Community forest management, Sarawak, Malaysia ©

1. Community forest management Friends of the Earth Indonesia/WALHI has developed a community-led model to protect the country’s forests: today, millions of hectares of forest are in the hands of communities and benefit thousands of people ©

2. Defend and protect territories. Friends of the Earth Norway/Naturvernforbundet activists have been fighting to defend precious coasts and fjords from mining and fossil fuel expansion for decades, even putting their bodies on the line ©

3. Respect Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ rights. Indigenous Peoples and local communities protect and manage 21% of the world’s land mass. Their resistance to the industrial drivers of biodiversity loss and climate collapse is often met with violence ©

4. Stop carbon markets, false solutions and deforestation. Indigenous leaders protest carbon markets, REDD+ and other false solutions, at the climate march in Madrid, during UNFCCC COP25, in 2019 ©

5. Strong global biodiversity targets. Friends of the Earth International are present at key intergovernmental processes such as the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, where we build alliances and people’s capacity to fight harmful projects © 

6. Defend collective rights to guarantee the preservation of communities’ cultural identities, organisation and territorial heritage. Galuma Riak, Friends of the Earth Malaysia/SAM, uses land mapping software to define indigenous domains ©

7. Internationalist solidarity. Our Internationalist Solidarity System serves to respond rapidly to violations and mobilise support for threatened peoples and communities, according to their needs and wishes. Action in solidarity with Guatemalan communities ©