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Podcast: A Year into the Marcos 2.0 Regime
June 30 marks the full circle of the first year 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...
Community forest management: turning the tide on deforestation in Indonesia
For decades Friends of the Earth Indonesia/WALHI has been developing a community-led model to protect the country’s forests. It is based on recognising the land rights of subsistence farmers, collective management of non-timber forest products and traditional...
Report “Transform: how we’re making deep and lasting change”
Friends of the Earth International’s pathways to system change. System change is a powerful idea and a political struggle for a better world. Powerful because it’s about addressing the root causes of today’s ecological, economic and social crises. It is about making...
Save Sat Masjid Road Trees
In January 2023, the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) began rebuilding the traffic divider by cutting down trees on Sat Masjid Road in Dhanmondi. The traffic divider on Sat Masjid Road contained over 650 trees under the area jurisdiction of DSCC. About 600 of these...
Historic negotiations on global plastic treaty move forward despite attempts from polluting interests to delay
3 June 2023, Paris The second round of negotiations for a new global treaty to end plastic pollution has concluded in Paris, France. After five days of negotiations, important steps forward in the process towards ambitious global action have been made. Key outcomes...
Nusantara Fund: direct funding to IPLCs to scale up climate crises mitigation
It was a sunny afternoon when we were warmly greeted by a group of farmers uphills in Kamojang, West Java. We had travelled by motorcycle on a twisting, muddy dirt road along the ridge of Mount Rakutak, which is part of the Kamojang Nature Reserve area. As we walked...
Meet Asia’s zero-waste warriors fighting for a new global plastics treaty
A new global plastics treaty might become reality this week, when heads of State, Ministers of Environment and other representatives from 175 countries will meet in Paris for the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international...
FoE India extends solidarity to communities defending their land and livelihood from proposed refinery
Friends of the Earth India extends its solidarity with the people of Barsu Solgaon, Ratnagiri, and condemns the suppression of the protestors of anti refinery movement. The local community, under the banner of 'Barsu Solgaon Panchkroshi Refinery Virodhi Sanghathan'...
An end to native forest logging: a huge win for climate, clean air, clean water and biodiversity!
In a historic move, the Andrews government has announced that native forest logging in Victoria will cease by the end of the year. After decades of community campaigning, native forests will be safe from wood chipping and clear felling. “This is a huge moment for...
Podcast: Breaking the Plastic Cycle in Asia
Asia is drowning in plastic, with national production and imports from the global north having devastating environmental and public health impacts. According to a report by Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific, most South and East Asian countries lack proper waste...
About 50 Actions Taken in More Than 20 Countries Around the World Just Before the G7 Hiroshima Summit Japan Should Commit to Moving Away from Fossil Fuels
FoE Japan 350.org Japan Fridays For Future Hiroshima Research Center for Environmental and Sustainable Society (JACSES) On the 18th, the day before the G7 Hiroshima Summit, approximately 15 environmental groups from Japan and overseas gathered in Hiroshima...
Petition letter regarding the Ministers’ Meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment in Sapporo
Friends of the Earth Japan sent the letter to Japan’s Minister of the Environment, Akihiro Nishimura, ahead of the G7 Ministers’ Meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment to be held in Sapporo on April 15 and 16, 2023. At the G7 summit in Germany last year, G7...
Waters of March: Action for rivers in the Philippines
The Philippines has 421 principal rivers spread across 119 proclaimed watersheds. Aside from providing water to drink for 110 million Filipinos, these are also the source of irrigation for almost a million hectares of agricultural lands across the nation, and a...
The importance of a Loss and Damage Fund for Coastal Communities in Indonesia
On November 6-18, 2022, the 27th Conference of Parties (COP) was held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. World leaders, climate groups and activists met in Egypt to discuss plans to safeguard the planet's future. Throughout the conference, civil society groups exchanged ideas...
Proposed football training facility threatens to destroy protected forest land in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has announced plans to establish a new residential training facility in the Ramu upazila of Cox’s Bazar District, in South-East Bangladesh, on 20 acres of hilly forest land. It has been reported that FIFA is providing funding...
Study urges new law for energy transition metals in Philippines
A new study by the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC) found the need for a new mining law that will regulate the management of strategic minerals needed for the country’s transition to renewable energy. “Congress should pass the Alternative Minerals...
