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Forests related NGOs

In Japan Some websites have only Japanese pages.

• Rainforest Action Groups
• Japanese node of International NGOs
• Development NGOs
• Human Rights NGOs
• Temporal joint campaigns
• Others

Other countries

• International Networks on forests
• Others

GOs, Research Institutions on Forests

In Japan

Other Countries

MDBs/Aid Agencies

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Forests related NGOs

In Japan

Rainforest Action Groups, NGOs

• Sarawak Campaign Committee (SCC) (in Tokyo): Solidarity with Sarawak Indigenous peoples' rights
• Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands Forest Protection Group Japan (PSFPGJ) (in Tokyo):
• Japan Rainforest Protection Lawyers League (JARPLL) (in Tokyo):
• Save tropical forests Chiba:
• HUTAN (in Osaka):
• Tropical forest Kyoto:
• Kobe Youth/Students Center:
• Nara Rainforest Protection Network:
• Friends of the Earth Kanazawa:
• Tropical forest Information Center Nagoya:
• Tropical forest Action Network Nagoya:
• JATAN Shizuoka:
• JATAN Ehime:

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Japanese node of International NGOs

• Friends of the Earth Japan (FoEJ): Siberian forest preservation, Eco-Housing campaign
  Friends of the Earth
• Greenpeace Japan (GPJ): Save Oldgrowth forests Campaign such as Canadian forests
  Greenpeace International (GPI)
• World Wide Fund for Nature Japan (WWFJ):
  WWF Forests For Life Campaign:
• Conservation International Japan Programme:
  Conservation International
• Nippon Kodomono Jungle: Forest preservation projects

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Development NGOs

• Japan International Volunteer Center (JVC): Helping Local communities in agroforestry projects
• Shaplaneer: Helping Local communities in Bangladesh and Nepal
• Alter-Trade Japan (ATJ): Fair Trade
• GREEN EARTH NETWORK: replanting projects in China

Human Rights NGOs

• The Foundation for Human Rights in Asia, Japan:
• the Japan Citizens' Coalition for the UN Indigenous Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples (INDEC):
• Hurights Osaka:

Joint Temporal Campaign

• NO! to MAI Campaign: Oppose against negotiations on Multilateral Agreement on Investment under OECD or WTO
• WTO & Forest reference:

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Others

• A SEED JAPAN: Youth Group on environment & Development
• Pacific Asia Resource Center: Free School etc.
• APEC Monitering NGO Network: Watching Trade liberalization group in Kansai
• Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES):
• Kiko Network: National NGOs' Network on Climate Change
• Green Energy law Network (GEN): to make promoting renewable energy law
• Green Perchasing Network: collaboration on green purchasing
• Used paper citizen's Action Network: How to revitalize used paper recycling system
• GomiKan21: waste issue in general
• Peoples' forum 2001 Japan: Post UNCED follow-up issues, Trade & Environment, Climate Change, Environmental Education
• Japan TNC's Monitor: Watching labor, human rights, and environmental conflicts relating to Japanese Transnational Corporations
• FORUM for Environmental issues: an online NGO (FENV): Information Gathering & Dissemination forum
• Japan NGO Network on Indonesia (JANNI): Forum of Indonesia related NGOs
• Japan Environmental Lawyers Federation (JELF): Lawyers association
• Sizen no Kenri Kikin:
• The Nature Conservation Society Japan (NACS-J): Domestic Nature Conservation Programs
• Japan Consumers Union:
• Mekong Watch Japan: Watching Mekong river development plan
• Japan Wildlife Conservation Society (JWCS): Watching CITES treaty

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Other Countries

Forest Networking

• Boycott Woodchipping Campaign: especially for exporting to Japanese Paper/Pulp Industry
• Forest Stwardship Council (FSC): Independent, third party Forest Certification organization, involving ENGOs, Corporations, and Social NGOs
• Forest Conservation Portal: provides vast rainforest, forest and biodiversity conservation news & information
• Forest Conservation Links: a reviewed Forest Conservation search space - browse by category, or search the entire content of the best Internet scientific & advocacy resources
• Global Witness: an NGO in UK focusing on Cambodian Forests
• Native Forest Network (NFN): World Temperate Forest Network
• Pacific Environment: Conservation of Siberian Forests /moderate timber trade Mailing List "Forest-PacRim"
• Papua New Guinea Rainforest Campaign:
• Rainforest Action Network (RAN): an NGO in the U.S. including Boycott Mitsubishi Campaign, Oldgrowth Campaign etc
• Rainforest Information Center (RIC): an NGO in Australia
• Rainforest Relief: including Wood Consumption Campaign
• Taiga Rescue Network (TRN): World Boreal (Northern) Forest Network
• Third World Network (TWN): an NGO in Malaysia
• World Rainforest Movement (WRM): World Tropical Forest Network, including Anti-Plantation Campaign

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Others

• Asian Human Rights Commission:
• Biodiversity Action Network (BIONET): Watching CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity) negotiations
• International Alliance of Indigenous Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests:
• Indigenous People's Biodiversity Information Network:
• International River Network: River development, Dam
• Mineral Policy Institute: Mining
• Project Underground: Oil, Gas development
• Survival International: Indigenous peoples survival
• Transnational Resource & Action Center (TRAC): Watching TNCs

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GOs, Research Institutions on Forests

In Japan

• Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI) (under JFA): forests/forestry/timber
• National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) (under JEA):
• Center for Global Environmental Research (CGER, in NIES): Natural Science
• Institute for Global Environment Strategy (IGES) (under JEA): Forest Conservation Strategy
• Environmental Information Center: terms and references
• Global and Human Environmental Forum (GEF):
  Forest Page:
• Japan Wood Information Center (JAWIC): Links to Industrial-NGOs and Corporations.
• Study room for Policies and Measures towards Sustainable Forest Management:
• Ministry of the Environment: Dominate Environmental Policies
• Ministry of Land, Infrastracture and Transport: Dominate Construction Industry, users of tropical plywood
• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry: Dominate Paper/Pulp Industry
• Japan Forestry Agency (JFA): manage National Forest, Dominate Domestic Forestry, and Timber Trade in general
• Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishery (MAFF): Auspice JFA

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Other Countries

Conventions Officials & IGOs

• Center for International FORestry (CIFOR): Forestry and forest degradation
• Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES): Convention Officials
• United Nations Forum on Forests (IFF): Officials on International dialogue on probable "Forest Convention"
• Intergovernmaantla Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): Reports on Climate change and world forests interactions
• International Timber Trade Organization (ITTO) in Yokohama: Office of International Timber Trade Agreement (ITTA), Trade Statistics on Tropical Timber (under construction)
• UN Convention on Biological Deviersity (CBD): Convention Officials
• UN Environment Programme (UNEP): "Global Environment Outlook 2000"
• UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO): "State of the World Forests"
• UN Framework Convention on Cimate Change (UNFCCC): Global Warming, Negotiations on Kyoto Forest
• World Conservation Monitoring Center (WCMC): Mapping on Forest reserves
• World Trade Organization (WTO): Committee on Trade and Environment, Timber Trade Liberalization Negotiation

Other Institutes

• Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC): Research on deforestation of tropical rainforests
• International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA): Forest Statistics for Russia, Sustainable Development of the Russian Forest Sector, Forest Sector Carbon Budgets, Remote Sensing, Global Wood Supply, Modeling on Regional Land Use Change.
  
• International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED): "A Changing Future for Paper"
• International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD): Issue "Earth Negotiation Bulletin" independent, rapporteur of negotiations in UNCSD, IFF, CBD, FCCC, CITES, CCD
• World Resource Institute (WRI): "Frontier Forest" report
• Resources for the Future (RFF):
• World Watch Institute (WWI): issue "State of the World"

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Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs)/ Aid Agencies

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