19/02/15
Global call for EU to halt devastating biofuels
Ahead of a crucial EU vote on capping biofuel quotas on Tuesday, almost 200 civil society organisations from a …
18/02/15
Ugandan oil palm project taken to court over land-grab claims
Farmers in Uganda evicted by oil palm plantations are today presenting a lawsuit against a joint venture co-ow …
29/01/15
No news is bad news: land grabs and palm oil expansion in Uganda
In January, Anne van Schaik, accountable finance campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe visited Uganda to t …
08/01/15
Soil Atlas: time to limit EU land consumption
As the UN Year of Soils begins, BUND/Friends of the Earth Germany today published the Soil Atlas 2015, which c …
17/12/14
Bumitama cuts ties with illegal palm oil plantation
Indonesian palm oil company Bumitama announced in September 2014 that it has terminated its contract with an i …
16/12/14
Waste and air quality plans for Europe binned
Plans to reduce Europe’s waste and improve its air quality are being abandoned, the European Commission announ …