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Transnational movement networks
Many of the Environmental Justice Networks that began in the United States expanded their horizons to include many other countries and became Transnational Networks for Environmental Justice. These networks work to bring Environmental Justice to all parts of the world and protect all citizens of the world to reduce the environmental injustice happening all over the world. Listed below are some of the major Transnational Social Movement Organizations.


 * Basel Action Network – works to end toxic waste dumping in poor undeveloped countries from the rich developed countries.
 * GAIA (Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance) – works to find different ways to dispose of waste other than incineration. This company has people working in over 77 countries throughout the world.
 * GR (Global Response) – works to educate activists and the upper working class how to protect human rights and the ecosystem.
 * Greenpeace International – which was the first organization to become the global name of Environmental Justice. Greenpeace works to raise the global consciousness of transnational trade of toxic waste.
 * Health Care without Harm – works to improve the public health by reducing the environmental impacts of the health care industry.
 * International Campaign for Responsible Technology – works to promote corporate and government accountability with electronics and how the disposal of technology affect the environment.
 * International POPs Elimination Network – works to reduce and eventually end the use of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) which are harmful to the environment.
 * PAN (Pesticide Action Network) – works to replace the use of hazardous pesticides with alternatives that are safe for the environment. Copied from Environmental justice

Global Environmental Activism and Policy

Global environmental inequality is evidence that vulnerable populations are disproportionately victimized by environmental degradation as a result of global capitalism and land exploitation. Yet, studies prove these groups have pioneered the need for intersection between human and environmental rights in activism and policy because of their close proximity to environmental issues. It is important for environmental regulation to acknowledge the value of this global grassroots movement, lead by indigenous women and women of the global south, in determining how institutions such as the United Nations can best deliver environmental justice. In recent years, the United Nations' approach to issues concerning environmental health has began to acknowledge the native practices of indigenous women and advocacy of women in vulnerable positions. Further research by the science community and analysis of environmental issues through a gendered lens are essential next steps for the UN and other governing bodies to curate policy that meets the needs of the women activists leading the environmental justice movement.