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Useful Environmental NGOs and Legal Charities

Name Type Country / Region Presence
Agua es Nuestro Derecho Grassroots campaign (Spanish only) Latin America (likely Peru/Ecuador)
AIDA – Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense NGO Offices in Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia; Latin America focus
American Rivers NGO US-based; HQ Washington DC; nationwide work
Aryavart Foundation NGO India (Gujarat); litigation on industrial river pollution (Sabarmati)
CAFF NGO/Legal Charity UK
CIEL – Center for International Environmental Law NGO / Legal Charity HQ Washington DC & Geneva; global
ClientEarth Legal Charity HQ London; offices in Brussels, Warsaw, Berlin, Madrid, Beijing, LA
EarthRights International (ERI) NGO HQ Washington DC; offices in Peru & Thailand; global cases
ELAW – Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide NGO / legal network HQ Oregon, USA; partners in 80+ countries
Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) Legal charity UK-based
Fish Legal Legal charity / NGO UK-based
Goa Foundation NGO India (Goa); PILs incl. water/industrial pollution
Greenpeace International NGO HQ Amsterdam; offices in 55+ countries worldwide
International Rivers NGO HQ Oakland, CA; offices/partners in Brazil, India, Thailand, DRC
La Red Vida, Derecho al Agua NGO Coalition Latin America
Leigh Day Law firm UK (London, Manchester); global litigation (esp. extractives, pollution)
MODATIMA NGO Chile
Namati NGO HQ Washington DC; programmes in India, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Myanmar, US
Natural Justice – Lawyers for Communities and the Environment NGO / Legal Charity Africa (South Africa, Kenya, Senegal); regional legal empowerment
OHCHR – Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights UN body HQ Geneva; field presences worldwide
People’s Science Institute NGO India (Dehradun, Uttarakhand); water quality, river ecology
Ríos Vivos Colombia NGO / grassroots movement Colombia (Ituango dam, Antioquia); links to intl. networks
Save Our Rivers UK NGO / campaign UK
Sierra Club NGO US-based; nationwide chapters
Vanashakti NGO India (Mumbai / Maharashtra); PILs for rivers & wetlands
Vindhyan Ecology & Natural History Foundation (Vindhya Bachao) NGO India (Uttar Pradesh, Vindhya region)
WASP – Windrush Against Sewage Pollution Grassroots NGO / campaign UK (Thames/Severn catchments)
Wildjustice NGO UK

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Reports and Guides

    • See Action4Justice’s guide to using the law the protect the environment for a comprehensive overview covering many of the topics in this guide in more depth.     
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