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The document examines Viet Nam's efforts to create a transparent and equitable benefit distribution system for the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) scheme. It highlights the transition from fixed payments to performance-based models and the importance of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) for indigenous and local communities. Key challenges include legal contradictions regarding the status of village communities and uncertainties over carbon rights.

The Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue (SAD) standards provide a comprehensive framework to minimize the negative environmental and social impacts of salmon farming. The standards cover seven key principles: legal compliance, conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem function, protection of wild populations, efficient resource use, responsible disease and parasite management, social responsibility in farm operations, and community engagement. Specific performance thresholds are set for benthic health, water quality, sea lice levels, feed sustainability (including Forage Fish Dependency Ratios), and labor rights. The standards are designed to be implemented by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) through third-party certification, requiring 100% compliance and high levels of data transparency.

The statement details the social, environmental, and human rights conflicts surrounding the Barro Blanco hydroelectric project in Panama. It highlights the resistance of the Ngäbe Bugle indigenous people, the failure of stakeholder consultations, and the ecological risks to the Tabasará River, while criticizing the project's approval under the UN's CDM offsetting scheme.

The policy paper advocates for a human rights-based approach to climate finance, emphasizing that mitigation and adaptation measures must not violate human rights. It evaluates existing mechanisms—the Global Environment Facility (GEF), REDD+, and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)—finding that while some integrate social safeguards, others lack transparency and accountability. The authors propose a comprehensive institutional safeguard system for the Green Climate Fund (GCF), including mandatory social and environmental policies, independent monitoring, and a robust grievance mechanism based on international standards.

A joint submission by the Human Rights & Climate Change Working Group and various NGOs calling for the CDM to establish institutional safeguards, strengthen civil society participation, and create grievance mechanisms to address human rights violations associated with carbon offset projects.

In 2012, the U.S. Interior Secretary implemented a 20-year ban on new uranium mining claims across a million-acre area surrounding Grand Canyon National Park to protect the watershed, wildlife, and local communities, including the Havasupai Tribe. Earthjustice is intervening in consolidated lawsuits filed by the mining industry to overturn this ban. A U.S. District Judge in Arizona has already rejected industry claims that the Interior Department lacked the authority to ban claims on land parcels exceeding 5,000 acres.

Friends of the Earth International (ATI) has issued a statement condemning a series of targeted attacks against CEIBA – Amigos de la Tierra Guatemala and the Red Nacional en Defensa de la Soberanía Alimentaria de Guatemala (REDSAG). These incidents include the theft of computer equipment from their offices on February 25 and a targeted robbery of a laptop from CEIBA communicator Óscar Gálvez. ATI argues these are not common crimes but part of an escalation of intimidation against environmentalists in the region, specifically those defending indigenous rights and opposing mining and large hydroelectric projects. ATI has formally requested the Guatemalan Ministry of the Interior to ensure the physical integrity and security of these organizations.

The document advocates for a human rights-based approach to climate finance to prevent social and environmental harm and promote sustainable development. It evaluates the Global Environment Facility (GEF), REDD+ initiatives, and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), finding that while some have integrated safeguards, others lack transparency and accountability. The report concludes with detailed recommendations for the Green Climate Fund (GCF), emphasizing the need for international safeguard policies, robust monitoring systems, a formal grievance mechanism, and meaningful civil society participation.

The document outlines a methodology for creating Biocultural Community Protocols (BCPs), which are community-defined instruments used to communicate local values, customary laws, and priorities to external actors. It provides a structured approach across four parts: understanding the toolkit and the role of the facilitator, documenting the community's biocultural foundations, implementing the protocol through dialogue and negotiation, and reflecting on outcomes to revise the protocol. The guide emphasizes endogenous development, legal empowerment, and participatory methods—such as community mapping, participatory video, and 'Forum Theatre'—to reduce power asymmetries between local communities and entities like governments, corporations, and NGOs.

The document examines how community protocols and FPIC processes empower indigenous and local communities to protect their land, resources, and traditional knowledge. Through various case studies in countries such as India, Peru, Ghana, and Cameroon, it argues that these tools are most effective when they are bottom-up processes designed and controlled by the communities themselves rather than imposed top-down by governments or corporations. The report highlights the role of the Nagoya Protocol and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in providing international legal support for these tools, while noting that national implementation often remains inadequate.

The document analyzes the global wood products value chain, projecting a significant increase in wood removals by 2050, primarily driven by bioenergy. It evaluates the environmental footprints of wood versus alternative materials, the role of recycling and efficiency in reducing virgin fibre demand, and the potential for sustainable production through managed natural forests and tree plantations. The report emphasizes the importance of secure land rights for indigenous peoples and the role of credible certification, specifically FSC, in ensuring sustainable forest management.

The report critiques the Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership (KFCP), a pilot REDD project funded by the Australian government. It argues that the project fails to protect indigenous rights, ignores the root causes of deforestation, and risks creating 'leakage' where emissions are simply displaced. The document highlights conflicts over land tenure among the Dayak people and criticizes the use of market-based carbon offsets as a way for developed nations like Australia to avoid reducing their own fossil fuel emissions.

The report critiques the Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership (KFCP), a bilateral agreement between Australia and Indonesia designed to pilot REDD carbon offsets. It argues that the project ignores indigenous land rights, fails to address the primary drivers of deforestation, and risks creating social conflict. The document further contends that market-based REDD mechanisms generally shift climate responsibility from rich to poor nations and are prone to 'leakage' and permanence issues.

This report by Friends of the Earth International highlights the 'ecological war' waged by extractive industries, detailing the deaths and repression of activists in countries such as Nigeria, the Philippines, and Colombia. It argues that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a myth used to mask systemic abuses and calls for an end to fossil fuel addiction and the protection of indigenous territories.

Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) documents global campaigns where local and Indigenous communities use collective rights to oppose corporate-led extractive and agricultural projects. The report highlights legal battles against dams in Malaysia and oil pollution in Nigeria, resistance to tar sands in North America, and the promotion of community-based forest governance and food sovereignty in regions such as Indonesia, Cameroon, and Latin America.

Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is a global federation of 76 autonomous environmental groups with over 2 million members. Founded in 1971, the organization has evolved from a small group of activists into a decentralized network that prioritizes environmental and social justice. FoEI's current strategy, 'mobilise, resist, transform', focuses on challenging the neoliberal economic model, which it identifies as the driver of climate change, biodiversity loss, and resource depletion. The federation advocates for key concepts such as 'environmental space', 'ecological debt', and 'food sovereignty' to create sustainable societies. Its work spans several core areas, including climate and energy justice, forest protection, food sovereignty, and resisting extractive industries like mining, oil, and gas.

The report criticizes the World Bank for its continued investment in 'dirty energy' and its leadership in expanding carbon markets. It highlights specific projects, such as the Medupi coal plant in South Africa and the Nam Theun 2 dam in Laos, as evidence of environmental and social harm. The document further contends that the Bank's promotion of REDD and carbon offsets leads to the privatization of forests and the marginalization of indigenous rights, while its role as an interim trustee for the Green Climate Fund is viewed as undemocratic and conflicted.

The report criticizes the World Bank for its continued funding of coal-fired power plants and large hydropower projects, which it claims lock developing nations into high-carbon futures and cause significant social and environmental harm. It specifically highlights the Medupi plant in South Africa and the Tata Mundra plant in India as examples of 'dirty energy' investment. The document also attacks the Bank's role in expanding carbon markets and REDD schemes, arguing that these mechanisms privatize forests, marginalize Indigenous peoples, and allow rich nations to avoid real emission cuts. Finally, it expresses concern over the Bank's role as the interim trustee of the Green Climate Fund, citing a lack of democratic accountability and a poor track record on social justice.

The Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue (SAD) has released a second draft of global standards for salmon farming, covering grow-out sites and smolt suppliers. The standards are organized into seven principles: legal compliance, biodiversity conservation, protection of wild populations, resource efficiency, disease and parasite management, social responsibility, and community engagement. Key requirements include strict limits on escapes, the use of area-based management for sea lice, restrictions on transgenic species, and the phase-out of open net-pen smolt production. The standards will be implemented by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) through third-party certification.

The document presents a satirical or corrective 'erratum' to Shell's 2010 annual report, detailing systemic failures in environmental protection and human rights. It lists specific cases of pollution in Nigeria, Curaçao, and Canada, labour abuses in Brazil, and the risks of high-volume fracking. The report proposes a set of 'Key Performance Indicators' for 2011, including a 5% annual decrease in absolute CO2 emissions and a commitment to invest 50% of annual profits into wind and solar power.