Friends of the Earth International - english feed
The website of Friends of the Earth International - the world's largest grassroot's environmental network
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Concession Agreement with Sime Darby
- Amended and restated Concession Agreement Between The Republic of Liberia and Sime Darby Plantation (Liberia) Inc, April 30, 2009
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Concession Agreement with Golden Veroleum
- An Act to Ratify The Concession Agreement Between The Republic of Liberia and Golden Veroleum (Liberia) Inc., September 1, 2010
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Human rights analysis
- Human rights-based analysis of the agricultural concession agreements between Sime Darby and Golden Veroleum and the Government of Liberia Tom
- Images for use
- Rights free images for use. Please include captions. Click on the images for large size, print-quality files.
- FoE Mozambique/Justiçia Ambiental!
- 'Justiça Ambiental’ (JA!) means environmental justice, while ‘JA’ means ‘now’, in Portuguese. JA! was formally registered in 2004, but founded in the late 1990s by a group of friends who were concerned about the manner in which Mozambique was developing in the unregulated global economy. In particular, we were concerned that our leaders were uncritically adopting a pattern of destructive foreign-investment-driven industrial development.
- Dutch Court ruling against Shell a partial victory
- THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS, January 30, 2013 – Today a Dutch court ruled that Shell Nigeria is responsible for polluting farmlands in a landmark case brought by four Nigerian farmers and Friends of the Earth Netherlands.
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Fact Sheet - Sime Darby and land grabs in Liberia
- The contracts for land concessions signed by Sime Darby and the Liberian Government violate several Human Rights principles in conventions ratified by the Liberian Government as well as principles enshrined in Liberian Law. Affected communities and civil society have organised to demand from the company and Liberian Government that communities’ rights are recognized and contracts between Sime Darby and the Government are renegotiated. Read more in this fact sheet.
- Summit of the Peoples - Santiago de Chile
- The Summit of the Peoples of Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe will take place in Santiago, Chile from January 25 to 27.
- Verdict due in case against Shell
- Four Nigerians who have been victims of multinational oil giant Shell’s polluting activities in the Niger Delta are striving for justice. They are hoping a Dutch court will issue a verdict in their favour on 30 January, as part of a ground-breaking legal case filed against the Anglo-Dutch oil corporation.
- Solidarity with the victims in the resistance against agribusiness in Argentina
- Friends of the Earth International, the world's largest federation of grassroots environmental groups, expresses its solidarity with the families of Cristian Ferreyra and Miguel Galván, members of the Peasant Movement of Santiago del Estero (MOCASE), and to all who support the fight against the advance of agribusiness in Argentina.
