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For those
doing outreach, trainings, and other communications activity on
biodiversity and related issues, we offer the following directory of
organizations, institutions, agencies and firms. Some provide scientific
information, others provide communications related resources or services,
and many offer examples of effective outreach campaigns and ways of
talking to both the general public and specific audiences about
biodiversity and related issues.
INDEX:
News and Information
Sources, Action Alerts, etc.
The Science of
Biodiversity
Advocacy and Policy
Organizations Engaged in Biodiversity Outreach
(organized by issue)
Science, Academic and
Professional Organizations Engaged in Biodiversity Outreach
Environmental Education
Organizations Engaged in Biodiversity Outreach
Zoos, Museums, Aquaria,
and Botanical Gardens
Organizations with
Experience Reaching Specific Audiences
Pathways to the Public
Communications Consultants and Grantmakers
NEWS
AND INFORMATION SOURCES,
ACTION ALERTS, ETC.
Canadian Biodiversity
Information Network www.cbin.ec.gc.ca
Climate Ark www.ClimateArk.org/
The Center for Environmental Citizenship
www.envirocitizen.org
Econet
www.igc.org/igc/econet/
Eco-Portal (a search engine)
www.eco-portal.com/
EnviroLink www.envirolink.org
Grassroots Environmental Effectiveness Network (GREEN)
www.defenders.org/grnhome.html
High Country News www.hcn.org
Island Press www.islandpress.com
National Environmental Wire for Students www.envirocitizen.org/news
WorldWatch Institute
www.worldwatch.org
THE SCIENCE OF BIODIVERSITY
American Association for
the Advancement of Science www.aaas.org
American Museum of Natural History
www.amnh.org
Center for Applied Biodiversity Science
www.biodiversityscience.org
Ecological Society of America www.esa.org
National Academy of Sciences
www.nationalacademies.org/nas
National Geographic
www.nationalgeographic.com/media/ngm/9607/index.html
Society for Conservation Biology
http://conbio.org
The Virtual Library of Ecology, Biodiversity and the Environment
http://conbio.org/vl/
Tree of Life
http://tolweb.org/tree
UNEP
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
www.unep-wcmc.org
ADVOCACY AND POLICY ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED IN BIODIVERSITY OUTREACH
Biodiversity,
General
Conservation International
www.conservation.org
Defenders of Wildlife
www.defenders.org
National Audubon Society
www.audubon.org
National Wildlife Federation www.nwf.org
The Nature Conservancy www.nature.org
Sierra Club www.sierraclub.org
Wildlands Project www.twp.org
World Resources Institute www.wri.org
World Wildlife Fund www.wwf.org
International
Biodiversity Support Program
www.bsponline.org
IUCN - US
www.iucn.org/places/usa/index.html
World Resources Institute www.wri.org
World Wildlife Fund www.wwf.org
Wetlands
Clean Water Network www.cwn.org
Coast Alliance
www.coastalliance.org
National Audubon Society
www.audubon.org
River Network
www.rivernetwork.org
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League
www.scccl.org
Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council
www.watershedcouncil.org
Freshwater Systems
American Rivers
www.americanrivers.org
Annacostia Watershed Society
www.anacostiaws.org
Clean Water Action
www.cleanwateraction.org
Clean Water Network www.cwn.org
Great Lakes Information Network
www.great-lakes.net
Mississippi River Basin Alliance www.mrba.org
River Network
www.rivernetwork.org
Trout Unlimited www.tu.org
C.S. Mott Foundation www.mott.org
Marine
The Ocean Conservancy
www.oceanconservancy.org
Coast Alliance
www.coastalliance.org
Coral Reef Alliance www.coralreefalliance.org
National Audubon Society
www.audubon.org
ReefBase Project
www.reefbase.org
SeaWeb www.seaweb.org
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League
www.scccl.org
Surfrider Foundation
www.surfrider.org
Sprawl
1000 Friends of Minnesota www.1000fom.org
1000 Friends of Wisconsin
www.1kfriends.org
1000 Friends of Florida
www.1000friendsofflorida.org
1000 Friends of New Mexico
www.1000friends-nm.org
1000 Friends of Washington
www.1000friends.org
American Farmland Trust
www.farmland.org
Chesapeake Bay Foundation www.cbf.org
Michigan Environmental Council
www.mecprotects.org
National Trust for Historic Preservation
www.nthp.org
New Jersey Future
www.njfuture.org/index.html
Piedmont Environmental Council
www.pec-va.org
Planning and Conservation League
www.pcl.org
Sierra Club www.sierraclub.org
Smart Growth America
www.smartgrowthamerica.com
Smart Growth Network
www.smartgrowth.org
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League
www.scccl.org
Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse
www.sprawlwatch.org
Surface Transportation Policy Project
www.transact.org or
www.istea.org
Forests and Public Lands
American Forests www.amfor.org
American Lands
www.americanlands.org
Canadian Parks and Wilderness
www.cpaws.org
Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund
www.earthjustice.org
Forest Guardians
www.fguardians.org
Forest Conservation Portal www.forests.org
Greenpeace www.greenpeace.org
Idaho Conservation League
www.wildidaho.org
Northern Forest Alliance
www.northernforestalliance.org
Northern Forest Center
www.northernforest.org
Oregon Natural Resources Council
www.onrc.org
Public Lands Information Center
www.publiclands.org
Rainforest Action Network www.ran.org
Sierra Club www.sierraclub.org
Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition
www.safc.org
Washington Environmental Council
www.wecprotects.org
Wilderness Society
www.wilderness.org
Wildlands Project www.twp.org
Yellowstone to Yukon
www.y2y.net
Endangered Species
Defenders of Wildlife (Endangered Species Coalition)
www.defenders.org
Environmental Defense www.edf.org
Monarch Watch
www.monarchwatch.org
National Audubon Society
www.audubon.org
National Wildlife Federation www.nwf.org
Sierra Club www.sierraclub.org
The Nature Conservancy www.nature.org
World Wildlife Fund www.wwf.org
SCIENCE, ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED IN BIODIVERSITY
OUTREACH
ActionBioscience.org
www.actionbioscience.org
American Society of
International Law - Wildlife Interest Group
www.eelink.net/~asilwildlife
Center for Plant Conservation
www.mobot.org/CPC
Ecological Society of America
www.esa.org
Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy
www.jiwlp.com
Society for Environmental Journalists
www.sej.org
Union of Concerned Scientists
www.ucsusa.org
University Leaders for a Sustainable Future
www.ulsf.org
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED IN BIODIVERSITY OUTREACH
Adopt a Watershed
www.adopt-a-watershed.org
Biodiversity Education Network
www.bioednet.org
Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk
www.hear.org
Investigate Biodiversity
investigate.conservation.org
National Environmental Education and Training Foundation
www.neetf.org
North American Association for Environmental Education
www.naaee.org
Oregon State University-Extension Service
http://oregonfuture.oregonstate.edu
Pennsylvania Center for Environmental Education
www.pcee.org
Project WET
www.montana.edu/wwwwet
Project WILD www.projectwild.org
World Wildlife Fund www.wwf.org
ZOOS,
MUSEUMS, AQUARIA, AND BOTANICAL GARDENS
American Museum of
Natural History www.amnh.org
American Zoo and Aquarium Association
www.aza.org
Brookfield Zoo www.brookfieldzoo.org
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
www.cmnh.org
Field Museum of Natural History
www.fmnh.org/default.htm
Missouri Botanical Gardens www.mobot.org
Monterey Bay Aquarium www.mbayaq.org
National Museum of Natural History/Smithsonian Institution
www.mnh.si.edu
New England Aquarium www.neaq.org
Tennessee Aquarium
www.tennesseeaquarium.org
Urban Americans
National Wildlife Federation, Backyard Habitat Program
www.nwf.org/backyardwildlifehabitat
PATHWAYS TO THE PUBLIC
News Media Campaigns
Environmental Media Services www.ems.org
National Environmental Trust
www.environet.policy.net/
Public Media Center
www.publicmediacenter.org
Community Organizing
Clean Water Action
www.cleanwateraction.org
Sierra Club www.sierraclub.org
Western Organization of Resource Councils
www.worc.org
Consumer & Lifestyle Education
American Community Gardening Association
www.communitygarden.org
Organic Consumers Association
www.organicconsumers.org
Center for the New American Dream
www.newdream.org
Certified Wood Products Market
www.certwdmkt.com
Coop America
www.coopamerica.org
Ecofuture www.ecofuture.org
EnviroLink www.envirolink.org
Equal Exchange
www.equalexchange.com
Fair Trade Federation
www.fairtradefederation.com
For My World www.formyworld.org
Global Stewards
www.globalstewards.org
Green Marketplace at Gaim
www.gaim.com
Green Seal
www.greenseal.org
Natural Step www.naturalstep.org
Power Scorecard
www.powerscorecard.org
Simple Living Network
www.simpleliving.net
Popular Culture
Earth Communications Office
www.oneearth.org
Environmental Media Association
www.ema-online.org
The Suzuki Foundation
www.davidsuzuki.org
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANTS & GRANTMAKERS
Public Opinion Research
National Opinion Research Center
www.norc.org
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
www.ropercenter.uconn.edu
Viewpoints Research Ltd. (Canada)
www.viewpointsresearch.org
Communications
Consulting & Training Organizations
Communications Consortium Media Center
www.ccmc.org/main.htm
Institute for Conservation Leadership
www.icl.org
Institute for Media, Policy, & Civil Society
www.impacs.org
Safe Energy Communication Council
www.safeenergy.org
Training Resources for the Environmental Community
www.trecnw.org
Media Firms
AdBusters Media Foundation
www.adbusters.org
Douglas Gould & Company
www.douglasgould.com
Earth Communications Office
www.OneEarth.org
Environmental Media Services www.ems.org
Green Team Advertising
www.greenteamusa.com
Pyramid Communications
www.pyramidcom.com
Sheehan & Associates
www.sheehanassociates.com
Sustain: The Environmental Information Group
www.sustainusa.org
Environmental Grantmakers
Consultative Group on Biological Diversity
www.cgbd.org
Environmental Grantmakers Association
www.ega.org
Jenifer Altman Foundation www.jaf.org
Brainerd Foundation
www.brainerd.org
Bullitt Foundation www.bullitt.org
Conservation Food & Health Foundation
www.grantsmanagement.com/cfhguide.html
Nathan Cummings Foundation www.ncf.org
Ford Foundation www.fordfound.org
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
www.gddf.org
George Gund Foundation
www.gundfdn.org
Vira I. Heinz Endowment www.heinz.org
James Irvine Foundation
www.irvine.org
Joyce Foundation www.joycefdn.org
John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
www.macfdn.org
C.S. Mott Foundation www.mott.org
David & Lucile Packard Foundation
www.packfound.org
Pew Charitable Trusts
www.pewtrusts.com
Rockefeller Brothers www.rbf.org
Surdna Foundation www.surdna.org
Turner Foundation
http://turnerfoundation.org
Weeden Foundation
www.weedenfdn.org
Wilburforce Foundation
www.wilburforce.org
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