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| International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC) | India, Kenya, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Other |
National environment law Multilateral environmental agreements Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Food security and environment Freshwater resources Human rights |
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| International Institute for Law and the Environment | Spain |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Governance Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Oceans and seas and coastal areas Multilateral environmental agreements Freshwater resources National environment law |
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| International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA) | Global |
Business and Industry |
Agriculture Chemicals Other |
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| International Peace Commission | Pakistan |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Environmental emergency preparedness and response Health and environment Tourism and environment Education and awareness raising Human rights Poverty and environment |
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| International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) | Global |
Business and Industry |
Economics |
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| International Institute for Sustainable Development | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Agriculture Transboundary conservation Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity Sustainable development plans Education and awareness raising Economics Renewable energy Institutional strengthening Freshwater resources Poverty and environment Post-conflict assessment Pollution Multilateral environmental agreements Information Governance Food security and environment Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Climate change Trade and environment Data collection, analysis and monitoring |
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| Indigenous People (Bethechilokono) of Saint Lucia Governing Council | Saint Lucia |
Indigenous Peoples and their communities |
Agriculture Education and awareness raising Oceans and seas and coastal areas Chemicals Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Environmentally sound technologies Human rights Climate change Institutional strengthening Indigenous issues Sustainable development plans Tourism and environment Conservation of wetlands Gender Data collection, analysis and monitoring Poverty and environment Desertification, drought and land degredation Information Forests Food security and environment |
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| Indigenous Fisher Peoples Network | Kenya |
Indigenous Peoples and their communities |
Climate change Food security and environment Information Indigenous issues Transboundary conservation Tourism and environment Health and environment Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Conservation of wetlands Governance Freshwater resources Advocacy Oceans and seas and coastal areas Education and awareness raising Human rights Sustainable development plans Poverty and environment |
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| International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests | Global |
Indigenous Peoples and their communities |
Indigenous issues Human rights Advocacy Climate change Forests Education and awareness raising Poverty and environment |
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| International Centre for Environmental Social and Policy Studies | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity Conservation of wetlands Economics Data collection, analysis and monitoring Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Chemicals Climate change Desertification, drought and land degredation Air quality |
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| International Ban Asbestos Secretariat | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Information Environmental emergency preparedness and response Transboundary conservation Air quality Multilateral environmental agreements Post-conflict assessment Health and environment Advocacy Education and awareness raising Indigenous issues Waste management Urban environment Human rights Environmentally sound technologies Pollution National environment law Sustainable development plans Chemicals Sustainable consumption and production patterns Trade and environment |
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| Information Habitat: Where Information Lives | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Environmentally sound technologies Information Sustainable consumption and production patterns Renewable energy Data collection, analysis and monitoring Economics Urban environment Education and awareness raising Freshwater resources Governance Climate change |
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| International Human Rights Association | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Health and environment Human rights |
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| Island Resources Foundation | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
National environment law Waste management Governance Environmental emergency preparedness and response Institutional strengthening Tourism and environment Advocacy Climate change Multilateral environmental agreements Conservation of wetlands Environmentally sound technologies Oceans and seas and coastal areas Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Information |
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| International Polar Foundation | Global |
The Scientific and Technological community |
Other Climate change Renewable energy Multilateral environmental agreements Education and awareness raising Other Information Environmentally sound technologies Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Sustainable development plans Oceans and seas and coastal areas |
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| International Risk Governance Council | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Renewable energy Governance Taxonomy Environmental emergency preparedness and response Health and environment Climate change Oceans and seas and coastal areas |
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| International Public Relations Association | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Information Other Advocacy Governance Education and awareness raising |
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| Internation Renewable Energy Organization - IREO | United States of America |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Institutional strengthening Renewable energy |
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| International Fund for Animal Welfare | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Environmentally sound technologies Advocacy Other Other Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity Education and awareness raising |
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| IWRM.org | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Waste management Other Freshwater resources Gender Multilateral environmental agreements Education and awareness raising Other Sustainable development plans Institutional strengthening Urban environment National environment law Governance Transboundary conservation Pollution Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity Climate change Data collection, analysis and monitoring Sanitation |
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| Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Multilateral environmental agreements Advocacy Governance Education and awareness raising Forests Other Desertification, drought and land degredation Waste management Information Climate change Institutional strengthening |
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| iLima Kenya | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Gender Sustainable development plans Advocacy Data collection, analysis and monitoring Multilateral environmental agreements Chemicals Education and awareness raising Poverty and environment |
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| Institute for a Sustainable Future | United States of America |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Advocacy Agriculture Human rights Data collection, analysis and monitoring Food security and environment Climate change Education and awareness raising Renewable energy Multilateral environmental agreements Sustainable consumption and production patterns Chemicals |
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| International Council for Science (ICSU) | France |
The Scientific and Technological community |
Education and awareness raising Chemicals Climate change Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Renewable energy Data collection, analysis and monitoring Conservation of wetlands Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity Advocacy Sustainable development plans Environmentally sound technologies |
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| Inuit Circupolar Council | Canada |
Indigenous Peoples and their communities |
Indigenous issues Advocacy Human rights Gender Health and environment Information Food security and environment Education and awareness raising Governance |
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| International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) | Global |
Workers and Trade Unions |
Sustainable development plans Education and awareness raising Chemicals Information Pollution Gender Health and environment Sanitation Renewable energy Institutional strengthening Agriculture Governance Poverty and environment Human rights Waste management Sustainable consumption and production patterns Climate change Trade and environment Food security and environment Advocacy |
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| Instituto Ambiental Biosfera (Brazilian Institute for the Environment) | Bolivia, Brazil, Mauritius, Paraguay, Uruguay |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Urban environment Environmentally sound technologies |
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| INAWEZEKANA | Tanzania (United Republic of) |
Charity |
Education and awareness raising Sustainable development plans Economics Poverty and environment Environmental emergency preparedness and response Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Food security and environment Environmentally sound technologies Health and environment Air quality Forests Chemicals National environment law Advocacy |
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| Ilkisongo Pastoralist Initiatives (IPI) | Tanzania (United Republic of) |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Conservation of wetlands Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity |
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| International Council on Mining and Metals | Global |
Business and Industry |
Institutional strengthening Chemicals Environmentally sound technologies Environmental emergency preparedness and response Sustainable consumption and production patterns Climate change Economics Waste management Health and environment Multilateral environmental agreements Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Trade and environment Indigenous issues Air quality Governance Advocacy Sustainable development plans Pollution Human rights |
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| International Labour Organisation | Global |
Other |
Other Institutional strengthening |
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| IUCN The World COnservation Union | Global |
Other |
Forests Environmental emergency preparedness and response Conservation of wetlands Chemicals Multilateral environmental agreements Desertification, drought and land degredation Sustainable development plans Poverty and environment Food security and environment Sustainable consumption and production patterns Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Climate change Environmentally sound technologies |
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| International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Sustainable consumption and production patterns Sustainable development plans Trade and environment |
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| International Council for Caring Communities | United States of America |
Charity |
Health and environment Human rights |
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| Island Resources Foundation | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Conservation of wetlands Climate change Information National environment law Oceans and seas and coastal areas Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Tourism and environment Governance Institutional strengthening |
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| International Organisation of Employers | Global |
Business and Industry |
Advocacy Health and environment Sustainable development plans Trade and environment Education and awareness raising Information |
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| IDDRI | Global |
The Scientific and Technological community |
Trade and environment Sustainable development plans |
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| international centre for environment social and policy studies | Global |
The Scientific and Technological community |
Advocacy Chemicals |
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| International Council of Environmental Law (ICEL) | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Urban environment Advocacy Sustainable development plans Education and awareness raising |
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| International Society of Doctors for the Environment, ISDE | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Poverty and environment Waste management Information Environmentally sound technologies Health and environment Urban environment Climate change Chemicals Data collection, analysis and monitoring Air quality Pollution Education and awareness raising Food security and environment Sustainable development plans Advocacy Gender |
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| Ingenieurs du Monde | Syrian Arab Republic |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Pollution Environmentally sound technologies |
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| International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) | Global |
Farmers |
Governance Food security and environment Multilateral environmental agreements Trade and environment Desertification, drought and land degredation Environmentally sound technologies Education and awareness raising Freshwater resources Agriculture Advocacy Renewable energy Gender Poverty and environment Climate change Institutional strengthening Economics Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Sustainable development plans Health and environment |
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| International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Education and awareness raising Economics Desertification, drought and land degredation Renewable energy Food security and environment Information Agriculture Gender Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity Trade and environment Climate change |
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| IndyACT - The League of Independent Activists | Lebanon |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Advocacy Chemicals Climate change Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Human rights Sustainable development plans Institutional strengthening Sustainable consumption and production patterns Oceans and seas and coastal areas Pollution Education and awareness raising Freshwater resources Other Multilateral environmental agreements Waste management Governance National environment law Environmental emergency preparedness and response Gender |
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| Institute for Environmental Policy | Czech Republic |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Advocacy National environment law Urban environment Institutional strengthening Sustainable development plans Information Education and awareness raising Tourism and environment Multilateral environmental agreements Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity Data collection, analysis and monitoring |
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| ISUKHA HERITAGE ORGANISATION | Kenya |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Education and awareness raising Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Advocacy Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity Renewable energy Climate change Indigenous issues Information Agriculture Taxonomy Forests Tourism and environment Poverty and environment |
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| Integrative Strategies Forum | United States of America |
Other |
Food security and environment Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity Education and awareness raising Sustainable development plans Sustainable consumption and production patterns Other Advocacy Governance Data collection, analysis and monitoring Climate change Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species |
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| International Law Institute | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Economics Trade and environment |
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| Indigenous Information Network | Kenya |
Indigenous Peoples and their communities |
Tourism and environment Sustainable development plans |
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| Inuit Circumpolar Council | Global |
Indigenous Peoples and their communities |
Economics Indigenous issues Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Climate change Oceans and seas and coastal areas Education and awareness raising Multilateral environmental agreements Environmental emergency preparedness and response Chemicals Health and environment Institutional strengthening Poverty and environment Food security and environment Data collection, analysis and monitoring Air quality Trade and environment Advocacy Pollution Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity Human rights |
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| ISLAND SUSTAINBILITY ALLIANCE CIS INC. | New Zealand |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Freshwater resources Tourism and environment Renewable energy Education and awareness raising Multilateral environmental agreements Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity Trade and environment Indigenous issues Sustainable development plans Chemicals Health and environment Oceans and seas and coastal areas Advocacy Climate change Desertification, drought and land degredation Environmentally sound technologies |
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| International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) | Global |
Local Authorities |
Health and environment Sustainable development plans |
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| iLima organization | Kenya |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Chemicals |
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| India Water Foundation | India |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Freshwater resources Environmental emergency preparedness and response Forests Poverty and environment Advocacy Indigenous issues Sustainable development plans Human rights Multilateral environmental agreements Education and awareness raising Conservation of wetlands Governance Desertification, drought and land degredation Health and environment Food security and environment Climate change |
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| Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | Global |
Other |
Climate change |
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| Institute Global Environmental Strategies | Japan |
The Scientific and Technological community |
Climate change Other Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity Urban environment |
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| IIRND - International Institute for Research and Development | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Sustainable development plans Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species |
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| Iguassu Iterei Centro de Referencia do Movimento da Cidadania pelas Aguas Florestas e Montanhas | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Information Forests |
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| Ingénieurs du Monde | Switzerland |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Governance Climate change |
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| International centre for Environmental,Socail and Policy Studies | Kenya |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Education and awareness raising National environment law Sustainable consumption and production patterns Institutional strengthening Environmentally sound technologies Poverty and environment Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species Sustainable development plans |
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| INFOGROUP INTERNATIONAL | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Post-conflict assessment Poverty and environment Urban environment Information Waste management Human rights Sustainable consumption and production patterns Sustainable development plans Advocacy Pollution |
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| International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) | Global |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Environmentally sound technologies Transboundary conservation Sustainable development plans Education and awareness raising Governance Indigenous issues Human rights Food security and environment Health and environment Agriculture Freshwater resources Waste management Pollution Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity Chemicals Institutional strengthening Trade and environment Advocacy Data collection, analysis and monitoring |
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| International Education and Resource Network, Trinidad and Tobago (iEARNTnT) | Trinidad and Tobago |
Non-Governmental Organizations |
Climate change Tourism and environment Environmental emergency preparedness and response Education and awareness raising Agriculture Gender Advocacy |
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