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1.
Organizations that deal on a international level
- Académie
de l'Eau / see also Water Academy (NGO,
based in France) L'Académie de l'Eau a été créée
en 1993 à l'initiative du Ministère de l'Environnement
et des six Comités de bassin français. Elle a pour mission
d'organiser une réflexion prospective et interdisciplinaire
dont doit bénéficier la gestion des ressources en eau.
- ACME
Associations pour un Contrat Mondial de l'Eau
- Aquanet
Europe Foundation (europeanwide NGO Network)
-
Aquatic Conservation Network is organized to foster involvement
by interested individuals, aquarists, and scientists in the preservation,
conservation and enhancement of aquatic life.
- A
SEED Europe is Action for Solidarity, Equality, Environment and
Development, a global youth network focusing on issues of environment
and development.
- ATTAC
international, movement for democratic control of financial markets
and their institutions
- AWIRU,
African Water Issues Research Unit
- Bern
Convention
- Berne
Declaration (BD) is an independent Swiss association for development
politics. The BD works towards a more equal relationship between Switzerland
and countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
- BirdLife
international (NGO)
- CEDAR
Central European Data Request... (Danis, Danube Database)
- CIPR
Commission internationale pour la protection du Rhin
- Cousteau
Homepage
- CRIIRAD
Commission de Recherche et d'Information Indépendantes sur
la Radioactivité
- Dams
arround the world 'Env. Defense Fund", Photos and Informations
- Dam
Decommissioning worldwide
- Danube-Odra-Elbe
Waterways (Campaign against), intl Coordination by BUND Berlin
- DDP
DAMS AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (United Nations Environment Programme)
- Dam-Reservoir
Info & Impact Archive , NGO, Canada
- Danube
Delta National Institute (Romania)
- Earth
First! "No compromise in defense of Mother Earth." Direct action,
deep ecology. Includes a document on Hydro-Quebec's Sainte
Marguerite III (SM3) dam.
- Earth
Island Institute USA,was founded in 1982 to foster the work of
creative individuals by providing organizational support in developing
projects for the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the
global environment.
- Eaux
vives (Site Web Canoë Kayak francophone)
- Ecologist
(The), Revue international (english, français, espagnol)
- Eco
Portal (Providing Full Text Searches of Reviewed Environmental
Internet Content, News, Links & More, by Ecological Enterprises, Inc.)
- EEB
European Environmental Bureau (regrouping european NGO's)
- EMWIS
is the Euro-Mediterranean Information System on the know-how in the
Water sector (a programme included in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership)
- ERN
European Rivers Network (NGO) ...networking for living Rivers..
- ECRR
European Centre for River Restoration (Denmark) a
non profit organisation , ECRR fosters communication between people
working with river restoration in Europe.
- EU
Research: Water, Wetland and Aquatic Ecosystem Research - LINKS
- EUROCAT
Project (a DG Research Programm: CATCHMENT CHANGES AND THEIR IMPACT
ON THE COAST)
- European
declaration for a new water cultur
- EEA
European Environment Agency
- EWA
European Water Association
- Die Erklärung
von Bern (EvB) ist eine unabängige Organisation für
Entwicklungspolitik. Die EvB setzt sich in der Schweiz ein für
ausgewogene und gerechtere Beziehungen zwischen der Schweiz und Ländern
in Asien, Afrika und Lateinamerika.
- Federación
española de Ingeniería Sin Fronteras
- Fundación
Nueva Cultura del Agua
- FIVAS
The Association for International Water and Forest Studies is an independent
organization working to obtain and disseminate information about the
consequencesof large dams and hydropower projects in the Third World
(Norway)
- Fleuves
du monde (voyages)
- Floodplain
Biodiversity and Restoration (FLOBAR) Integrated natural science
and socio-economic approaches to catchment management (a EU Project)
- Friends
of the Earth Europe (FOE)
- Friends
FUNDACIÓN NUEVA CULTURA DEL AGUA (Spain/Portugal)
- Global
Nature Fund NGO (Germany)
- Global
Peatland Initiative website
- Green
Cross intl.
- Green
Electricity from Hydropower (EAWAG Swiss Federal Institute for
Environmental Science and Technology)
- GWP
Global Water Partnership
- Hydropower
& Dams Journal
- Ökostrom
aus Wasserkraft (EAWAG Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental
Science and Technology)
- Friends
of the Earth International is a federation of autonomous environmental
organisations from all over the world.
- GREEN
(Global Rivers Environmental Education Network) - "GREEN's mission
is to improve education through a global network that promotes watershed
sustainability."
- Greenpeace
international
- GRUENE
LIGA Deutschland, NGO
- H2o,
NGO, France
- HYDNet
(IHP UNESCO) International Hydrological Programme, UNESCO / Paris
- ICID
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage. The largest
international non governmental organisation of professionals in the
sector(based in India)
- ICPDR
International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
- ICOLD
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON LARGE DAMS, ( pro large dam building
position ) The
world's leading professional organization dedicated to advancing the
technology of dam engineeringand supporting socially and environmentally
responsible development and management
of the world's water resources
- IHP
International Hydrological Programme (UNESCO)
- IUCN
- The World Conservation Union
- IKSE
Internationale Kommission zum Schutze der Elbe (tschechisch MKOL)
- IKSO
Internationale Kommission zum Schutze de Oder (polnisch MKOO)
- IKSR
Intl. Kommision zum Schutze des Rheines
- INBO
The International Network of Basin Organisations (french: RIOB)
- InterDrava,
Website, platform for cooperation between communities, organisations
and businesses along the Drava-Mura rivers, in programmes of sustainable
rural development
- International
Riverfoundation, Australia, supports International Riversymposium
/ Thiess International Riverprize
- International
Riversymposium, aims to make a difference to the declining state
of rivers and waterways globally
- International
Water Law Project : The International Water Law Project website
provides pertinent information on international water law and policy
and related topics. It offers treaties, articles, news stories, case
law, Internet links, and other relevant information.
- International
Rivers (IRN, International Rivers Network) USA, NGO
- International
Day against Dams, and for Rivers, Water and Life
- IOW
International Office for Water , see OIEAU
- Latin
American Water Tribunal (in spanish and english)
- LakeNet
(USA)
- LIVING
LAKE Campaign (Global Nature Fund / DUH Deutsche Umwelthilfe)
- LIVING
WATERS Campaign (intl. WWF)
- Living
Wetlands , a GNF Global Nature Fund - Website
- MAWAC
Managing Water for African Cities is a joint initiative of United
Nations Environment Programme UNEP and United Nations Centre for Human
Settlements UNCHS (Habitat):
- NABU
Deutschland Naturschutzbund Deutschland NGO
- Natural
Heritage Institute (USA) is a non-profit natural resources law
and consulting firm based in San Francisco, California. NHI works
to foster conservation and sustainable use of the world's limited
stock of natural resources by improving the laws that govern, and
the institutions that manage them.
- Netherlands
Water Partnership
- New
Water Culture Foundation , based in Zaragossa, Spain
- Nile
Basin Society (Egypte)
- OIEAU
Office international de l'eau, see also IOW (ONG créer
par le gouv., France) L'OIEAU a vocation de réunir l'ensemble
des organismes publics et privés impliqués dans la gestion
et la protection des ressources en eau, en France, en Europe et dans
le Monde
- Partenariat
français pour l'eau (Engagé pour l'eau du monde)
- Pesticide
Action Network North America (PANNA) is a nonprofit citizen-based
NGO that advocates adoption of ecologically sound practices in place
of pesticide use.
- Planetebleue.info
Portail alternatif sur l'Eau
- Probe
International (Canada) educates Canadians about the environmental,
social, and economic effects of Canada's aid and trade abroad, exposing
the devastating effects of our international projects.
- Protowet
(The) Project
- pS-Eau
(ONG) facilite les initiatives locales de coopération internationale
et les échanges Nord/Sud, et encourage la cohérence des actions.
- Rainforest
Action Network
- Ramsar
Convention on Wetlands ( Switzerland)
- Reform
the World Bank Campaign, (NGO, Italy)
- REC
Regional Environment Center for Central and Eastern Europe
- RIOB
Réseau International des Organismes de Bassin (Intl. State
Org.)engl. INBO
- Rocky
Mountain Institute (USA) is a nonprofit research and educational
foundation with a vision across boundaries. Its mission is to foster
the efficient and sustainable use of resources as a path to global
security. It also has many consistently excellent publications on
a wide range of topics.
- RhineNet
(InterReg Program)
- River
Basin Initiative is a global activity under the joint work plan
of both the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Ramsar
Convention on Wetlands.
- RiverNet
(River Web-Portal) operated by ERN European Rivers Network
- River
World Website dedicated to the conservation and improved management
of our waterways
- SedNet
, the European Sediment Network for environmentally, socially and
economically viable practices of sediment management at river basin
scales.
- SEE
Solidarité Eau Europe (NGO based in France)
- SeedTree
- SEMIDE
est le Système Euro-Méditerranéen d'Information sur les savoir-faire
dans le Domaine de l'Eau. (programme inséré dans le Partenariat Euro-Méditerranéen).
- SIE
- Sécretariat international de l'Eau ( based in Canada)
- SLIM
Social learning for the integrated management and sustainable use
of water at catchment scale
- Solidarité
Eau Europe (NGO,based in France) engl. Solidarity Water Europe
- Solidarity
Water Europe
(NGO,based in France),
- Stockholm
International Water Institute
- SPAWN
(the Salmon Preservation Association for the Waters of Newfoundland)
- Swedish
Society for Nature Conservation (NGO)
- The
Goldman Prize (USA) is the world's largest grassroots environmental
prize.
- The
Worlds Water The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources
USA
- Time
for Odra Campaign (intl Coordination by BUND Berlin)
- UIA
United international association - Links
- UNEP's post
WCD (World Commission on dams) Project Unit
- UNESCO
Water Portal
- Urgewald
(Germany) setzt sich für den Erhalt der Urwälder weltweit
ein und unterstützt den Kampf der Waldvölker.
- Water
Academy (NGO, France) Organizing prospective and multidisciplinary
forums which should be useful for water management.
- Water
and Nature Initative (IUCN)
- Waterekeeper
Alliance based in USA, Waterkeeper Alliance is an environmental
"neighborhood watch"
- Water
Conflict-Prevention
- Wetland
international (Netherland)
- WCD
World Commision on Dams (official Website) see also DAMS AND DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT (United Nations Environment Programme)
- WCD
Information from IRN Intl. Rivers Network)
- WISE
Water information System for Europe (EU)
- World
Water Assessment Programme(Unesco)
- World
Water Council, based in Marseilles, France, this organization
formulates policies regarding water use.
- World
Water Crisis (a BBC Webpage)
- WWF
international (Switzerland)
- WWF
Danube and Carpathian Program
- WWF
Oesterreich
- WWF
Freshwater Website
2. Organizations
that deal on a national level in
Europe
Belgium
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Czech Republic:
Denmark:
France:
Germany:
Hungary:
Italy:
Netherlands:
Poland:
- Internationale
Kommission zum Schutz der Oder (MKOO) see "international section"
- Klub
Gaja Stowarzyszenie Ekologiczno-Kulturalne "Klub Gaja" is an
indedpendent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation. One of
its activitys is to run a campaign to save the River Vistula !
- PROM
Coalition or Wetland Protection
- Time
for Odra (NGO Campaign to protect the nature and promote the
sustainable development in the Odra basen)
- WWF
Poland Program
Portugal:
Slovakia
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Sweden :
Spain :
Switzerland
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UK United
Kingdom :
Ukrainia
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Canada
:
- Dam
Removal On The Theodosia River Description: A public
campaign to dismantle an old dam on British Columbia's TheodosiaRiver,
with the intention of restoring a multi-million-dollar salmon fishery.(Canada)
- ottertooth.com
watching and defending rivers (Rupert and more).
Egypte :
- SAWSE
Sakia Association for Water in Society and Environment
India :
Japan:
Korea:
Malaysia:
Nepal
South Africa
:
- Southern Africa
Rivers Association (SARA). This is an association of river
tourism interests.
For more info (not on the Web) contact:
SARA / P.O. Box 645 / Irene 0062 / South Africa
Head Office: Ph/Fax: +27.12.667.1838 ; e-mail: sara@intekom.co.za
- Water
Research Fund The main priority research areas are: Water use,
conservation and technologies; Social, political and economic issues
(including cost recovery, sanitation and gender); and Policy and
legal issues.
Thailand:
USA:
3.
Organizations that deal on a regional
or local level
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