On March 5th the Jogbahn community, from Grand Bassa County in central Liberia, celebrated a major step forward in the struggle to save their land from being grabbed by British palm oil company Equatorial Palm Oil PLC. But, they are in imminent danger unless we act now to help protect their land. After months of …
Resource efficiency platform: disappointing results
A platform led by the European Commission to provide advice on how to reduce resource use in Europe, has not provided concrete steps towards achieving its goal, according to Friends of the Earth Europe. Recommendations issued by the European Resource Efficiency Platform lack ambitious resource reduction targets, and are not in line with the European …
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Conference: four footprints in policy and practice
Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland welcomed a packed room today at their conference exploring how the four resource footprints – carbon, water, land and material – are already being used in policy and in practice. The one day event brought together policy-makers, academics, campaigners and experts from business who are already …
Conference: The four footprints in policy & practice
How land, water, carbon and material footprints can help create a more resource efficient Europe 11th February 2014, 9.15am – 6.30pm Press Club Brussels, 95 Rue Froissart – 1040 Bruxelles Friends of the Earth invites you to a conference exploring how the four footprints – Carbon, Water, Land and Material footprint – are already being …
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Europe must reduce its use of world’s land
A report published today by the United Nations International Resource Panel highlights how global land consumption is unsustainable in a world of finite resources. [1] The findings echo research by Friends of the Earth Europe on Europe’s global land footprint. [2] Increasing demand for limited land – to grow food, to produce energy and wood, …
Targeting a more resource efficient Europe
On 5th November, Friends of the Earth Europe organised a conference in Brussels to look at the role of targets in bringing about a reduction in the resources we use in Europe. “We are certainly not heading to a future we can afford” opened European Environment Commissioner Janez Poto?nik as he reiterated his desire for …
