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The website of Friends of the Earth International - the world's largest grassroot's environmental network

annual report 2011

 

annual report 2010

 

trainings for communicators, journalists and campaigners

In May 2010, Friends of the Earth International organized a one-day training for campaigners in Prague, Czech Republic, during which participants skill-shared about media messaging and started developing a federation-wide communications strategy around extractive industries.

financial report 2010

 

SEVENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE ASK OIL GIANT SHELL TO CLEAN UP ITS MESS IN NIGERIA

AMSTERDAM (THE NETHERLANDS), May 21st, 2012 – On the eve of the annual general meeting of oil giant Shell, Friends of the Earth International announced that it will deliver to Shell CEO Peter Voser some 70,000 signatures of people who want Shell to start cleaning up its mess in the oil-rich and highly polluted Niger delta in Nigeria.

signatories End UN Corporate Capture statement 18 May 2012

 

Oil or Development

Results from a field study on the environmental and social impacts of oil exploration along the northern coast. Justiça Ambiental, by Daniel Ribeiro and Joshua Dimon, September 2011

signatories end un corporate capture statement 16 may 2012

 

UN Global Compact turns a blind eye to corporate malpractices

AMSTERDAM / RIO DE JANEIRO, May 10, 2012 - Institutions and initiatives of the United Nations, such as the Global Compact provide far too much room for influence by private corporations. A Civil Society Statement to halt the corporate capture of the UN, raises concerns in run up to the Rio Conference.

Attacks on communities resisting dam construction in Guatemala.

4 May 2012 - Friends of the Earth International strongly condemns the violence and repression against residents of the Santa Cruz Barillas in the Department of Huehuetenango, Guatemala, because of their opposition to the operations of the Spanish company Hydro Santa Cruz, SA.