isvara foundation
We are grateful to the Isvara Foundation for supporting the following projects in 2008:
agrofuels campaign
The main goal of FoEI's agrofuels campaign is to halt the expansion of agrofuels production, which is threatening food sovereignty and biodiversity, and has been shown to be a false solution to the climate crisis. (isvara foundation)
atalc: working together with indigenous peoples in the fight for climate justice
Many of the people most affected by the impacts of climate change are Indigenous Peoples and local communities who have not previously been engaged in or able to influence the development of climate change policies.
challenging the gender impacts of plantations
In many countries in the global South, vast tracts of land are being converted to tree plantations to provide commodities such as rubber, palm oil and woodpulp for consumers in the global North.
december: central america - challenging 'global europe'
The European Union’s ‘Global Europe’ trade liberalizing agenda is driven by the EU’s anxiety to maintain competitiveness in relation to emerging economies such as China and India.
economic justice - resisting neoliberalism program
Our program on Economic Justice - Resisting Neoliberalism challenges the current economic model by exposing and resisting corporate power and the new Global Europe strategy, while identifying and promoting initiatives that generate sustainable livelihoods. (isvara foundation)
finland: learning from indigenous worldviews
Modern lifestyles in the industrialized world have caused serious damage to the Earth in just a few decades – whilst around the world, Indigenous Peoples have lived sustainably for millennia.
guatemala: focusing in on global europe during americas social forum
The European Union’s ‘Global Europe’ strategy, which aims to secure markets and natural resources for European companies, threatens people and the environment across the world.
malaysia: supporting advocacy and lobbying at international meetings
This is a critical period for shaping the future international regime on climate change, as negotiations on a second phase of the Kyoto Protocol need to be finalized in 2009.
nigeria: legal resistance to corporate abuse
Despite concerted efforts at combating the environmental and social problems created by the activities of transnational oil and gas corporations in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, corporations continue to operate in a manner that falls far short of globally accepted best practices.
sweden: south-north dialogue on pulp, paper and plantation struggles
Timber, pulp, sugar cane and agrofuels are all exported from the Global South for consumption in Northern countries, earning vast profits for transnational companies. But the large-scale plantations established to feed the pulp, paper and agrofuels industries have a host of negative social, environmental and economic impacts: they displace local people, devastate biodiversity, exhaust water resources, and impoverish workers, farmers and communities.
uruguay: real world radio voices concerns of thousands
Radio Mundo Real (Real World Radio) is an online multilingual radio service run by Friends of the Earth Uruguay / REDES.
