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A report by Friends of the Earth International and collaborators presented at COP16 in Cali, Colombia, which critiques biodiversity offsetting and crediting as market-based schemes that fail to address the biodiversity crisis and undermine the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

This report by Friends of the Earth International argues that community forest management and agroecology are interconnected political proposals that offer superior alternatives to industrial agriculture and top-down conservation for protecting biodiversity and ensuring food security.

This policy brief from Friends of the Earth International argues that forests managed by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC) are essential for biodiversity conservation and climate justice, but are threatened by extractive industries and certain conservation programs due to a lack of public policies recognizing their collective rights.

This report by Friends of the Earth International argues for the reintegration of agricultural biodiversity into the center of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), contrasting the biodiversity-rich practices of peasant food networks with the limited scope of the agro-industrial chain.

Friends of the Earth International proposes four guiding principles for a "just recovery" from the COVID-19 crisis, arguing that the pandemic stems from a capitalist, patriarchal, and racist economic system. The organization calls for a transformative system change that prioritizes ecological limits, human rights, and the redistribution of wealth over corporate profits and neoliberal austerity.

This fact sheet by Friends of the Earth argues that the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) promotes industrial farming, environmental pollution, and corporate dominance over sustainable, healthy food production. It calls for a shift toward organic farming, local trade, and the prioritization of small-scale farms.

This Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) fact sheet from September 2014 argues against the 'financialization of nature,' which it describes as a process of privatizing and commodifying biodiversity through financial mechanisms. The document advocates for community-based governance, food sovereignty, and the use of public funds and taxes for conservation instead of market-based 'false solutions.'

This report by Friends of the Earth International analyzes how 17 international agreements, declarations, and normative standards support community forest management (CFM). It identifies key rights—including self-determination, consultation, territorial rights, livelihoods, women's rights, and traditional knowledge—that underpin successful CFM and provides a legal framework for advocates to pressure governments and private sectors to recognize and protect community-led forestry.

This briefing by Friends of the Earth International argues that 'no net loss' (NNL) of biodiversity is a 'false solution' that facilitates the continued destruction of nature by treating biodiversity as a set of exchangeable units. The document contends that NNL mechanisms, such as biodiversity offsets and credits, allow the current fossil-fuel-dependent development model to persist without requiring structural system change, while potentially leading to land grabbing and the infringement of Indigenous Peoples' and local communities' rights.

The New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) is a multi-stakeholder framework adopted in 2014 and refreshed in 2021 to protect and restore global forests. Its key targets include halting natural forest loss by 2030 and restoring 350 million hectares of degraded land, which could mitigate over 7 billion tons of CO2e annually. The document identifies agricultural commodities (soy, palm oil, beef, and paper) as the cause of roughly half of global deforestation and emphasizes the critical role of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in forest protection.

This annex provides a detailed overview of sustainability schemes targeting the mining sector, categorizing them by their supply chain target and outlining their specific requirements for biodiversity and forest conservation.

The New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) is a collective commitment to slow, stop, and reverse global forest loss while improving food security. The declaration outlines specific targets for 2030, including ending natural forest loss and restoring 350 million hectares of degraded landscapes, to mitigate climate change and protect biodiversity.

The New York Declaration on Forests is a statement by endorsers committing to slow, halt, and reverse global forest loss to safeguard biodiversity and the climate. The document outlines specific targets for 2030, including ending natural forest loss and restoring 350 million hectares of landscapes, while emphasizing the central role of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in forest governance.

The New York Declaration on Forests is a collective commitment by signatories to slow, stop, and reverse global forest loss by 2030. The document outlines the critical role of forests in biodiversity and climate protection, identifies primary drivers of deforestation, and sets specific targets for forest restoration and emission reductions to limit global warming to 1.5 °C.

The New York Declaration on Forests is a collective commitment to halt natural forest loss and degradation by 2030, restore 350 million hectares of forest land, and reduce emissions to help limit global warming to 1.5°C.

The New York Declaration on Forests is a statement outlining a global vision to slow, stop, and reverse forest loss while enhancing food security. It identifies the conversion of forests for commodity production—specifically soy, palm oil, beef, and paper—as a primary driver of global deforestation and sets specific time-bound targets for forest restoration and emission reductions to limit global warming to 2°C.

The New York Declaration on Forests is a collective commitment to reduce and reverse global deforestation to mitigate climate change and protect biodiversity. It outlines specific targets for reducing natural forest loss, eliminating commodity-driven deforestation, and restoring degraded forest landscapes by 2020 and 2030.

The New York Declaration on Forests is a collective commitment to slow, stop, and reverse global forest loss to protect biodiversity, support the 1.6 billion people dependent on forests, and limit global warming to 2°C.

The New York Declaration on Forests is a statement of commitment to slow, halt, and reverse global forest loss to safeguard biodiversity and limit global warming to 2°C. The signatories pledge specific targets for reducing natural forest loss, eliminating deforestation from agricultural commodities, and restoring degraded landscapes by 2020 and 2030.

The New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) is a collective commitment to slow, reduce, and reverse global deforestation. It outlines specific goals to be achieved by 2030, emphasizing the role of forests in biodiversity, climate regulation, and the livelihoods of indigenous peoples and local communities.