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Position paper: plantations are not forests
- Friends of the Earth International, July 2010: Tree plantations are not forests. They are a monoculture which causes huge impacts throughout the world. ...
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Background paper: free trade and plantations
- Friends of the Earth International, July 2010: Bilateral or multilateral free trade agreements have been signed or are being negotiated in many countries. All ...
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trade & people's food sovereignty
- Food and water are peoples’ most basic needs. Agriculture is therefore critical for all people. April 2003
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Who Benefits from GM crops? - 2007 executive summary
- Friends of the Earth International, January 2007: Summary from the report 'Who benefits from GM crops? An Analysis of the global performance of genetically ...
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who benefits from gm crops? - 2007 summary - mandarin
- Friends of the Earth International, January 2007: Summary from the report 'Who benefits from GM crops? An Analysis of the global performance of genetically ...
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fertile resistance in agrobiodiversity
- Friends of the Earth International, August 2002: Local communities defending agrobiodiversity against gmos and agrobusiness.
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fertile resistance in forests
- Friends of the Earth International and the World Rainforest Movement, August 2002: This report talks about local communities around the world defending forest ...
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Farmers and biodiversity in Latin America
- Friends of the Earth International, May 2003: For rural workers, the creation of biodiversity is the result of an interaction between human beings and nature. ...
- 'Sustainable palm oil' advert false says watchdog
- After a complain from Friends of the Earth International the UK advertising watchdog has ruled that claiming palm oil is "sustainably produced" is false ...
- La Troja: a fair trade and solidarity project
- La Troja is a warehouse run by Friends of the Earth Costa Rica. It has been created to enable small scale producers to store basic grains such as, maize, ...
- Malaysia: Blockade to stop logging company
- Ajang Kiew, President of the Long Sayan Sarawak Penan Association speaks about the logging company operation on nearby land and why they are blockading their ...
- Malaysia: Loggers are destroying the forest
- Alah Beling, Head man of the Penans of Long Belok talks about the impact of logging in his community.
- Chile: Pulp Mill ecological disaster
- The Valdivia Pulp Mill in Rio Cruces has caused an environmental disaster in the nearby wetlands.
- Chile: Pulp Mill endangers wildlife
- Dr. Daniel Boroscheck speaks in depth about the impacts of Valdivia Pulp Mill in Rio Cruces.
- Uruguay: farmers' fields taken for forest plantations
- Rene Lopez talks about how his fields were taken from him for forest plantations.
- 2010 BIODIVERSITY YEAR: URGENT ACTION NEEDED
- SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA, January 11, 2010 – Commenting on today’s announcement by the United Nations that 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity and that ...
- Our position on forest certification schemes
- Friends of the Earth International strongly rejects certification of large-scale tree plantations and does not support any forest certification scheme at a ...
- 2008 Photo Competition Launch
- Friends of the Earth International announces the launch today of its annual photo competition, which will gather photos from around the world on the theme of ...
- GM crops increase pesticides
- A new report released on February 13th shows that planting genetically modified (GM) crops is causing an increased use of harmful pesticides in major biotech ...
- Biodiversity Plan of Inaction Condemned
- BONN (GERMANY), May 30, 2008 -- Friends of the Earth International expressed its alarm at the failure of the latest United Nations Convention of Biological ...
- World Forests Rapidly Disappearing
- ROME, ITALY, MARCH 16 -- In a reaction to the alarming data released today in the 2009 State of the World’s Forests report by the UN Food and Agricultural ...
- Paraguay: Transnacionales de la soja al servicio de la muerte
- Silvino Talavera Villasboa tenía 11 años cuando fue rociado por agrotóxicos usados en los monocultivos de soja alrededor de su casa, falleció cinco días ...
- Paraguay: Transnacionales de la soja al servicio de la muerte
- Silvino Talavera Villasboa tenía 11 años cuando fue rociado por agrotóxicos usados en los monocultivos de soja alrededor de su casa, falleció cinco días ...
- international day against monoculture tree plantations
- Joint Release from World Rainforest Movement, Friends of the Earth International and Global Forest Coalition, 19 September 2008 -- Groups call for Action on 21 ...
- Genetically modified crops: European farming at risk
- Environmental and agricultural organisations have launched a new campaign today to prevent the further spread of genetically modified (GM) crops in Europe. The ...
- fourth annual photo competition
- Friends of the Earth International is excited to announce our fourth annual photo competition.
- world bank accused of promoting land grabbing
- WASHINGTON, US, April 27, 2010 – Friends of the Earth International warned today that voluntary principles on land acquisitions announced by the World Bank and ...
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the story of IIRSA
- Friends of the Earth International, May 2008: Latin American people versus mega infrastructure projects and trade negotiations with the European Union.
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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 ...
