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Community Organizations Friends of the Earth International
Friends of the Earth International
Friends of the Earth International
Acronym
foei
Non Governmental organization

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Our vision is of a peaceful and sustainable world based on societies living in harmony with nature.


We envision a society of interdependent people living in dignity, wholeness and fulfilment in which equity and human and peoples' rights are realized.


This will be a society built upon peoples' sovereignty and participation. It will be founded on social, economic, gender and environmental justice and be free from all forms of domination and exploitation, such as neoliberalism, corporate globalization, neo-colonialism and militarism.


We believe that our children's future will be better because of what we do.


Our mission


To collectively ensure environmental and social justice, human dignity, and respect for human rights and peoples' rights so as to secure sustainable societies.

To halt and reverse environmental degradation and depletion of natural resources, nurture the earth's ecological and cultural diversity, and secure sustainable livelihoods.

To secure the empowerment of indigenous peoples, local communities, women, groups and individuals, and to ensure public participation in decision making.

To bring about transformation towards sustainability and equity between and within societies with creative approaches and solutions.

To engage in vibrant campaigns, raise awareness, mobilize people and build alliances with diverse movements, linking grassroots, national and global struggles.

To inspire one another and to harness, strengthen and complement each other's capacities, living the change we wish to see and working together in solidarity.

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Hands off: why international financial institutions must stop drilling, piping and mining

декабря, 2002
Laos
Benin
Nigeria
Philippines
Peru
Togo
Cameroon
Colombia
Ghana
Chad
Romania
Papua New Guinea
Eastern Europe
Latin America and the Caribbean
Oceania
Sub-Saharan Africa
Eastern Asia

This report reviews the experience and outcomes of the funding by International Financial Institutions (IFIs) of projects in the extractive industries. It presents short case studies of experiences in the Philippines, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Romania, Colombia, Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, which then uses to make recommendations.

Paper tiger, hidden dragons 2: APRIL fools - The forest destruction, social conflict and financial crisis of Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd (APRIL), and the role of financial institutions and paper merchants

декабря, 2001
Indonesia
Eastern Asia
Oceania

Latest report from Friends of the Earth's Coporates Campaign looking at linkages between financial institutions, pulp and paper manufaturers and paper merchants in forest destruction. The report focuses on the activities of Asia Pacific Resources International Holding Ltd (APRIL) - one of the worlds largest pulp and paper companies - and their subsidiary operations in Sumatra.

Paper tiger, hidden dragons: the responsibility of international financial institutions for Indonesian forest destruction, social conflict and the financial crisis of Asia Pulp & Paper

декабря, 2000
Indonesia
Malaysia
Eastern Asia
Oceania

This report documents the environmental and social impacts of Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), assesses the role of international financial institutions in fuelling APP’s unsustainable and damaging operations and examines the link between this unsustainable practice and APP's financial crisis.Financial institutions should acknowledge that it is far more than the financial failure of APP that proves that they seriously underestimated the risk in financing the company.