THE AMERICAS
South America
Amazon - Argentina - Bolivia - Brazil - Chile - Colombia - Ecuador - French Guiana - Guyana - Paraguay - Peru - Uruguay - Venezuela
Amazon
Amazon Conservation Team
English
The mission of the Amazon Conservation Team is to work in partnership
with indigenous people in conserving biodiversity, health, and
culture in tropical America. Based in Virginia, USA.
Amazon Conservation Association
English
A non-profit organization whose goal is to conserve biodiversity
through development of new scientific understanding, sustainable
resource management and rational land-use policy for the Amazon
Basin. Based in Washington, DC.
Amazon Alliance
The Amazon Alliance is an initiative working to defend the rights,
territories and environment of indigenous and traditional peoples
of the Amazon Basin. Based in Washington, DC.
Amazonian Project
English
An international nonprofit NGO dedicated to the creation, development,
and execution of programs that protect and conserve the environment,
specifically those that defend the Amazon rainforest, its equilibrium,
and the well-being of its inhabitants. Based in Venezuela.
Argentina
Secreteria de Ambiente y Desorollo Sostentable
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FARN
Spanish
English
FARN
is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote sustainable development through policy, law and institutional organization.
CIMA Comisión Interdisciplinaria de Medio Ambiente es una Organización No Gubernamental Ambientalista, creada en junio de 1994.
Spanish only
Fundacion Vida Silvestre Argentina
Spanish
English
FUNDACION HABITAT & Desarrollo
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La FUNDACION HABITAT & Desarrollo es una organización no gubernamental, sin fines de lucro, fundada en 1992 en la ciudad de Santa Fe con el objetivo de promover la conservación de la naturaleza.
Fundacion Naturaleza para el Futuro
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Fundación Patagonia Natural
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FUNDACIÓN PATAGONIA NATURAL es una organización no gubernamental fundada en julio de 1989 con el objetivo de promover la perpetuidad de las especies de flora y fauna, proteger el ambiente patagónico y propiciar el manejo responsable de sus recursos y ecosistemas.
Bolivia
FOBOMADE
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El Foro Boliviano sobre Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo es una organización que articula organizaciones sociales, ambientalistas, instituciones académicas y personas que trabajan en sus comunidades o en apoyo de ellas para la protección de su ambiente y recursos naturales.
Ministerio de Desarollo Rural, Agropecurio y Medio Ambiente
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LIDEMA
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LIDEMA es una red de instituciones dedicadas a promover el desarrollo sostenible del país, en base a políticas de cambio de las modalidades insostenibles de producción, consumo y distribución.
Brazil
Brazilian Wind Energy Center
English
A Brazilian government organization that tests wind turbine performance
in order to improve future designs. Managed by the staff of the
Wind Energy Group of the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil.
Vitae Civilis
English
Portuguese
A non-profit NGO working to promote sustainable development through
integrated public policy. Also disseminates knowledge and practices
regarding climate, energy, water, and environmental services.
Includes news and reports. Based in Brazil.
Inter American Institute for Global Change Research
English
An intergovernmental organization that pursues the principles
of scientific excellence, international cooperation, and the open
exchange of scientific information to increase the understanding
of the global change phenomena. Seeks to develop the capacity
of understanding the integrated impact of present and future global
change on regional and continental environments in the Americas.
Based in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil.
CENBIO
English
Portuguese
CENBIO is the Brazilian Reference Center on Biomass. Its mission
is to implement biomass as an efficient means of energy generation.
It disseminates information, organizes seminars and workshops,
and proposes legislation to increase biomass electricity generation.
Based at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil.
BIOWARE
A biomass company that deals with the energetic use of biomass
residues. It is engaged in research and development in the biomass
thermoconversion field, focusing on the combustion, gasification
and pyrolysis processes. Plant located in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Chile
Comision Nacional del Medio Ambiente (CONAMA)
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La Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente, CONAMA, es la institución del Estado que tiene como misión velar por el derecho de la ciudadanía a vivir en un medio ambiente libre de contaminación, la protección del medio ambiente, la preservación de la naturaleza y la conservación del patrimonio ambiental.
CODEFF
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CODEFF es la organización ambientalista más antigua del país, partiendo en 1968 respondiendo a la inspiración de un grupo de profesionales conservacionistas.
Colombia
Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial
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Consejo Empresarial Colombiano para el Desarrollo Sostenible (CECODES)
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Fondacion Natura
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Ecuador
Latin American Energy Organization
English
Spanish
OLADE is an organization of Latin American countries. It promotes
agreement between its member countries to develop efficient use
of their energy resources for the economic and social development
of Latin America and the Caribbean. Contains many publications
related to energy sector development. Based in Ecuador.
Fundacion Cabo San Francisco
English
French
German
Spanish
The FCSF is a nonprofit organization committed to the conservation
of the environment of Ecuador, the sustainable development of
the country and the defense of the environment and nature. Based
in Quito, Ecaudor.
Ecuadorian Center for Environmental Law (CEDA)
Spanish
The Ecuadorian Center for Environmental Law was founded in May 1996 as a non-profit organization. CEDA was created through an initiative developed by Ecuadorian lawyers specializing in environmental law with interests in promoting and spreading national and international environmental legislation as a means to protect the environment in Ecuador and throughout the world.
Accion Ecologica
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Guyana
United Nations Development Programme
English
In Guyana, UNDP has been providing technical assistance since
1952 and continues to collaborate with the Government in pursuit
of UNDP's corporate practice areas. The main focus is on democratic
governance, poverty reduction, crisis prevention and recovery
and energy and the environment.
Paraguay
Secreteria del Ambiente (SEAM)
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Venezuela
Ministerio del Poder Popolar para el Ambiente
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Uruguay
Arpel
English
Spanish
Arpel is an interactive forum for the exchange of ideas, experiences,
and knowledge on energy issues. It is made up of more than twenty-five
oil and gas companies in the Latin American region and is based
in Uruguay. Includes news and reports.
Ministerio de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente
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