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This report by Friends of the Earth International categorizes 233 CBD decisions into five programmatic approaches: Community Forest Management (MCB), Biodiversity, Rights, Financialization (false solutions), and Governance. It provides a detailed analysis of key 'Principles and Declarations' and other relevant decisions to help indigenous peoples and local communities hold governments accountable for their international biodiversity commitments.

The report examines 233 CBD decisions, categorizing them into five priority axes for Friends of the Earth International (ATI): community forest management, biodiversity, rights, 'false solutions' (financialization of nature), and governance. It highlights key 'Principles and Declarations' and other relevant decisions, emphasizing the need to convert international agreements into national policies through National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs). The analysis focuses on the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, the ecosystem approach to management, and the critique of market-based conservation mechanisms.

The document reviews 233 CBD decisions, categorizing them into five programmatic areas: Community Forest Management (CFM), Biodiversity, Rights, Financing (False Solutions), and Governance. It specifically details 'Principles and Declarations' and other relevant decisions that support a rights-based approach to conservation and warn against the 'financialisation of nature'.

The report by Friends of the Earth International critiques 'false solutions' to biodiversity loss and climate change, which it defines as market-based mechanisms that commodify nature. It argues that these solutions—such as carbon credits and biodiversity offsets—allow corporations to continue polluting through 'compensation' while stripping local and indigenous communities of their land rights. The document details a four-phase process of commodification where nature is redefined as 'natural capital' and 'ecosystem services.' It concludes that true solutions must address the root causes of ecological destruction by challenging capitalist accumulation and prioritizing social, gender, and environmental justice.

The report argues that 'false solutions' to environmental crises are characterized by the financialisation of nature, where ecosystems are treated as 'natural capital' and traded as commodities. These mechanisms, such as carbon credits and biodiversity offsets, allow corporations to continue polluting by paying for compensation elsewhere, often leading to the violation of Indigenous and local community rights. The document contrasts these with 'real solutions' based on grassroots power, social and gender justice, and the dismantling of capitalist accumulation.

The report argues that 'false solutions' to environmental crises—such as carbon markets and biodiversity offsets—do not address root causes but instead reinforce the dominant economic system and corporate power. These mechanisms are characterized by the commodification of nature, the use of technical complexity to exclude public debate, and the violation of Indigenous and local community rights. The document contrasts these with 'real solutions' based on popular power, anti-capitalist perspectives, and the sustainability of life.

The report by Friends of the Earth International emphasizes that Community Forest Management (MCB) cannot exist without organized communities and the protection of their cultural and spiritual ties to their territories. It identifies the right to association as a fundamental human right supported by international declarations, and argues that cultural rights—though less explicitly defined in international law—are inextricably linked to land tenure and biodiversity conservation. The text advocates for using international legal frameworks to pressure national governments to implement these rights, while stressing that legal action should be part of a broader strategy of social mobilization.

The Feminist Popular Education Manual by Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is a guide for facilitators to create transformative, inclusive learning spaces. It argues that patriarchy is an interconnected system of oppression linked to capitalism, racism, and colonialism, which manifests primarily through the sexual division of labour. The document outlines a comprehensive structure for inclusive workshops—including the use of 'mística' rituals and 'sentipensares' (feel-thinking)—and provides specific educational modules. These modules use tools like the '24 hours in the life of men and women' clock and territorial mapping to analyze how extractivism and patriarchal control impact women's bodies and territories. The ultimate goal is to foster an anti-capitalist, grassroots feminism that prioritizes the sustainability of life and the reorganization of care work.

The document emphasizes that community forest management (GCF) cannot exist without organized communities and the protection of their cultural and spiritual ties to their territories. It highlights the right of association as a fundamental human right, supported by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and UN declarations on indigenous peoples and peasants. The text argues that cultural rights—including traditional knowledge, language, and spirituality—are inextricably linked to land tenure; therefore, protecting the territory is the primary means of safeguarding these cultural rights. It calls for the integration of biocultural heritage into global biodiversity frameworks to combat the collapse of biodiversity and the loss of traditional knowledge.

The report examines the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP), adopted in December 2018. It argues that UNDROP fills a gap in international human rights law by recognizing peasants and other rural workers as collective rights holders, rather than just a sum of individuals. The document details how the Declaration protects collective rights to land, food sovereignty, seeds, water, and a healthy environment, while debunking myths that collective rights oppose individual rights or are exclusive to Indigenous Peoples. It provides strategies for applying the Declaration at national, regional, and international levels to hold states and transnational corporations accountable.

The document analyzes the 2018 UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants (UNDROP) as a tool to shift human rights frameworks from purely individualistic perspectives to the recognition of collective rights. It details how UNDROP protects the rights of peasants, indigenous peoples, and nomadic communities to food sovereignty, land, seeds, and a healthy environment. The report highlights the role of collective rights in supporting agroecology and community forest management, while debunking myths that collective rights oppose individual rights or are exclusive to indigenous peoples. It provides examples of national and regional applications and advocates for a binding UN treaty on transnational corporations to ensure corporate accountability for human rights violations in rural areas.

The document asserts that community forest management (CFM) cannot exist without organised communities and the protection of their cultural and spiritual ties to their territories. It identifies the right to association as a fundamental human right supported by international frameworks, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The briefing further argues that cultural rights—such as the preservation of traditional knowledge and languages—are inextricably linked to territorial protection, as traditional practices occur within specific biological environments. It concludes that integrating biocultural heritage into global biodiversity frameworks is necessary to combat both the climate crisis and biodiversity loss.

The report argues that the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP) is a landmark instrument that recognizes peasants and other rural workers as holders of collective rights. It details how the Declaration protects food sovereignty, land tenure, and environmental rights, debunking the misconception that human rights apply only to individuals. The document provides examples of national and international applications of these rights and advocates for their inclusion in a Binding Treaty on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights.

Friends of the Earth International denounces the October 22, 2020, killing of Mama Fikile Ntshangase, a member of the Somkhele community and the Mfolozi Community Environmental Justice Organisation (MCEJO). Ntshangase opposed the expansion of the Tendele coal mine, owned by Tendele Coal Mining (Pty) Ltd, which threatened to displace 21 families. The document argues that environmental defenders across Africa face increasing violence and intimidation as transnational corporations expand extractive activities, often with the complicity of captured states. The organization demands a binding instrument to regulate corporations and calls on South African authorities, including President Cyril Ramaphosa, to ensure an impartial and thorough investigation into the murder.

The document denounces the murder of Mama Fikile Ntshangase, a member of the Somkhele community and vice-president of a sub-commission of the Mfolozi Community Environmental Justice Organisation (MCEJO). Ntshangase was killed on October 22, 2020, after refusing a bribe from Tendele Coal Mining (Pty) Ltd to drop legal actions against the expansion of the Tendele coal mine, which would have displaced 21 families. The statement highlights a broader trend of human rights violations against environmental and land defenders across Africa, driven by the expansion of mining, oil, and gas activities by multinationals. It demands that South African authorities, including President Cyril Ramaphosa, conduct impartial investigations and calls for a binding international instrument to regulate states and end the impunity of multinational corporations.

Friends of the Earth International denounces the killing of Mama Fikile Ntshangase, a member of the Somkhele community and vice-president of a subcommission of the Mfolozi Community Environmental Justice Organization (MCEJO). Ntshangase was murdered on October 22, 2020, after opposing the expansion of the Tendele coal mine, owned by Tendele Coal Mining (Pty) Ltd (a Petmin subsidiary), which threatened to displace 21 families. The organization highlights a broader trend of increasing human rights abuses against environmental and political activists across Africa, where transnational companies expand mining, oil, and gas activities despite local opposition. The statement calls on South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and other authorities to ensure an impartial and exhaustive investigation into the murder and other attacks on community rights defenders. It further advocates for a legally binding international instrument to regulate transnational corporations and end corporate impunity.

The report by Friends of the Earth Latin America and the Caribbean (ATALC) examines how Transnational Corporations (TNCs) drive a capitalist system of accumulation through extractivism and the commercialization of services. It highlights the 'architecture of impunity'—including Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanisms—that allows TNCs to avoid accountability for environmental destruction and human rights abuses. The document details the impacts of agribusiness, forestry, mining, and energy sectors, noting that more than two-thirds of global territory defenders killed in 2019 were in Latin America. It advocates for a UN Binding Treaty to regulate TNCs and a transition toward an economy based on the sustainability of life and peoples' sovereignty.

The report by Friends of the Earth Latin America and the Caribbean (ATALC) analyzes how transnational corporations (TNCs) exercise disproportionate economic and political power to exploit natural resources and labor in Latin America and the Caribbean. It details the 'architecture of impunity' created by trade agreements and investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanisms, which allow TNCs to avoid accountability for human rights and environmental violations. The document categorizes impacts across extractivism, agribusiness, forestry, mining, energy, and services, highlighting the specific burdens on women and the criminalization of land defenders. It advocates for a legally binding UN treaty to regulate TNCs and a transition from a capitalist, extractivist model to one based on popular sovereignty and sustainability.

The statement warns that the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system allows foreign companies to sue governments for economic losses resulting from public interest measures, such as pandemic-related business closures or the use of private hospitals. It calls for the suspension of current ISDS cases, the termination of trade treaties containing ISDS clauses, and a moratorium on future agreements including the system to ensure public funds are used for pandemic protection rather than corporate compensation.

The statement warns that ISDS mechanisms in trade agreements allow foreign companies to sue governments for financial losses resulting from COVID-19 response measures, such as business closures or medicine price controls. It calls for the suspension of current ISDS cases and the termination of all agreements containing these clauses.