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The Rise of Environmental NGOs: Power of Advocacy in Global Politics

Explore the growth of environmental NGOs, targeting governments, IOs, and society, through advocacy, activism, and education, with case studies like Wangari Maathai and Greenpeace.

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The Rise of Environmental NGOs: Power of Advocacy in Global Politics

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  1. Advocacy Organizations

  2. Wangari Muta Maathai

  3. The Power of Numbers

  4. What explains the rise of NGOs in global environmental politics? • Democratization • Information revolution • Permeability of borders and globalization • International institutions • State failure? • Post Cold War peace? • Disbursement of assistance through NGOs

  5. Types of Environmental NGOs • Transnational WWF, Greenpeace, IUCN • National Public Interest Research Group (PIRG); Rainbow Movement in the Czech Republic; Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC) • Local Grand Council of the Cree; Wangari Muta Maathai: Save the Land Harambee; Green Belt Movement

  6. Target Governments and IOs Lobby for ozone regulation; Against oil drilling in the Arctic Bring anti-whaling states in the IWC Target Society Bearing witness/awareness Advertising Litigation Boycotts McDonalds Tuna Dolphin Pressure companies Shell Plant trees Empower with information, education, access to credits Strategies

  7. Transnational vs. Local • Issue areas: global (biodiversity, globalization) vs. local (education, health, livelihoods) • Resources: haves and have-nots (dependency) • Strategies: technology and expertise intensive vs. culture and local knowledge intensive • Complementary or competing actors?

  8. Local Action • Two stories of local action: -Kenya: Green Belt Movement of Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai -Canada: Aboriginal populations of NE Canada Do you see more similarities or differences? Notice that the issue of rights for marginalized population is in the center of local initiatives.

  9. Role in GEP • Awareness/concern • Monitoring: Greenpeace and whaling; • Drafting Convention Texts/Proposals: Whaling, CITES • Define Agendas: Whaling about values • Defying environmentally “harmful” institutions and organizations ( WTO, oil companies, World Bank projects, etc.)

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