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March is International Women’s Month, and today is International Women’s Day. Our network recognizes, celebrates, and supports women, girls, and women environmental human rights defenders worldwide for their work to attain social and environmental justice. We firmly believe that inclusiveness is central to a just transition!

There is only one world and environment. There is no planet b for humanity. Therefore, the time is now to defend mother earth. Along with it comes protecting and fulfilling our fundamental human rights, for without the world, we will cease to exist.

The environmental and climate movement rages on! We are relentless in our demands for justice, reparations, and accountability!

#ClimateJusticeIsSocialJustice

Since the military junta took over Myanmar in 2021, it has put the country in peril. Alongside the calls of the United Nations to the international community, APNED also strongly denounces the rule and disavows its legitimacy.

We call on our fellow environmental human rights defenders and allies to support the Tamang Indigenous People in their struggle to land and life!

The Asia Pacific Network of Environment Defenders looks back to a challenging but fruitful 2022! We welcome 2023 with open arms, a broader perspective and a much stronger vigour to continue defending the environment!

APNED Bulletin Issue #2 features essential news and information regarding environment defenders in the Asia-Pacific that strives to promote the right to a healthy environment in the region! Please get to know them more by reading our newsletter!

APNED Bulletin Issue #1 features essential news and information regarding environment defenders in the Asia-Pacific that strives to promote the right to a healthy environment in the region! Please get to know them more by reading our newsletter!

The newsletter is available in English, Hindi, Khmer, Filipino and Bahasa.

The triple planetary crisis of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss represents the single greatest human rights challenge of our era. In July 2022, the UN General Assembly adopted a historic resolution on ‘The human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment’ (A/Res./76/300). The resolution “recognises that sustainable development, in its three dimensions (social, […]

                                        APNED and CEC at the 4th United Nations Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum, Asia-Pacific.  Asia Pacific Network for Environmental Defenders (APNED) and Center for Environmental Concerns – Philippines Inc. (CEC) participated in the 4th […]

APNED and CEC at the 4th United Nations Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum, Asia-Pacific.  Asia Pacific Network for Environmental Defenders (APNED) and Center for Environmental Concerns – Philippines Inc. (CEC) participated in the 4th United Nations Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum, Asia-Pacific, last September 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand, with the theme: Harnessing Levers […]