News from our member groups
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...
Political formation for FoE APac Campaigners
The Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific (FoE APac) Campaigners Meeting, or the workshop on “Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific Regional Workshop” on “Environmental Advocacy and Strategic Engagement in the National and Global Platforms” brought together 27 campaigners...
Big polluters threaten progress at Plastics Treaty Negotiations
Corporations and Fossil Fuel producers undermine progress at global Plastic Treaty negotiations at the third UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) session to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution in Nairobi, Kenya from...
Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific demands for the binding treaty on plastics
Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific is active in the process of developing an ambitious new global plastics treaty that seeks to end plastic pollution by dramatically reducing plastic production, consumption and trade, and scaling up system change solutions.
Reflections on a year into the Marcos Jr. Presidency
June 30 marks Year 1 of the regime under Philippine president Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr., son of previously deposed dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. The Philippines is both a globally critical hotspot of biodiversity and natural resources and a historic beacon of...
