Latest Press Release
September 19, 2019
Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific (FoE Asia Pacific) is concerned that the ecocide caused by forest fires in Indonesia is also causing the haze in the South East Asian region, predominantly in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and the Philippines. The haze is...
August 13, 2019
Sahabat Alam Malaysia is extremely concerned by news reports that the government has decided to allow Lynas to continue operating its plant for at least another six months. This is despite the fact that the company has not safely disposed of its hazardous radioactive...
August 12, 2019
Statement from Korea Federation for Environmental Movements Recently, the media reported that a mountain of radioactive soil was being dumped next to the Fukushima baseball stadium. There are also reports of higher levels of radioactive material detected in a park in...
July 2, 2019
International environment NGO Friends of the Earth Japan, and members of the Preserve and Protect Henoko and Takae! NGO networks have submitted a petition with names of 19,406 citizens to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Minister of Defense Takeshi Iwaya, calling for the...
June 5, 2019
Press Release from the Centre for Environmental Justice. The theme of the World Environment day 2019 is #Beat Air Pollution. Air pollution is one of the silent killer in Sri Lanka. According to the Health Authorities over 45% of the admissions of children to hospitals...
May 14, 2019
VICTORY! 187 countries have just taken major step forward in curbing the plastic waste trade by adding plastic to the Basel Convention in Geneva Countries now have the right to know about and refuse plastic exported to their shores. #breakfreefromplastic...
May 7, 2019
Friends of the Earth International and Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific condemn the recent brutal attacks in Sri Lanka which have left more than 250 innocent people dead and over 500 wounded. With a bloody history of over three decades of civil war, Sri Lanka has...
February 27, 2019
Press Statement 27th February 2019 SAM launches report on Impacts of Coastal Reclamation in Malaysia Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) calls upon the Malaysian government to cancel all proposed coastal reclamation projects in the country. The call is based on findings of...
