The Global Greens is a global network of Green parties and political movements. It was founded in 2001 in Canberra

Canberra

Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 at the First Global Greens Congress, where the Global Green Charter was approved. The Second Global Greens Congress was held in 2008 in Sao Paolo, Brazil. The Third Global Greens Congress is planned to be held in Dakar, Senegal in 2012.

The Global Greens has a 12-member steering committee called the Global Green Coordination and a network of members called the Global Greens Network.

Member parties

Country	Name	Federal Government	State/Municipal Government	Notes
	Albania Te Gjeberit	in opposition	unknown
	Partit Verds d'Andorra	in opposition	unknown
	Partido Nacional Ecológico de Angola	unknown	unknown
	Iniciativa Verde Green Initiative The Green Initiative is a Green political party in Argentina....	unknown	unknown
	Australian Greens Australian Greens The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is an Australian green political party.The party was formed in 1992; however, its origins can be traced to the early environmental movement in Australia and the formation of the United Tasmania Group , the first Green party in the world, which...	in partial coalition	In coalition in Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...  and A.C.T. Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory, often abbreviated ACT, is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and is the smallest self-governing internal territory...	in coalition federally with regards to no confidence motions, but no cabinet members.
	Die Grünen	in opposition	in coalition in Upper Austria Upper Austria Upper Austria is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg...  and in Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
	Groen!	in opposition	unknown
	Ecolo Ecolo Ecolo is a French-speaking Belgian green political party in Wallonia, Brussels and the German-speaking Community of Belgium...	in opposition	unknown
	Les Verts du Benin The Greens (Benin) The Greens is an oppositional political party in Benin, part of the Star Alliance.At the last legislative elections, 30 March 2003, the Star Alliance won 3 out of 83 seats.-See also:*Conservation movement*Environmental movement*Green party...	in opposition	unknown
	Partido Verde de Bolivia	unknown	unknown
	Partido Verde do Brasil Green Party (Brazil) The Brazilian Green Party was constituted after the military dictatorship period and, like other Green Parties around the world, is committed to establishing a set of policies on ensuring social-democracy and sustainable development...	junior party in coalition cabinet	unknown
	Zelena Partija The Greens (Bulgaria) The Greens are a green Bulgarian political party founded in 2008.-History:Zelenite emerged from a number of non-governmental organizations who felt, after years of work in the area of environment protection, human rights, etc...	in opposition	unknown
	Parti Ecologiste pour le Développement du Burkina	unknown	unknown
	Rassemblement des Ecologistes du Burkina Faso	unknown	unknown
	Burundi Green Movement	unknown	unknown
	Green Party of Canada/Parti Vert du Canada Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...	in opposition	unknown	has one MP
	Mouvement des Verts de Centrafique	unknown	unknown
	Union des Ecologistes Chadiens - LES VERTS	unknown	unknown
	Partido Ecologista	unknown	unknown
	Green Party	independent	unknown
	Parti Ecologique Ivoirien	unknown	unknown
	Cyprus Green Party Ecological and Environmental Movement The Ecological and Environmental Movement , also rendered as Cyprus Green Party, is a green political party in Cyprus.At the legislative elections, 27 May 2001, the party won 2.0% of the popular vote and 1 out of 56 seats. In the elections of 21 May 2006, the party won 2.0% and 1 out of 56...	in opposition	unknown
	Strana zelených Green Party (Czech Republic) The Green Party is a political party in the Czech Republic.The party was founded in February 1990 but for a long time it struggled to obtain significant influence in Czech politics. In the 2002 legislative election the party received 2.4% of the vote...	unknown	unknown	no parliamentary representation
	Parti Ecologiste Congolais	unknown	unknown
	Partido Verde Dominicano	unknown	unknown
	Egyptian Greens	unknown	unknown
	Estonian Greens Estonian Greens Estonian Greens is an Estonian green political party. Valdur Lahtvee, an organizer, reported that on 2006-11-01, more than 1000 members had been recruited for the Green Party Initiative Group to register as a political party under Estonian law, opening doors for running at the coming parliament...	in opposition	unknown
	Vihreät/De Gröna Green League The Green League is a centrist green liberal political party in Finland. It has ten seats in the Finnish Parliament and two in the European Parliament. The current chairperson is Ville Niinistö....	junior party in coalition cabinet	unknown
	Europe Écologie–Les Verts Europe Écologie–The Greens Europe Écologie–The Greens is a green political party in France, formed in 2010 from the merger of the Greens and other ecologists and regionalists who formerly composed together the Europe Écologie coalition for the 2009 European elections....	in opposition	unknown
	Parti Vert Gabonais/Gabon Green Party	unknown	unknown
	Sakartvelo’s Mtsvaneta Partia/Green Party of Georgia Green Party (Georgia) The Green Party is a political party in Georgia. It is led by Gia Gachechiladze.Its success has varied - having 11 out of 235 members of parliament in 1992 and having been art of the governing coalition in 1995.When it stood independently in 1999 it only received 0.55% of the vote...	unknown	unknown
	Bündnis '90/Die Grünen Alliance '90/The Greens Alliance '90/The Greens is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party and Alliance 90 in 1993. Its leaders are Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir...	in opposition	in power in Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants... , in coalition in North-Rhine Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz .... , Bremen Bremen The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...  and Saarland Saarland Saarland is one of the sixteen states of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. It has an area of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population, it is the smallest state in Germany other than the city-states...
	Ghana Green Movement	unknown	unknown
	Ecologoi-Prasinoi/Ecologist Greens Ecologist Greens The Ecologist Greens are a Greek Green ecologist political party. It has existed since 2002, yet the ecologist movement in Greece dates many years and was characterised by a reluctance to actively become involved in the political scene...	unknown	unknown
	Partido Los Verdes de Guatemala	unknown	unknown
	Parti des Ecologistes Guineens	unknown	unknown
	Zöld Demokraták Szövetsége/Alliance of Green Democrats	unknown	unknown
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...	Green Party/Comhaontas Glas Green Party (Ireland) The Green Party is a green political party in Ireland. It was founded as the Ecology Party of Ireland in 1981 by Dublin teacher Christopher Fettes. The party became the Green Alliance in 1983 and in 1987 was renamed to its current title in English...	in opposition	unknown
	Uttarakhand Parivartan Party	unknown	unknown
	Federazione dei Verdi Federation of the Greens The Federation of the Greens is a green political party in Italy, which includes also a large eco-socialist faction. Since 2009 the party leader is Angelo Bonelli.-Early years:...	unknown	unknown	no parliamentary representation
	Midori no Mirai/Greens Japan	unknown	unknown
	ECOLO Japan ECOLO Japan ECOLO Japan is a political think tank/Institute, which aims to expand Green politics all over the country. It mainly consists of Japanese young ecologists who have interest in international environmental issues...	unknown	unknown
	Kanagawa Network Movement	unknown	unknown
	Mazingira Green Party	in opposition	unknown
	Korea Greens Korea Greens The Korea Greens is a political group in South Korea. They were established on June 10, 2004, following initial discussions in 2003. They are a member of the Global Greens and the Asia-Pacific Green Network.-See also:*List of Korea-related topics...	unknown	unknown
	Latvijas Zala Partija/Latvia Green Party Latvian Green Party The Latvian Green Party is a green political party in Latvia. It was founded January 13, 1990.-Chairpersons:Three co-chairpersons share the leadership position at any one time...	junior party in coalition cabinet	unknown
	Déi Gréng The Greens (Luxembourg) The Greens is a Luxembourgian green political party.-1983-1993:The Greens were originally founded in 23 June 1983. In the 1984 election, the party got two seats in the Chamber of Deputies. In 1985, however the party split between two parties one called 'GLEI' and the other called 'GAP'...	in opposition	unknown
	Parti Vert Hasin'l Madagasikara	unknown	unknown
	Alternattiva Demokratika Democratic Alternative (Malta) The Democratic Alternative is a Green political party in Malta, particularly dedicated to environmentalism.-History:Democratic Alternative was founded in 1989 when former Malta Labour Party President Toni Abela and former Labour MP and Parliamentary whip Wenzu Mintoff joined a number of...	unknown	unknown
	Partido Ecologista Verde de México Ecologist Green Party of Mexico The Ecologist Green Party of Mexico is one of the six political parties to have representation in the Mexican Congress. The party's congressional strength currently stands at 17 deputies and five senators .-Elections 2000:...	in opposition	unknown
	Parti Ecologiste du Mali Parti Ecologiste du Mali The Parti Ecologiste du Mali , is a green party Mali.- See also :*Conservation movement*Environmental movement*Green party*Green politics*List of environmental organizations*Sustainability*Sustainable development...	unknown	unknown
	Verts Fraternels Ile Maurice	unknown	unknown
	Partidul Ecologist "Alianţa Verde" diu Moldova	unknown	unknown
	Les Verts	unknown	unknown
	De Groenen The Greens (Netherlands) The Greens are a Dutch deep green party, which has been of only marginal importance in Dutch politics, as it has never gained national representation on its own.-History:...	unknown	unknown
	Groenlinks GreenLeft GreenLeft is a green political party operating in the Netherlands.GreenLeft was formed on 1 March 1989 as a merger of four left-wing political parties: the Communist Party of the Netherlands, Pacifist Socialist Party, the Political Party of Radicals and the Evangelical People's Party...	in opposition	unknown
	Rassemblement pour un Sahel Vert	unknown	unknown
	Green Party of Nigeria	unknown	unknown
	Verdes en Alianza Ecologist Green Party of Nicaragua The Ecologist Green Party of Nicaragua is a political party in Nicaragua. It was founded in Managua on November 23, 2003. The president of the organisation is Edward Martín Salazar Cruz...	unknown	unknown
	Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party that has seats in the New Zealand parliament. It focuses firstly on environmentalism, arguing that all other aspects of humanity will cease to be of concern if there is no environment to sustain it...	in opposition	unknown
	Miljøpartiet De Grønne Green Party (Norway) The Norwegian Greens is a Norwegian political party, formed in October 1988 from a number of local environmental election lists. The party has no members of parliament , but has some representation in municipal councils...	unknown	unknown
	Green Party of Pakistan Green Party of Pakistan The Pakistan Green Party is a green democratic political party in Pakistan. It was founded on April 28 in 2002 and since has been active in local politics. Members of the political party are known as the "Pakistan Greens". It is a member of the Asia-Pacific Green Network...	unknown	unknown
	Partido Ecologista Alternative Verde del Peru Green Alternative Ecologist Party of Peru The Green Alternative Ecologist Party of Peru is the Green party in Peru.-External links:* official website----Note: 2008, Feb. 20. That webpage for the Geen Alternative Party of Peru is not working.----...	unknown	unknown
	Partido Kalikasan/Philippine Green Party	unknown	unknown
	Zieloni 2004	unknown	unknown
	Partido Ecologista Os Verdes	in opposition	unknown
	Green Party of Romania Green Party (Romania) The Green Party , often shortened to The Greens is a Romanian political party centred on green politics. It is a member of the European Green Party.-Policies:...	unknown	unknown
	Zelenaya Alternativa (GROZA) Green Alternative The Green Alternative is a Russian political party, founded in 1991 as a local party in Leningrad. In 2005, it reorganized in the green political movement "Green Alternative"...	unknown	unknown
	Democratic Green Party of Rwanda Democratic Green Party of Rwanda The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda is a green political party in Rwanda. Formed in 2009, the party aimed to run in the 2010 elections. It was, however, prevented from registering. The party's vice-president, André Kagwa Rwisereka, was found beheaded during the election campaign. -External links:...	unknown	unknown
	Les Verts	unknown	unknown
	Sierra Leone Green Party	unknown	unknown
	Strana Zelenych na Slovensku/Green Party in Slovakia Green Party (Slovakia) The Green Party is an ecologist political party in Slovakia without parliamentary representation.From 1994 to 1997 the Green Party was part of the union Common Choice.- External links :*...	unknown	unknown
	Stranka mladih Slovenije/Youth Party of Slovenia Youth Party of Slovenia The Youth Party – European Greens is a green political party in Slovenia. It is led by Darko Krajnc. Until July 2009, it was called Youth Party of Slovenia ....	in opposition	unknown
	Democratic Green Party of Somalia	unknown	unknown
	South African Green Alliance	unknown	unknown
	Confederatión de Los Verdes Confederation of The Greens The Confederation of the Greens is a green political party in Spain....	unknown	unknown
	Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds Initiative for Catalonia Greens Initiative for Catalonia Greens is a political party in Catalonia, Spain. It was formed as a merger of Iniciativa per Catalunya and Els Verds. IC had been an alliance led by Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya and was the equivalent of Izquierda Unida in Catalonia...	unknown	unknown
	Miljöpartiet de Gröna Green Party (Sweden) -External links:**...	in opposition	unknown
	Green Party of Switzerland Green Party of Switzerland The Green Party of Switzerland is the fifth-largest party in the National Council of Switzerland, and the largest party that is not represented on the Federal Council.-History:...	in opposition	in coalition cabinet in 7 cantons
	Green Party Taiwan Green Party Taiwan The Green Party Taiwan is a political party in Taiwan established on 25 January 1996. The party is not a member of, and should not be confused with, the Pan-Green Coalition. As its name suggests, the Green Party Taiwan focuses on environmental issues...	unknown	unknown
	Taiwan Friends of the Global Greens	unknown	unknown
	Tunisie Verte	unknown	unknown
	Uganda Green Movement	unknown	unknown
	Partija Zelenych Ukrajiny/Party of Greens of Ukraine Party of Greens of Ukraine The Party of Greens of Ukraine is a Ukrainian political green party founded in 1990 and registered in May 1991.The party is a successor of the Green World Association and under that name participated in the Ukrainian parliamentary elections of 1990 as part of the Democratic Bloc...	unknown	unknown
	Green Party of the United States Green Party (United States) The Green Party of the United States is a nationally recognized political party which officially formed in 1991. It is a voluntary association of state green parties. Prior to national formation, many state affiliates had already formed and were recognized by other state parties...	unknown	unknown
	Green Party of England and Wales Green Party of England and Wales The Green Party of England and Wales is a political party in England and Wales which follows the traditions of Green politics and maintains a strong commitment to social progressivism. It is the largest Green party in the United Kingdom, containing within it various regional divisions including...	in opposition	unknown	has one MP
	Scottish Green Party Scottish Green Party The Scottish Green Party is a green party in Scotland. It has two MSPs in the devolved Scottish Parliament, Alison Johnstone, representing Lothian, and Patrick Harvie, for Glasgow.-Organisation:...	in opposition	unknown
	Movimiento Ecológico de Venezuela Ecological Movement of Venezuela Ecological Movement of Venezuela is a green political party in Venezuela.-History:The Ecological Movement of Venezuela is the first Venezuelan political green party and the first officially affiliated to the Global Greens network...	in opposition	unknown
	Zambia Greens	unknown	unknown

Observers and associate member parties

Country	Name	Government	Notes
	Federation for a Democratic China, Australia	unknown
	Azerbaijan Greens	in opposition
	Belarus Greens	in opposition
	Zelenite/The Greens The Greens (Bulgaria) The Greens are a green Bulgarian political party founded in 2008.-History:Zelenite emerged from a number of non-governmental organizations who felt, after years of work in the area of environment protection, human rights, etc...	in opposition
	Zelena Lista/Croatia Greens	unknown
	Socialistisk Folkeparti	in coalition government
	Les Verts de Guyane	unknown
	Maohi Greens	unknown
	Politics Can Be Different Politics Can Be Different Politics Can Be Different , abbreviated to LMP, is a Hungarian green liberal political party. Founded in 2009, it was one of four parties to win seats in the National Assembly in the 2010 parliamentary election.-History:...	in opposition
	Mongolian National Green Movement	unknown
	Green Nepal Party	unknown
	Nature Conservation Party, Nepal	unknown
	Papua New Guinea Greens	unknown
	Philippines Greens	unknown
	Green Russia Green Russia Green Russia is a coalition of 18 green political organizations in Russia. However, it is not the most prominent green party.-History:...	in opposition
	Zeleni/Greens of Serbia Greens of Serbia Zeleni – The Greens of Serbia are the green organisation in Serbia. They were registered as a non-governmental organisation and since March 2010 as a political organization. Greens of Serbia were founded in the early autumn of 2001 with former Green Union members. They became a legal entity on 14...	in opposition
	Sri Lanka Green Alliance	unknown
	Turkey Yesiller/Greens of Turkey Greens of Turkey Greens Party is the Green party in Turkey. Being the 57th political party of Turkey, it was established on June 30, 2008 after years of preparation since 2002. A green party with the same name was established in 1988, but was closed down in 1994. Greens maintain local branches and initiatives in...	in opposition

The Global Green Networks cooperates with the four continental Green Federations:

• Federation of Green Parties of Africa
  Federation of Green Parties of Africa
  The Federation of Green Parties of Africa is the organization of Green parties in Africa, similar to other continental Green Party groupings like in the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, and Europe.-Member parties:*Benin: Les Verts du Benin...
  
  
• Federation of Green Parties of the Americas
• Asia Pacific Greens Network
• European Green Party
  European Green Party
  The European Green Party is the Green political party at European level. As such it is a federation of green parties in Europe.-History:...
  
  

See also

• Biodiversity
  Biodiversity
  Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or an entire planet. Biodiversity is a measure of the health of ecosystems. Biodiversity is in part a function of climate. In terrestrial habitats, tropical regions are typically rich whereas polar regions...
  
  
• Conservation movement
  Conservation movement
  The conservation movement, also known as nature conservation, is a political, environmental and a social movement that seeks to protect natural resources including animal, fungus and plant species as well as their habitat for the future....
  
  
• Conservation ethic
  Conservation ethic
  Conservation is an ethic of resource use, allocation, and protection. Its primary focus is upon maintaining the health of the natural world: its, fisheries, habitats, and biological diversity. Secondary focus is on materials conservation and energy conservation, which are seen as important to...
  
  
• Environmental movement
  Environmental movement
  The environmental movement, a term that includes the conservation and green politics, is a diverse scientific, social, and political movement for addressing environmental issues....
  
  
• Ecology
  Ecology
  Ecology is the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each other and their natural environment. Variables of interest to ecologists include the composition, distribution, amount , number, and changing states of organisms within and among ecosystems...
  
  
• Ecosystem
  Ecosystem
  An ecosystem is a biological environment consisting of all the organisms living in a particular area, as well as all the nonliving , physical components of the environment with which the organisms interact, such as air, soil, water and sunlight....
  
  
• Earth Science
  Earth science
  Earth science is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth. It is arguably a special case in planetary science, the Earth being the only known life-bearing planet. There are both reductionist and holistic approaches to Earth sciences...
  
  
• Global Greens Charter
  Global Greens Charter
  The Global Greens Charter is a document that 800 delegates from the Green parties of 72 countries decided upon a first gathering of the Global Greens in Canberra, Australia in April 2001 ....
  
  
• Global warming
  Global warming
  Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
  
  
• Global Young Greens
  Global Young Greens
  The Global Young Greens is an emerging global organisation supporting and consolidating the efforts of young people working towards social justice, ecological sustainability, grassroots democracy and peace...
  
  
• List of environmental organizations
• Natural environment
  Natural environment
  The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof. It is an environment that encompasses the interaction of all living species....
  
  
• Nature
  Nature
  Nature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the natural world, physical world, or material world. "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general...
  
  
• Sustainability
  Sustainability
  Sustainability is the capacity to endure. For humans, sustainability is the long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and encompasses the concept of union, an interdependent relationship and mutual responsible position with all living and non...
  
  
• Worldwide Green parties
  Worldwide green parties
  A Green party or ecologist party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of Green politics. These principles usually include social justice, reliance on grassroots democracy, nonviolence, and an emphasis on environmentalism...