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Environment/development organisations working on forestry issues

The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
The EIA is an independent, international campaigning organisation committed to investigating and exposing environmental crime.
EIA Forest campaign

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
FAO works to alleviate poverty and hunger by promoting agricultural development, improved nutrition and the pursuit of food security. FAO is active in land and water development, plant and animal production, forestry, fisheries, economic and social policy, investment, nutrition, food standards and commodities and trade, and in dealing with food and agricultural emergencies.
FAO Forestry website

Greenpeace
Information on Greenpeace's international campaigns on climate, toxics, nuclear, oceans, genetic engineering, ocean dumping.
Greenpeace forests campaigns in the Amazon, British Columbia, Africa, Russia, the Pacific and other areas, and information on key threats to ancient forests and the solutions.

IUCN - The World Conservation Union
IUCN's mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.
Forest conservation programme
Arborvitae newsletter

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
NRDC uses law, science, and the support of more than 400,000 members nationwide to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.
Parks, forests and wildlands

Natural Resources Institute (NRI)
NRI carries out research and development and training to promote efficient management and use of renewable natural resources in support of sustainable livelihoods. Most of NRI's work provides support to development assistance programmes funded by international donor agencies, and contributes to environmentally sound management of physical and biological resources, and to the development of human and social capital.

Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
ODI is an independent UK think-tank working on international development and humanitarian issues. Its mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries. ODI works with partners in the public and private sectors, in both developing and developed countries.
Forest Policy and Environment Group (FPEG)

Rights and Resources Initiative

The Rights and Resources Initiative is a coalition of international, regional and community organizations engaged in conservation, research and development.

www.rightsandresources.org

The Sierra Club of Canada
The Sierra Club's mission is to develop a diverse, well-trained grassroots network working to protect the integrity of our global ecosystems. It focuses on five overriding threats: loss of animal and plant species, deterioration of the planet's oceans and atmosphere, toxic chemicals, destruction of our remaining wilderness, and population growth and over consumption.
Information on Canada's Forests

United Nations
For information on the intergovernmental process, the mandate of the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests and the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests and for major international forest policy documents see the
UN Sustainable Development forests pages

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
WWF is dedicated to protecting the world's wildlife and wildlands. WWF directs its conservation efforts toward three global goals: protecting endangered spaces, saving endangered species, and addressing global threats.
Information on Global Forest Program
WWF Forests for life campaign - an integrated approach to forest conservation through campaigning, fieldwork, policy and partnership.

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