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September 9, 2026
Jakarta, September 09 2026—Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific (FoE APAC) condemns the recurring transboundary haze crisis in Southeast Asia, as smoke from forest and land fires currently burning in Indonesia, particularly in the Kalimantan region, has reportedly...
September 1, 2026
Seven-year delay on Himalayan flood protection project highlights failures of international climate finance 1 September 2026 — Kathmandu: Friends of Earth Asia Pacific has condemned the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for taking seven years to approve a project designed to...
June 1, 2026
Below is a joint letter signed by 70 organisations, including Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific Dear Prime Minister Hun Manet, We are deeply concerned about the five young human rights defenders of Mother Nature Cambodia (MNC) – Long Kunthea, Yim Leanghy, Thun Ratha,...
December 18, 2024
As the present year draws to a close, we, the undersigned organisations and movements, pay tribute to the 76th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). On this year’s International Human Rights Day, the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for...
December 1, 2024
The fifth, and what was expected to be the final, session of negotiations on the new UN Plastics Treaty has closed in Busan, South Korea with insufficient progress and negotiations being extended. Friends of the Earth International is now looking towards the INC-5.2...
May 10, 2024
We, the undersigned organizations, express our solidarity with and support for the affected communities and the petitioners against Canadian mining firm OceanaGold Philippines, Inc. Several petitioners, representing different sectors and affected groups, have filed a...
June 5, 2023
3 June 2023, Paris The second round of negotiations for a new global treaty to end plastic pollution has concluded in Paris, France. After five days of negotiations, important steps forward in the process towards ambitious global action have been made. Key outcomes...
February 2, 2023
Swiss Church Aid HEKS/EPER, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) and Friends of the Earth Indonesia (WALHI) are supporting the climate litigation against Holcim initiated by the people on the island of Pari with the campaign Call for Climate...
November 10, 2022
Activists speak out against harm caused by Japanese-financed fossil fuel projects at the COP27 summit. November 9, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt — A global coalition of civil society groups organised a demonstration at the COP27 climate negotiations in Egypt on “Finance...
September 22, 2022
Resistance against the looming threat of climate crisis begins to rise on Pari Island, Kepulauan Seribu Regency, DKI Jakarta Province. Four residents of Pari island are calling for climate justice and holding Holcim accountable to the Court in Switzerland. Jakarta,...
August 27, 2021
PRESS RELEASE Palembang, August 23, 2021 — Today over 30 civil society organizations sent a letter to investors of Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), part of the Sinar Mas Group, explaining why the expansion of APP’s OKI Pulp and Paper Mill in Sumatra, Indonesia would...
August 6, 2021
PRESS RELEASE – August 3, 2021 WALHI and Sunspirit for Justice and Peace An amplified wave of protest against the development project that threatens the sustainability of the conservation, local economy, and people’s living space within Komodo National...
