Today on #InternationalMangroveDay, we shine a light on why mangroves matter. Half of the world’s mangrove forests (more than 30 million hectares) have been destroyed or cleared in the past half-century, for agricultural and destructive development projects, in the...
Reacting to news that the financial or technical assistance agreement (FTAA) with Australian-ownedOceanaGold Philippines (OGPI) for a gold mining project in Nueva Vzcaya has been renewed by the Duterte administration, LRC’s direct services coordinator, Atty. Ryan...
Supporting new Coal Plants in Indonesia and Bangladesh goes against the Agreement Despite the G7’s Statement, stating to “end new direct international government support for unabated coal-fired power generation by the end of 2021”, the Japanese government is still...
Stop the intimidation of forests conservation activists and immediately evict the US military from the Yambaru Forests World Natural Heritage candidate site. Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific expresses its deep concern over the latest news from Japan regarding the...
Hemantha Withanage, Executive Director of the Centre for Environmental Justice in Sri Lanka has been elected as the chair of Friends of the Earth International. Hemantha follows Karin Nansen of Uruguay, whose two terms as chair ended in June 2021. A science graduate...
Friends of the Earth have teamed up with ActionAid and Jubilee Australia to launch the inaugural Cane Toad Award, where you will have the opportunity to have your say on which Australian corporation should be named and shamed for being the biggest Cane Toad. From...
‘Plastic Tray Zero’ campaign called for the removal of unnecessary plastic trays from certain snack products. Lotte, Haitai, Nongshim, and Dongwon all agreed to remove trays. All companies also announced further packaging reductions in other products....
Earlier this year, the Japanese government announced that they would discharge contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi into the ocean despite the strong criticism from fishing communities in Fukushima, Japanese civil society and the international community. The...
June 8th was World Oceans Day. It was an opportunity to emphasise the importance of our oceans and the many services they provide, as well as raise awareness of the ways in which we are harming them through plastic pollution. Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) attended the...
Rainforests are the lungs of our earth. Their protection is crucial to halt biodiversity loss, tackle climate change, reduce the risk of disaster, and sustain the cultural and livelihood practices of Indigenous Peoples and forest-dependent communities. Yet globally,...
In May 2021, a fire broke out onboard MV X-Press Pearl, a Singaporean container ship near Colombo harbor, causing severe damage to the ocean and coastal belt. Since the disaster, the coastline has been inundated with dead marine life, and micro-plastic nurdles have...
NEW REPORT from The Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC)/Friends of the Earth Philippines. Our new paper, “Locked In, Locked Out: Indigenous Peoples Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic,” has found that Indigenous Peoples (IPs) are suffocating...
