Transcript Environmental Organisations

Environmental
Organisations
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Global Environment Facility (GEF)
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Established in October 1991, the GEF is
today the largest funder of projects to
improve the global environment.
 The Global Environment Facility (GEF)
unites 179 member governments — in
partnership with international
institutions, nongovernmental
organizations, and the private sector —
to address global environmental issues.
An independent financial organization,
the GEF provides grants to developing
countries and countries with economies
in transition for projects related to
biodiversity, climate change,
international waters, land degradation,
the ozone layer, and persistent organic
pollutants. These projects benefit the
global environment, linking local,
national, and global environmental
challenges and promoting sustainable
livelihoods.
Adriana Amorim & Daniela Gonçalves
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Quercus
 Quercus - National Association
for Conservation of Nature, is a
Portuguese based ENGOs to
31 October 1985 in the city of
Braga.
 It is a Portuguese association,
independent, nonprofit,
consisting of citizens who
gathered around the same
interest for Conservation of
Nature and Natural Resources
and Environmental Protection
in general perspective of
sustainable development.
Eduardo Franco & Alexandra Alves
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Greenpeace
 Greenpeace
is
a
global
campaigning organization that
acts to change attitudes and
behaviour,
to
protect
and
conserve the environment and to
promote peace by:
-Catalysing an energy revolution
-Defending our oceans
-Protecting the world’s remaining
ancient forests
-Working for disarmament and
peace
-Creating a toxic free future
-Supporting sustainable
agriculture
Alexandra Fernandes & Tito Sousa
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Friends of the Earth
 Friends of the Earth is the world's
largest grassroots environmental
network, uniting 77 national
member groups and some 5,000
local activist groups on every
continent. With over 2 million
members and supporters around
the world, they campaign on
today's most urgent environmental
and social issues. They challenge
the current model of economic and
corporate globalization, and
promote solutions that will help to
create environmentally sustainable
and socially just societies.
Francisca Diniz & Sara Cardoso
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Tree People
 TreePeople is an
environmental nonprofit that
unites the power of trees,
people and technology to
grow a sustainable future for
Los Angeles. Their work is
about helping nature heal our
cities.
 TreePeople’s mission is to
inspire, engage and support
people to take personal
responsibility for the urban
environment, making it safe,
healthy, fun and sustainable
and to share the process as
a model for the world.
Pedro Esteves & Jorge Fernandes
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Worldwatch Institute
 Worldwatch Institute
delivers the insights and
ideas that empower
decision makers to create
an environmentally
sustainable society that
meets human needs.
Worldwatch focuses on the
21st-century challenges of
climate change, resource
degradation, population
growth, and poverty by
developing and
disseminating solid data
and innovative strategies
for achieving a sustainable
society.
Francisco Lemos & Jéssica Felgueiras
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Green Cross
 The idea was created in January
1990 during an address to the
Global Forum on Environment and
Development for Survival held in
Moscow. But Green Cross
International (GCI) was formally
launched in Kyoto, on the 18th April
1993. The mission of Green Cross
International is to help ensure a
just, sustainable and secure future
for all by fostering a value shift and
cultivating a new sense of global
interdependence and shared
responsibility in humanity's
relationship with nature.
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Pedro Alves & Timóteo Braga
WWF
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WWF, “World Wildlife Fund” is one of the
independent organizations on nature
conservation more important. It has around 5
million supporters and is active on five
continents in over 100 countries.
Since its inception in 1961, has maintained
high levels of success. Today, WWF funds
about 2,000 projects and employs about 4000
people around the world. It has an annual
income of 600 million CHF.
WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of
the planet and build a future where humans
can live in harmony with nature:
• promoting the conservation of biodiversity;
• ensuring the sustainability of natural
resources;
• promoting the reduction of pollution and
waste.
Paulo Rodrigues & Sophie
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PETA
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PETA is the acronym for People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals, the
largest animals’ rights organization in
the world, with more than 2 million
members and supporters.
PETA’s aim is to “devour” four areas in
which the largest numbers of animals
suffer the most intensely for the longest
periods of time: on factory farms, in
laboratories, in the clothing trade and in
the entertainment industry. This
organization also fights the cruelty
against beavers, birds and other "pets,"
and the abuse of backyard dogs
Celine Braga & Catarina Teixeira
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350.org
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350.org is an international
campaign dedicated to
building a movement to unite
the world around solutions to
the climate crisis-the solutions
that science and justice
demand.
 Their mission is to inspire the
world to rise to the challenge
of the climate crisis—to create
a new sense of urgency and
of possibility for our planet.
João Gonçalves & Soraia Mendes
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The United Nations Conference on
Climate Change
 The United Nations Conference
on Climate Change, held
between 7 and 18 December in
the Danish capital
(Copenhagen), has as its
objective a comprehensive
international agreement that can
reduce emissions in developed
countries, limiting the growth of
emissions in developing
countries and finance actions to
mitigate the effects of climate
change and adaptation efforts
made by poor countries.
Marcelo Barbeitos & Luísa (GEF)
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In conclusion,
The world is
in our hands!