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What we do
We campaign on today's most urgent environmental and social issues. We challenge the current model of economic and corporate globalization, and promote solutions that will help to create environmentally sustainable and socially just societies.
Campaign priorities for 2012
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Attacks on communities resisting dam construction in Guatemala.4 May 2012 - Friends of the Earth International strongly condemns the violence and repression against residents of the Santa Cruz Barillas in the Department of Huehuetenango, Guatemala, because of their opposition to the operations of the Spanish company Hydro Santa Cruz, SA. Land Rights and the World Bank Group: Setting the Record Straight3 May 2012 - Responding to concerns raised by Friends of the Earth International and others about the impacts of land grabbing, The World Bank claims that land lease deals in developing countries can reduce hunger and poverty, and build sustainable agriculture. The facts tell otherwise. Large scale agrofuels plantations are being promoted as a solution to the climate crisis, yet millions of people are already facing the impacts of land grabs and evictions caused by agrofuels. More ...
Climate and biodiversity finance
Financial instruments, such as carbon markets, are being presented as solutions to the climate crisis and biodiversity loss. This campaign exposes these false solutions. More ...
This campaign seeks to expose the complex and largely hidden world of corporate pressure exerted over national and international climate and environmental policy. More ...
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