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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
Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (SPDA) Peru

Non-Governmental Organizations Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species
Conservation of wetlands
Forests
Oceans and seas and coastal areas
Tourism and environment
Trade and environment
Transboundary conservation
Advocacy
Education and awareness raising
Governance
Human rights
Indigenous issues
Multilateral environmental agreements
National environment law
Poverty and environment

Syrian Environment Protection Society (SEPS) Syrian Arab Republic

Non-Governmental Organizations Waste management
Desertification, drought and land degredation
Environmentally sound technologies
Information
Renewable energy
Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Education and awareness raising
Air quality
Institutional strengthening
Freshwater resources
Forests
Climate change
Health and environment
Pollution
Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species
Sustainable consumption and production patterns

Sciencecorps Global

Non-Governmental Organizations Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Air quality
Information
Freshwater resources
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Environmentally sound technologies
Urban environment
Sustainable consumption and production patterns
Pollution
Education and awareness raising
Poverty and environment
Health and environment
Chemicals
Waste management
Oceans and seas and coastal areas
Sustainable development plans
Indigenous issues

Society for Conservation and Protection of Environment (SCOPE) Pakistan

Non-Governmental Organizations Human rights
Desertification, drought and land degredation
Information
Conservation of wetlands
Environmentally sound technologies
Freshwater resources
Agriculture
Environmental emergency preparedness and response
Food security and environment
Advocacy
National environment law
Poverty and environment
Multilateral environmental agreements
Sustainable development plans
Health and environment
Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species
Indigenous issues
Climate change

SUR Corporación de Estudios Sociales y Educación Chile

Professional organizations Urban environment

Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Sri Lanka

Professional organizations Oceans and seas and coastal areas
Advocacy

Scientific and Cultural Society of Pakistan Pakistan

Non-Governmental Organizations Education and awareness raising
Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species

SPAN Consultants Global

Other Agriculture
Forests
Poverty and environment
Governance
Institutional strengthening
Tourism and environment
Advocacy
Waste management
Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species
Multilateral environmental agreements
Gender
Freshwater resources
Other
Education and awareness raising
Oceans and seas and coastal areas
Sustainable development plans
Information
Conservation of wetlands
Pollution

Sustainable Development Association Egypt

Non-Governmental Organizations Sustainable development plans
Environmentally sound technologies
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Other
Gender
Education and awareness raising
Advocacy

Sustainable Environment For Africa Nigeria

Non-Governmental Organizations Sustainable development plans
Tourism and environment

SustainUS United States of America

Children and Youth Sustainable development plans
Advocacy
Other
Education and awareness raising
National environment law
Multilateral environmental agreements

Sustainable Development Initiatives Centre, USIU Kenya

Other Waste management
Sustainable development plans

Sustainlabour - International Labour Foundation for Sustainable Development Global

Workers and Trade Unions Multilateral environmental agreements
Advocacy
Climate change
Waste management
Health and environment
Other
Chemicals
Renewable energy
Other
Poverty and environment
Food security and environment
Sustainable consumption and production patterns
Human rights
Governance
Trade and environment
Education and awareness raising

Society for global change and action Global

Local Authorities Freshwater resources
Pollution
Education and awareness raising
Forests
Sanitation
Health and environment

Syrian Environment Association (SEA) Syrian Arab Republic

Non-Governmental Organizations Pollution
Tourism and environment
Climate change
Gender
Chemicals
Urban environment
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Health and environment
National environment law
Information
Environmentally sound technologies
Renewable energy
Air quality
Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species
Multilateral environmental agreements
Education and awareness raising
Poverty and environment
Sustainable development plans
Waste management
Data collection, analysis and monitoring

Sustainable Development and Enviroment Network of Kenya (SENKE) Kenya

Non-Governmental Organizations Waste management
Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species
Conservation of wetlands
Desertification, drought and land degredation
Institutional strengthening
Urban environment
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Sustainable consumption and production patterns
Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Governance
Sustainable development plans
Indigenous issues
Education and awareness raising
Forests
Post-conflict assessment

Soroptimist International Global

Women Education and awareness raising
Gender
Other
Advocacy
Health and environment
Human rights

Sierra Club Canada, United States of America

Non-Governmental Organizations Sustainable consumption and production patterns
Climate change
Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species
Education and awareness raising
Human rights
Institutional strengthening
Sustainable development plans
Trade and environment
Transboundary conservation
Chemicals
Multilateral environmental agreements
Health and environment
National environment law
Pollution
Forests
Freshwater resources
Advocacy
Environmentally sound technologies
Governance

Standing Committee On Environnemental Education (SCOEE) Algeria

Children and Youth Environmentally sound technologies
Sanitation
Education and awareness raising
Urban environment
Tourism and environment
Information
Advocacy
Pollution
Health and environment

Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon Global

Non-Governmental Organizations Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species
Environmental emergency preparedness and response
Institutional strengthening
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Tourism and environment
Sustainable consumption and production patterns
Conservation of wetlands
Post-conflict assessment
Poverty and environment
Sustainable development plans
Governance

SouthSouthNorth Bangladesh, Brazil, Indonesia, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania (United Republic of)

Non-Governmental Organizations Environmentally sound technologies
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Human rights
Education and awareness raising
Indigenous issues
Poverty and environment
Climate change
Multilateral environmental agreements
Institutional strengthening
Sustainable development plans
Gender

Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future Global

Non-Governmental Organizations Governance
Other

Sector Papel Camacintra Mexico

Non-Governmental Organizations Agriculture
Advocacy

Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT), Unidad Coordinadora de Participacion Social y Transparencia Mexico

Local Authorities Human rights
Agriculture

Smorgon information centre on Children and HRE Belarus

Children and Youth Health and environment
Climate change
Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Food security and environment

Suzlon Energy Global

Business and Industry Environmentally sound technologies
Renewable energy

SuperLight-Africa Kenya

Business and Industry Tourism and environment
Other

Suez Canal University Egypt

The Scientific and Technological community Urban environment
Education and awareness raising

Sri Lanka Nature Forum Sri Lanka

Non-Governmental Organizations Sustainable development plans
Waste management

sudanese women agriculturalists engineers society Sudan

Non-Governmental Organizations Agriculture
Gender

SolarGren Media Kenya

Media Education and awareness raising
Governance
Poverty and environment
Sustainable consumption and production patterns
Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Trade and environment
Urban environment
Food security and environment
Tourism and environment
Renewable energy
Climate change
Information
Environmentally sound technologies
Health and environment
Advocacy

SUR Corporación de Estudios Sociales y Educación Chile

Non-Governmental Organizations Education and awareness raising
Governance
Human rights
Poverty and environment
Other
Gender
Post-conflict assessment
Sustainable development plans
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Information
Institutional strengthening
Urban environment

SatuCita Institute Indonesia

Non-Governmental Organizations Education and awareness raising
Other
Human rights
Advocacy
Other
Sustainable development plans
Poverty and environment

Semarnat/PNUD Mexico

Non-Governmental Organizations Poverty and environment
Sustainable development plans
National environment law
Institutional strengthening
Governance

Sobrevivencia Amigos de la Tierra Paraguay Global

Non-Governmental Organizations Governance
Transboundary conservation
National environment law
Institutional strengthening
Climate change
Forests
Renewable energy
Sustainable development plans
Trade and environment
Indigenous issues
Desertification, drought and land degredation
Human rights
Pollution
Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species
Education and awareness raising
Advocacy
Food security and environment
Multilateral environmental agreements
Freshwater resources
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity

Salud sin Daño / Health Care Without Harm Latin America Latin America and Caribbean

Non-Governmental Organizations Environmentally sound technologies
Health and environment
Education and awareness raising
Chemicals
Waste management
Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Advocacy
Pollution

SOCIEDAD RURAL ARGENTINA Argentina

Farmers Gender
Agriculture

Social Ecological Fund “Socio EcoFund Kazakhstan

Non-Governmental Organizations Health and environment
Advocacy

South Asian Forum for Environment India

Non-Governmental Organizations Environmentally sound technologies
Desertification, drought and land degredation
Economics
Forests
Education and awareness raising
Environmental emergency preparedness and response
Freshwater resources
Climate change
Gender
Human rights
Conservation of wetlands
Food security and environment
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Governance

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICY INSTITUTE (SDPI) Pakistan

The Scientific and Technological community Human rights
Education and awareness raising
Waste management
Indigenous issues
Gender
Economics
Environmentally sound technologies
Governance

Somali Human Rights Association (SOHRA) Somalia

Non-Governmental Organizations Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Education and awareness raising
Environmental emergency preparedness and response
Advocacy
Human rights

Syrian Environmental Association- SEA Syrian Arab Republic

Non-Governmental Organizations Education and awareness raising
Waste management
Freshwater resources
Sanitation
Urban environment
Sustainable consumption and production patterns
Sustainable development plans
Renewable energy
Pollution
Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Climate change
Desertification, drought and land degredation
Environmentally sound technologies
Health and environment
Advocacy

Shelter Forum Kenya

Non-Governmental Organizations Environmental emergency preparedness and response
Advocacy

Senior Women Citizens for Change Kenya Kenya

Non-Governmental Organizations Advocacy
Agriculture

Skills and Agricultural Development Services Liberia

Non-Governmental Organizations Food security and environment
Poverty and environment

Strive Against Poverty Kenya

Non-Governmental Organizations Health and environment

Silala Women Group Kenya

Women Health and environment

Sustainable Development Policy Institute Pakistan

Non-Governmental Organizations Food security and environment
Governance
Sustainable development plans
Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
National environment law
Advocacy

Save Lake Toba Community Indonesia

Non-Governmental Organizations Education and awareness raising
Tourism and environment

SOCIETY FOR DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cameroon, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand

Non-Governmental Organizations Forests
Multilateral environmental agreements
Sustainable consumption and production patterns
Information
Environmentally sound technologies
Institutional strengthening
Desertification, drought and land degredation
Agriculture
Food security and environment
Waste management
Urban environment
Renewable energy
Poverty and environment
Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Pollution
Sustainable development plans
Climate change
Education and awareness raising
Biological diversity, including biosafety and invasive species
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity

SPIA Kenya

Non-Governmental Organizations Advocacy
Food security and environment

Society for Direct Initiative for Social and Health Action (DISHA) India

Non-Governmental Organizations National environment law
Conservation of wetlands
Renewable energy
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Waste management
Chemicals
Health and environment
Poverty and environment
Climate change
Advocacy
Pollution
Oceans and seas and coastal areas
Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Tourism and environment

SUN- Save the Underprivileged and the Needy Bangladesh

Non-Governmental Organizations Advocacy
Environmental emergency preparedness and response

SHISUK (Shikkha Shastha Unnayan Karzakram) Bangladesh

Non-Governmental Organizations Data collection, analysis and monitoring
Environmentally sound technologies
Freshwater resources
Advocacy
Agriculture
Development of research, monitoring and assessment capacity
Food security and environment
Education and awareness raising
Pollution
Conservation of wetlands
Institutional strengthening
Waste management
Poverty and environment
Sustainable development plans

Society of Entrepreneurs & Ecology (SEE) China (People's Republic of )

Non-Governmental Organizations Education and awareness raising
Desertification, drought and land degredation