News from our member groups
We cannot burn our way out of the plastic crisis
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 enforcement...
Large-Scale Deforestation at Korea Forest Service’s REDD+ Site in Cambodia
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 for a...
Pulp mill connected to fires and respiratory illness plans to triple production
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 risk...
Korean Climate Committee Roadmaps All Fall Short
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...
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People – Respect and Recognise Indigenous and Traditional Food Systems
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...
Komodo National Park in Danger: Public’s Response to UNESCO’s Calls to the Indonesian Government
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 Park has...
International Mangrove Day – Stop the deforestation of shorelines!
Today on #InternationalMangroveDay, we shine a light on why mangroves matter. Half of the world’s mangrove forests (more than 30 million hectares) have been destroyed or cleared in the past half-century, for agricultural and destructive development projects, in the...
LRC decries renewal of OceanaGold mining permit
Reacting to news that the financial or technical assistance agreement (FTAA) with Australian-ownedOceanaGold Philippines (OGPI) for a gold mining project in Nueva Vzcaya has been renewed by the Duterte administration, LRC’s direct services coordinator, Atty. Ryan...
Japan must not be allowed to violate the G7 Leaders’ Statement
Supporting new Coal Plants in Indonesia and Bangladesh goes against the Agreement Despite the G7’s Statement, stating to “end new direct international government support for unabated coal-fired power generation by the end of 2021”, the Japanese government is still...
We stand in Internationalist Solidarity with Ms. Akino Miyagi
Stop the intimidation of forests conservation activists and immediately evict the US military from the Yambaru Forests World Natural Heritage candidate site. Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific expresses its deep concern over the latest news from Japan regarding the...
Hemantha Withanage elected as new chair of Friends of the Earth International
Hemantha Withanage, Executive Director of the Centre for Environmental Justice in Sri Lanka has been elected as the chair of Friends of the Earth International. Hemantha follows Karin Nansen of Uruguay, whose two terms as chair ended in June 2021. A science graduate...
Vote for the 2021 Corporate Cane Toad Award
Friends of the Earth have teamed up with ActionAid and Jubilee Australia to launch the inaugural Cane Toad Award, where you will have the opportunity to have your say on which Australian corporation should be named and shamed for being the biggest Cane Toad. From...
4 Major Food Companies Drop Plastic Trays in Response to KFEM Campaign
'Plastic Tray Zero' campaign called for the removal of unnecessary plastic trays from certain snack products. Lotte, Haitai, Nongshim, and Dongwon all agreed to remove trays. All companies also announced further packaging reductions in other products. Lotte...
Stop Contaminating Our Ocean
Earlier this year, the Japanese government announced that they would discharge contaminated water at Fukushima Daiichi into the ocean despite the strong criticism from fishing communities in Fukushima, Japanese civil society and the international community. The...
Save Our Oceans from Plastic Pollution
June 8th was World Oceans Day. It was an opportunity to emphasise the importance of our oceans and the many services they provide, as well as raise awareness of the ways in which we are harming them through plastic pollution. Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) attended the...
Shining a light on rainforest protection
Rainforests are the lungs of our earth. Their protection is crucial to halt biodiversity loss, tackle climate change, reduce the risk of disaster, and sustain the cultural and livelihood practices of Indigenous Peoples and forest-dependent communities. Yet globally,...
