Category: Resource

Women environmental human rights defenders are protecting our forests, rivers, oceans, lands, and communities—often at great personal risk. Rise & Resist: Women Leading Environmental and Human Rights Defense in Asia and the Pacific shares the inspiring stories of ten women defenders from eight countries across the region. Their experiences reveal both the challenges they face—from […]

Get to know Leaders Network for Environmental Activists and Defenders (LEAD)! LEAD is a multilateral initiative committed to enhancing the recognition, protection, and participation of environmental human rights defenders.

As we step into 2025, we celebrate our collective efforts as a network together with fellow environmental defenders and express our gratitude. We are in solidarity with the different struggles across the region for environmental rights, continuing our creative, hopeful, and courageous defense of lands, waters, and life.

Here’s why and how to advocate for a genuine regional instrument on environmental rights that protects all of us. #ASEANEnvironmentalRights

This video is the second out of three in our #ASEANEnvironmentalRights explainer series.

As we move past the mid-year mark, 2024 has proven to be a tough year for environmental human rights defenders across the Asia-Pacific. Despite these challenges, our collection action and commitment remain strong. In this edition, you’ll find the latest news, campaign achievements, engagements, and resources.

Learn more about the ongoing process of the first-ever regional instrument on environmental rights in Southeast Asia through the first video of the #ASEANEnvironmentalRights series.

APNED is pleased to share our second quarterly newsletter of the year, containing our main highlights and achievements from April to June, as well as the latest updates on cases of environmental defenders in the region, as well as promising developments in environmental rights. 

APNED is pleased to share our first quarterly newsletter of the year, containing the highlights and achievements of our network from January to March 2024.

Watch this video to learn more about the situation of South Asian environmental human rights defenders.

APNED is pleased to announce a new publication entitled Bravery Amidst Adversity, a report on the critical situation of environmental human rights defenders in South Asia, particularly Bangladesh, India, and Nepal.