South Africa

uruguay: global europe publication: The European Union is promoting an agenda of aggressive trade liberalization, called ‘Global Europe’. Through Global Europe, the EU is pushing to liberalize services in Southern countries; gain access to and control over strategic reserves of natural resources; liberalize government procurement; protect intellectual property rights; increase protection for European investments; and eliminate so-called ‘trade barriers’.
togo and mali: joining forces to resist mining: The Togolese Government has signed a contract with a Bahamian mining company, M M Mining Investment Holding Ltd, to extract bauxite and other minerals from Mont Agou in the south of Togo. Mont Agou, Togo’s highest mountain, is an important part of the country’s national heritage, and mining here would have catastrophic impacts on the environment and local communities.
south africa: dealing with waste problems: The way we deal with ‘waste’ is not just a technical issue, it is a symptom of much deeper problems with the current economic, political and social systems. Waste is the visible face of a development model built on the assumption that some people matter more than others, and that pollution is the inevitable price of progress.
southern africa: challenging the spread of agrofuels: Northern corporations and governments are rushing to obtain cheap land in the South, to produce agrofuel feedstocks. This presents a very real threat to local communities and Indigenous Peoples, whose land is being targeted. It is often claimed that community land is ‘under-utilized’ or ‘marginal’ in order to justify disowning people of their traditional land rights, yet this threatens to displace and dis-empower millions of small-scale subsistence farmers in the South.
africa: mapping the expansion of agrofuels: Switching to agrofuels has been portrayed as a golden opportunity, a ‘green’ solution that could tackle the world’s energy crisis and help to mitigate climate change. Industrialized countries, international financial institutions such as the World Bank, and multinational agribusiness, oil and transport companies are all promoting agrofuels as a panacea to the world’s problems.
member groups: Friends of the Earth International is made up of the activities and actions of our 76 member groups, and it is our mission to support and strengthen their work at the local level. These groups mobilize people, resist socially and environmentally damaging projects and policies, and help to transform their societies in tens of countries around the world. Their local work in turn allows us to campaign on the regional and international levels, and to seek political support for the rights of people everywhere to sustainable livelihoods and for social, economic, gender and environmental justice.
friends of the earth in the media in 2008: In 2008, a broad and growing spectrum of media organizations, spanning from the world's leading newspapers to niche websites, carried Friends of the Earth International's messages to audiences around the world.
who we are: Friends of the Earth International was founded in 1971 by four organizations from France, Sweden, England and the USA. Today's federation of 77 groups grew from annual meetings of environmentalists from different countries who agreed to campaign together on certain crucial issues, such as nuclear energy and whaling.
nigeria & south africa: african “people power” exchange: Nigeria and South Africa are both resource-rich countries, especially when it comes to minerals, oil and gas. Yet when multinational corporations exploit this wealth, local communities are too often burdened with the major social and environmental costs.
stemming destructive shrimp aquaculture: The shrimp aquaculture industry razes forests and biodiversity, destroys croplands and livelihoods, and wreaks social conflict and human rights violations. Faced with mounting resistance from civil society in Asia and Latin America, the shrimp industry is in the process of expanding into Africa.
shell, use your profits to clean up your mess!: In February 2007, Shell announced that its profits were sky-high for 2006, following on from record-breaking 2005 profits. With such wealth, one would expect Shell to adhere to its much touted commitment to Corporate Social Responsiblity. Yet around the world, people living on the “fenceline” of Shell’s operations are pay dearly for its profits through severe environmental pollution and degredation.
cyberaction successes in 2007: Cyberactivists from around the world helped us to achieve these victories throughout 2007.
world social forum in nairobi: The Friends of the Earth International delegation to the World Social Forum 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya included some 30 people, including community representatives from Nigeria and South Africa.
shell, use your profits to clean up your mess!: In February 2007, Shell announced that its profits were sky-high for 2006, following on from record-breaking 2005 profits. With such wealth, one would expect Shell to adhere to its much touted commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility. Yet around the world, people living on the “fenceline” of Shell’s operations are paying dearly for its profits through severe environmental pollution and degradation.
foei forests campaign builds alliances in 2007: With half of global forests destroyed, and in the face of ongoing deforestation, Friends of the Earth International is continuing its campaign to halt illegal logging and unsustainable forest practices. We believe sustainable forest management and small-scale agriculture are best left to Indigenous Peoples and local communities, who should be granted land and resource rights.

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