Legal Tools & Links For the Conservation of Nature

Organization for Fair Treatment for All (OFTA)

OFTAThe OFTA is my creation. It was a cruel deception by an evil character in a novel I wrote.  I am allowing it to redeem itself by serving as a label for non-human legal issues, ideas, arguments, information, and resources.

The material on this page is for educational purposes only.

Legal Guide for Activists

From the Animal Legal Defense Fund:

Article Headings:

  • Basic Legal Principles Applicable With Respect to Activism
  • Planning a Demonstration
  • Civil Disobedience
  • Interacting with the police
  • Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

Links for Animal Ethics

Numerous links are provided by these websites:

Important Animal-Rights Documents

Valuable resources are present on numerous sites.  I highly recommend the essays listed on the Animal Rights Library site.

My Woefully Incomplete List of Links for Conservation Organizations and Species Specific Sites

I once thought I could build a complete list of all the important nature-conservation organizations.  There are too many, and yet . . . there aren’t enough.  Despite many solid efforts, we are killing off wild plants and animals at an ever-increasing rate.  The list below is a mix of international, national, local, and species-dedicated organizations.  The emphasis varies from pure wildlife focus to complete human bias.  Most of the links take you direct to the organization websites, but some take you first to the organization’s Wikipedia page.  I did not include links to social media though I recognize that many organizations conduct much of their communications there.  Please report broken or changed links to grogers@sigmaxi.net.

Wikipedia

There are many other organizations and lists of organizations in Wikipedia. Most are included in the General List.

General List

  1. 5 Gyres
  2. Abalone Alliance
  3. Acción de Lucha Anti-Petrola
  4. Adirondack Mountain Club
  5. African American Environmentalist Association
  6. African Wild Dog Conservancy
  7. Agency for Non-conventional Energy and Rural Technology
  8. Albatross Foundation USA
  9. ALERT: Alliance of Environmental Researchers and Thinkers
  10. Allegheny Land Trust
  11. Alliance to Save Energy
  12. American Bird Conservancy
  13. American Farmland Trust
  14. American Forests
  15. Ancient Forest Alliance
  16. Ancient Forest AllianceBritish Columbia, Canada
  17. Animal Equality
  18. Animal Law
  19. Animal Liberation Frontline
  20. Animal Protection and Rescue League
  21. Animal Recovery Mission (ARM)
  22. Animal Rights Conference (Annual, U. S.)
  23. Animal Rights Leadership Council
  24. AnimalLearn:  Animals, Ethics, & Education
  25. Anti-Fur Society
  26. Appalachian Trail Conservancy
  27. Appalachian Voices
  28. Arlington Coalition on Transportation
  29. Asociación pola defensa da ría
  30. Association for Environment Conscious Building
  31. Association of Environmental Professionals
  32. Audubon movement
  33. Australian Plants Society – SA Region
  34. Australian Plants Society (SGAP Victoria) Inc
  35. Australian Plants Society NSW
  36. Aytzim: Ecological Judaism
  37. Ballona Wetlands
  38. BARK
  39. Bat Conservation International
  40. Bellona Foundation
  41. Bicycology
  42. Big Green Bus, The
  43. BioRegional
  44. Bird Protection Quebec
  45. BirdLife Australia
  46. BirdLife Malta
  47. Blue Ventures
  48. Bonneville Environmental Foundation
  49. Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation
  50. Builders for the Bay
  51. Buller Conservation Group
  52. Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland = Friends of the Earth, Germany
  53. BUNDjugend (BUND’s Youth organization)
  54. Bushmeat Crisis Task Force (BCTF)
  55. California Coastal Conservancy
  56. Californians Against Waste
  57. Californians for Population Stabilization
  58. Campaign Against Tiger Trafficking (CATT)
  59. Campaign for Better Transport
  60. Campaign for National Parks
  61. Campaign to End All Animal Experiments
  62. Campaign to Protect Rural England
  63. Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
  64. Canadian Environmental Law Association
  65. Canadian Environmental Network
  66. Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
  67. Canadian Youth Climate Coalition
  68. Cape Town Ecology Group
  69. Casa Pueblo
  70. Cat Intolerance Testing
  71. Center for a Humane Economy
  72. Center for a New American Dream
  73. Center for Biological Diversity
  74. Center for Environmental Philosophy
  75. Center for Food Safety
  76. Center for International Environmental Law
  77. Central Park Conservancy
  78. Centre for Alternative Technology
  79. Centre for Science and Environment
  80. Ceres
  81. Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
  82. Cheetah Conservation Fund
  83. Chesapeake Bay Foundation
  84. Citizens Campaign for the Environment
  85. Citizens Climate Lobby
  86. Civic Trust
  87. Clean Air Network
  88. Clean Water Action
  89. Clear the Air (Hong Kong)
  90. Climate Reality Project
  91. Climate Reality Project
  92. Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking
  93. Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management (CPW)
  94. Commission des Forêts d’Afrique Centrale (COMIFAC)
  95. Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
  96. Compassion Over Killing
  97. Compassion Works International
  98. Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi
  99. Congo Basin Forest Partnership
  100. connect2earth
  101. ConservAmerica
  102. Conservancy Association
  103. Conservancy of Southwest Florida
  104. Conservation Fund
  105. Conservation International
  106. Conservation Law Foundation
  107. Conservation Through Public Health
  108. Conservation Volunteers New Zealand
  109. Conserve
  110. Convention on Biological Diversity
  111. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
  112. Convention on Migratory Species
  113. Corner House
  114. Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
  115. Danish Organisation for Renewable Energy
  116. David Suzuki Foundation
  117. Deep Green Resistance (Read the DGR critique here)
  118. Defenders of Wildlife
  119. Delhi Greens (NGO)
  120. Department of Conservation (New Zealand)
  121. Dogs Trust
  122. Dolphin Action & Protection Group
  123. Ducks Unlimited
  124. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
  125. Earth First!
  126. Earth Island Institute
  127. Earth Law Library
  128. Earth Liberation Army
  129. Earth Liberation Front
  130. Earth Liberation Prisoner Support Network
  131. Earth Organization
  132. Earth Policy Institute
  133. Earth Rangers
  134. Earthjustice
  135. EarthLab
  136. Earthlife Africa
  137. EarthLink e.V.
  138. Earth’s Birthday Project
  139. EarthShare
  140. Eco-Agents
  141. Ecocide Law
  142. EcoEarth.info
  143. Ecojustice Canada
  144. Ecotrust
  145. Ekološko društvo Zeleni Osijek
  146. Emirates Environmental Group
  147. Endangered Wildlife Trust
  148. Energy Action Coalition
  149. Energy Probe
  150. Environment America
  151. Environment and Conservation Organisations of Aotearoa New Zealand
  152. Environment California
  153. Environmental and Energy Study Institute
  154. Environmental Centre ARCTUROS
  155. Environmental Defense Fund
  156. Environmental Forum for Action
  157. Environmental Integrity Project
  158. Environmental Investigation Agency
  159. Environmental Justice Foundation
  160. Environmental Law Foundation
  161. Environmental Law Institute
  162. Environmental Life Force
  163. Environmental Protection UK
  164. Environmental Working Group
  165. Environmentalist Foundation of India
  166. Eradicating Ecocide
  167. E-Shield species identification database (Chinese)
  168. Ethecon Foundation
  169. EThekwini ECOPEACE
  170. EU wildlife trade
  171. EU Wildlife Trade Regulations
  172. European Community and Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora
  173. European Wildlife
  174. Exnora International
  175. Fairwild
  176. FAO Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management
  177. Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM)
  178. Faunalytics
  179. Finnish Association for Nature Conservation
  180. Forest Peoples Programme
  181. Foundation for Ecological Security
  182. Freeland
  183. Friends of Animals
  184. Friends of Nature (China)
  185. Friends of the Earth (HK)
  186. Fundación ProAves
  187. German Foundation for World Population
  188. Global Action Plan
  189. Global Forest Coalition
  190. Global Marine Aquarium Database
  191. Global Nature Fund
  192. Global Tiger Forum
  193. Global Tiger Initiative – Kathmandu files
  194. Global Water Policy Project
  195. Gluaiseacht
  196. Goa Foundation
  197. Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP)
  198. Great March for Climate Action
  199. Great Swamp Watershed Association
  200. Green Action Centre
  201. Green Alliance
  202. Green Belt Movement
  203. Green Camel Bell
  204. Green Movement
  205. Green Power
  206. Green Warriors of Norway
  207. Green Zionist Alliance
  208. Greenguard Environmental Institute
  209. Greening of Detroit
  210. Greenpeace East Asia
  211. Greenpeace Southeast Asia
  212. Groundwork
  213. Groundwork UK
  214. Haribon Foundation
  215. Heal the Bay
  216. Help Save Sea Turtles!
  217. Hnutí Brontosaurus
  218. Hnutí DUHA
  219. Honor the Earth
  220. Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
  221. Humane League
  222. Humane Society International
  223. Illegal fishing
  224. Illegal logging
  225. In Defense of Animals (IDA)
  226. Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
  227. Indian Ocean – South-East Asian Marine Turtle MoU
  228. Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)
  229. Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (IEST)
  230. Institution of Environmental Sciences
  231. International Anti-Poaching Foundation
  232. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
  233. International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC)
  234. International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
  235. International Otter Survival Fund (IOSF)
  236. Interpol Environment Pages
  237. INTERPOL’s Project PREDATOR (Tigers)
  238. INTERPOL’s Project WISDOM (Rhinos & elephants)
  239. Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC)
  240. Israel Union for Environmental Defense (IUED)
  241. IUCN
  242. IUCN Redlist of threatened species
  243. Izaak Walton League
  244. John Muir Trust
  245. Katala Foundation
  246. Keep America Beautiful
  247. Koeberg Alert
  248. Land Conservancy
  249. League of Conservation Voters
  250. Legambiente
  251. L’Homme et L’Environnement
  252. Lights Out Hong Kong
  253. Los Angeles Conservancy
  254. Macedonian Ecological Society
  255. Manitoba Eco-Network
  256. Marine Conservation Society
  257. Marine Mammal Center, The
  258. Mercy For Animals (MFA)
  259. Miami Conservancy District
  260. Milieudefensie
  261. Minhaj Welfare Foundation
  262. Mission: Wolf
  263. Montana Wilderness Association
  264. National Audubon Society
  265. National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)
  266. National Geographic Society
  267. National Registry of Environmental Professionals (NREP)
  268. National Trust for Nature Conservation
  269. National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
  270. National Trust of Britain
  271. National Wildlife Federation
  272. National Wildlife Refuge Association
  273. Native Forest Council
  274. Native Forest Restoration Trust
  275. Natural Justice: Lawyers for Communities and the Environment
  276. Natural Resources Defense Council
  277. Nature and Youth
  278. Nature Canada
  279. Nature Conservancy
  280. Nature Conservancy of Canada
  281. Nature’s Classroom
  282. NatureServe
  283. Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU)
  284. Negative Population Growth
  285. New York–New Jersey Trail Conference
  286. New Zealand Ecological Restoration Network
  287. New Zealand Institute of Environmental Health (NZIEH)
  288. Nicodemus Wilderness Project
  289. Nonhuman Rights Project
  290. North China Institute of Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Power
  291. Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature
  292. NumbersUSA
  293. Ocean Alliance
  294. Ocean Conservancy
  295. OceansWatch
  296. Ohio Citizen Action
  297. Ontario Nature
  298. Operation Wallacea
  299. Organization for Bat Conservation
  300. Our Compass
  301. Pacific Environment
  302. Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network
  303. Pembina Institute
  304. People & Planet
  305. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA
  306. Philippine Animal Welfare Society
  307. Plane Stupid
  308. Population Action International
  309. Population Connection
  310. Population Council
  311. Population Matters
  312. Population Media Center
  313. Population Reference Bureau
  314. Population, health, and the environment
  315. PRBO Conservation Science
  316. Preserve Our Islands
    1. Primate Conservation Organizations
  317. Project GreenOman
  318. Project R&R:  Release and Restitution for Chimpanzees in U. S. Laboratories
  319. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
  320. Quercus
  321. Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
  322. Rainforest Action Network
  323. Rainforest Trust
  324. RARE Center for Tropical Conservation
  325. Regenesis (non-profit organization)
  326. Residents Against SARP Pollution
  327. Resources for the Future
  328. Responsible Asia Forestry and Trade (RAFT) Program
  329. Rientrodolce
  330. Rising Tide North America
  331. Riverkeeper
  332. Robin Wood
  333. Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand
  334. RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)
  335. Ruckus Roots
  336. Rutgers WPF
  337. SACEP
  338. San Francisco Parks Alliance
  339. San Francisco Parks Alliance
  340. Sand County Foundation
  341. Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy
  342. Save Happy Valley Campaign
  343. Save Our Species
  344. Save the Redwoods League
  345. Save the Tiger Fund
  346. School for Field Studies, The
  347. Science & Environmental Policy Project
  348. Scottish Wildlife Trust
  349. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
  350. Showing Animals Respect & Kindness (SHARK)
  351. Sibuyanons Against Mining
  352. Sierra Club
  353. Sierra Nevada Conservancy
  354. Sierra Student Coalition
  355. Sierra Youth Coalition
  356. Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
  357. Siruthuli
  358. Smithsonian
  359. Society for Protection of the Harbour
  360. Society for the Preservation of Wild Culture
  361. Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel
  362. Sprout Distro
  363. Stop Animal Exploitation NOW!
  364. Stop Climate Chaos
  365. Student Conservation Association
  366. Student Environmental Action Coalition
  367. Surfrider Foundation
  368. Sustainable Silicon Valley
  369. Tanzania Social Support Foundation
  370. Tellus Institute
  371. TerraNature
  372. Texas Campaign for the Environment
  373. Toronto Environmental Alliance
  374. Town and Country Planning Association
  375. Trade and Environment Online Database
  376. Traffic
  377. TreePeople
  378. Turtle Conservation Fund
  379. UK Environmental Law Association
  380. Ukraine Nature Conservation Society (UkrTOP)
  381. UNEP-WCMC
  382. Union of Concerned Scientists
  383. United Poultry Concerns
  384. Vegan.com
  385. Vindhyan Ecology and Natural History Foundation
  386. Waipoua Forest Trust
  387. Water and Rivers of Brittany
  388. Waterkeeper Alliance
  389. WCS Hunting and Wildlife Trade Program
  390. West Harlem Environmental Action
  391. Western Canada Wilderness Committee
  392. Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
  393. Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
  394. Whaleman Foundation – protection of cetaceans
  395. WILD Foundation
  396. Wild Salmon Center –  Pacific Rim
  397. WildAid
  398. WildEarth Guardians
  399. WildEarth Guardians
  400. Wilderness Society, The
  401. Wildflower Society of Western Australia
  402. Wildlife & Environment Society
  403. Wildlife Alliance
  404. Wildlife Conservation Society
  405. Wildlife Research and Conservation Trust
  406. Wildlife Trusts
  407. Wolf River Conservancy
  408. Woodland Trust
  409. World Land Trust
  410. World Wildlife Fund
  411. Worldwatch Institute
  412. WWF Wildlife Trade Program
  413. Wyoming Outdoor Council
  414. Year of forests
  415. Zalul Environmental Association
  416. Zero Emission Resource Organisation
  417. Zoological Society of London

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