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Stop bombing fragile Key Biodiversity Areas! Joint Statement

Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment and Environmental Defenders Congress April 6, 2024 REFERENCE: Danilova Molintas +639602315340 WhatsApp/Viber Stop bombing fragile Key Biodiversity Areas! Ban indiscriminate aerial strikes! Investigate the environmental impacts of military operations! Defend our environment! Defend our people! The Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment and the Environmental Defenders Congress decry the […]

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Environmental defenders abducted on March 24, released

Subject: Re: Alert: 2 Environmental Defenders in the Philippines abducted Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 12:14:59 +0800 From: ‘Jax Bongon’ via IBON International Climate Justice Mailing List <ii-climate-justice@googlegroups.com> Reply-To: jbongon@iboninternational.org Dear friends and comrades, The fact-finding mission team for Eco Dangla III and Jak Tiong, environmental defenders abducted on March 24, released an update saying both individuals

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Environmental defender group amass local and international support to surface and release Eco Dangla and Jak Tiong

PRESS RELEASE March 27, 2024 Environmental defender group amass local and international support to surface and release Eco Dangla and Jak Tiong Contact person: lia@cecphils.org ; 09097273371 As of March 27, 2024 10:10 in the morning, a total of 257 organizations and 416 individuals have signed the petition for the safe and immediate surfacing of our fellow

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REJECT EU-PH FTA AS SERIOUS CONCERNS CONTINUE TO HOUND AMBITIOUS CORPORATE TRADE DEAL

https://focusweb.org/reject-eu-ph-fta-as-serious-concerns-continue-to-hound-ambitious-corporate-trade-deal Mar 25, 2024 PH, Germany agree to enhance trade, investments cooperation The Philippines and Germany have discussed ways on how to enhance the trade and investment cooperation of the two countries during the second day of the three-day working visit of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in Berlin. March 12, 2024. Photo release from

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Netherlands gov’t urged to probe Dutch corporate abuse in SMC’s Bulacan airport project

Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment Press Release 22 March 2024 Netherlands gov’t urged to probe Dutch corporate abuse in SMC’s Bulacan airport project A parallel protest is happening today in Papendrecht, Netherlands where Boskalis WMV is headquartered. This is the first of a series of globally coordinated actions against reclamation. United under the banner

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Filipino rights defenders in UN to support calls for NTF-ELCAC abolition

Press Release March 6, 2024 References: Lia Mai Torres/Center for Environmental Concerns (+639097273371)Atty. Ma. Sol Taule/Karapatan (+639452966916) Filipino rights defenders in UN to support calls for NTF-ELCAC abolition GENEVA, Switzerland—A delegation of Filipino human rights defenders is attending the 55th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC) in Geneva, Switzerland to

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Filipino rights defenders in UN to support calls for NTF-ELCAC abolition

Press ReleaseMarch 6, 2024References: Lia Mai Torres/Center for Environmental Concerns (+639097273371)Atty. Ma. Sol Taule/Karapatan (+639452966916) Filipino rights defenders in UN to support calls for NTF-ELCAC abolition GENEVA, Switzerland—A delegation of Filipino human rights defenders is attending the 55th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC) in Geneva, Switzerland to support calls

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UK’s Standard Chartered assailed for financing Philippines coal boom

BankTrack, the Philippines Movement for Climate Justice, Inclusive Development International and Recourse file complaint over Standard Chartered coal financing Manila, February 29, 2024According to the complaint filed with the UK government by BankTrack and partners, on behalf of communities affected by the projects, Standard Chartered violated international guidelines for responsible business conduct by co-financing four coal-fired power plants

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