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No more violence, no more silence!
Friends of the Earth International’s commitment to preventing violence and sexual harassment in our federation. We strive for a world without violence against women in all spheres of life – at work, in public and in private. Our struggle for system change, based on...
KFEM condemns the South Korea Forest Service’s “carbon-neutral” logging policy
The Forest Service plans to allow 72% of forests across the country to be logged as part of a “2050 Carbon-Neutral Forestry Sector” plan. Despite Forest Service’s claims, older trees retain higher carbon absorption capacity. Trees have ecological value beyond carbon...
New Video: Evacuees in their own land
From Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC)/Friends of the Earth Philippines As the Bangsamoro edges closer to its long-held aspiration for full autonomy, non-Moro Indigenous Peoples (NMIPs) are in danger of becoming a "minority within a minority." In the...
Statement on the issuance of EO 130 lifting the moratorium on mining
Months after the pandemic struck, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said the Government of the Philippines would pursue mining as an economic recovery strategy for the country. It has delivered on this promise with the issuance of Executive...
Joint Non-Government Organisations Submission to UN’s Periodic Review Committee on Human Rights Abuses in Papua New Guinea
In a recent submission by a joint Non-Government Organization Group (Centre for Environmental Law and Community Rights Inc, Bismarck Ramu Group, Evangelical Lutheran Church and Ozeanien Dialog) to the United Nations’ Periodic Review Committee, the group has put...
South Korean Civil Society Groups Condemn the Japanese Government’s Decision to Release Radioactive Wastewater into the Sea
Joint Statement from South Korean Civil Society Groups On April 13, the Japanese government officially announced its decision to discharge contaminated wastewater from Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. In the decade since the Fukushima...
FoE Japan strongly condemns the decision by the Japanese government to release contaminated water into the ocean
On April 13th 2021, at a Cabinet meeting, the Japanese government decided to discharge so-called ALPS (Advanced Liquid Processing System) treated water stored in tanks at the site of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean. There have been no public...
NGOs call on Biden and Suga to take strong leadership on ending public support for fossil fuels
The Japanese government announced that the first in-person U.S.-Japan summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will be held on April 16 in Washington D.C. We, as environmental NGOs based in the U.S. and Japan, call on...
The Fight for Climate Justice
Climate justice is a term used to frame climate change as an ethical and political issue rather than purely environmental one. Climate justice covers a myriad of themes such as equality, human rights, collective rights, and equity based on countries’ historical...
Developed Countries Should Not Export Waste
Media Statement 31 March 202 Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) applauds the Ministry of Environment and Water (KASA) for being diligent in inspecting the suspected shipment of plastic waste from the United States of America (USA). Nevertheless, exporting countries,...
Food Sovereignty for a Just Recovery from COVID-19
The COVID 19 pandemic has shown that the need for food sovereignty and agroecology is no longer up for debate. Local agroecological food systems and short supply chains have proved resilient and innovative during worldwide lockdowns. In contrast, industrial food...
Human Chain to Protect Local Waterways
On 4 March, Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) and community members from Charkanai, Hulaieel, Panchuria, and Habilashdeep villages organised a human chain event in Panchuria Bazar area of Patia, Chattogram. The action follows an ongoing legal battle...
Stop the Killing of Tumandok Indigenous Leaders in the Philippines
Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific strongly condemns the killing of indigenous leaders in the Philippines who were opposed to the Jalaur River mega dam project. On 30 December 2020, just two days before the new year, nine Tumandok indigenous leaders were killed,...
Ten years after Fukushima— Justice for the victims and power to the people
A statement by Friends of the Earth Japan Ten years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami and the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident of March 11, 2011. On this occasion, we would like to express again our condolences to the many...
Evacuees in their own land: Indigenous peoples’ struggle for recognition in the Bangsamoro
The start of the new year brought news of violent skirmishes between the government and secessionist forces in south-central Mindanao. On 8 January 2021, non-Moro indigenous peoples (NMIPs ) in Maguindanao within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao...
New VIDEO Testimony: Mr. Nakamura Jun, Fukuichi Area Environmental Radiation Monitoring Project
Friends of the Earth Japan (FoE Japan), in cooperation with the NGO Peace Boat, have launched the next in their series of video testimonies regarding Fukushima's current situation. The latest video, which is the ninth installment in the series, features an interview...
