Country Context The political situation in Sri Lanka is in flux, and space for civil society is shrinking. This situation is exacerbated because Sri Lanka’s environmental laws are poorly enforced, and people lack faith in the legal system. Environmental, resource, and...
Press Release by Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI) On Monday, 16 November 2020, tidal floods hit Pari Island, Kepulauan Seribu, Jakarta. The tourist island has been submerged in water for two days. This is the second tidal flood to occur this year. The head of...
Maize Advance Agro Refineries Limited (MAAR Ltd.) has allegedly been dumping untreated toxic industrial waste into the Ekhtiarpur canal in Habiganj’s Madhabpur Upazila, Bangladesh. MAAR Ltd. started operation in Bangladesh in 2012. The local environment administration...
In 2015, the Centre for Environmental Justice/Friends of the Earth Sri Lanka filed a legal action against the Conservator General of Forest, former Minister Rishard Badiuddin, and five others regarding forest destruction north of Wilpathu national park. The area...
It is undeniable that the impacts of climate change will indiscriminately affect communities in the Asia Pacific region. Yet some countries within the region continue to deny the severity of the climate crisis. Australia is one of these countries. Even after suffering...
VOTE for PENGON in the Transformative Cities 2020 People’s Choice Award! Majida Sabta, a 40-year-old mother of four children — three of which are blind — remembers the dark nights of the decades long electricity crisis in Gaza. “I was always tired, I was feeling...
Rosatom is a Russian state-owned transnational corporation that builds and operates nuclear power plants in Russia and globally. It deals with all aspects of the nuclear technological chain, from uranium mining to managing nuclear waste and spent fuel, creating...
In Celebrating the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of Action, Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ)/Friends of the Earth Sri Lanka and IPEN (International Pollutants Elimination Network) reminds the public to avoid sources of lead poisoning in order to...
The Japanese government must create a long-term storage plan, instead of releasing radioactive water into the ocean.The Korean government should actively oppose the ocean discharge of radioactive water from Fukushima, Japan.The Korean government must prepare follow-up...
A local court has thrown out a motion to invalidate a local environmental code that bans open-pit mining in the province of South Cotabato. In a court ruling issued recently, Judge Vicente Peña upheld the legality of the code, citing provisions in the Constitution,...
On October 15, after a year-long court process, the Sri Lankan Court of Appeal has ordered the repatriation of 243 waste containers imported from the United Kingdom (UK). The Court also requested that government authorities take legal action against the companies...
CELCOR/Friends of the Earth Papua New Guinea (PNG) initially launched its NO COAL IN PNG CAMPAIGN in November 2018 in response to the interest of an Australian ASX-listed company Mayur Resources Ltd, in developing a coal industry in Papua New Guinea. This year, CELCOR...
Friends of the Earth Japan, in cooperation with the NGO Peace Boat have launched a new video testimony of the current situation in Fukushima. This latest video features an interview with Mr Konno Sumiko, who evacuated from his home in the town of Namie, Fukushima....
A new report from CELCOR (Centre for Environmental Law and Community Rights Inc) and the Jubilee Australia Research Centre has raised significant concerns about a proposal from an ASX listed Australian energy company, Mayur Resources, to build the Pacific’s first...
Pacific Island states are some of the most vulnerable nations in the world when it comes to the impact of climate change. As yet, none of the Pacific Island States have any operational coal mines of coal-fired power stations. However, this could all soon change. Mayur...
PENGON/Friends of the Earth Palestine invites you to participate in the online launch of the short documentary film “GAZA WAITING FOR THE WORST”. The online discussion will focus on the environmental and health situation in the Gaza Strip in light of the COVID-19...
On 13 September, almost four months after the explosion and oil spill in the Indian town of Baghjan (Tinsukia district, Assam state), experts from the company in charge of the oil well (Oil India Limited) and international engineers managed to control the fire....
Next year marks 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011 and the subsequent nuclear accident at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The accident robbed people of their lives, livelihood, communities, and precious time with...
Pacific Islands Council QLD Inc. and Friends of the Earth Australia Climate Frontlines presents a forum on October 19th, with esteemed Pacific Climate Change Leaders. Currently, international law and conventions covering international relations dictate...
Obstacles, challenges and potential ways out for Palestinian farmers Farming in Palestine, an essential activity for the national economy, was already suffering from military attacks and the Israeli blockade. The sector now faces further damages due to the COVID-19...
Written by Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC)/ Friends of the Earth Philippines Reducing nature as a commodity is a gamble that allows homo sapiens to make a killing. Almost every big check from human activity—a palm oil plantation, a gold mine, or a coal...
Freedom of information case for Nautilus Solwara 1 will proceed. Last week, the PNG National Court rejected the Mineral Resources Authority’s (MRA) attempt to dismiss the case to obtain key documents relating to the Nautilus Solwara1 deep seabed mining project and its...
Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific has joined the global coalition to release a “liability roadmap”: a first-of-its-kind tool outlining how local to global decision makers, including government officials, can hold polluting industries liable for the climate damage they...
Listen to Real World Radio interview here. “The Israeli occupation’s attacks on Palestinians have massively damaged health facilities and targeted health workers. The ongoing, direct attacks have caused thousands of injuries and hundreds of fatalities, which...
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