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Civil society organizations urge palm oil body to maintain moratorium on Golden Veroleum Liberia to protect invaluable forests and communities
71 civil society organizations sent a public letter to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) ahead of its annual meeting.
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A Pledge to Uphold the Human Right to Food on World Food Day 2025
The forest program at Friends of the Earth U.S. has for years focused on the primary drivers of tropical deforestation – palm oil, soy, cattle, and other agrocommodities.
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Today, the forest is quieter: On Jane Goodall’s Passing
Thank you, Jane, for showing us the world as it truly is: interconnected, precious, and worth fighting for.
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A Modest Proposal to Prevent Tropical Deforestation: Tax the Billionaires (And the Corporations They Own)
When oligarchs in the US or the EU build their wealth by extracting resources elsewhere – by and large from the resource-rich ecosystems and cheap labor of the global South – the problem demands a…
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Leaving No One Behind?: the Heated Landscape of Financing for Development
Mining, oil and gas and industrial agribusiness driving 90 percent of forest and biodiversity destruction, and while there are tireless campaigns everywhere to reign in the destruction, if the incenti…
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Statement in response to veto of NY TREES Act
Governor Hochul’s veto of the TREES Act is an unfortunate delay to the urgent need for state-level climate action.
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On Global Human Rights Day, Friends of the Earth groups welcome United Nations scrutiny over palm oil industry and Astra Agro Lestari’s human rights abuses
Friends of the Earth groups welcome newly-public UN letters raising concerns over palm oil giant Astra Agro Lestari (AAL)’s widespread human rights abuses, land grabbing and environmental degradation.
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Gov. Hochul, sign the TREES Act now
The TREES Act — which passed the Legislature in May — would require New York state to prove it is not purchasing products driving deforestation. If signed, it would be the first anti-deforestati…
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Friends of the Earth files OECD Complaint against BlackRock for Investments in Agribusiness Companies Causing Environmental, Human Rights Violations
Friends of the Earth U.S. and the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) submitted an OECD complaint against BlackRock for directly contributing to environmental and human rights abuses a…