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Questioning the Government of Indonesia’s Commitment to Restore Mangrove Forests by 2024
On 11 February 2022, at the One Ocean Summit, President Joko Widodo stated that under his leadership, the Indonesian government was rehabilitating 600,000 hectares of mangrove forest until 2024. According to President Jokowi, the rehabilitation of mangrove forests is...
Need to heed warnings from mother earth
It is Earth Day once again on April 22. As we have said before, it is not enough to dedicate one day in a year to remember her if we are to save her and save ourselves. We must remember her every day and put the environment and ecology at the centre of...
Protesting Japan Bank for International Cooperation’s Investment in NuScale
SMR is not exempt from risks associated with radioactive contamination, nuclear waste, accidents, terrorism or war. On April 5, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), a public financial institution wholly owned by the Japanese government, announced an...
Corporate Japan faces record number of climate shareholder resolutions
Corporate Japan will this year face a record-high number of climate-focused shareholder resolutions. Today, shareholders announced four climate resolutions targeting SMBC Group, Mitsubishi Corporation, and TEPCO and Chubu Electric, over their assets, which include...
Capacity development training for Nepalese farmers
Agriculture is often the main source of income for Dang, Kapilvastu and Bardia farmers. However, farmers have been producing fewer agricultural products due to disease, irrigation, manure, and technological factors, causing a local food crisis. This can be attributed...
BELA’s fight for clean air as a right for the people of Bangladesh
Air pollution is a critical issue for Bangladesh. In a country with a long list of social, economic, and environmental issues, air pollution adds to the inequalities faced by many Bangladeshi communities. On 9 February, Dhaka’s air was ranked as the second most...
Withdrawal of the JSW Utkal Steel Ltd’s proposed project from Dhinkia, Odisha
Withdrawal of the proposal of JSW Utkal Steel Limited’s proposed project site near the Paradip port in Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha based on the inadequate and fraudulent EIA report. New Delhi: On 27th January 2022, an online press conference was held by Delhi...
Climate change and natural disasters
We know that climate change is already making natural disasters worse. After the 2019/20 ‘Black Summer’ fires, climate scientists who work in the field of ‘attribution’ science found that the severe season was at least 30% more likely due to climate change. According...
RSEU experts presented the results of monitoring the pressure on environmental defenders at the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation
On February 17, the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation hosted a round table “Observance of the rights of activists and NGOs that oppose environmental offenses”. The event was organized by the Coordinating Council for Ecological Welfare under the Civic Chamber of...
Be consistent: Malaysia’s one step forward, one step back in forestry management
In conjunction with the International Day of Forests, Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) would like to highlight the importance of being consistent in our efforts on forest protection in this country, both at the federal and state levels. We would like to begin by applauding...
South Cotabato local council upholds ban on open-pit mining
The Provincial Development Council (PDC) of South Cotabato has issued a resolution upholding the ban on open-pit mining in the province. Only the ban stands in the way of the Tampakan Gold-Copper Project (TGCP), one of the largest open-pit projects in Asia that...
Internationalist Solidarity with Wadas
On Tuesday 8 February 2022, 250 police officers and military personnel infiltrated the village of Wadas, located in Bener District in the southern part of Central Java, Indonesia. The officers arrived without warning, armed with shields, weapons and police dogs,...
Overview of episodes of pressure on Russian environmental defenders and environmental rights in January 2022
In January 2022, Russian Social Ecological Union (RSEU) / Friends of the Earth Russia experts recorded 16 new episodes of pressure against more than 18 environmental defenders in 11 regions of Russia. In 2 regions, the situation developed in 2 episodes. Overview...
311, 11 Years On – For a Peaceful, Nuclear-Free Society, with the People of the World
Eleven years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the disaster at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Nuclear power plants that had been deemed “completely safe" by the government and power companies, exploded one after another. Radioactive...
KTNC Watch condemns Korean NCP for failing indigenous peoples who lost their forests to palm oil plantations
Empty “ESG Management Recommendations” inattentive to victims’ voices are only deceptive Korea’s NCP should do its part in providing remedies for victims instead of advertising company and government policies On the 18th of January, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and...
New Publication: Climate Litigation
Climate change litigation, or simply “climate litigation,” has been growing in importance over the past decades. This becomes especially critical for the Philippines in view of its climate change vulnerability, due to its high exposure to natural hazards (typhoons,...