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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.

This is a an overview and recap of APNED’s activities from January to March 2023!

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 theUnited 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.