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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
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
Red Carpet Courts
Imagine an environmentally or socially destructive corporate project – say, a toxic mine, which could poison your local supply of water, or a luxury real estate project, which wo...
24 June, 2019
Plastic waste trade in crisis
In 2018 China shook the global plastic recycling system by banning imports of plastic waste. Since then our plastic production, consumption and waste systems have faced various cri...
29 April, 2019
In solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka and demand for justice
Friends of the Earth International and Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific condemn the recent brutal attacks in Sri Lanka which have left more than 250 innocent people dead and over ...
25 April, 2019
Israel’s attempt to demolish Palestinian village Khan al Ahmar contravenes international law
Israeli forces are forcibly displacing Palestinians as they attempt to demolish the Bedouin village of Khan al Ahmar in the occupied West Bank. Israeli forces are dragging away res...
06 July, 2018
Israeli forces kill dozens at Gaza border as U.S. Embassy opens in Jerusalem
Friends of the Earth International and Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific are deeply aggrieved by news that dozens of Palestinians have been killed at the Gaza border during the of...
18 May, 2018
Philippines and Indonesia must stop red tagging and criminalizing defenders of territories
Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific (FoE APac) condemns the use of anti-communist and anti-terror laws to silence environmental and indigenous rights activists in the Philippines and...
14 March, 2018
Transforming our economy: Scaling up solutions
We live in a world facing many destructive and entwined crises - including growing inequality, climate change, poverty, pollution and human rights violations. Our current economic ...
31 January, 2018
