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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Legal Professionals Scale Mount Ramdung
A team of legal professionals led by advocate Bishnu Bhusal scaled the Ramdun Mountain located in Dholakha on October 30. The team of Legal professionals climbed the 5,935m tall mountain with the slogan “Environmental Justice,” keeping in view the 2021 United Nations...
CSOs Condemn Japan’s Decision to Finance LNG Canada Project
Movement toward a phase out of coal and other fossil fuels accelerated at the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that started on October 31 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. However, on...
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...What we do
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