News from our member groups
Samsung C&T fined 15.3 million USD for a large-scale fire at an Oil Palm Plantation in Indonesia
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’RE HIRING – Cross Programme Campaign Coordinator
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...
VIDEO: Walhi protest COP26 and demand Climate Justice NOW
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...
People Power must be at the heart of Glasgow COP26
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,...
Glasgow COP26 and young people’s ‘eco-anxiety’
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...
COP26: Rich Nations Have Not Shown Leadership in Their Fair Share of Emission Cuts
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...
Korea’s New 2030 Emissions Reductions Targets Fall Short
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 for...
Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en – Stop Gas Development That Ignores Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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...
Welcome – Friends of the Earth India
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 International...
We call for a just recovery for Gaza and an immediate end to Israel’s illegal occupation.
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 secure interim order to stop illicit trade of elephants
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 order is...
PHSKLU welcomes Selangor’s decision to revoke degazettement of Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve (KLNFR)
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...
Indonesian court rules president negligent over air pollution
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, and...
Launched! Toolkit: Throwing away the throw-away culture
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...
The Reality of Nuclear Power Plant Workers
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...
C4 Center-SAM joint forum against imported plastic waste sheds light on impact
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...
