Defending Territories, Defending Our Lives
Press Release
Today, on International Human Rights Day, Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific (FoE Asia Pacific) launches its latest publication, Defending Territories, Defending Our…
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High Court Restricts Groundwater Extraction from 4 Villages in Chattogram
Economic Justice and Resisting Neoliberalism
Textiles, packaging and paper mill industries, have been caught withdrawing large amounts ground water without a license in Bangladesh. The ground water depletion has…
Friends of the Earth Philippines Files Case for Indigenous People vs Large Coffee Plantation
Environmental Human Rights Defenders
Indigenous peoples, living in remote places, inhabit but the fringes of public imagination. However their territories are rich in natural resources, making them an…
Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific Demands a Thorough Investigation into the Death of Activist Golfrid Siregar
Press Release
Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific stands with the Indonesian Civil Society Coalition for Human Rights Defenders Protection in urgently calling on the Indonesian…
International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations
Press Release
Monoculture plantations in the face of climate emergency September 21 is the International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations, a day for civil society…
ASEAN, STAMP OUT THE ROOT CAUSES OF THE FOREST FIRES
Press Release
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…
Fukushima Today and Japan’s Energy Future 2019
Climate Justice and Energy
Over eight years have passed since the Fukushima nuclear crisis began. In 2017, evacuation orders were lifted from “evacuation order cancellation preparation zones” and…
Government Must Put Public Health and Environment at Centre of Lynas Issue
Press Release
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…
The Olympics is Not a Venue to Whitewash the Risk of Nuclear Disasters
Press Release
Statement from Korea Federation for Environmental Movements Recently, the media reported that a mountain of radioactive soil was being dumped next to the Fukushima…
Plastic Free July: A Funeral for Single-Use Products
Plastics
At Korean funerals, guests are generally treated to a meal. However, nowadays guests are not served with ceramic plates, but a plethora of single-use plastic plates,…
