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Asia Pacific
The Asia Pacific (APac) region is the most diverse, encompassing groups from the global North and the global South.
Member groups from the region are very active in community-based struggles against mining and other extractive industries. They work hand-in-hand with indigenous peoples, peasant farmers, and fisherfolk to secure sustainable livelihoods and fight against vulnerability to “natural disasters.”
News from the region
Hemantha Withanage elected as new chair of Friends of the Earth International
Hemantha Withanage, Executive Director of the Centre for Environmental Justice in Sri Lanka has been elected as the chair of Friends of the Earth International. Hemantha follows K...
02 July, 2021
Internationalist Solidarity with Palestine
Friends of the Earth International condemns the ongoing Israeli attacks on Palestine, including the outrageous targeting of women and children, civilian structures, the bombing of ...
19 May, 2021
From car park to urban farm: The steady growth of community gardening in Penang, Malaysia
With the turmoil wrought by Covid-19 focusing minds on local food sources, the urban farm is an idea whose time has come - nowhere more so than in the Malaysian state of Penang, wh...
09 March, 2021
Fisherfolk who plant trees: Turning the tide on mangrove deforestation
Planting trees seems a strange thing for a fisherman to do. And when a group of fishermen began planting mangroves on Malaysia’s west coast in the late 1990s, some people said th...
04 March, 2021
“Nobody can tell us what to do”: Agroecology as resistance
“We can’t afford to plant only one crop - we have to do what is of more benefit to us,” says Nuie anak Sumok (below). “And nobody can tell us what to do.” Known to friend...
21 December, 2020
Defending territories and indigenous peoples’ rights in Malaysia
Among the tropical forests and mangroves of biodiversity-rich Borneo, the indigenous communities of Sarawak have lived in harmony with nature for centuries. Threatened by deforesta...
11 December, 2020
Friends of Earth International condemns Israel’s plan to annex the major part of the Palestinian West Bank
Friends of the Earth International condemns Israel’s move to forcefully annex significant parts of the occupied Palestinian territories from 1 July 2020. The forced annexation pl...
03 July, 2020
Unprecedented bushfires in Australia and flooding in Indonesia: the devastating extremes of climate impacts
"We’re in a state of anxiety, shock and grief. Many of our staff, volunteers and the communities we work with have lost homes and environments. This is climate change. This fir...
13 January, 2020
People Power in Action: Women leading Palestine’s energy transformation
Many people in Palestine live with extreme energy scarcity. Due to Israeli occupation since 1967, local communities have no sovereignty over their energy supply. In addition to to...
26 August, 2019
Corporations ‘hijack justice’ through RCEP trade deal
Countries from across Asia convened in Melbourne this week to negotiate the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a trade deal that would impact almost half of ...
04 July, 2019
