Public environmental organizations. Five of the most famous international environmental organizations The largest environmental organizations in the world
World Society for the Protection of Animals
World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSP) for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) is an international non-profit animal protection organization operating in more than 150 countries and uniting more than 900 organizations.
WHOT has 13 offices located in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Tanzania, Thailand, the USA and the UK, with its head office in London.
History of creation
The World Society for the Protection of Animals was created in 1981 by the merger of two societies for the protection of animals -. Founded in 1953 by the World Federation for the Protection of Animals (WFPA) and created in 1959 by the International Society for the Protection of Animals (ISPA).
Policy
WSPA's mission is to create a world where animal welfare is valued and cruelty is eliminated. Creating a global animal protection movement.
Campaigns
WSPA fights both against animal cruelty in general and campaigns specifically against specific forms of cruelty and inhumane treatment, such as bullfighting, bear baiting, the whaling industry, dolphin captivity, and intensive livestock farming.
WSPA is known for its campaigns to protect bears, one of them being Libearty, launched in 1992. WSPA is currently fighting to end bear farming, bear baiting, and the exploitation of baby bears. In addition, the WHO funds and advises community organizations and operates orphan bear rehabilitation and bear sanctuaries. It can be said that it is largely due to the WSPA's campaign against bear baiting that this blood sport has been stopped in Pakistan.
In addition, WSPA also advises governments and presses for legislation to improve the welfare of animals. Her international campaign for a World Animal Welfare Declaration to be signed by the UN aims to establish a set of principles to ensure respect for and protection of animals.
WSPA also develops educational programs on working and caring for animals, including programs for veterinarians, pet owners and children.
World Wide Fund for Nature
World Fund wildlife(English: World Wide Fund for Nature), until 1986 - World Wildlife Fund (WWF) - an international non-governmental organization engaged in nature conservation, research and restoration of the natural environment. The organization's official name was changed from World Wildlife Fund to World Wide Fund for Nature, although the former name remains official in many countries.
It is the largest independent environmental organization in the world, with approximately 5 million workers and volunteers worldwide, operating in more than 120 countries. Every year, WWF carries out over 1,200 environmental projects, attracting the attention of millions of people to environmental problems and their solutions. The organization relies on voluntary contributions, with approximately 9% of its budget coming from private donations.
WWF's mission is to prevent increasing degradation natural environment planet and achieving harmony between man and nature. Main goal- preservation of the Earth's biological diversity. The symbol of the World Wildlife Fund is the giant panda.
History of creation
The World Wildlife Fund was founded in 1961 by the Englishmen Peter Scott, Luke Goffman and Guy Montfort. WWF gained fame and financial independence 10 years after its inception. In 1971, the president of the foundation, Prince Bernard of the Netherlands, personally addressed one thousand of the most influential and famous people world with a request to support WWF and donate 10 thousand dollars to the management of the fund. The capital thus collected ($10 million) became the basis of a trust fund, which, based on the number of its participants - a thousand invitees plus Prince Bernard - was called “Trust 1001 for Nature Conservation”. You can be among the chosen ones only after a personal invitation from the prince and payment of the entrance fee. The “1001” club includes members of the Rothschild and Rockefeller clans, high-ranking figures from the royal houses of Europe, and the richest people from the countries of the Near and Middle East. In 1981–1996 The foundation's president was Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Over the more than forty years of its existence, the World Wildlife Fund has grown into an influential organization and operates in more than 130 countries around the world. WWF unites 28 national branches, they are headed by well-known and respected people in their countries, including royalty, as, for example, in Sweden and Spain, where the monarchs themselves took up the cause of wildlife conservation. The World Wildlife Fund is also supported over 5 million individual members.
More than half of the money goes to the Foundation as charitable donations from organizations and individuals. Since its inception, WWF has provided funds for about 11,000 projects in 130 countries.
The WWF International Secretariat is located in Switzerland.
Activity
Among WWF projects, noteworthy is the annual international Earth Hour campaign.
Global Eco-Label Network
The Global Ecolabeling Network (GEN) is an association of independent organizations from 36 countries that implement environmental labeling systems in accordance with the voluntary international standard ISO 14024.
GEN works closely with the World Trade Organization, and one of its members is the European Community Commission on Environmental Certification and Labeling.
Robin Taylor- Chairman of the Global Eco-Labeling Network.
Ukrainian eco-labeling program
The Ukrainian environmental label “Environmentally friendly and safe” was included in the international register on October 8, 2004 at the official annual meeting of GEN member organizations, which took place in Tokyo. At the same time, the Ukrainian Environmental Labeling Program was recognized.
In 2011, the Ukrainian environmental labeling program passed an international audit and received a certificate under the mutual recognition program “GENICES”
The audit took place on May 3 and 4, 2011 on the basis of the environmental labeling body, which has been administered since 2003 by the All-Ukrainian public organization “Living Planet”.
Global Environment Facility
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is an independent international financial sub-entity whose activities are implemented through the United Nations Development Program, the United Nations Environment Program, and the World Bank. The GEF provides funds to finance additional costs in order to so that the project becomes environmentally attractive.
Ukrainian Fishing Community
The Fishing Community of Ukraine (GRU) is an All-Ukrainian public association of amateur fishermen and athletes. Includes the All-Ukrainian Charitable Foundation, the All-Ukrainian Fishing and Sports Club and the All-Ukrainian Public Organization. The organization unites everyone who is passionate about fishing, whose work activity is in one way or another "is associated with fishing sports or business, deals with problems of ecology, nature conservation, the state of water bodies and the fight against poaching.
Story
In 2006, the All-Ukrainian Charitable Foundation “VBF GRU” was founded. In 2008, the All-Ukrainian Fishing and Sports Club and the All-Ukrainian newspaper “Fishing Herald” were created, which later became part of the All-Ukrainian public organization “Fishermen’s Community of Ukraine”. Regional branches of the IGRU, which are formed on the basis of local fishing clubs and communities, already operate in almost all regions of Ukraine.
Activity
The organization aims to protect the rights and interests of Ukrainian fishermen: a universal ban on the free sale of nets and illegal fishing gear, public protection of fish resources and the aquatic environment of Ukraine, the popularization and development of both recreational and sport fishing, as well as fishing tourism, increasing the fishing culture of the population, teaching the basics of skill to the younger generation, fishing rehabilitation of orphans and disabled children.
Greenpeace
Greenpeace (English Greenpeace, translated as “green world”) is an international environmental organization founded in 1971 in Canada. The main task of the organization is to promote ecological revival and attract the attention of people and authorities to nature conservation.
The organization is financed exclusively from donations from people who are passionate about nature conservation. Greenpeace does not accept funding from business, government or political parties.
The rise in popularity of Grinpisu occurred after many actions aimed at preserving the environment.
Main directions
As of March 2007, the Grinpisu program has 6 tasks:
1, stop global warming;
2, preserve the nature of the oceans;
3, preserve ancient forests and jungles;
4, ensure nuclear disarmament;
5, introduce ecological farming;
6, stop producing toxic substances.
Countries of distribution
Greenpeace first appeared in Canada in 1971. It spread from that time to almost all countries of the North and South America. In Asia, this security organization is more common than in Europe. Australia and Oceania have many branches of Greenpeace. Greenpeace is least widespread in Africa and Antarctica.
Regional offices
Regional offices unite several states.
Central and Eastern Europe (Austria, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia)
Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden)
Mediterranean (Israel, Lebanon, Malta, Türkiye)
Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines)
Australia and Oceania (Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji)
National offices
Europe: Belgium, UK, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Romania, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Ukraine
Asia: India, China, Japan
Africa: Congo, Senegal, South Africa
North America: Canada, Mexico, USA
South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile
Australia and Oceania: New Zealand
"Ukraine and Belarus"
On the initiative of the students of the Khmelnitsky region, on the basis of the Khmelnitsky regional branch of the VMOO "Student Republic" to provide legal, social and medical support to the countries (Ukraine and Belarus) that suffered the most from the Chernobyl disaster, on January 1, 2014, it was announced the creation of a headquarters for the national environmental saving Greenpeace Ukraine. In the Khmelnitsky region there is the Khmelnitsky Nuclear Power Plant and one of the largest national parks Europe, and the rivers Goryn and Sluch are tributaries of the Prit'yat.
Attractions
Greenpeace Ukraine song is Polish-Ukrainian folk song"On Green Ukraine".
Dnepropetrovsk City Society for Nature Conservation
Dnepropetrovsk City Society for Nature Conservation (full name - Dnepropetrovsk City Organization of the Society for Nature Conservation) is a public organization with an environmental focus, which extends its activities to the territory of the city of Dnepropetrovsk.
From the history of society
The organization was created in 1959 through the reorganization of the Society for Promoting Greening of Dnepropetrovsk in Dnepropetrovsk, the city branch of the Ukrainian Society for Nature Conservation.
Scientists from the Faculty of Biology of Dnepropetrovsk State University (now Oles Gonchar Dnepropetrovsk National University) played a major role in the creation and development of the city organization of the Nature Conservation Society.
In 1963, on the initiative of the city society for the protection of nature, an organizing committee was created regional organization, and in 1964 the Dnepropetrovsk regional organization of the Ukrainian Society for Nature Conservation was formed.
In 1990, the Dnepropetrovsk city organization of the Society for Nature Conservation was registered as an independent public organization.
In the House of Nature, together with the Dnepropetrovsk TOP, the directorate of the Dnieper-Orelsky Nature Reserve, created in the same 1990 (September 15), is located.
Main activities of the company
carrying out public environmental actions;
educational activities;
conducting public environmental assessments;
publication of environmental literature;
interaction with state authorities and local governments in the field of environmental protection;
protection of environmental rights of citizens.
Structure of modern society
The highest governing body of the society is the city conference, which meets every five years. During the period between conferences, the work of the society is managed by the society council elected by the conference. The head of the organization is the chairman of the society (chairman of the city council of the society), who is elected and dismissed by the council.
The assets of the Society (city council of the society;):
Chairman of the society (chairman of the city council) - Sergey Vladimirovich Edamenko, deputy chairman of the presidium of the Dnepropetrovsk regional council of the Ukrainian Society for Nature Conservation, deputy chairman of the Association of International Legal Studies, lawyer,
Deputy Chairman of the City Council - Vitaly Leonidovich Belokon, Chairman of the Association of International Legal Studies; Director of the Commodity Exchange "UMTB"
Executive Secretary - Zaitseva Oksana Aleksandrovna, Head of the Department of Legal Support of Enterprises at the Commodity Exchange "UMTB"
Activity
According to the information provided on the official website of the company, its recent forms of activity include:
participation in the X international scientific and practical conference “Water: problems and solutions” (September 20, 2012);
organization of a round table of the public council at the Dnepropetrovsk City Council on the topic: “European practice of corporate social responsibility and prospects for its implementation in Ukraine” (03.13.12);
Participation in the National Environmental Campaign “Go Green”;
work (together with the board of the Dnepropetrovsk regional association of gardeners and gardeners) on the bill “On gardening partnerships”;
Participation in the initiative group for the creation of the Samara Bor National Natural Park
The society takes part in various public appeals to government agencies, including:
OPEN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC on problems of legal regulation and the practice of conducting public examination of the activities of executive authorities (March 23, 2011)
Cooperation
In 2013, the Society began an environmental project for environmental schools and all concerned “GOOD IN YOUR HEART”, details of which are posted on the website of the City Palace of Youth Children. Project coordinator: Svetlana Ivanovna Postol.
On the website of the Association for International Legal Studies, a separate paragraph in its program of activities states:
2. Interaction with the public. 2.1. Establishing interaction with other legal public organizations; 2.2. Continuation of cooperation with the Dnepropetrovsk city organization of the Society for Nature Conservation."
On the website “European Space (portal of pro-European civil society of Ukraine” in the section “List of Platform participants” the society is listed as
“Registered participants of the Ukrainian National Platform”
Eco-club “Green Wave”
Eco-club "Green Wave" is an environmental organization of students and graduates of the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" (NaUKMA), whose work is aimed at promoting the conservation of the natural environment through educational activities and practical activities.
Purpose of creation
Provide NaUKMA students with the opportunity to gain professional experience in environmental activities;
- Contribute to the self-realization of environmentally conscious students and the unity of the student community around the principles of environmental protection;
- to form the image of the Academy as an “environmentally conscious” educational institution in Ukraine.
Organization structure
Eco-club "Green Wave" unites the public organization "Ukrainian Ecological Club "Green Wave" and the student organization at the National University "Kiev-Mohyla Academy".
Student organization
The student environmental organization Ecoclub “Green Wave” was created in 2006 by three graduates of the Department of Ecology of the National University “Kiev-Mohyla Academy”. Founders: Alena Tarasova, Natalya Gozak, Alexander Baskov. The members of the Eco Club are interested university students. Activities of the student organization:
popularization of the principles of sustainable development among the university community;
implementation of the Green Office at the Academy and organization of separate waste collection at NaUKMA;
Green Cinema;
natural photo exhibitions (Photo exhibition “Chernobyl today: 20 years after the accident”);
re-art (master classes on needlework);
personal development trainings;
participation in environmental events (“Earth Hour”).
Public organization
The public organization was registered in 2008. EDRPOU code 36174854 according to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs. The first chairman of the organization during 2008-2012. was Elena Sergeevna Tarasova, and since 2012 the chairman of the organization was Natalya Aleksandrovna Gozak. The activities of the public organization are carried out in the field of environmental education, mainly on the topic of biodiversity protection.
Public report of the organization for 2010-2012.
The following areas are being developed:
Natural school" Amazing world", which offers scientific and educational excursions to parks and protected areas. The magazine "Power of Money" wrote about the school in June 2013
Network of biodiversity conservation educators and practitioners. The network represents the Ukrainian branch of the International Network of Biodiversity Conservation Educators and Practitioners, which was once created by the Center for Biodiversity and Nature Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History (New York, USA). More information about the work of the Ukrainian Network can be found on the official website - conservation.in.ua
Close cooperation with the student Eco-Club (organization of tourist trips for students, searching for places of virtual practice, consulting and organizing thematic meetings with certain people, website support, etc.)
Partners
MATRA Program of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ukraine
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
MAVA FOUNDATION PUR LA NATURE
US Embassy in Ukraine
British Council (Kyiv)
Water Information Center of the Kyiv City State Administration
International Charitable Foundation "Renaissance" of the Kiev-Mohyla Academy
Ecological Union
Ecological Union (Eco Union) is a scientific environmental public organization that was created and operates in Udmurtia. The governing body is the Coordination Council, which has been headed by L. Ya. Yampolsky since 1992.
The Eco-Union was created on November 10, 1988. The first training camps took place at the Izhevsk State Medical Institute, and it was registered on July 15, 1989. Since January 1992, the Eco-Union has been a regional branch of the international public environmental organization Socio-Ecological Union.
The goal of the European Union is to lead to a healthier environment in Udmurtia. With the participation of members of the European Union, the Forest Code and the Law on Subsoil of Udmurtia, as well as other regulatory documents, were developed and adopted. The initiative group annually organizes teenage environmental camps and excursions.
European Environment Agency
The European Environment Agency (EEA) is an EU agency for providing independent information on the state of the environment. Also known as the European Environment Agency (EAA), the European Environment Agency. Located in Copenhagen ( Denmark).
EAD materials are the main information base for those involved in the development, adoption, implementation and evaluation of environmental policy, as well as for the public.
The main areas of work of the EAD:
Climate change mitigation;
- preventing the loss of biological diversity and understanding its spatial change;
- protection of human health and quality of life;
- use and management of natural resources and waste.
The EAD has 32 member countries (27 EU countries together with Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey) and six countries cooperating with should speed up the process (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Republic of Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro).
The European Environmental Information and Observatory Network (Eionet) is a cooperation network between EAD and partner countries. EAD is responsible for the development of the network and coordination of its actions. To achieve this, the EAD works closely with national focal points, usually national environmental agencies or ministries of nature conservation. They are responsible for coordinating national networks involving many institutions (about 300 in total).
Cooperation with Ukraine
The Ukrainian side is currently analyzing the areas of the Agency’s activities that meet Ukraine’s priorities.
Establishing cooperation with the EAD is one of the tools that will contribute to the further integration of Ukraine into the EU in the field of environmental protection. First of all, Ukraine's participation in the work of the Agency will provide an opportunity to better understand EU policy in the field of environmental protection. In addition, Ukraine’s access to the European Environmental Information and Observation Network will allow timely response to the assessment ecological situation both in Ukraine and in EAD partner countries.
The European Commission confirms the expansion of cooperation in the field of environmental protection, as announced by the EU in February 2005, offering Ukraine new principles of participation, in particular in the European Environment Agency.
Green Front
“Green Front” is a Kharkov regional public organization with an environmental focus, which is engaged in environmental protection, protection of environmental and related social rights of citizens.
Story
KHOO "Green Front" was created by activists who defended Gorky Park in Kharkov from cutting down for the construction of a highway and an entire block of apartments, hotels and other public facilities.
On June 2, 2010, unknown persons in black clothes (most of them had “municipal security” badges) used physical violence to force environmental activists out of Gorky Park. On the same day, the park’s defenders got together and created a public organization that united all citizens who were concerned about the fate of green spaces, protected areas and the environment in general.
The name of the organization is the result of a mistake by journalists: during the confrontation in Gorky Park, one of the tents of the 24-hour camp was called “Green Fort,” but for some reason journalists from several publications called the entire camp “Green Front.” Activists liked this name and really became the name of the entire movement.
The founding conference of the Green Front LLC took place on August 3, 2010. It adopted the charter of this organization and its program documents.
Modernity
Among the most famous campaigns waged by this organization is the fight against the theft of black soil from agricultural lands in the Kharkov region, which was reported even in the English-language press and American blogs.
The organization pays great attention to the creation of nature conservation areas and the protection of existing ones. In particular, she created projects for four reserves that should appear on the territory of the Kharkov Forest Park. Its activists take part in all-Ukrainian environmental events: “Primrose”, “Christmas Tree”, and in other all-Ukrainian and international events.
Earth Charter Initiative
The Earth Charter Initiative is the collective name for a highly diverse global network of people, organizations and institutions who are involved in the promotion and implementation of ethical ethical standards and the principles of the Earth Charter.
The initiative represents a large-scale voluntary movement of civil society. Its participants include leading international institutions, national governments and their agencies, university associations, non-governmental organizations, local communities, municipalities, various faith groups, schools, business communities, and thousands of individuals.
Mission and goals
The mission of the Earth Charter is formulated to promote the transition to a sustainable way of life and a global society within a common ethical framework that is based on respect and care for the living community, environmental integrity, universal human rights, respect for diversity, economic justice, democracy and a culture of peace.
Goals:
Introduce world community with the Earth Charter and promote understanding of its comprehensive ethical vision.
- Promote the acceptance and official recognition of the Charter by individuals, organizations and the United Nations.
- Promote the use of the Earth Charter as an official reference and the implementation of its principles by civil society, business and governments.
- Encourage and support the use of the Charter for educational purposes in schools, universities, religious communities, local communities, etc.
- Promote the recognition and application of the Earth Charter as a document “under” the law.
Strategic objectives
Foster the growth of a global network of Earth Charter supporters and partners in collaboration with advisors, partner organizations and working groups.
- Develop and distribute high-quality information and educational materials to various target groups that reach millions of people.
- Translate essential Earth Charter materials into the world's most widely spoken languages.
- Create Earth Charter websites in all countries in collaboration with key individuals and organizations.
- Contribute to the dissemination of the Earth Charter vision in prominent local, national and international events and encourage individuals and organizations to apply the values of the Charter in their areas of activity.
- Link the Earth Charter to important international initiatives and processes so that its ethical framework can be used to guide tackling pressing issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, the Millennium Development Goals, food security and conflict resolution.
- Organize training programs that would promote the adoption and application of the Earth Charter in various fields.
- Develop guidance and tools to help organizations, businesses and local communities use the Earth Charter to measure progress towards sustainable development.
Organization
An official network of supporters, partners and youth groups helps spread the Earth Charter around the world. Many of these offices are located in large organizations and institutions at the national level.
The initiative is coordinated by the International Earth Charter Organization, which consists of an executive part and is called the International Earth Charter Secretariat, as well as the International Earth Charter Council. The secretariat consists of a small staff and is located at the University of Peace in San José, Costa Rica. The International Council is identified with the Board. It meets once a year and sets the strategic direction of the Secretariat and the Earth Charter Initiative.
Earth Charter Youth Program
The Earth Charter Youth Program is a network of youth non-profit non-governmental organizations and young activists who share a common interest in sustainable development and the Earth Charter. Severn Callis-Suzuki from Vancouver, Canada, was appointed youth representative to the Earth Charter Commission, which oversaw the writing process of the Charter. At the age of 17, Severn attended the Earth Summit in 1997 and ensured that youth interests were taken seriously during the creation of the Earth Charter. She contributed to the inclusion in the final version of the Charter of Principle 12c, which emphasizes the need to: “Bring together and support young people, enabling them to play a significant role in the formation of balanced societies.” It is this ethical principle that inspired the launch of the Earth Charter Youth Program. There are currently two youth representatives on the International Earth Charter Council.
World Watch Institute
The World Watch Institute is located in Washington, DC, USA. The staff is about 30 employees. The main task is to familiarize the general public around the world with various global, including environmental, problems.
The most famous work of the institute is the collection “State of the Planet”, which the institute publishes annually in Washington. Each issue consists of ten sections, which may change from year to year - for example, deforestation or global warming, etc. The collection is published in 30 languages in all corners of the world.
The partner of the World Watch Institute in Ukraine is the Institute for Sustainable Development in Kyiv, which is preparing for publication the publication of the collection “State of the Planet” in Ukrainian.
Institute of Ecology and Evolution named after A. M. Severtsov RAS
Institute of Problems of Ecology and Evolution named after A. M. Severtsov (Russian: Institute of Problems of Ecology and Evolution named after A. N. Severtsov) is a research institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, dealing with problems of general and specific ecology of animals, biodiversity, behavior and evolutionary morphology of animals , which also develops recommendations for nature conservation.
The Institute was created in 1934 on the basis of the Laboratory of Evolutionary Morphology, founded by the famous Russian scientist, academician Alexei Nikolaevich Severtsov, who was its first director.
The Institute coordinates research within three Federal programs on biological diversity:
Basics of Biodiversity Monitoring
Conservation of rare and endangered species of plants and animals and species with resource support
Assessing the consequences of the impacts of alien species on the structure, productivity and biodiversity of Russian ecosystems
The data obtained at the institute is widely used in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing, medicine, nature conservation, etc. These data are the basis for the rational use and conservation of the Earth's natural resources and ecosystems.
Institute for the Development of Territorial Communities
Institute for the Development of Territorial Communities (ICDU) – charitable organization, which ensures sustainable development of rural and environmental areas of Ukraine, combining economic, social and environmental approaches. The Institute works on issues of climate change, sustainable land use, strengthening the capacity of local communities and wildlife conservation in Ukraine and some CIS countries. The Institute's projects are implemented in the areas of agriculture, forestry, hunting and in environmental areas.
Activities of the Institute
The Institute was registered in June 2004 and is the successor to the Local Environmental Action Program (LEAP). The purpose of the MEP was to bring together stakeholders to solve local environmental problems; the program was implemented with funding from the US Agency for International Development. During the period from 2005 to 2008, the Institute continues the work begun at the MEP towards the sustainable development of local communities by introducing transparent and democratic local governance, solving priority community problems and raising awareness of the public and stakeholders regarding their rights and participation in the management of the territorial community.
Currently, the Institute, in addition to project activities, provides technical support local governments on the development of targeted policies and action plans to solve society's problems, development of mechanisms for financing activities, improving the investment climate in the community, etc.
Among the problems to which the Institute’s work was directed, it should be noted the disposal of solid household waste and the provision of high-quality drinking water to individual communities.
Since 2008, the Institute has been involved in major projects of the EU and the German bank KfW aimed at adapting to climate change, restoring degraded lands and introducing sustainable land management practices taking into account local needs. In these projects, the Institute uses its experience of working with local authorities and focuses on a combination of environmental interests and specific territorial communities.
The main areas of work of the Institute are:
Study of the environment using methods of remote sensing of the Earth's surface (ERS) and geographic information technologies (GIS)
Development and adaptation of accounting methods greenhouse gases, development of carbon projects under the joint implementation mechanism or targeted environmental (green) investments and monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions in selected territories
Development of climate change adaptation strategies and plans for specific areas<;br />Restoration of degraded lands and development of business models for environmental protection facilities, rural, forestry and hunting enterprises
Kyiv Ecological and Cultural Center
Kiev Ecological and Cultural Center (KECC) is a Ukrainian public environmental organization. Created in 1989. Directed by Center V. Yes. Boreyko.
The center is an official member of the International Society for the Protection of Animals - WSPA, a member of the International Social and Ecological Union - ISOEC, a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature - IUCN.
The center is engaged in legislative activities, conducts courts in defense of nature, has been publishing the “Humanitarian Ecological Journal” since 1999, organizes seminars and conferences on various issues of nature conservation, conducts campaigns to protect primroses, bison, moles, dolphins, wolves, ancient trees, the fight against poaching, the creation of natural reserve areas.
The center publishes books and booklets on nature conservation. For the first time in Ukraine, courses on environmental ethics and environmental aesthetics have been developed for schools. The center has held more than 60 different international and Ukrainian conferences and seminars on nature conservation. The Center develops and popularizes two promising environmental concepts for the future - the rights of nature and the idea of absolute conservation.
During its existence, the Center has created or expanded 336 natural reserve fund objects in 20 regions of Ukraine. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has approved 9 environmental laws developed by the Center together with a number of public organizations and people's deputies. The Center has published more than 150 titles of books on nature conservation, Since 1999, 50 issues of the “Humanitarian Ecological Journal” have been published, which can be subscribed to in any country in the world, as well as 28 issues of the newsletter “Biodiversity Protection and Nature Reserve Management in Ukraine.”
To train young conservationists, the Center holds annual seminars, as well as Boreyko-Wojciechowski Conservation Schools (together with the Polish environmental organization “For the Benefit of All Creatures”).
Together with another public organization, Ecopravo-Kyiv, the Center won 29 lawsuits on environmental issues against the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, and the State Forestry Committee of Ukraine.
The Center obtained approval from the Ministry of Natural Resources of Ukraine of the Rules for keeping wild animals in captivity, and from the Ministry of Education of Ukraine - a List of alternative methods and objects for use instead of experimental animals, as well as the Procedure for conducting research and experiments on animals by scientific organizations.
The center has achieved
2004 - ban on spring hunting in Ukraine,
2011 - ban on the use of traps,
2007 - ban on commercial bison hunting,
2008 - ban on dolphin fishing,
2010 - ban on hunting in national parks.
In 2012, the Center, together with the Association of Animal Protection Organizations of Ukraine, achieved approval in the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine of the Procedure for the Use of Animals in Agriculture, a regulatory act that allows protecting farm animals from cruelty.
Since 2009, the Center, together with the State Conservation Service, began conducting an All-Ukrainian census of ancient trees. About 300 ancient trees have been identified, of which 43 are trees that are 1000 or more years old. According to census materials, over 160 ancient trees from 12 regions of Ukraine received the status of natural monument.
In 2011, the Center, together with the Fishing Community of Ukraine, achieved legislative enshrinement of a ban on the manufacture, sale and use of poaching tools (poisonous baits, barbed, crushing and trap-like fishing gear, electric fishing rods, explosives, bird glue and monofilament nets from fishing line) and a ban on the import into Ukraine of traps, monofilament nets made of fishing line and electric fishing rods, which are used exclusively for poaching purposes.
In 2012, the Center, together with the Ukrainian Fishing Community, achieved the return of the rights of public environmental inspectors to draw up protocols on poachers, as well as a ban on the import of zinc phosphide poison into Ukraine.
Edition
Conservation History Series (all available online
Environmental Advocacy Series (all available online
Wildlife Conservation Series (all available online
Abstracts of conferences and seminars published by KECC (all available online
"Humanitarian Environmental Journal" (all available online
Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is an American environmental organization founded on May 28, 1892 in San Francisco, California, by the famous naturalist and nature conservationist John Moore (who was its first president).
The Sierra Club has hundreds of thousands of members in chapters throughout the United States and is affiliated with the Canadian Sierra Club.
Forest Supervisory Council
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an independent, international membership-based conservation organization dedicated to supporting environmentally responsible, socially beneficial and economically viable management of the world's forests. It helps to preserve forest resources and find solutions to problems arising from careless forest distribution.
The work of the Forestry Review Board (FRC) began as an attempt to stop the destruction of the rain forest. It was founded in Toronto (Canada) in 1993 on the initiative of forest owners and environmental organizations in 25 countries, and in August 1994 the FSC certificate was adopted - as a correspondence between words and practical actions. Today this certificate is valid in more than 41 countries. Over the previous 12 years, more than 82 million hectares in more than 82 countries have been FSC certified, and many producers have been granted the right to use the FSC quality label. Today, LNV advocates for the environmentally friendly, conscientious and financially sound use of the world's forest resources. FSC certificate issued to forest owners, producers and their products, local communities and non-profit organizations, means that the raw materials they use in their operations come from forests that are managed according to environmental, social and economic standards.
For a company in the paper and pulp industry, FSC certification means it is doing its part to support the management of both local and global forests.
The presence of an FSC certificate guarantees, among other things, network control over the production of products, in particular, over all stages of its processing, transformation and distribution, as well as over the route by which raw materials come from the manufacturer’s forest.
The social benefits of cooperation with the Council are reflected in the timber industry's assistance to local communities and forestry businesses.
In economic terms, this means that wood-related companies operate in such a way that part of their profits are distributed to forestry enterprises and local communities to maintain ecosystems.
International Green Cross
Green Cross International is an international environmental organization founded by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1993 following the Earth Summit conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The headquarters of Green Cross International is located in Geneva, and there are branches in 30 countries, including the USA, Latin America, Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, Belarus, Japan, and Pakistan. The founding president of the MZK is Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev, the current president is Alexander Alexandrovich Likhotal.
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In January 1990, while addressing the Global Forum on environment and development, in Moscow, USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev brought up for discussion the idea of creating an organization like the International Red Cross, only this new organization would deal with environmental problems, not medical ones. The creation of such an organization will speed up solutions to those environmental problems that go beyond national borders.
Developing this idea, Mikhail Gorbachev, at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro (June 1992), announced the creation of such an organization. At the same time, a member of the Swiss National Council, Roland Wiederkehr, founded the environmental organization “Green Cross World”. Both of these organizations merged in 1993 to form Green Cross International.
Green Cross International was officially founded in Kyoto on April 18, 1993. Many famous figures joined its Board of Directors and Honorary Council, at the invitation of Mikhail Gorbachev.
The first set of national organizations officially joined Green Cross International in The Hague, in the spring of 1994. These include the Green Cross of Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Switzerland and the USA.
Purpose of the organization
The purpose of creating the International Green Cross is to take measures aimed at ensuring a sustainable and safe future for the planet, environmental education, fostering a sense of responsibility for the consequences of the influence of civilization on the environment.
Areas of activity of the Green Cross
Prevention and resolution of conflicts that arise as a result of environmental degradation;
- Providing assistance to people affected by the environmental consequences of military operations and conflicts;
- Development of legal and ethical standards, which in the future will become the basis and motivation for the actions of the state, business and society in order to create an environmentally safe world.
International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; English - International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN) is an international organization whose goal is the conservation of natural resources.
Founded in 1948, the head office is located in Gland (Switzerland). Members of the organization can be both legal entities and individuals. Currently, IUCN members are 78 countries, 112 governmental and 735 non-governmental organizations (including Ukrainian ones), as well as a large number of scientists from 181 countries.
IUCN's core statutory activity is to assist communities of all types in conserving biodiversity and promoting environmentally friendly and sustainable practices in the use of natural resources.
IUCN Members
IUCN unites both governmental and non-governmental public organizations. They determine the general policies of IUCN, develop principles of operational work, and elect the IUCN Council at IUCN World Congresses, which meet regularly. Member organizations can be grouped into National and Regional Communities.
IUCN Commissions
There are 6 commissions within the IUCN that assess the world's natural resources and provide information and advice on biodiversity conservation:
- Species Survival Commission (SSC): assists the IUCN in technical issues, involved in species conservation work and carries out conservation measures for endangered species. Issues the IUCN Red List. As of 2006, there were 700 members. Chairman - Holly Dublin.
- Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA): deals with the organization of new and management of existing land and marine natural protected areas. As of 2006, there were 1,300 members. Chairman - Nikita Lopoukhine.
- Commission on Environmental Law (CEL): develops legislative concepts and instruments, and provides consulting assistance in the field of environmental legislation and sustainable natural development of territories. As of 2006 there were 800 members. Chairman - Sheila Abed.
- Commission on Education and Communication (SES): develops educational methods at all levels aimed at realizing the importance of preserving biodiversity. As of 2006, there were 600 members. Chairman - Keith Wheeler.
- Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP): conducts examinations and develops recommendations for optimizing economic and social factors for environmental protection and sustainable development of natural ecosystems with the preservation of biodiversity. As of 2006, there were 500 members. Chairman - Taghi Farvar.
- Commission on Ecosystem Management (SAM): provides expert support on integrated ecosystem approaches to the management of natural and modified ecosystems. As of 2006 there were 400 members. Chairman - Hillary Masundire.
The IUCN has developed the following system of categories of protected areas:
Ia- Nature reserve strict regime (Strict Nature Reserve)
An area of land or sea that contains outstanding or highly representative examples of ecosystems, geological or physiological systems, and/or species; available for scientific research and environmental monitoring.
Ib - Wilderness Area
A large area of unmodified or slightly modified land and/or sea that retains its natural character, without a significant resident population, that is protected and maintained in a manner that ensures that its natural state is maintained.
II - National Park
Natural area of land or sea intended for:
protecting ecological relationships within one or more ecosystems for present and future generations;
exclusion of the use of the territory, which may lead to the loss of its natural characteristics;
providing opportunities for spiritual, scientific, educational, recreational and tourist use of the territory, subject to their maximum environmental compatibility
III - Natural Monument
An area containing one or more specific natural or natural-cultural objects that have outstanding or unique value due to their rarity, preserved typicality, aesthetic qualities or cultural importance.
IV - Habitat/Species Management Area
An area of land or sea permitted for active use provided that some specific location or species is preserved.
V - Protected Landscape/Seascape
An area of land, sea or coast where interaction between man and nature has, over time, resulted in the development of special formations of significant aesthetic, ecological or cultural value, most often with significant biodiversity. The protection and preservation of this traditional interacting complex are vital conditions for maintaining the existence and evolution of such a territory.
VI - Managed Resource Protected Area
An area containing largely unmodified natural systems that is used over a long period of time while protecting and maintaining its biodiversity.
Youth Environmental Center
Youth Environmental Center (full name - "Youth Ecological Center" of the Dnieper district of Kiev, short - MEC) is a public organization that constantly introduces various environmental education programs for children and youth, which contribute to the formation of environmental consciousness of the younger generation, nurturing their caring attitude towards environment, help preserve the environment.
GOAL, OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE OF ACTIVITY
The purpose of METSU is to carry out activities aimed at satisfying and protecting its legitimate social, economic, creative, spiritual and other common interests.
The objectives and areas of activity of METSU are:
- implementation of practical environmental measures and their financial support;
- participation in the development of environmental policy;
- carrying out educational activities among the population with the aim of cultivating public environmental consciousness;
- prevention of environmental violations, implementation of public control in the field of environmental protection;
- at the expense of its own and borrowed funds, organizes practical measures aimed at preserving and reproducing natural resources, protecting the environment, ensuring environmental safety, and takes measures to consolidate other public organizations, movements and environmental formations for this purpose;
- if necessary, organizes scientific research;
- takes the initiative to hold a local referendum on the most pressing environmental issues related to the interests of the population;
- organizes a public environmental assessment, involves independent experts in its implementation (at the expense of MEC, interested organizations or on a voluntary basis), publishes the findings of the assessment and transfers them to bodies authorized to make management decisions;
- carries out independent public control over compliance with the environmental legislation of Ukraine in this part by the appropriate formation;
- receives from state authorities and management bodies and local self-government bodies information on the implementation of environmental programs and activities by enterprises, institutions, organizations;
- disseminates information and promotes its ideas and goals;
- creates institutions, enterprises and organizations that contribute to the implementation of practical environmental measures that promote youth employment;
in order to carry out educational activities, upbringing and education, creates on a voluntary basis environmental cultural and educational institutions, clubs, specialized units, organizes lectures, exhibitions, competitions, lotteries, charity events, has its own press, uses periodicals, radio, television, Internet.
promotes the harmonious development of personality.
The subjects of the IEC activities are:
- promoting the development of environmental awareness of the population;
- assistance in conducting educational and educational activities on environmental issues;
- assistance in carrying out environmental protection measures;
- introduction of the concept of systematic environmental education in educational institutions;
- participation in international and all-Ukrainian conferences, seminars and schools;
- organization of public conferences, educational seminars, trainings, environmental schools;
- participation and organization of educational and health camps;
- participation and organization of training camps and environmental expeditions of MEC members;
- participation and organization of trips around the country and foreign countries for members of the International Economic Center;
- participation and organization of cultural, environmental, educational and other events;
- interaction with health authorities, education, culture, etc. when implementing MEC programs, both in Ukraine and abroad;
- establishing direct international contacts and communications with similar organizations. To fulfill the goals and objectives of the IEC in the prescribed manner:
- uses financial resources individuals received on the grounds and procedure provided for by law for the purpose of statutory activities;
- facilitates the referral of children for holidays to other countries in special children's institutions or families, and also receives children from foreign countries and organizes their holidays in Ukraine; - participation in charitable, cultural and entertainment events, whist-walks, competitions, concerts, competitions, shows, lectures, etc.;
- carries out economic activities by creating self-supporting institutions and organizations, founding enterprises in accordance with current legislation;
- creates local branches.
Ecological bicycle patrol school
One of the most difficult and important aspects of the work of many public environmental youth organizations is the interest of young people of different ages with different interests in participating in the environmental movement. Today's youth are characterized by diverse interests, inclinations, preferences, and hobbies. Finding a single approach that can be applied to everyone is simply not possible. However, we do not have the right to leave teenagers, boys and girls indifferent to what is happening around them in order to preserve themselves in their home, to preserve their future.
Deepening environmental education and upbringing of the younger generation, changing people's attitudes towards the environment, the environment, nature and personal health, increasing responsibility for the future development of humanity and the planet as a whole is the main task of informal environmental education. Public youth organizations face the problem of intensifying their work with young people interested in improving the state of the environment. But what can children, students, teenagers and simply concerned adults do to somehow influence the solution of this global problem?
To develop in students and students the ability to see the impact of anthropogenic pressure on the environment, to assess its consequences in forested park areas, a bicycle patrol system was created, which makes it possible to form norms of behavior for students and students in the environment, helps organize research, experiments, deepen environmental education and education, to form environmental awareness.
Goals and objectives of SHEV:
create special units who will study their area;
monitor compliance environmental legislation;
conduct direct patrols throughout the forested park area;
prevent and prevent violations of environmental laws;
conduct environmental monitoring;
conduct trainings with different age groups;
conduct environmental events and holidays;
develop information materials for visitors to the forest park area and the population living near the forest;
influence public opinion in the security system through schoolchildren and students;
attract young people to socially useful work;
propagate healthy image life.
The strategy of SHEV is to develop personal qualities in students: responsibility for the state of the environment; self-control over one’s own behavior in nature; training in predicting results human activity in nature; learning to make timely, balanced decisions; value the life and health of others; create an image of success.
The tactics for introducing environmental knowledge into SHEV are: to teach how to implement and require others to comply with environmental legislation; teach first aid; use the equipment necessary for work; learn to use video and photographic equipment with subsequent processing of the resulting materials; conduct educational work with different segments of the population; conduct excursions on environmental topics; issue environmental leaflets; conduct consultations and provide advice on environmental issues.
The work of the SHEV is carried out in three directions: theoretical, practical and propaganda. 1. Theoretical includes training in the following subjects:
- Surveillance and communication equipment and devices (photo of equipment and radio communication) (ZPSZ).
- Mapping and topography (CT).
- Fundamentals of patrol and guard service (OPPS).
- Rules traffic(traffic rules).
- Environmental law (EP).
- Medical and sanitary training (MSP).
- Velomysternіst (VM).
- Environmental management (EM).
- Computer environmental monitoring (CEM).
2. Practical includes direct patrolling of the forest park area of the DVRZ microdistrict of Kyiv. Patrol officers must monitor the movement of vehicles through the territory of the forest park zone, draw up maps of the most littered places, and try, through government bodies, to force legal entities and individuals to most conscientiously comply with the Laws of Ukraine on the protection of nature and natural resources.
3. Propaganda includes conducting information work among various segments of the population, organizing trainings, events and holidays on environmental topics
School with Character
This is a current youth project that aims to provide knowledge and skills that would help develop individuals and educate real leaders.
Education at the school is carried out in the spirit of harmonious and complementary learning in economic, environmental and social areas.
The training is structured in such a way that the main focus is on obtaining and mastering practical leadership skills.
MEC in 2008
During 2008, the organization's activities were carried out in various directions.
Working with youth:
- conducting various trainings on environmental topics (“Green office”, “Water”, “Energy saving”, “Live by sharing - improve the future”, etc.)
- organizing one-day events to improve the environment (cleaning up the area, planting green spaces, preparing the forest for winter)
- support and financial assistance in holding the City School Olympiad in Ecology
- Support and creation of new eco-clubs at Ukrainian universities and secondary schools
- Organization of leisure time for young people to promote a lifestyle friendly to the natural environment (excursion trips to nature, hikes)
- Conducting scientific student and school seminars, round tables (an obligatory component of our seminars is direct action, i.e. not only a discussion of current environmental problems, but also practical measures)
- Constant work of the film club - showing films on environmental topics to students of various specialties and constant film screenings in the organization’s office
- Organization of clubs and various programs for children of middle and high school age - Ekomiststvo, School with Character
- Work under the program “School of Ecological Bicycle Patrolling”
- Organization of various competitions (drawings, essays, eco-calendars, eco-quests)
- Assisting students in organizing environmental research (for example, detecting changes in the carbon footprint of the population of an area)
- There is a constant online newsletter on environmental topics “News of the MEC”
Work with teachers (biology, chemistry, life sciences, physics) - conducting trainings and lectures for teachers and organizing seminars (for example, for university teachers - “Strengthening the procedural side of education”).
Also, the work of activists of the Dnieper region outside the city - assistance in the restoration of the Dzharzhala River (Kerch), assistance in the work of Transcarpathian foresters and direct participation in helping residents of the western regions during floods, participation in various environmental events in Nikolaev (greening territory and seminar, creation of an eco-club), Lviv (organization of territory improvement, information campaign about biofuel and collection of toys for children from boarding schools for the holiday of St. Nicholas).
This year, the MEC took initiatives against illegal development in our area (Hydropark, Kurnatovsky St.)
Also interesting is the fact that the organization is recognized at various levels. As evidenced by the facts of requests for help from specialists and volunteers from organizations such as the State Department of Environmental Protection Natural Environment in Kiev (assistance in organizing and conducting trainings on the basics of ecology for secondary school students (secondary school 11, boarding school 14, Technical Lyceum), assistance in organizing a photography competition), Kiev Zoological Park (organization and participation in information campaigns), NPU named after Drahomanov, National Agrarian University and National Transport University (organization of practical training for environmental students), etc.
National Ecological Center of Ukraine
The National Environmental Center of Ukraine (NECU) is one of the first environmental public non-profit organizations of the national level registered in independent Ukraine.
24 territorial branches throughout Ukraine.
In 2003, the activities of the NECU Youth Branch were restored.
Founders of NECU
Antonenko Vladimir Stepanovich (* 1954), ZAT "Insurance Company "Brama Zhyttya", director
Gardashuk Tatyana Vasilievna (* 1958), candidate of philosophical sciences, chairman of the Green Ukraine society
Gleba Yuri Yuryevich (* 1949), doctor biological sciences, Professor, Institute of Cell Biology and genetic engineering NAS of Ukraine
Golubets Mikhail Andreevich (* 1930), director of the Institute of Ecology of the Carpathians NAS of Ukraine, academician of the NAS of Ukraine
Zaets Ivan Aleksandrovich (* 1952), People's Deputy of Ukraine, 1st Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Environmental Policy, Nature Management and Elimination of the Consequences of the Chernobyl Disaster
Kostenko Yuriy Ivanovich (* 1951), candidate of technical sciences, people's deputy of Ukraine
Movchan Yaroslav Ivanovich (* 1957), Candidate of Biological Sciences, Director of the Department of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine
Sandulyak Leonty Ivanovich (* 1937), professor of the Department of Ecology and Law of the Chernivtsi Faculty of the National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute", co-author of the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine in 1991.
Svizhenko Viktor Alekseevich (* 1947), Director of the Department of Scientific and Technological Development of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
Ruban Yuri Grigorievich (* 1958), director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies
Shelyag-Sosonko Yuri Romanovich (* 1933), academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Botany named after. M.G. Kholodny NAS of Ukraine, President of the All-Ukrainian Committee for Promotion of UNEP Activities in Ukraine.
NECU declares that its position may not coincide with the position of the founders. The NECU position is formed by the NECU Council.
The activities of NECU have no relation to the political activities of one of the founders. NECU does not support any of the political forces in Ukraine or abroad.
Activity
NECU sets itself the goal of creating a healthy environment and improving the quality of life of people in Ukraine, trying to convey the positions of specialists in environmental protection to officials decision makers in various sectors of the economy.
A significant portion of NECU's work is related to the conservation of the nature of Ukraine through the creation of new environmental objects and upholding the integrity of existing ones.
NECU is also trying to influence energy policy, realizing that it is the latest approaches to the development of the energy sector that will create conditions for the country’s development without negative consequences for the environment.
Finally, NECU defends the position that taxpayer funds should not be used for the construction of facilities with significant negative impacts on the population and the environment, and tries to influence decisions on financing projects by international financial organizations.
Partners
Since 1996, NECU has been a member organization of the CEE Bankwatch Network, monitoring the activities of international financial institutions in Central and Eastern Europe. Development bank projects in the energy sector attract special attention from our employees. Now it is from NECU that Bankwatch is coordinating the work to improve the policies of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the project to support organizations in the Caucasus and in Central Asia. Additional information You can find information about the network's activities on the CEE Bankwatch Network website.
NECU is a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which helps find practical solutions to our most pressing environmental and development challenges. IUCN supports scientific research, implements field projects around the world, and works with governments, non-governmental organizations, United Nations agencies, companies and local communities to develop and implement policies, legislation and best practices.
NECU is a member of the Ukrainian River Network - a voluntary association of citizens, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and local communities, the purpose of which is to promote the improvement of the ecological condition of rivers, as well as positive changes in the environmental policy of Ukraine in the field of river protection and conservation.
Guerrilla gardening
Guerrilla Gardening (English: Guerilla Gardening, guerrilla gardening) is a youth movement whose goal is the unauthorized landscaping of public space in cities, and is considered as a unique anarchist protest action.
Brief description of the shares
Like real partisans, underground gardeners avoid direct confrontation, acting mostly secretly, following the example of graffiti artists. To sow plants inconspicuously in crowded places, they use so-called “seed bombs,” that is, balls consisting of a mixture of earth and clay with seeds inside. Such “bombs” are quietly thrown into the soil while walking or riding a bicycle.
Gray concrete pillars or inhospitable walls are sprayed with a mixture of kefir and moss spores in order to green the concrete surface with moss.
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Guerrilla gardening as a social form of protest originated in Great Britain and spread to most Western metropolises. The forerunners of this movement were the political and artistic actions of the 1970s in the US and Germany by environmental activists and contemporary artists such as Louis Le Roy or Joseph Beuys. Guerrilla gardening rose to prominence in London on May 1, 2000, when critics of globalism, anarchists and environmental activists carried out a gardening campaign in Parliament Square with shovels and seedlings.
Over time, in the West, guerrilla gardening has evolved into gardening as a political action, where, for example, golf courses are sown with bushes or plants planted to depict a certain symbol, as well as urban gardening, which aims to harvest and garden abandoned corners of urban space.
Rada of trees
The Tree Council was founded in 1974 in the UK, and became a registered charity in 1978. Its main purpose is to bring under its roof local environmental groups who are involved in the planting, care and conservation of trees throughout the UK.
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Tree Council was founded in 1974 with the support of the UK Department of the Environment. That time in the UK is remembered as the beginning of a broad environmental movement, the awakening of environmental consciousness. The impetus for the creation of the “Tree Council” was the 1973 “Plant a Tree!” campaign. (English: Plant A Tree In "73), for the first time clearly highlighted one of the environmental problems of Great Britain - only ten percent of the territory of the United Kingdom is forested. This is one of the most forest-poor countries in Europe. Forest is the most valuable national wealth - this. the idea became the motto of the “Council of Trees” activities.
Since 1978, the Council of Trees has become an independent charitable environmental organization. The Tree Council pursues the following goals:
improve the environment in cities and villages by planting new trees and better caring for old ones;
disseminate knowledge about trees and teach how to care for them;
to bring together all organizations concerned about the problem of trees to outline the international situation and possible cooperation
Since its founding, several British public figures have planted trees on behalf of the Tree Council, including the Queen, the Queen Mother, and Prime Ministers.
Activity
Every year the organization organizes National Trees Week. National Tree Week for planting trees and shrubs. During Tree Week in 1988, more than 600,000 trees were planted.
The "Council of Trees" constantly organizes national forums and conferences at which issues related to forestry, theoretical developments on changing the landscape, etc. are discussed. Within the framework of the "Council of Trees" a wide range of cultural program: Scientific, methodological, and artistic books are published, painting and photography exhibitions are organized.
Voluntary Extinction Movement
The movement of fighters for the voluntary extinction of humanity as a biological species, known as VHEMT (Voluntary Human Extinction Movement) is an international public environmental movement that arose in 1991 in the USA in the city of Portland, the goal of which is to solve existing environmental problems by destroying the biological species Homo sapiens via voluntary refusal from the birth of children
Story
The movement was founded by Les Knight in 1991 in Portland (Oregon, USA). Knight is the owner of vhemt.org and the voice of the movement. Les Knight became interested in the environmental movement in the 1970s after returning from Vietnam, becoming a member of the Zero Population Growth movement and having a vasectomy at age 20.
Ideology
The slogan of the movement is “May we live long and die out.” The movement does not promote murder, suicide, mass sterilization and other violent methods; instead, it is proposed to abandon the further reproduction of the human race.
The movement has three levels of support:
Volunteers are people who share the goals of the movement and decide not to have children (or not to have more children besides the ones they already have)
Supporters are people who do not believe that the extinction of humanity is necessary, but are nevertheless supporters of population control and have refused to have new children for this reason.
Potential supporters of the organization.
VHEMT does not consider itself an organization as it does not have any structures of its own. This is simply a movement represented by an international Internet site. Thus, the movement has no official representation.
Ukrainian Environmental Association "Green Light"
The Ukrainian Environmental Association "Green Light" was created in 1988 as a public response to the terrible environmental condition in Ukraine caused by the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. The Association is a member of the largest international public organization - the Friends of the Earth Federation.
UEA "Green Light" was registered in 1992 by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, certificate of registration of the Charter of the Association of Citizens No. 371 dated December 30, 1992. It was re-registered in 2000, in accordance with the law of Ukraine "Association of Citizens". The same year, UEA "Green Light" registered with the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine the Regulations on the symbols of the Ukrainian Environmental Association "Green Light" and received a Certificate of Registration of symbols in the "Unity of Citizens No. 361 dated August 16, 2000. December 10, 2009 XIII" Congress of the ASU " Green Light" introduced and approved changes to the Charter of the Association, the new version of which was registered by order of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine No. 623/5 on March 26, 2010.
Having finished with the issue of legal re-registration of the UEA “VS”, it continued to fulfill its statutory tasks. environment is a mirror that recreates our reality. For the majority of the population of our state, environmental problems have been relegated to the margins of consciousness, and the problems of the struggle for survival have become pressing. These problems are also far from a priority for most funds mass media(media), which primarily fulfill government orders power structures and smooth out the sharp edges of environmental problems, for the solution of which the state lacks real financial resources. The Ukrainian Ecological Association “Green Light” carries out work aimed at protecting the interests of man and nature. One of the main tasks of the Association is to make the voice of the environmental movement heard.
The press organ of the Association is the newspaper “Green World.”
The environmental situation in Ukraine requires the involvement of a wide range of people in the investigation of environmental problems, close interaction with public environmental organizations, support for their initiatives and specific proposals, which is in accordance with the environmental legislation of Ukraine and the Orgus Convention.
Ukrainian Society for Nature Conservation
The Ukrainian Society for Nature Conservation (VkrTOP) is a public environmental organization, the creation of which was the forerunner of the Khrushchev Thaw. Under pressure from UkrTOP in 1967, the Government of the Ukrainian SSR created the State Committee for Nature Protection as the central government body. This happened three years earlier than the creation of the US Environmental Protection Agency (English: Environmental Protection Agency) and 21 years earlier than the creation of similar government bodies in Moscow (Russian: Goskompriroda USSR/RSFSR). The State Committee for Nature Protection of Ukraine has had the status of a ministry since 1991.
With a network of local offices in the regions, Kiev and Sevastopol, as well as in many regional centers, UkrTOP promotes public awareness of recycling, disseminates environmental education and love for nature in schools, local communities and among local authorities .
UkrTOP in foreign languages: English. Ukraine Nature Conservation Society, fr. la Societé ukrainienne pour la conservation de la nature, Spanish. la Sociedad Ucraniana para la Conservación de la Naturaleza, German. Ukrainische Naturschutzgesellschaft, Pol. Ukraińske Towarzystwo Ochrony Przyrody, rus. Ukrainian Society for Nature Conservation.
History of creation
The Ukrainian Society for Nature Conservation (UkrTOP) was founded on June 28, 1946 and has an interesting and rich history of the struggle of the founders of the Ukrainian environmental movement. Responding to numerous appeals from Ukrainian scientists and environmentalists, many of whom were academicians, Nikita Khrushchev (head of the Government and Communist Party of Ukraine) granted permission to create UkrTOP. Until the mid-1960s. UkrTOP was the only voice of ecology in draft government decisions; at this time, UkrTOP sought the introduction of an integrated environmental-economic approach to economic management and the creation of a Ministry of Environment within the structure of the Government of the Ukrainian SSR.
It was difficult even for world-famous scientists of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences to defend environmental rights in the absence of democracy. However, under pressure from UkrTOP, the Government of the Ukrainian SSR in 1967 created the State Committee for Nature Protection as the central authority. This happened three years earlier than the creation of the US Environmental Protection Agency.
during 1963–1982 The chairman of UkrTOP was Mikhail Voinstvensky. In 1971, the head of the Lviv branch of UkrTOP prof. Stepan Stoiko invited Vyacheslav Chornovol to work, having just returned from prison for his political beliefs.
During the times of stagnation and perestroika, UkrTOP also made environmental education a priority, including among Ukrainian schoolchildren, students and pensioners. The public voice regarding environmental issues also made its way at the time when the chairman of the State Committee for Nature Protection was the outstanding daughter of the Kherson region, Dina Iosifovna Protsenko (1978-1988).
Only with the declaration of independence of Ukraine, the status of the State Committee for Nature Protection was raised to a ministry in 1991 (Ministry of Natural Resources). In 1991-2003. UkrTOP was headed by Igor Grinchak.
UkrTOP was re-registered by the Ministry of Justice on December 2, 1992 (certificate No. 335) in accordance with the Charter approved by the 9th Congress of UkrTOP on November 21, 1991 (see previous charter). According to the Charter, UkrTOP forms the All-Ukrainian Council and its Presidium with a majority members on a voluntary basis. At this time, UkrTOP is intensifying public control over environmental pollution resulting from economic management, defending the right of citizens to a clean environment.
Since 2002, the chairman of the Presidium of the All-Ukrainian Council of UkrTOP has been the former Minister of Ecology Vasily Shevchuk.
Organizational structure
UkrTOP is an all-Ukrainian public non-profit organization. The highest governing body of the UkrTOP is the congress, and in the period between congresses, which occur once every 5 years, there is the All-Ukrainian Council and its Presidium.
21 regional, Kiev and Sevastopol city organizations of UkrTOP are subordinate to the All-Ukrainian Council. The regional and Kyiv and Sevastopol city organizations include 354 district and 70 city cells, which include 23 thousand primary organizations and more than 10 thousand collective members, over 2 million individual members.
There are a number of regional and city branches of UkrTOP, for example:
- Dnepropetrovsk City Society for Nature Conservation
- Kiev Society for Nature Conservation, etc.
Areas of activity
Participation in state-political discourse. UkrTOP advocates public and parliamentary control over the cleanliness of the environment, took part in all parliamentary environmental hearings in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, promotes the implementation of the Aarhus Convention and the Law “On Environmental Audit”.
UkrTOP also actively promotes the implementation of
- Environmental and social risk management systems, including within the framework of the so-called "Principles of the Equator"
- Business models that promote sustainable development through energy and resource efficiency, sustainable land management and biodiversity conservation, doing business with partners who manage their environmental and social risks and caring for workers and local communities.
- Principles of corporate social responsibility[
Thematic areas - work in UkrTOP Sections
The UkrTOP system has 10 all-Ukrainian and 140 regional sections, the basis of which is the issues of environmental safety, protection and restoration of flora and fauna, subsoil, water resources, atmosphere, land resources, fish stocks, forests and natural reserves, development and dissemination of the youth movement, interpretation of the legal framework for environmental management.
The results of the work of the sections are the development and preparation of recommendations for regulatory documents on the protection and rational use natural resources, dissemination of environmental knowledge among schoolchildren, students, regional populations, preparation and implementation of methodological assistance to regional and local branches of UkrTOP.
Carrying out environmental activities in the regions
Members of UkrTOP take an active part in holding such international and all-Ukrainian environmental actions, such as Environment Day, World Environment Day, Earth Day, World Wetlands Day, “Clean Ukraine - Clean Earth”, as well as regional environmental campaigns - “Primrose”, “Source”, “Christmas Tree”, “Clean” air”, “Bear cub”, “Swamp turtle”, “Spawning”, etc. (see dates).
An important issue in the activities of UkrTOP in attracting the population to environmental protection is the implementation of various regional and local environmental actions with forest planting, landscaping in cities, improvement of populated areas, streamlining of coastal protection strips of rivers and lakes, liquidation of landfills, etc.
Regional organizations of UkrTOP initiate environmental cleanups and cleanups. Thus, in 2004 alone, members of the Society and participants in the actions cleared almost 430 km coastal strips small rivers, improved 5 thousand springs and wells, planted trees and shrubs on an area of about 1,500 hectares.
Educational activities
From year to year, the All-Ukrainian Council, together with regional organizations of UkrTOP, carry out educational and educational work among the population of the country. This work is one of main directions activities.
The educational activities of UkrTOP are carried out through publishing activities (these are, in particular, all-Ukrainian: popular science magazine " Native nature", the magazine "Holy Cause" and the newspaper "Trefoil", many brochures, newspapers, prospectuses issued in the regions), through regular appearances in the media, primarily in environmental radio and television programs, and also through round tables and seminars, through weekend excursions, preparation and screening of videos, organization of thematic exhibitions.
Partners and similar organizations around the world
Europe
Austria: Naturschutzbund Österreich
Denmark: Danish Society for Nature Conservation
France
France nature environment
Germany: Naturschutzbund Deutschland
Italy: Pro Natura
Netherlands: Milieudefensie
Norway: Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature
Russia: All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation
Sweden: Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
UK: Environmental Protection UK, British Ecological Society
Australia and Oceania
Australia: Australian Conservation Foundation
New Zealand: ECO
America
Canada: Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Nature, Canada
Mexico: Pronatura
USA: Sierra Club, The Nature Conservancy
Africa and Middle East
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society
Israel: Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel
Kenya: Green Belt Movement
Nigeria: Nigerian Conservation Foundation
South Africa: Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa
UAE: Emirates Environmental Group
Asia
PRC: China Wildlife Conservation Association
India: Wildlife Trust of India
Japan: Nature Conservation Society of Japan
South Korea: Korean Society of Nature Conservation, Korean Association for Conservation of Nature, National Nature Trust, The Ecological Society of Korea
Nepal: National Trust for Nature Conservation
In Vietnam: Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment
Charles Darwin Foundation
The Charles Darwin Foundation (Spanish Fundación Charles Darwin, English Charles Darwin Foundation) is an environmental organization founded in 1959 under the patronage of UNESCO and IUCN.
The foundation's goal is to preserve the ecosystems of the Galapagos Islands.
The Foundation operates the Charles Darwin Research Station on St. Croix, which conducts scientific research and provides educational courses on conservation.
The station has a staff of about 100 researchers, teachers, volunteers and other workers from around the world.
The Foundation maintains close contacts with the Ecuadorian government and the Galapagos National Park to support conservation efforts on the islands.
The foundation's headquarters are located in the city of Puerto Ayora in the Galapagos Islands.
Chernobyl Forum
The Chernobyl Forum is a forum that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) founded in 2003.
The Forum included eight UN agencies, the World Bank, as well as representatives of the three states most affected by the Chernobyl accident - Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine. The Forum also includes the participation of other international and internationally recognized national organizations and specialists who contributed to the assessment of the consequences of the accident and the elimination of the consequences of the accident. This forum should not be confused with the Chernobyl Economic Development Forum.
Goals of the Chernobyl Forum
Explore and improve data scientific analysis long-term consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant for the environment and public health in order to develop a common view on this problem.
Identify potential research gaps regarding environmental and public health impacts caused by radiation or radioactive contamination, and identify new areas of work based on past situation analysis and current work and projects.
Promote the implementation of scientifically justified programs to eliminate the consequences of the accident, including joint programs of organizations participating in the Forum.
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Over the past centuries, humanity has made an unprecedented technological leap. Technologies have emerged that can significantly change the world. If earlier human influence on nature could not upset the fragile ecological balance, then new ingenious inventions allowed him to achieve this unfortunate result. As a result, many species of animals were destroyed, many living creatures are on the verge of extinction, and large-scale climate changes begin on Earth.
The results of human activity cause such monstrous damage to the environment that more and more people are beginning to worry about the future of our planet. As a result of the growing concern, numerous public conservation organizations have emerged. Today they operate everywhere, monitor the preservation of the unique natural heritage, uniting millions of enthusiasts throughout to the globe. But this was not always the case; the pioneers of the environmental movement traveled a long way to achieve the current state of affairs.
The Birth of Nature Conservation Organizations
The beginning of the creation of the international environmental community can be considered in 1913, when the first International Conference on nature conservation was held in Switzerland. 18 countries took part in it, but the meeting was of a purely scientific nature, not suggesting any action. Ten years later, the first International Congress on the Protection of Nature takes place in Paris. Then the International Bureau for the Protection of Nature opened in Belgium. However, it did not try to somehow influence the environmental situation in the world, but simply collected statistical data on nature reserves and environmental legislation.
Then, in 1945, it was created which transferred environmental cooperation between states to completely new level. In 1948, a special branch was created at the UN - the International Council for the Defense of Nature. It was he who was responsible for international partnerships in environmental protection. Scientists suddenly began to realize that it was impossible to solve environmental problems at the level of one country, because an ecosystem is a subtle mechanism full of non-obvious, intricate relationships. A change in the natural balance in one place on the planet can have a catastrophic effect on other, seemingly very distant places. The need to jointly solve environmental problems has become obvious.
Further development
Subsequently, the international one became one of the most important topics for discussion at major scientific and cultural events. In 1972, Sweden hosted the UN Conference on the Environment, in which 113 countries took part. It was at this event that the foundations of the modern nature conservation movement were laid. This day has become an international holiday - World Environment Day.
Then came years of stagnation in the environmental movement, when public environmental organizations began to receive less and less funding, and the popularity of their ideas began to wane. But in the early 1980s, the situation began to change for the better, resulting in the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development in Brazil. This event took place in Rio de Janeiro and continued the work begun in Sweden. At the conference, basic concepts were adopted that touch on the topic of further harmonious development humanity. The model of sustainable development discussed in Rio offers a completely new perspective on the further development of human civilization. It assumes controlled development within certain limits so as not to harm the environment. The conference in Brazil outlined the activities of environmental organizations up to the present day.
Our days
Today, society is greatly alarmed by changes in the environment caused by human activity. Many countries have passed a number of laws to control it, and organizations such as Greenpeace or the World Wildlife Fund have gained millions of supporters around the world. Almost in any more or less large country There are representations of international environmental organizations. Online communities and thematic sites allow you to get quick and convenient access to information related to ecology. The Internet also makes it possible to coordinate the efforts of people all over the planet - here everyone can make a contribution to protecting the environment.
Science also does not stand still; new inventions are constantly appearing, bringing the era of environmentally friendly energy closer. Many countries have begun to actively use natural energy: wind, water, geothermal, solar, etc. Of course, man-made emissions have not decreased, and corporations are still mercilessly exploiting nature for profit. But the general interest in the environmental problem allows us to hope for a bright future. Let's look at the largest public environmental organizations.
"Greenpeace"
The Greenpeace organization is by far the most popular environmental company on Earth. It appeared thanks to enthusiasts opposing uncontrolled nuclear weapons testing. The first members of Greenpeace, who were also its founders, managed to get the Americans to stop nuclear testing in the area of Amchitka Island. Further protests led to France also stopping nuclear weapons testing, and other countries later joined in.
Despite the fact that Greenpeace was created to protest against nuclear testing, its activities are not limited to this. Members of the organization hold protests around the world to protect our planet from suicidal and stupid human activities. Thus, Greenpeace activists were able to stop the cruel hunt for whales, which was carried out on an industrial scale back in the last century.
Modern protests by this unusual organization are aimed at combating air pollution. Despite the fact that the harm that emissions from factories and factories cause to the atmosphere has been proven, corporations and their unscrupulous owners do not care deeply about all life on this planet, they only care about profit. Therefore, Greenpeace activists are holding their actions to stop the barbaric attitude towards the environment. Sadly, it is likely that their protests will never be heard.
World Wildlife Fund
There are a wide variety of conservation organizations. The list of non-governmental organizations would be incomplete without mentioning the World Wildlife Fund. This organization operates in more than 40 countries around the world. In terms of the number of supporters, the Wildlife Foundation is even ahead of Greenpeace. Millions of people support their ideas, many of them fight for the preservation of all forms of life on earth, not only in word, but also in deed; more than 1000 environmental projects around the world are excellent proof of this.
Like many other public conservation organizations, the World Wildlife Fund has its primary mission on Earth. Members of this environmental organization are trying to protect animals from the harmful influence of humans.
UN Environment Program
Of course, he heads public and government organizations Nature Conservation United Nations. It is this that is of the most large-scale nature. Almost every UN meeting touches on environmental issues and international cooperation in the field of improving the environmental situation on the planet. The branch dealing with environmental issues is called UNEP. Its tasks include monitoring pollution of the atmosphere and the world's oceans and preserving species diversity.
This system of environmental protection does its job not only in words; many important international laws designed to protect the environment were adopted precisely thanks to the UN. UNEP was able to achieve more careful monitoring of the transport of hazardous substances, and a commission was created that monitors and tries to stop this scourge.
Russian nature conservation organizations
Some international environmental movements have been described above. Now let's look at what organizations are involved in nature conservation in Russia. Despite the fact that the popularity of domestic environmental organizations is significantly lower than that of their international colleagues, these societies still perform their function and attract new enthusiasts.
The All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation is a large and influential organization dealing with environmental problems in the Russian Federation. It performs many different tasks, one of the main ones is promoting knowledge about ecology to the masses, educating people, and drawing attention to environmental problems. VOOP is also engaged in scientific activities and monitors compliance with environmental legislation.
The All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation was created back in 1924. The fact that this organization was able to survive to this day, while increasing its number to three million people, shows the genuine interest of people in the environmental problem. There are other Russian associations of environmentalists, but VOOP is by far the largest all-Russian environmental organization.
Nature Conservation Team
The Nature Conservation Team was created in 1960 and continues its work to this day. Moreover, some of the major Russian universities joined this organization and created their own squads. Today, DOP is engaged in the same activities as other environmental organizations in Russia. They carry out explanatory work, trying to increase the education of citizens in the environmental sphere. In addition, the nature conservation team is involved in protests against the destruction of wild places in Russia, and helps in the fight against forest fires and makes his contribution to science.
The future of environmental organizations
There are a wide variety of environmental organizations, a list of some of their non-governmental representatives is as follows:
- World Wildlife Fund.
- "Greenpeace".
- United Nations Program (UNEP).
- World Society for the Protection of Animals.
- Global Nest.
The number of such associations is growing every year, they are gaining more and more popularity. This is not surprising, since the consequences of barbaric expansion carried out by man are becoming more and more noticeable. Scientists and public figures, like most people on Earth, have long realized that something needs to be changed before we turn our planet into a lifeless dump. Of course, today the opinions of people are not significant in any of the existing states, which allows industrial magnates to continue their dirty work, taking advantage of impunity and their own short-sightedness.
However, there is still hope for a bright future. With the advent of the Internet, non-governmental environmental organizations have the opportunity to conduct their educational activities with millions of people. Now everyone who is concerned about the environment can communicate with like-minded people and get any necessary information about the environment; it has become much easier to unite supporters and coordinate protests. Of course, most people are still victims of years of propaganda that paint the green movement in an unsavory light. However, the situation can change at any second, because environmental organizations have become a force to be reckoned with.
What can be done to protect nature?
Loud speeches about protecting the environment and preserving species diversity can excite the minds of young enthusiasts. But, unfortunately, this is all that words can do; real benefit to nature can only be brought by actions. Of course, you can find out which organizations are involved in environmental protection in your city and plunge headlong into their useful activities. This path is not suitable for everyone, so it is best to start saving nature by stopping destroying and polluting it with your own hands.
Everyone has at least once seen beautiful forest clearings littered with piles of garbage after someone’s stormy vacation. So, before you start nature, you first need to stop harming it. How can you encourage others to care about the environment if you yourself pollute the environment? Garbage collected after a vacation, a fire extinguished in time, trees that you did not kill for firewood - all this is very simple, but brings wonderful results.
If everyone remembers that the Earth is our home, and the fate of all humanity depends on its condition, then the world will be transformed. For those who want to take a more active role in protecting the environment, numerous Russian nature conservation organizations are ready to provide such an opportunity. The era of change has come, today it is decided what we will leave to our descendants - a radioactive landfill or a beautiful green garden. The choice is ours!
Greenpeace
WILDLIFE FUND (WWF)
International Social and Ecological Union (ISEU)
International environmental organization Bellona
International Green Cross Association
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation (VOOP)
Center for Environmental Policy of Russia (CEPR)
Russian environmental movement "Greens"
Non-governmental environmental foundation named after V.I. Vernadsky
Russian Regional Environmental Center (RREC)
All-Russian public organization "Green Patrol"
Russian Green Cross
Movement of Nature Conservation Teams (DOP)
Environmental organizations of the world
Greenpeace
Greenpeace is an international public environmental organization founded in Vancouver, Canada on September 15, 1971 by David McTaggart.
The main goal of the organization is to achieve solutions to global environmental problems, attracting the attention of the public and authorities to them.
Greenpeace exists only through donations from supporters and, as a matter of principle, does not accept financial assistance from government agencies, political parties or businesses.
Greenpeace is against violence in any form; all actions do not accept any form of violence as a method of achieving goals.
Official website in Russia: http://www.greenpeace.org/russia/ru
Wildlife Foundation (WWF)
The World Wide Fund for Nature is an international public independent organization working in areas related to environmental conservation, research and restoration.
With more than 5 million supporters worldwide, WWF operates in more than 90 countries and supports approximately 1,300 conservation projects worldwide.
The mission of the World Wildlife Fund is to prevent the increasing degradation of the planet's natural environment and achieve harmony between man and nature. The main goal is to preserve the Earth's biological diversity.
Official website in Russia: http://www.wwf.ru/?referer=wwforg
International Social and Ecological Union (ISEU)
The International Social-Ecological Union is an international environmental organization founded in December 1988.
At the moment, ISoES consists of more than 10 thousand people from 17 countries.
The main idea of creating the ISoES is to gather under one roof people who care what happens to the Earth, its nature and culture, its people, our children and grandchildren.
All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation (VOOP)
The All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation (VOOP) was founded in 1924 as a voluntary Society for Nature Conservation.
Today, VOOP is an all-Russian, public, cultural and educational environmental organization.
Preserving the environment, maintaining the diversity of flora and fauna.
Preservation and strengthening of public health.
The main activities of the Company:
Providing assistance to government authorities and management in ensuring sustainable environmentally friendly development of the country.
Environmental education, enlightenment and education of the population.
Scientific, technical and practical environmental activities. Consulting activities of natural resource management entities.
Carrying out environmental monitoring of territories on our own and by accredited companies.
Introduction of modern high-precision technologies in order to implement effective state environmental control
Center for Environmental Policy of Russia (CEPR)
The Center for Environmental Policy of Russia was created in 1993 as a professional public environmental organization to provide expert support to the environmental movement and develop recommendations for the legislative and executive authorities.
Website of the organization: www.ecopolicy.ru
Russian environmental movement "Greens"
In 1994, on the basis of the environmental movement “Cedar”, the Russian Environmental Party “Greens” was created; in 2009, the activities of the Political Party were discontinued, and the organization itself was reorganized into the All-Russian Public Movement “Russian Environmental Movement “Greens”.
The goal of the environmental movement “Greens” is to change the attitude of the state and society to the environmental problems of Russia and humanity as a whole through organized and strong-willed political actions.
Russian Regional Environmental Center (RREC)
The Russian Regional Environmental Center was established in 2000 by the European Commission and the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation.
RREC is part of a network of regional environmental centers operating in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia to support cooperation between government agencies, the business community and civil society in the field of environmental protection.
The mission of the center is to promote and implement advanced ideas, standards and methods for the environmental well-being and sustainable development of Russia through the organization of information dialogue and practical activities.
The highest governing body of the Russian center is the council of founders, the collegial governing body is the governing council, and an advisory body has been formed - the advisory council.
The eight members of the Board of Governors represent various sectors of society: government organizations of the Russian Federation, foreign organizations, Russian public organizations, business structures and scientific communities.
Russian Green Cross
To the beginning of the document
1. All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation (VOOP)
Back in early 1924, employees of the nature conservation department of the People's Commissariat of Education of the RSFSR came up with the idea of creating an environmental community, but not as a government structure, but as a voluntary Society for Nature Conservation. In the first years the Society was mainly engaged in propaganda careful attitude to nature; members of the organization gave lectures, created exhibitions and conducted eco-excursions for Soviet citizens.
The main concern of the Society in the post-war years was the greening of Soviet cities and the protection of water bodies, including such world-famous lakes as Lake Baikal and Seliger. So, in early August, the regional office of the Irkutsk region invited citizens to get together and spend a few hours clearing the shores of the most beautiful reservoir in the world from debris. By the way, today VOOP has its own representative offices in every region of the country.
2. World Wildlife Fund (WWF or World Wildlife Fund)
The world's largest non-profit environmental organization, which has gathered more than five million supporters under its banner. WWF was founded by British biologist and businessman Julian Huxley shortly after he general director UNESCO, visited East Africa. Huxley was amazed at the rate at which the local flora and fauna was being destroyed in this region, and immediately began to “sound the alarm” by publishing alarming articles. His call was heard, and on September 11, 1961, the WWF charity organization was officially registered, with its main office located in Switzerland.
Over the decades of its existence, representatives of the World Fund have managed to implement many projects. So, in 200, as part of the Altai-Sayan project, they fought to preserve the unique diversity of plants and animals in Southern Siberia, and in 2002 they launched the “Save the Leopard!” campaign, aimed at protecting one of the rarest predators on earth - the Far Eastern leopard. By the way, the symbol of WWF has also become a rare animal listed in the International Red Book - the giant panda.
3. Greenpeace
The reason for the creation of this organization was the nuclear tests that America so often “sinned” in the sixties and seventies. The first unofficial action of a society that did not yet formally exist took place on October 16, 1970 in Vancouver as a protest against nuclear tests more and more powerful bombs. And already on September 15, 1971, environmental activists sent the ship to Alaska in order to stop dangerous tests in an earthquake-prone region. By the way, this ship was originally called “Phyllis Cormac” and only then was renamed “Greenpeace”.
One of the most popular methods of fighting “GreenPissians” is actions and protests. Thus, at one time, the “greens” opposed commercial whaling, drew attention to the destruction of the planet’s ozone layer, and started a campaign against genetically modified products. But the image of the organization is behind recent years seriously spoiled by all sorts of scandals and provocations on the part of “green” activists. Suffice it to recall the incident with the Brent Spar oil platform, when several activists made their way onto it and chained themselves. Thus, they protested against flooding the platform, which, as it turned out later, was the most environmentally friendly way to get rid of an old structure.
4. International Green Cross
Another environmental organization founded in our country. Its creation was announced by Mikhail Gorbachev in June 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Although he voiced this idea several years before this moment, in 1990: then the head of the USSR, within the framework of the Global Forum on Environment and Development, brought up for discussion the idea of founding an analogue of the International Red Cross, which would solve not medical, but global environmental problems, beyond the competence of individual countries. In 1993, the Soviet organization merged with the Swiss “Green Cross World”, and in 1993 formed the International Green Cross known to us today.
Green Cross branches can be found in thirty countries around the world, and the organization's programs are aimed not only at saving individual species of animals. Thus, the domestic Green Cross is implementing the “Heritage” program, aimed at the safe destruction of chemical weapons accumulated in the country, and the “Renewable Energy” program, which is engaged in the search and development of alternative energy sources.
5. BirdLife International
In 1922, British ornithologists founded an organization that specialized in the protection of birds and the protection of their habitats. More than seventy years have passed, the society received its current name and turned into an international organization, which today has one hundred and twenty-one representative offices in different countries peace. By the way, a prerequisite for a new state joining the “bird defenders” is compliance with the principle of “one country, one representation.”
In Russia, the Bird Conservation Union of Russia or SOPR is responsible for the safety of birds, which not only takes care of the welfare of wild birds living in the country, but also organizes various specialized competitions, for example, Bird of the Year or Nightingale Evening in Moscow. And the international organization itself launched a major project in 2007, the main goal of which was to save endangered bird species. By the way, today BirdLife International is headed by a member of the Japanese imperial family, Princess Takamado.
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