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International Conference on Environmental Justice 2025 – 3 to 4 December 2025
International Conference on Environmental Justice 2025 3 to 4 December 2025 | BRAC CDM, Savar, Bangladesh The two-day International Conference on Environmental Justice 2025 was successfully convened on the 3 to 4 December 2025 at BRAC CDM, Savar. The conference was...
Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific demands the immediate release of arrested protesters and condemns the state repression of democratic protests in Indonesia
Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific strongly condemns the brutal crackdown on mass protests in Indonesia that began on August 25, 2025. The demonstrations which represent the peak of public frustration over worsening inequality and destructive pro-oligarchic policies,...
Lift the siege on the West Bank and end the genocide in Gaza
Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific strongly condemns the full siege currently imposed on the West Bank, including the closure of all checkpoints and gates in response to the attacks on Iran by Israel. Reports indicate a significant deployment of Israeli military forces...
FoE Indonesia releases new documentary
Friends of the Earth Indonesia/WALHI has released a new documentary titled 'REMPANG'. This documentary depicts the spirit of the Rempang people's struggle for their land. It tells the dynamics of the conflict over the development of the National Strategic Project...
Joint Statement on the 76th Anniversary of the UDHR and the 6th Year of the Adoption of UNDROP
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...
UN Plastics Treaty negotiations extended: Insufficient progress, but majority of countries back ambitious action
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...
UN Plastics Treaty: World leaders urged by activists to “End Plastic” through a 500-person human sign
As UN negotiations for a global Plastics Treaty start in Busan, South Korea, over 500 Friends of the Earth International and Friends of the Earth South Korea (KFEM) activists sent a bold message to governments with their bodies, making a human sign spelling out the...
Raising the Blue Flag: Solidarity on World Fisherpeoples’ Day
Today, on World Fisherpeoples' Day, Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific and Friends of the Earth India stand united with fisherpeople across the world—communities that embody resilience, wisdom, and a steadfast commitment to protecting our waters and ecosystems. This is...
The biodiversity Market Mirage
How biodiversity offsetting and crediting destroys nature and undermines the rights of peoples Biodiversity is in crisis. Nature is being degraded and destroyed at a dizzying pace, and entire species are being eradicated as their habitats disappear. Over the past...
Human sign in Malaysia sends powerful message to world leaders for a strong plastics treaty
As the world turns its attention to the upcoming UN negotiations for a global plastics treaty this November, Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Friends of the Earth Malaysia) with 190 students from a secondary school in Penang sent a bold message to governments, using their...
FoE Korea Campaign Against Dumping Fukushima Nuclear Wastewater into the Ocean
Despite opposition from the international community, the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company are pushing ahead with the dumping of Fukushima’s nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. The Fukushima ocean dumping that began on 24 August 2023 has now...
Friends of the Earth Indonesia Submits Petition Against AZEC
On August 20, Friends of the Earth Indonesia (WALHI) held a protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Indonesia, where they handed in a petition demanding the Japanese government to immediately stop the Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) initiative. The protest was...
Waste Trade: A Form of Colonialism
A short explainer on waste trade across Global South, and how it is a new form of waste colonialism as it perpetuates environmental and social injustice.
Bangladesh Must End Its Oppressive Crackdown on Protestors
Bangladesh is going through one of the most critical periods in history. In the last few days, many, especially students, have reportedly been killed by the state machinery to suppress peaceful movement of unarmed students demanding reform to the discriminatory quota...
Support the Petition to #CancelOceanaGold in the Philippines
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...
We’re hiring!
Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific is looking for a part-time Communications Coordinator! If you're passionate about environmental justice, raising voices of social movements in our region, and creating compelling visual and written comms, we'd love you to join our...
