cancuncontacts

foei team in cancun

Friends of the Earth member groups from around the world will be in Cancun showing their opposition to the WTO’s free trade agenda. These groups are independent members of the Friends of the Earth Network. FoE groups in Cancun will be involved in a diverse range of actions from protests to lobbying and conferences. A key part of their work will be linking up with other social movements to create sustainable alternatives to corporate globalization.

for a complete list of people attending

All foei people stay in Hotel: Holiday Inn Express - Zona Hotelera
Tel. +52 998 883 2200
Fax +52 998 883 2532

foei spokespeople by subject

important : When calling mobiles from Cancun, you should replace +52 with 044. If you call from Mexico, but not Cancun, you should replace +52 with 01

foei spokespeople by country/region

media contacts

media contacts (support)

Action team

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complete list of foei people attending

AFRICA

ASIA

Americas

Europe

FoE International

description of the spokespeople's expertise

Meenakshi Raman ( Sahabat Alam Malaysia, foe malaysia)

FOEI TES Regional Coordinator

Meenakshi has campaigned with Sahabat Alam Malaysia for many years and is an expert on the impacts of trade and investment liberalisation in Asia in general; TRIPs, trade and natural resources; the ‘new issues’, including investment and competition; and the impact of corporations, especially on forest-dwelling and fishing communities. Meenakshi speaks English.

Miriam Behrens ( Pro Natura, foe switzerland)


Miriam is international coordinator with Pro Natura - Friends of the Earth Switzerland with whom she has campaigned for 8 years. She is a specialist on the impact of WTO agreements on theenvironment, specifically on multilateral environmental agreements. Miriam speaks German, English, French and Italian .

Raul Benet
Consultant, Mexico


Until recently Director of Greenpeace Mexico, Raul is an expert on issues pertaining to the impacts of trade and investment liberalisation on environment and communities in Mexico. In addition to speaking on these issues, Raul will be helping to put media in touch with individuals and families in local communities (including through a tour being jointly organised with other members of the Our World Is Not For Sale network on 9th September – contact Raul directly for more information). Raul speaks Spanish and English.

Ricardo Navarro (CESTA, foe El Salvador)

Chair of FOE International

Ricardo specialises in the overall impact of trade, globalisation and corporations on people and their environment, with a particular focus on his home region Central America; and on ecological debt. Ricardo has 25 years environmental campaigning experience and is a recipient of the Goldman Prize and Global 500 Awards. Ricardo speaks Spanish and English.

Ronnie Hall (FOE England, Wales and N Ireland)

FOEI international coordinator on trade

Ronnie has coordinated the FOEI trade programme since its inception in 1992 and coordinated a team of over 40 campaigners from around the globe at the WTO’s3rd Ministerial conference in Seattle. Ronnie is actively involved in the operations of the Our World Is Not For Sale and specialises in particular in the issues of civil society and its opposition to globalisation; and free trade theory and its flaws. Ronnie speaks English.

Simone Lovera (FOEI)

FOEI Biodiversity Project Coordinator

Simone specialises in biodiversity, agriculture and TRIPs; and the impact of trade on multilateral environmental agreements (especially the desertification convention). Simone speaks Spanish, English and Dutch.