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Harvesting Harm: Agrofuels as a False Solution to Climate Change and Poverty
- Friends of the Earth U.S, April 2008: Brazil and Haiti: Policy Brief on the Inter-American Development Bank Agrofuels Strategy.
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Losing Ground: The human rights impacts of oil palm plantation expansion in Indonesia
- Friends of the Earth England, Wales & Northern Ireland, LifeMosaic and Sawit Watch, February 2008: This report addresses the human rights impacts of oil palm ...
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malaysian palm oil: green gold or green wash?
- Friends of the Earth International, October 2008: A commentary on the sustainability claims of Malaysia’s palm oil lobby, with a special focus on the state of ...
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Malaysian palm oil: green gold or green wash? Executive summary
- Friends of the Earth International, October 2008, : A commentary on the sustainability claims of Malaysia’s palm oil lobby, with a special focus on the state ...
- WORLD BANK LAND GRAB REPORT COMMENT: BIOFUELS CAUSE LAND GRABS
- BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) 8 September 2010 -- Commenting on a new World Bank report published today in which the Bank backs the practice of nations selling vast ...
- Governments must say no to 'biofuels'
- November 29, 2007 -- Biofuels must not be promoted as a solution to climate change, Friends of the Earth International said today, just a few days before key ...
- Bali Joins Global Day for Tough Action on Climate Change
- 7 December 2007 - People in Bali will call for tough action to tackle climate change at a march and rally on 8th December (Saturday) as people around the world ...
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Extracts from the EIR draft report version II
- Friends of the Earth International, August 2003: From chapters 7, 8, 9: CONVERGING ISSUES AND DIVERGING VIEWS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS from the World ...
- Land grabs and human rights violations exposed in Liberia ahead of global development summit
- MONROVIA, LIBERIA, February 1st, 2013 – Palm oil companies are grabbing more than 1.5 million acres of land in Liberia and are violating the human rights of ...
- 'CERTIFIED' PALM OIL NOT A SOLUTION
- KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA November 3, 2009 -- Certifying palm oil is not a solution to the environmental damage and human rights violations caused by oil palm ...
- real price of agrofuels revealed
- Brussels (Belgium) / Porto Alegre (Brazil) / Montevideo (Uruguay), 10 September 2008 -- The rapid development of agrofuels in Latin America looks set to ...
- The Meso American Forum against Agribusiness, El Salvador
- This June the first Forum Against Agribusiness and for the Peoples’ Sovereignty of Meso America, was held in El Salvador over two days. The forum reached the ...
- MALAYSIAN PALM OIL GREENWASH REPORT
- PENANG (MALAYSIA) / BRUSSELS (BELGIUM), October 7, 2008 – Malaysian palm oil exported for use in food, biofuels and cosmetics is far from 'green' – contrary ...
- The Meso American Forum against Agribusiness, El Salvador
- This June the first Forum Against Agribusiness and for the Peoples’ Sovereignty of Meso America, was held in El Salvador over two days. The forum reached the ...
- Forest and Biodiversity program highlights
- The Forest and Biodiversity Program’s objective is to strengthen and promote sustainable local initiatives for the protection and local use of forests and ...
- Biofuels: Taking off in the wrong direction
- In Grobogan, central Java, the consequences of the global north's demand for biofuels is becoming clear. In this video, by Friends of the Earth Netherlands, ...
- New report uncovers land grab in Uganda
- WASHINGTON DC / BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) / KAMPALA (UGANDA) 23rd April 2012: Released on the eve of a World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty [1], a new report ...
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policy, practice, pride and prejudice
- Friends of the Earth Netherlands, July 2007: Review of legal, environmental and social practices of oil palm plantation companies of the Wilmar Group in ...
- Investors must stop land grabbing, say civil society groups
- LONDON (UK), November 30, 2012 – Major farmland investors such as banks and pension funds must stop facilitating land grabs, say civil society groups [1] on ...
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fuelling destruction in latin america - the real price of agrofuels
- Friends of the Earth International, September 2008: This report looks at current and proposed developments in a number of Southern and Central American ...
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FoEI positions on climate change
- Friends of the Earth International, July 2008: Only a radical change based on climate justice will be able to prevent the worst consequences of climate ...
- European Transnationals Accused of Rights Violations in Latin America
- Madrid, Spain, May 12, 2010 – On the eve of the May 18 Europe-Latin America and Caribbean Summit, Friends of the Earth International and other organizations ...
- Europe’s demand for palm oil driving deforestation and land-grabbing
- One of the leading suppliers of "green" palm oil to Europe is illegally encroaching upon Indonesian forest and peat land, according to a report published by ...
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Land, life and justice
- How land grabbing in Uganda is affecting the environment, livelihoods and food sovereignty of communities
- eu-brazil biofuels deal: "land-grabbing charter"
- Brussels/Maputo, Mozambique, July 14 – Friends of the Earth Europe has strongly criticised an agreement expected to be announced today by EU and Brazilian ...
- Corporations threaten biotech talks
- A last minute attempt by six biotech giants to undermine international negotiations on biotech crops was condemned today by environmental group Friends of the ...
- Development bank misleads on climate
- Environmental and human rights groups branded today the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as a "leading world emitter of climate hypocrisy" for issuing calls for ...
- Banks Financing Agrofuels
- Many major European banks are funding the rapid expansion of agrofuel production in Latin America, leading to large scale deforestation, increasing human right ...
- Halt to Palm Oil Investments Welcomed
- Jakarta, Indonesia, September 11, 2009 -- Friends of the Earth International welcomed the announcement by the IFC, the World Bank's private sector arm, that it ...
- papua new guinea: building resistance to forest destruction and palm oil expansion
- Papua New Guinea is home to some of the Asia Pacific region’s largest continuous tracts of ancient rainforest. However, destructive and illegal logging are ...
