Campaign Issues
Friends of the Earth considers environmental issues in their social, political and human rights contexts. Their campaigns stretch beyond the traditional arena of the conservation movement and seek to address the economic and development aspects of sustainability. Originally based largely in North America and Europe, its membership is now heavily weighted toward groups in the developing world.
The current campaign priorities of Friends of the Earth internationally are:
- economic justice and resisting neoliberalism
- forests and biodiversity
- food sovereignty
- climate justice and energy
The campaign priorities are set at the bi-annual general meeting of Friends of the Earth International.
In addition to the priority campaign areas Friends of the Earth International has a number of other campaign areas which are active internationally. They include:
- desertification
- Antarctica
- water
- maritime
- mining and extractive industries
- nuclear power (see nuclear debate)
All FoE International campaigns incorporate elements of three core themes which are:
- protecting human and environmental rights
- protecting the planet's disappearing biodiversity
- the repayment of ecological debt owed by rich countries to those they have exploited.
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