Groundwork South Africa
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South African Friends of the Earth
affiliate started by former members of Environmental Justice Network in 1999
groundWork is a non-profit environmental justice service and developmental organization working primarily in South Africa but increasingly in Southern Africa.
groundWork seeks to improve the quality of life of vulnerable people in South Africa, and increasingly in Southern Africa, through assisting civil society to have a greater impact on environmental governance
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groundWork places particular emphasis on assisting vulnerable and previously disadvantaged people who are most affected by environmental injustices.
Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth International is an international network of environmental organizations in 76 countries.FOEI is assisted by a small secretariat which provides support for the network and its agreed major campaigns...
affiliate started by former members of Environmental Justice Network in 1999
groundWork is a non-profit environmental justice service and developmental organization working primarily in South Africa but increasingly in Southern Africa.
groundWork seeks to improve the quality of life of vulnerable people in South Africa, and increasingly in Southern Africa, through assisting civil society to have a greater impact on environmental governance
Environmental governance
Environmental governance is a concept in political ecology or environmental policy related to defining the elements needed to achieve sustainability. All human activities -- political, social and economic — should be understood and managed as subsets of the environment and ecosystems...
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groundWork places particular emphasis on assisting vulnerable and previously disadvantaged people who are most affected by environmental injustices.