Here is a list of advocacy organizations that can help you learn more about these endangered places and how to give back. Many of these groups were instrumental in the reporting of Disappearing Destinations, and we encourage you to help them as they work to save some of the world’s most fragile and treasured places.

The Alps

International Commission for the Protection of the Alps

Schaan, Switzerland

Alpine Initiative

Altdorf, Switzerland

World Wildlife Fund-Austria

Alpine Programme,

Innsbruck, Austria

Amazon Basin

Amazon Watch

San Francisco, CA

Save America’s Forests

Washington, DC

Appalachia

Appalachian Center for the Economy and the Environment

Lewisburg, WV

Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition

Huntington, WV

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

The Gwich'in Steering Committee

Fairbanks, AK

Defenders of Wildlife

Anchorage, AK

Aysén, Patagonia, Chile

Ecosistemas

Santiago, Chile 

CODEFF Aisén

Coyhaique, Chile

Banks Island, Canada

Climate Action Network

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

International Institute for Sustainable Development

Community Adaptation and Sustainable Livelihoods Project

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Boreal Forests, Finland

Reindeer Herders’ Association

Rovaniemi, Finland

Canary Islands, Spain

Asociación Tinerfeña de Amigos de la Naturaleza

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Ecologistas en Acción de Canarias

Las Palmas de GC

Cascades, Oregon and Washington

Climate Impacts Group

Center for Science in the Earth System

Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean

University of Washington, Seattle, WA

David A. Johnston Cascades Volcano Observatory

Columbia Tech Center

Vancouver, WA

Casco Bay, Maine

Casco Bay Estuary Partnership

Portland, ME

Friends of Casco Bay

South Portland, ME

Chacaltaya, Bolivia

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

Paris, France

The Congo, Central Africa

Wildlife Conservation Society

Bronx Zoo

Bronx, NY

Danube River and Delta

Regional Environmental Program for Central and Eastern Europe

Szentendre, Hungary

European Rivers Network

Le Puy, Southern France

World Wildlife Fund

Danube-Carpathian Programme

Bucharest, Romania

Dead Sea, Israel and Jordan

Friends of the Earth Middle East

Amman, Jordan

Global Nature Fund

International Foundation for Environment and Nature

Radolfzell, Germany

Everest National Park

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

Khumaltar, Kathmandu, Nepal

WWF Nepal Program

Kathmandu, Nepal

Everglades, Florida

Earthjustice

Tallahassee, FL

Friends of the Everglades

Miami, FL

Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

Galápagos Conservancy

Falls Church , VA

World Wildlife Fund, Ecuador

Quito, Ecuador

Glacier National Park / Flathead Valley

Flathead Coalition

Whitefish MT

National Parks Conservation Association

Glacier Field Office

Whitefish, MT

Great Barrier Reef

Heron Island Research Station

Centre for Marine Studies

University of Queensland

Gladstone, Queensland

Austraila

ReefED

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Townsville, Queensland

Australia

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Appalachian Voices

Boone, NC

National Parks Conservation Association

Southeast Regional Office

Knoxville, TN

Hudson Bay, Canada

Inuit Circumpolar Conference

Ottawa, Ontario

Natural Resources Defense Council

New York, NY

Inner and Outer Banks, North Carolina

North Carolina Coastal Federation

Newport, NC

Inside Passage, British Columbia

Bluewater Network

San Francisco, CA

The British Columbia Environmental Network

Victoria, BC

Campaign to Safeguard America’s Waters

Haines, AK

Machu Picchu, Peru

World Monuments Fund

New York, NY

Maasailand, Kenya

Maasai Environmental Resource Coalition

Washington, DC

Mesoamerican Reef, Central America

The Coral Reef Alliance

San Francisco, CA

WWF Centroamérica

San José, Costa Rica

Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Climate Institute

Washington, DC 

Porter Assistance Project

International Mountain Explorers Connection

Boulder, CO

Oahu, Hawaii

Sierra Club Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii

Surfrider Foundation, Oahu chapter

Honolulu, Hawaii

Rio Grande

American Rivers

Washington, DC

Amigos Bravos

Albuquerque, NM

Middle Rio Grande Water Assembly

Albuquerque, NM

Bioluminescent Bays, Puerto Rico

Fideicomiso

San Juan, Puerto Rico

The Vieques Conservation and Historical Trust

Vieques, Puerto Rico

Timbuktu, Mali

Timbuktu Educational Foundation

Alameda, CA

Turks and Caicos Islands

Turks and Caicos National Trust

Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands, BWI

Tuvalu and Maldives

Pacific Regional Environment Programme

Apia, Samoa

Seacology

Berkeley, CA

Venice, Italy

Venice in Peril

Ranelagh Gardens

London, UK

Yangtze River Valley, China

International Rivers Network

Berkeley, CA 94703

Probe International

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Yellowstone National Park

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility

Washington, DC

Sierra Club Grizzly Bear Project

Bozeman, MT

Buffalo Field Campaign

West Yellowstone, Montana