Dismantiling transnational corporate power
17 December 2016 | Videos | Monitoring transnationals | COP on Biological Diversity
As part of the Civil Society Working Group on Synthetic Biology, Friends of the Earth International (FOEI) follows up the negotiations on this set of new genetic engineering technologies that attempt to design and redesign biological systems or even create new ones from algae or yeast. Watch video
16 December 2016 | News | Monitoring transnationals | COP on Biological Diversity
The event, where Friends of the Earth International participated, was organized by the Coalition Against Biopiracy (CAB) on December 9th during the 13th Conference of the Parties (COP13) of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in Cancun, México. Read more
12 December 2016 | Videos | Monitoring transnationals
Over the weekend, news reports began to circulate saying President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as secretary of state. Tillerson has served as CEO and chair of Exxon since 2006. Environmental groups have widely condemned the potential nomination. Exxon is facing multiple lawsuits over its role in covering up the science behind climate change. Tillerson is also known to have close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Watch video
11 December 2016 | Interviews | Monitoring transnationals | APac School of Sustainability | Social activists at risk
In April 2015, the Supreme Court of Nepal directed the government to shut down the controversial Godawari Marbles Factory, located in the Lalitpur district, in a move to protect the environment and biodiversity. The justices stated that the factory’s operations, including quarrying and extraction works, caused adverse impacts on the local environment and threatened the existence of globally important flora and fauna. Read more
2 December 2016 | Interviews | Victims of climate change | Monitoring transnationals | APac School of Sustainability
CELCOR - Fiends of the Earth Papua New Guinea (PNG) warns about the dangers of a deep sea mining project to be built in the country by Canadian company Nautilus Minerals, and located in the waters of New Ireland and East New Britain provinces. Read more
1 December 2016 | Interviews | Monitoring transnationals | APac School of Sustainability
Hye Lyn Kim is one of the young people who participated in the School of Sustainability of Friends of the Earth Asia Pacific, which came to an end on Wednesday in the Indonesian South Lampung Regency, Lampung province. She is member of KFEM . - Friends of the Earth South Korea and is also participating for the first time in the Biennial General Meeting of Friends of the Earth International that is taking place in South Lampung. Read more
28 November 2016 | Videos | Criminalization of COPINH | Financialization of nature | Free Honduras | Monitoring transnationals | Social activists at risk | Berta lives on!
This Monday, Real World Radio (RWR) presented a short video summarizing the work carried out by the radio in 2015 and 2016 at the Biennial General Assembly of Friends of the Earth International (FoEI, the federation to which the radio belongs), which is taking place in South Lampung Regency, Indonesia. The video is also a tribute to the work of FoEI in these past two years. Watch video
17 November 2016 | Interviews | Monitoring transnationals
The European Crop Protection Association (ECPA) and CropLife America (CLA) –two trade associations representing big pesticide companies– were awarded the “Democracy for Sale Awards” for their attempt to use the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP, between the United States and the European Union) to shape current and future pesticides regulation. Read more
17 November 2016 | Interviews | Monitoring transnationals
The Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) - Friends of the Earth Sri Lanka has warned the international community about the decision by the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) of the country to authorize the installation of a hydroelectric project in Athwelthota Waterfall (also known as “Pilithuda Waterfall”), on a river of the Sinharaja rainforest, in the Southwest region of the country. Read more
16 November 2016 | Interviews | Monitoring transnationals | Social activists at risk | Week of Mobilization in Geneva
Anne van Schaik, member of Friends of the Earth Europe, welcomed the participation of the European Union and several of its member countries in the UN negotiations on a binding treaty on transnational corporations and human rights violations. Nevertheless, the activist expressed her concern over the fact that this participation was not constructive. Read more
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