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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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Public Letter to Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil on GVL
We, the undersigned, strongly urge the RSPO to reverse its decision and maintain the existing stop-work order on GVL until the company fulfills the conditions set by the RSPO and High Carbon Stock App…
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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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False Solutions to Deforestation
Sustainability certifications for palm oil, soy and timber products are schemes driven by agrocommodity industries.
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AAL Risk Alert
FOE groups have published numerous reports with documented evidence of sustained environmental, governance, and human rights abuses by AAL.
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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.