A team of legal professionals led by advocate Bishnu Bhusal scaled the Ramdun Mountain located in Dholakha on October 30. The team of Legal professionals climbed the 5,935m tall mountain with the slogan “Environmental Justice,” keeping in view the 2021 United Nations...
Movement toward a phase out of coal and other fossil fuels accelerated at the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that started on October 31 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. However, on...
On November 10, 2021, Riau District Court, Indonesia, sentenced Samsung C&T’s subsidiary in Indonesia to a fine of 15.3 million USD for violating the Law 32 of 2009 on Protection and Environmental Management. In September 2019, a large-scale fire broke out burning...
We are looking for a Cross Programme Campaign Coordinator to join Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific. Position Title: Cross Program Campaign Coordinator Position: Part time 2 days a week Project Period: One year, starting in January 2022 Salary: Commensurate...
On Saturday, 6 November 2021, WALHI Central Java held theatrical protest in response to COP26 in Glasgow. While leaders are talking, the coast of Central Java is sinking. Walhi is calling for climate justice now, and finance for loss and damages. Watch the...
Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific demands deep carbon cuts from rich nations at summit With many groups from the Global South unable to attend, the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) opening this week in Glasgow, Scotland, will likely fall short of its mandate,...
In coastal areas in Bangladesh, children are starting to worry about climate change. Is the sea, on which bounties they have been raised, just waiting to claim their lives? “They’re always scared that there will be a cyclone and there will be a storm, and everything...
Written by Meena Raman, Head of Programmes at Third World Network and President of Sahabat Alam Malaysia Published by Inter Press Service It is well-known that all the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) added together, even those that have been updated, will...
On October 18, the South Korean government’s Carbon Neutrality Committee released new 2030 emissions reductions targets (Nationally Determined Contributions-NDCs), which will be confirmed in a cabinet meeting on October 27. But both the targets and the methods...
Solidarity Statement from Friends of the Earth Japan We stand in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en First Nation who are fighting to protect their land, culture, water and history. We also call on companies and private banks involved in the gas development projects that...
Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific is proud to announce the formation of Friends of the Earth India. Friends of the Earth has member groups in over 70 countries, uniting over 2.2 million members and supporters. During this year’s Friends of the Earth...
In June 2007, Israel intensified their enclosure of the Gaza Strip. This left 2 million people trapped in the largest open prison in human history. In 2016, the UN Secretary-General called it “a collective punishment for which there must be accountability.” While the...
Pro Public has secured an interim order to stop the cross-border smuggling of endangered wild elephants in Nepal. Despite the species’ vulnerability, the Nepalese government has not shown any willingness to uphold their legal commitment to protect them. This...
PHSKLU Media Statement The Pertahankan Hutan Simpan Kuala Langat Utara (PHSKLU) Coalition, which Sahabat Alam Malaysia – Friends’ of the Earth Malaysia (SAM) is apart of, welcomes the decision of the Selangor state government to revoke the degazettement of the Kuala...
ENVIRONMENTAL WIN! In a landmark lawsuit, an Indonesian court has ruled that President Joko Widodo and six other top officials have neglected to fulfill citizens’ rights to clean air. The plaintiffs, who included activists and members from WALHI, public figures,...
Sahabat Alam Malaysia – Friends’ of the Earth Malaysia (SAM) has launched a brand new downloadable and easy-to-use toolkit on how you can achieve a sustainable plastic-free lifestyle. This toolkit is filled with lots of simple ways to move a little closer towards zero...
In the summer of 2011, more than four months after the accident, a subcontractor at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant carried 20 kilograms of lead plates on his back and, on cue, ran up a steep set of stairs of the Unit 1 reactor building to a height...
PRESS RELEASE – 29 July 2021 A forum jointly organised by the Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) on improving monitoring and enforcement against illegal waste processing in Kedah and Penang has shed light on the...
On July 29, the C4 Center and Sahabat Alam Malaysia conducted an online forum titled “Malaysia is not a ‘Garbage Dump’: Enhancing Monitoring & Enforcement Efforts in Kedah and Penang” to examine the challenges faced by authorities in monitoring and...
PRESS RELEASE – Korea Federation for Environmental Movements More than 37% of forests destroyed in Korea Forest Service’s Cambodia REDD+ Pilot Project. Korea Forest Service criticized of promoting the project’s success, despite poor management. Immediate need...
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...
2 out of 3 roadmaps fail to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. All plans lack intermediate steps and rely on unproven technologies. All assume we can keep producing and consuming like there is no climate crisis. On August 5, the Presidential Carbon Neutrality Committee...
Today, August 9, International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific, acknowledges the integral role of Indigenous people in growing and sustaining the global food supply. Indigenous people continue to be amongst the most...
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...
