Friends of the Earth International - english feed
The website of Friends of the Earth International - the world's largest grassroot's environmental network
- UPDATE: Guatemalan human rights defender Rubén Herrera has been released!
- Rubén Herrera has been released following a decision by a Guatemalan court. Thousands of people around the world gave their support to a Friends of the Earth International email campaign.
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Annual Report 2012
- Peril in the Pacific
- This video tells you why you need to know about the Trans-Pacific Partnership!
- Everest expedition calls for climate justice from top of the world
- The Climbing for Climate Justice Everest expedition – organised by the Save the Himalayas Campaign and Khangri Media, in collaboration with Friends of the Earth Nepal / Pro Public – successfully climbed Mt. Everest on May 20 to demand climate justice from the top of the world.
- Land grabbing in Uganda: Voices from the community
- Images and videos capture personal and moving testimonies by people affected by Wilmar's plantations in Kalangala, Uganda.
- European Banks and Pension Funds Fuel Land Grabs in Uganda
- KAMPALA (UGANDA) / BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) May 21, 2013 – European banks and pension funds are funding palm oil giant Wilmar International, a company implicated in land grabbing in Uganda, according to new research released today. [1]
- Videos
- Watch these short, personal and moving testimonies by people affected by Wilmar's plantations on Kalangala.
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Wilmar International and its financiers fact sheet
- This short fact sheet provides essential information about Wilmar's investors and their environmental and social commitments.
- Everest 'Climbing for Climate Justice' Expedition Aims to Break World Records
- KATHMANDU (NEPAL) May 8, 2013 – A Nepalese expedition 'Climbing for Climate Justice' led by four-time world record climber Pemba Dorje Sherpa will ascend Mount Everest (Nepal) from May 10, 2013.
- Transnational Corporations don’t respect Human Rights in Guatemala
- Social movements in Guatemala are being increasingly criminalized, repressed, intimidated and subjected to human rights abuses
