Big win for Malaysian Land Defenders!
May 17, 2023
Gerenai Community Rights Action Committee (GCRAC), Bruno Manser Fonds, The Borneo Project, KERUAN, and SAVE Rivers are leading the way for justice!
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Who we are There is a rise in the number of killings and different forms of human rights violations of environment defenders in the Asia Pacific. These are happening in areas where there is opposition to projects such as large-scale mining, mega-dams and industrial plantations, which disrupt ecological balance and people’s lives. Environment defenders seek to […]
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From Injustice to Repair: Civil Society Organizations Push for Climate and Social Justice Ahead of the G7 Summit
May 17, 2023
Climate action is needed amidst the devastating climate crisis that unfairly rampages poorer countries. The annual G7 summit gathers a group of industrialized and wealthy nations to discuss critical global issues. It is time to hold them accountable for their role as the biggest carbon emitters and extractive countries globally!
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APNED and CEC: Official Virtual Side Event during the UN Water Conference: Committing to the Flow of People-Centered Water Action
April 28, 2023
The Asia Pacific Network of Environment Defenders, the Center of Environmental Concerns – Philippines, and Ate Sherly Masurca from the Philippines, participated at the United Nations Water Conference 2023.
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APNED Q1 Recap!
April 19, 2023
This is a an overview and recap of APNED’s activities from January to March 2023!
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United Nations Environment Progamme – Working Paper on Environmental Rule of Law in Asia and the Pacific
April 28, 2023
The United Nations Environment Programme launched its working paper on the Environmental Rule of Law, Human Rights, and Supporting Environment Human Rights Defenders last April 27, 2023.
The Working Paper summarises common legal and policy issues that must be urgently addressed across the Asia Pacific region concerning threats to the environmental rule of law and EHRDs. Key threats identified for the environmental rule of law and which undermine the positive role of environmental defenders in the achievement of sustainable development, include: the shrinking of civic space: impunity for wrongful acts: land grabbing; violence against environmental activists; criminalization of environmental defenders; and various forms of judicial harassment, such as strategic lawsuits against public participation.
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APNED Q1 Recap!
April 19, 2023
This is a an overview and recap of APNED’s activities from January to March 2023!
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