International

The report by Friends of the Earth International examines the intersection of human and environmental rights, detailing case studies of corporate and state abuses. It advocates for a framework of environmental justice that includes the right to sustainable livelihoods, clean environments, water, and food security, while emphasizing the need for transparency, collective rights, and legal redress for climate refugees and ecological debt.

• The Ava Guarani people in Argentina's Salta province have faced violent evictions and displacement from ancestral lands to make way for sugar plantations operated by the San Martin del Tabacal company and the US-based Seaboard Corporation.
• In Curaçao, Royal Dutch Shell's oil refinery operations caused severe health issues, including cancers and birth defects, and the company secured a declaration of immunity from the government of Curaçao to avoid liability for 70 years of environmental damage.
• The Colombian government's aerial spraying of glyphosate herbicide (Roundup Ready) to destroy illegal crops has caused ocular and cutaneous afflictions in humans and killed livestock and poultry, while failing to significantly reduce coca crops.
• Water privatization in Cochabamba, Bolivia, led to a 300 percent increase in drinking water prices, triggering massive public uprisings that eventually forced the Aguas del Tunari consortium to leave the country.
• Genetically modified (GM) maize from the United States has contaminated traditional maize varieties in the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Puebla, threatening biological diversity and food security in the center of origin for maize.
• The Dayak Pitap of Indonesia are resisting the construction of an iron ore mine on their sacred land, which was approved by the local government through a US$10 million agreement with the PT Sari Bumi Sinar Karya mining company.
• The Australian government abandoned plans for a national radioactive waste dump in the desert following a campaign by the Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta, a council of Senior Aboriginal Women.
• The Three Gorges Dam project in China is estimated to displace up to 1.9 million people, with reports indicating that promised land and jobs for refugees have not materialized and opposition is met with repression.
• Climate change and sea level rise threaten the existence of Pacific Island states, such as Tuvalu, where saltwater intrusion is decreasing traditional crops and increasing reliance on imported foods.
• In the Niger Delta, gas flaring by companies including Shell, ExxonMobil, and ChevronTexaco contributes significantly to global greenhouse gas emissions and causes acid rain and health issues for local residents.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (2004). International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/our-environment-our-rights.pdf

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. International. 2004. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/our-environment-our-rights.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{friendsoftheearthinternational2004international, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{International}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2004}, month = aug, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/our-environment-our-rights.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }