This new research shows that EU billions destined to transform the carbon-intensive, inefficient energy systems of central and eastern Europe (CEE) are being misspent. In nine CEE countries only 7 per cent of the 178 billion euros in European Regional Development and Cohesion Funds will be invested into renewables, energy efficiency and SMART grids, and …
FoE response to final statement on complaint guidelines on Rabobank and Bumitama (Jan 2016)
The report contains Friends of the Earth’s response to the final statement by the Dutch National Contact Point (NCP) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on the case of loans by Rabobank to illegal operating oil palm company Bumitama, 15th of January, 2016.
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Nature legislation: Fit for purpose and in need of action
A revision of the Birds and Habitats Directive could create a long period of legal uncertainty and further undo the fragile recovery of species and habitats in Europe, and jeopardise achieving the biodiversity strategy towards 2020. This report argues that the well-known root causes which slow the progress towards halting the loss of biodiversity should …
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Statement: Palm oil land conflict and community consultation in Cross River State, Nigeria
Earlier this year, Friends of the Earth groups in Nigeria and the United States published the report Exploitation and empty promises: Wilmar’s Nigerian land grab, which raises serious concerns about human rights, equity and development justice in regards to PZ-Wilmar’s purchase of lands in Nigeria’s Cross River State. Wilmar responded by dismissing many of the …
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Briefing: Energy union vote
Up in Smoke: Failures in Wilmar’s promise to clean up the palm oil business
A large number of forest fires have been discovered on Indonesian plantations owned by global palm oil companies Bumitama and Wilmar International. Despite new evidence that both companies violate their own ‘no deforestation’ policies, this report says major U.S. and European investors have not taken significant steps to address these problems. Developed by Friends of …
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