Nongovernmental organizations
Mountain Environment Protection Society (MEPS) is the leader and the sole organisation in Iran dealing with the mountain-related conservation activities. Established in 1993, MEPS has strived for enhancement of the importance of mountain landscape in the country by conducting seminars, education of classes, executing projects and publishing promotional materials. As the lead organisation for...
The Pachitea watershed is an Andean-Amazon watershed that covers an area of 30,000 sq kms, crossing two provinces and 7 municipal districts. The main objective of the program ProPachitea is to generate optimal political, institutional and educational conditions for populations of indigenous people, Andean colonists and European descendents to share the Pachitea watershed as a healthy and...
Mountain Watch is a department of the Alpine Club of Iran. ACI was founded in 2000, and represents the Iranian mountaineering community. One concern of ACI is to attempt to preserve mountain environments. This is done by the Mountain Watch Group through publications and various projects.
Protección de la Fauna Mexicana A.C.(PROFAUNA) es una organización sin fines de lucro dedicada a la conservación de la Naturaleza, especialmente de la Fauna Silvestre; trabaja principalmente en el Desierto Chiahuhuense en México, los principales intereses de la asociación están relacionados con el Manejo de la fauna Silvestre; el manejo de las äreas Naturales Protegidas y la Eduación Ambiental....
The objectives are to developp biological researches about alpine ecosystems and to perform educational activities for the public.
What do we do?
We organize the International Himalaya Film Festival
We give lectures and show films
We provide publications
We are involved in fundraising activities to enhance the quality on information
CIPRA, the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps, was founded in 1952. CIPRA is a non-governmental umbrella organization headquartered in Schaan, Liechtenstein. There are seven national CIPRA branches in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, and Switzerland as well as the South Tyrol regional branch, all of which represent over 100 member organizations.
CIPRA...
To promote, advocating by news, the cause of Mountain's Environment, Creating awareness for Clean living of Waste dumping, Wildlife protection and wisely utilizing the treasure of Wildlife, and Sustain it, to promote Tourism of the Mountain Region, for the development of Community, at large.
The work of the WMPA is motivated by three major objectives:
- to make mountains understood in an international arena and at the level of each country and continent
- to organise North-South and South-South exchange and co-operation between mountain territories and populations, in order to share knowledge, means and experiences
- to support and develop the local initiatives of the association’s...
International Friends of Nature was founded in 1895 with the aims of nature protection and social rights for teh workers movement. It is now an worldwide active organiation mainly working in the fields of Sustainable Development, Regional Development and tourism.
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