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What will be the future of food?
September 02, 2020
The global pandemic has exposed the flaws in our current highly concentrated, inequitable, industrial food system. At this moment, we stand at the crossroads with two starkly different, and fundamentally incompatible, visions for the...
Read More ShareRinehart's Mining Camp Burnt Down in Ecuador
September 02, 2020
News is filtering through about the destruction of a mining camp owned by Hanrine Exploration in Ecuador on August 25. Hanrine is a subsidiary of Australian Billionaire Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting. Hanrine has been...
Read More ShareFace mask off: Scott Morrison escalates fossil-fueled agenda with attacks on renewable energy, environment
August 28, 2020
While we all grapple with the impacts of Covid-19, the Morrison government has used its first week back in Canberra to escalate attacks on the environment and renewable energy.
Read More SharePrinciples for a Just Recovery from the COVID-19 crisis
August 27, 2020
Recovery does not mean going 'back to normal'. This is the time to prioritise justice, sustainability, human rights, and the protection of livelihoods and the planet. This article is the culmination of collective debates and work...
Read More ShareNew Report shows that the Strzelecki Koala Faces an Uncertain Future
August 27, 2020
Between December 2019 and July 2020, Environmental group, Friends of the Earth, carried out 200 koala surveys in the Strzelecki Ranges and Gippsland Region. The surveys hoped to better understand habitat utilisation by koalas...
Read More ShareFriends of the Earth Australia in solidarity with the Garifuna community in Honduras
August 21, 2020
Friends of the Earth Australia condemns and voices deep concern and outrage over the kidnapping of four comrades from Triunfo de la Cruz community in Honduras: Alberth Snaider Centeno Tomas (Chair of the Board...
Read More ShareForest under threat and a free pass for illegal logging
August 11, 2020
Friends of the Earth member group, GECO, have released shocking footage of renewed logging activity in Victoria's fire ravaged forests.
Read More ShareAustralia needs an independent regulator to protect land, water and climate
August 11, 2020
The interim report from a landmark review into Australia's national environment laws has concluded that the environment is getting worse despite the laws that were designed to protect it.
Read More ShareFoE Statement - International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
August 08, 2020
Friends of the Earth stands in solidarity with the Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation and Indigenous people around the globe. We recognise the intrinsic link between environmental protection and justice for First Nations people. In acknowledging this...
Read More ShareChemical "castration" of marsupials by herbicide Atrazine revealed. Australian regulator silent
August 08, 2020
New research conducted by Melbourne University has revealed for the first time, that the widely used herbicide, Atrazine, can interfere and disrupt signals from reproductive hormones during development, causing major abnormalities in marsupials. It...
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