Social Forestry and Agrarian Reforms in Indonesia
Food Sovereignty
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…
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Unprecedented bushfires in Australia and flooding in Indonesia: the devastating extremes of climate impacts
Climate Justice and Energy
Now more than ever we need system change to protect the climate and biodiversity “We’re in a state of anxiety, shock and grief. Many of our staff, volunteers and the…
Shrinking Forests in Northern Sri Lanka
Forests and Biodiversity
During 2010 to 2014 part of Wilpattu, the Sri Lanka’s largest national park, was cleared for “humanitarian” purposes. A task force appointed by the president, decided to…
SAM and WALHI working together to address the issue of Forest Fires and Transboundary Haze
Forests and Biodiversity
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI) have spent 2019 collaborating on a joint research project. The research gathered will…
The Laws of Land Grabs in Papua New Guinea
Food Sovereignty
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. According to a new report, 85 percent of the population still live in rural areas…
Deadline Looms for Mass Park Closures in South Korea
Forests and Biodiversity
In the South Korean city of Cheonan, the Cheonan-Asan branch of Korea Federation for Environmental Movements (KFEM) have joined local residents in the fight to preserve…
The Law of Land Grabs and Forestry Governance in Sri Lanka
Food Sovereignty
The British colonisation of Sri Lanka, which ended in 1948, aggressively sought to develop a plantation based economy by legalising the land grabs of the largely rural…
How COP25 Failed Communities of the Global South
Climate Justice and Energy
In December 2019, members of WALHI, Friends of the Earth (FoE) Japan, Centre for Environmental Justice and FoE Australia joined the FoE International delegation for the…
ProPublic 2019: Community Dialogues, Campaign Victory, and the Nijgadh Protests
Forests and Biodiversity
In 2019. Pro Public hosted a series of ‘Community Dialogue’ sessions entitled “Strengthening Peace and Social Harmony”. Sessions included talks on child labour, violence…
NGOs from Korea and Indonesia file OECD complaint against POSCO International
Press Release
Seoul, December 12, 2019 – Today Korean Transnational Corporations Watch (KTNC Watch), Yayasan Pusaka (Indonesia), WALHI Papua (Indonesia), and SKP KAMe (Indonesia),…
