Stop land grabbing in Uganda
2012.04.26.
Released on the eve of a World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty, a new report by Friends of the Earth reveals widespread violations of people's rights and environmental destruction from a land grab initially funded by the World Bank in Uganda.
New network websites
2012.03.14.
Explore and enjoy the new homepages of Friends of the Earth Europe and Young Friends of the Earth Europe! Tragedy or comedy, what is the Nabucco pipeline really?
2012.01.19.
The announcement of German energy giant RWE to reconsider its plans for the Nabucco pipeline is just the last in a series of confusingly conflicting signals regarding the fate of this gargantuan project.World’s largest public lender almost doubles support to fossil fuels in past 4 years
2011.12.15.
The European Investment Bank has increased its fossil fuel lending from 2.8 billion euros to 5 billion euros between 2007 and 2010, according to a study published today by environmental NGO CEE Bankwatch Network (1). Friends of the Earth International conference on hunger and agribusiness in Africa
2011.07.15.
Friends of the Earth International is hosting a two-day
conference on the threats of agribusiness in Africa, starting today in
Durban, South-Africa. During the conference "Agribusiness and Hunger
policies in Africa: who are the real beneficiaries?” [1], organisations
from over 15 countries will analyse the threats of agribusiness
expansion in Africa. They will work on strategies to resist agribusiness
and promote real, people-based solutions to hunger. On the first day of
the conference, Friends of the Earth International launched two new
reports [2] related to the subject, with case studies on small-scale
farming, the struggle for access to land and the protection of
biodiversity. One of the reports is focused entirey on the role of women
in the rural South.
Friends of the Earth International celebrates 40 years of mobilization, resistance and transformation
2011.06.15.
Today Friends
of the Earth International, the world's
largest global grassroots
federation of environmental groups, marks its
40th anniversary. Throughout
the year we will celebrate, together with
our member groups and
supporters, all that we have achieved over the
past forty years. Our
anniversary is also an opportunity to look ahead
to the next forty years and
to stress the urgency of a global
transformation towards
environmentally sustainable and socially just
societies.
Marginal Oil
2011.05.10.
With
conventional oil production in decline, the global oil industry is investing
heavily in dirtier and riskier forms of unconventional oil such as heavy crude,
tar sands, and oil shale. These investments pose a challenge to the climate,
the environment, and local communities. One new frontier for tar sands
development is sub-Sahara Africa, a region that is highly dependent on the export of raw materials, but
at the same time is highly
vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and the subsequent suffering due to
the effects of extractive industries’ projects. Other affected regions include
the Orinoco Belt in Venezuela and the Western Amazon in Brazil – biodiversity hot spots and home
to a number of indigenous peoples.Clear targets for agriculture and forestry missing from Europe’s biodiversity plan
2011.05.03.
Brussels – Friends of the Earth Europe welcomes today’s European
Commission plan [1] for the future of biodiversity in Europe, but warns
measurable targets are urgently needed in the areas of agriculture and forestry
if the strategy is to succeed. The document outlines how the 27 member states
of the EU will implement the new global strategic plan for the Convention on
Biological Diversity (CBD), agreed in October last year alongside 193 nations. Belgian Authorities must investigate MEP corruption
2011.04.05.
European parliamentarian and NGO ask for swift enquiry
Brussels - Belgian Green MEP Bart Staes and Friends of the Earth Europe are calling on the Belgian public prosecutor, Johan Delmulle, to start an official investigation into allegations of corruption in the European Parliament. [1]
Japan earthquake and tsunami appeal
2011.03.17.
On March 11, an earthquake of magnitude 9.0 struck the north-east coast of Japan causing a major tsunami and serious damage across northern Japan. More than 18,000 people have died and 500,000 are living in temporary shelters. Friends of the Earth Japan is collecting money to assist the relief effort. Please donate what you can.
