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Mexico: Water activists challenge World Water Forum
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, March 16, 2006 -- Voices excluded from the 4th World Water Forum held in Mexico City...
16 March, 2006World Trade Talks threaten livelihoods, but fisheries may escape the net
HONG KONG (CHINA), December 13, 2005 – On the day trade ministers from 149 nations meet in Hong Kong...
13 December, 2005Malaysia: Penans’ Plight Requires a Stop to Logging and Plantations
Penang (Malaysia) October 10, 2005 -- Representatives from Friends of the Earth International (FoEI), the world's largest grassroots environmental...
10 October, 2005Orang-utans face extinction as rainforest destroyed for palm oil
JAKARTA (INDONESIA) / LONDON (UK), 23 September, 2005 -- The Orang-utan is facing extinction due to the destruction of...
23 September, 2005International environmental groups unite against Australian corporate assault on free speech
Joint Statement: Friends of the Earth International, Greenpeace International, the Rainforest Action Network and the Sierra Club unreservedly condemn...
23 May, 2005Canada denies visa to chief biosafety negotiator from Africa
OTTAWA (Canada) / AMSTERDAM (Netherlands), May 19, 2005 -- Mere days before beginning negotiations on controversial new measures for...
19 May, 2005Millenium ecosysem assessment: main findings and reaction
United Nations goals to halve poverty and hunger by 2015 will not be met, and hunger and malnutrition will...
30 March, 2005Australian elections – voters can save great barrier reef from climate change
Australians will vote on whether to save their natural icons such as the Great Barrier Reef from being destroyed...
09 October, 2004Rainforest destruction in your shopping basket
LONDON (UK) - Research released today reveals that the booming trade in palm oil, used in everyday products such...
08 March, 2004Biopiracy threats at biodiversity meeting
KUALA LUMPUR (MALAYSIA) - While representatives of 187 countries gather here for a key meeting on biodiversity starting today,...
09 February, 2004