UK The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) was established in 1904 by Royal Charter in the UK, having previously been called the Society for the Protection of Birds. Today, the RSPB is the largest nature conservation charity in Britain. The RSPB’s scope of operation is global and its mission is three-fold: save… Continue reading Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
London, UK World Animal Protection (WAP) is an animal rights NGO that began life in 1950, under the name World Federation for the Protection of Animals (WFPA). In 1981 it merged with the International Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPA), from whence both bodies became known as the World Society for the… Continue reading World Animal Protection
UK The Royal Foundation was founded in 2009, when it was known as The Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry. However in 2019 Harry departed with his wife to the USA after relations between the two brothers had become tense. So, today, The Royal Foundation is the philanthropic and charitable vehicle for The Duke… Continue reading The Royal Foundation
USA, Arlington, Virginia This story began in 1915 with the formation of the Ecologists Union in the USA, which changed its name to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in 1950. The next major change came in 1954, when TNC established local chapters and field offices across the USA. Today, TNC is one of the giants among… Continue reading The Nature Conservancy
USA People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is an extremist US-based animal rights group that was founded in 1980 by the British-born Ingrid Ward and American-born Alexander Pacheco. PETA opposes, what it calls, ‘speciesism’. That’s an ideology premised on the concept of ‘human supremacism’, which views humanity’s rights as being more important or… Continue reading People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
USA Vulcan Inc was founded in 1986 and the Paul G Allen Family Foundation in 1989. The former is a privately owned company, which manages the philanthropist’s and Microsoft co-founder’s network of organisations and initiatives. The latter is Vulcan’s vehicle for making grants to NGOs, especially ones concerned with wildlife and oceanic issues. Vulcan Inc’s… Continue reading Paul G Allen Family Foundation/Vulcan Inc
USA The international ocean advocacy organisation Oceana was founded in 2001. The founders were The Pew Charitable Trusts, Oak Foundation, Marisla Foundation (formerly Homeland Foundation), Sandler Foundation, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. The funders established Oceana because a 1999 study that they commissioned discovered that less than 0.5 percent of all resources spent by environmental… Continue reading Oceana
UK charity Launched in 2014, the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI) was founded by two US-based NGOs, Stop Ivory and Conservation International, which formed its co-secretariat. However Stop Ivory closed down its operations in 2020 because, in its words, it was ‘no longer needed because ivory prices were down substantially, and the African elephant population had… Continue reading Elephant Protection Initiative
USA Established in 1992, the Species Survival Network (SSN) is a global coalition of 80 NGOs dedicated to enforcing CITES’ regulations and to adding new listings in its appendices. The creation of this umbrella group was largely the initiative of Earth Trust’s creator Donald White, former Executive Director of Greenpeace Hawaii (1978-1987), and a founding… Continue reading Species Survival Network
France The 1960s film star Brigitte Bardot founded her eponymous Fondation Brigitte Bardot (Brigitte Bardot Foundation/BDF) in 1986. According to its website, BDF was recognised as a public body in 1992 and the Dalai Lama became an honorary member in 1995. BDF and Sea Shepherd have long been close collaborators in their struggle to put a stop to commercial… Continue reading Brigitte Bardot Foundation
