Category: Resource

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, […]

2021 Year End Report Amidst the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, environmental challenges and repression of Environmental Human Rights Defenders (EHRDs), we were able to achieve breakthroughs together as a network.    Defend the Planet, Defend Our Rights   Mass Campaign 101 Reclaiming the NarrativeBracing Against the Tide to Uphold Environmental Rights and Social Justice   […]

A Briefer on the Situation of Pacific Environmental Human Rights Defenders (EHRDs) Asia Pacific Network of Environment Defenderswith the support of the United Nations Environment Programme

A solidarity video from different organizations and individuals to stand up and resist the military junta in Myanmar.

For World Environment Day, we are honored to share with you this video which was designed as an instructional guide for environmental defenders in understanding the different mass campaigns and their various steps. We thank our partners and members who shared their lessons that we have incorporated in this video. We hope that the video […]

“Reclaiming the Narrative” summarized the struggles of environmental defenders in Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Together with its collaborating partners, the report highlighted the people’s collective experience in line with the defense of their communities and the environment.

Lia Alonzo of Asia Pacific Network of Environment Defenders (APNED) and Center for Environmental Concerns – Philippines (CEC) laid out what at stake for our environment in building large dams.

APNED stands together with its members and friends from Karen Social Action Network, a member of the Karen River Watch. We remain vigilant against the attacks towards our fellow environment defenders, and social movements for the environment, human rights, and indigenous peoples in Myanmar.