Economic Justice and Resisting Neoliberalism
In May 2021, a fire broke out onboard MV X-Press Pearl, a Singaporean container ship near Colombo harbor, causing severe damage to the ocean and coastal belt. Since the…
Economic Justice and Resisting Neoliberalism
NEW REPORT from The Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC)/Friends of the Earth Philippines. Our new paper, “Locked In, Locked Out: Indigenous Peoples Amid the…
Climate Justice and Energy
On 17 April 2021, Bangladeshi police clashed with peaceful demonstrators at the Banshkhali Coal Power Plant in Chattogram, killing 7 workers. The power plant is a joint…
Climate Justice and Energy
It has been a month since police opened fire on a workers peaceful demonstration at the under-construction Banshkhali Coal Power plant in Bangladesh. They were defending…
News Update
Friends of the Earth International condemns the ongoing Israeli attacks on Palestine, including the outrageous targeting of women and children, civilian structures, the…
Forests and Biodiversity
On Monday, 5 April 2021, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksha issued a gazette banning oil palm cultivation in Sri Lanka (gazette No. 2222/13). President Rajapaksha…
News Update
In an en banc resolution, the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) denounced the use of the term ‘Lumad.’ Lumad is a term for non-Moro indigenous peoples in…
Gender Justice Dismantling Patriarchy
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…
Climate Justice and Energy
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…
Forests and Biodiversity
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,…
