Food sovereignty is the right to enough nutritious, ecologically produced and culturally appropriate food. It is the right of peoples to determine and control their own food production systems. Food sovereignty is about feeding people rather than corporate profit and it defends the interests of future generations.
Globally, our agricultural systems are in crisis. Intensive agriculture is eroding our soils, drawing down our aquifers and is a major contributor to both climate change and our current biodiversity crisis.
Friends of the Earth is campaigning for a transition towards agroecological farming techniques, the relocalisation of our food economies, and a halt the use of toxic pesticides and chemicals that are poisoning our environment and bodies.Â
Through our grassroots member groups, we support small scale peasant and family farmers in resisting the corporate powers that destroy their livelihoods and bring hunger and conflict to their communities. We support artisanal fisherfolk as the holders of traditional knowledge for sustainable management of marine and coastal systems, and fight against commercial fisheries that are destroying these ecosystems.Â
We expose the links between over-consumption, mainly in the North, and its environmental and social impacts, felt mainly in the global South. We connect food producers and consumers and encourage people to buy food that is locally and sustainably produced.
We work with communities to regain control over their territories and seeds, defend their land rights, and secure their right to water. We campaign against false solutions, such as the push for genetically modified crops and other corporate-led technologies.Â
Fore more information contact:
Regional Program Coordinators
Email: foeapac_programmes@lists.foei.org
Join Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific, Friends of the Earth International, and Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network (PENGON/Friends of the Earth Palestine) for this online event to discuss the Israeli Occupation and Forced Annexation: How Palestinians will further...
Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing activities have been among the most critical threats to marine ecosystems. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recognised the threat and announced the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter, and...
The United Nations Environment Programme has prepared a report on the state of the environment in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in response to a Palestinian request by the Environmental Quality Authority. Friends of Earth Palestine/PENGON has reviewed the report...
In the early twentieth century, Malaya was an important global exporter of rubber and tin. Between the 1980s and 1990s, the country transitioned into being the world’s leading exporter of tropical logs. Initially, industrial logging began to intensify in Peninsular...
The Republic of the Philippines is estimated to be one of the five most mineral-rich countries in the world. Indigenous customary territories are frequently encroached upon by highly destructive mining operations. Apart from minerals, other important exports include...
The world can’t resist a good cup of coffee. From 2014 to 2018, there was an increase in coffee consumption worldwide. The coffee trade at the global level reflected this increase. In 2015, the global coffee industry was valued at approximately US$77 billion, with...
Korean CSOs call on Korean Government and corporations to take immediate measures to stop serious deforestation and human rights violations in the palm oil industry Korea Federation for Environmental Movements (KFEM) and Advocates for Public Interest Law (APIL)...
Indonesia is home to a diverse collective of traditional societies and an estimated 50 to 70 million members of indigenous or traditional communities. Many of these communities still maintain their respective traditional governance structures. Community members often...
The unlawful construction and expansion of settlements and their related infrastructure on Palestinian land are a defining feature of the Israeli occupation. Tens of thousands of Palestinian homes and properties have been demolished and at least 100,000 hectares...