The Asia Pacific region of Friends of the Earth is the most diverse, encompassing member groups from the global North and the global South. We work hand-in-hand with indigenous peoples, grassroots communities, peasant farmers, fisherfolk, trade unions, and feminist movements, to create environmentally sustainable and socially just societies.
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Friends of the Earth Australia’s Plan for 2021
Friends of the Earth Australia won some significant outcomes in 2020. They’ve been campaigning on so many fronts and doing their best to support local communities in their fights, from residents opposing new gas operations in western Victoria to locals fighting...
PENGON advocates for Environmental Rights in Gaza during COVID-19
To highlight environmental issues that pose an immediate threat to human life in Gaza during the pandemic, PENGON organized different activities to advocate for environmental rights in Gaza both locally and internationally through a rights-based approach with an...
Twin victories: Southeast Asia’s largest open-pit mine derailed as local govt, court take cudgels for people and nature
Tucked in southern Philippines is the largest undeveloped gold and copper open-pit mining project in Southeast Asia. With an area equivalent to the size of 700 football fields, the Tampakan mining project spells disaster for the region’s watershed systems,...What we do
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