Months after the pandemic struck, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said the Government of the Philippines would pursue mining as an economic recovery strategy for the country. It has delivered on this promise with the issuance of Executive...
In a recent submission by a joint Non-Government Organization Group (Centre for Environmental Law and Community Rights Inc, Bismarck Ramu Group, Evangelical Lutheran Church and Ozeanien Dialog) to the United Nations’ Periodic Review Committee, the group has put...
Joint Statement from South Korean Civil Society Groups On April 13, the Japanese government officially announced its decision to discharge contaminated wastewater from Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. In the decade since the Fukushima...
On April 13th 2021, at a Cabinet meeting, the Japanese government decided to discharge so-called ALPS (Advanced Liquid Processing System) treated water stored in tanks at the site of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean. There have been no public...
The Japanese government announced that the first in-person U.S.-Japan summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will be held on April 16 in Washington D.C. We, as environmental NGOs based in the U.S. and Japan, call on...
Climate justice is a term used to frame climate change as an ethical and political issue rather than purely environmental one. Climate justice covers a myriad of themes such as equality, human rights, collective rights, and equity based on countries’ historical...
Media Statement 31 March 202 Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) applauds the Ministry of Environment and Water (KASA) for being diligent in inspecting the suspected shipment of plastic waste from the United States of America (USA). Nevertheless, exporting countries,...
The COVID 19 pandemic has shown that the need for food sovereignty and agroecology is no longer up for debate. Local agroecological food systems and short supply chains have proved resilient and innovative during worldwide lockdowns. In contrast, industrial food...
On 4 March, Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) and community members from Charkanai, Hulaieel, Panchuria, and Habilashdeep villages organised a human chain event in Panchuria Bazar area of Patia, Chattogram. The action follows an ongoing legal battle...
Our position paper regarding the Belt Road Initiative can now be read in Russian. The paper discusses: 1. What is the Belt Road Initiative; 2. Why the Belt Road Initiative; 3. Who is funding, implementing and campaigning on the Belt Road Initiative; 4. How to address...
Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific strongly condemns the killing of indigenous leaders in the Philippines who were opposed to the Jalaur River mega dam project. On 30 December 2020, just two days before the new year, nine Tumandok indigenous leaders were killed,...
A statement by Friends of the Earth Japan Ten years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami and the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident of March 11, 2011. On this occasion, we would like to express again our condolences to the many...
Friends of the Earth have created a new feminist popular education manual called “Sowing Gender Justice to Dismantle Patriarchy” – based on the political formation and training processes facilitated over many years within Friends of the Earth, with the support...
The start of the new year brought news of violent skirmishes between the government and secessionist forces in south-central Mindanao. On 8 January 2021, non-Moro indigenous peoples (NMIPs ) in Maguindanao within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao...
Friends of the Earth Japan (FoE Japan), in cooperation with the NGO Peace Boat, have launched the next in their series of video testimonies regarding Fukushima’s current situation. The latest video, which is the ninth installment in the series, features an...
Friends of the Earth International stands in solidarity with Indian farmers and workers in their continuing protests against the deregulation and corporatisation of agriculture and their fight for food sovereignty, anti-fascism, democracy and human rights. Since...
Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific call on the Philippine Congress to reject this complaint, in defence of democracy and judicial independence. A vibrant and protected civic space is an essential part of a healthy democracy. A respected justice system in every society...
This Covid-19 crisis has affirmed our belief that the centrality of life is and should be our most important value. We know that care is essential for life, both human and nature. The crisis has made visible the interdependence between human beings and the...
Friends of the Earth Australia won some significant outcomes in 2020. They’ve been campaigning on so many fronts and doing their best to support local communities in their fights, from residents opposing new gas operations in western Victoria to locals fighting...
To highlight environmental issues that pose an immediate threat to human life in Gaza during the pandemic, PENGON organized different activities to advocate for environmental rights in Gaza both locally and internationally through a rights-based approach with an...
Tucked in southern Philippines is the largest undeveloped gold and copper open-pit mining project in Southeast Asia. With an area equivalent to the size of 700 football fields, the Tampakan mining project spells disaster for the region’s watershed systems,...
In 2020, the Russian Social-Ecological Union / Friends of the Earth Russia recorded at least 154 episodes of pressure on 429 environmental activists in 25 regions of Russia. One activist died, 15 received injuries of varying severity, 13 criminal cases were initiated...
In 2020, the Korea Federation for Environmental Movements (KFEM), together with 320 citizens, held four neighborhood clean-ups. As well as waste collection, the group conducted surveys on the collected garbage, identifying common brands and rubbish types. Based on the...
The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lock-down had created chaos across the world and among others highlighted the importance of food security, sovereignty and accessibility. As in other countries, Malaysia experienced disruption in our domestic food supply...
