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Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center - FoE Philippines
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Campaigning with Indigenous and frontline communities in securing their rights to land, resources, and self-determination. Through legal action, research, and advocacy, we challenge environmental exploitation and advance climate justice. lrcksk.org
The Indigenous Peoples’ Month commemorates the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act (IPRA), a landmark legislation enactthat sought to redress the historical injustices experienced by indigenous communities in the Philippines.
October 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
It’s time to hold climate polluters to account.
October 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A Call for a Genuine Freedom of Information Policy

We join environmental, human rights and grassroots organizations in calling for the amendment of the Freedom of Information Manual (FOI) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
October 3, 2025 at 5:51 AM
From coffee to coal, the right to land has been a long, arduous process for the Taboli Manobos of Lake Sebu, South Cotabato.
October 3, 2025 at 5:30 AM
It's time we stand for #PeoplePowered Solutions! We drew the line on coal mining and power, and pledged to hold the line for people and planet.
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September 25, 2025 at 5:28 AM
🌳Native Trees, Indigenous Voices.✊🏽 A ceremonial exchange of native Nato, Tambis, and Batobato tree seedlings was led by indigenous Taboli Manobo communities, together with other indigenous and civil society groups in solidarity with them, last July 30 in South Cotabato. #TheFutureIsIndigenous
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September 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
NO to plundering the climate! ✊🏾🌎
A peso plundered is a life lost.
Nakikiisa sa panawagan ng bayan: Penagutin!
#ClimateJustice #PASStheCLIMAbill!
September 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Climate justice and Palestinian liberation: Mapping the complicity

The corporate climate criminals fueling the climate crisis are complicit in the genocide in Palestine. Climate justice and Palestinian liberation go hand in hand

See the FoEI x PENGON/FoE Palestine joint publication👇
bit.ly/3IrvIWa
Climate justice and Palestinian liberation: Mapping the complicity - Friends of the Earth International
Climate justice and Palestinian liberation can only be achieved by challenging the systems that allow elites to profit from destruction, and by securing real solutions that centre people, not corporat...
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September 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Bp. Casicas et al. v. E.S. Bersamin et al. is finally proceeding forthwith!
September 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The passage of the fiscal regime bill is one of many signals from the Marcos Jr administration for opening up the Philippines to more mining.

Read the Center's full statement here: www.lrcksk.org/post/stateme...
September 9, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Over 400 citizens from across Nueva Vizcaya expressed opposition to mining projects operating within the watershed areas of the province during a forum held at the St. Louis College in Nueva Vizcaya,
September 4, 2025 at 3:48 AM
An #IndigenousForestFuture - this was the theme of the 2025 State of Indigenous Peoples Address (SIPA) held last July 28-30 in the Kabulnan Watershed in South Cotabato. As we commemorate today the #IndigenousPeoplesday, we share some highlights that emerged from #SIPA2025. #IDWIP #WeAreIndigenous
August 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Timely for the on-going #INC-5.2

"Without legally binding [cuts in] virgin plastic production, the toxic burden of plastic pollution will continue"

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August 7, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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You can help provide clean drinking water to Palestinians in Gaza.

Last year, our comrades from FoE Palestine installed a solar energy system for a water well, which allowed more than 7,000 people to access clean water. The project ended when funding ran out.
July 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
📅 On August 5, 1981, the Philippines became the first ASEAN country to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), widely known as the international bill of rights for women.
August 5, 2025 at 4:24 AM
The Manobò people of Mt. Kalatungan have long safeguarded their environment through ancestral knowledge and practical conservation practices.

However, the emergence of deforestation, logging, and commercial encroachments has led to environmental collapse, leaving citizens and cities vulnerable.
July 28, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The legal battle against OceanaGold's mine continues!

Environmental advocates expressed continuing support over the petition to cancel the renewal of Australian-Canadian mining firm OceanaGold’s Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA)
June 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This World Environment Day, we highlight the struggles of Indigenous Environmental and Human Rights Defenders (EHRDs) in protecting Nature.
June 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
17 araw na lang at #Halalan2025 na! Sa daan-daang kandidatong tumatakbo ngayon, kilala mo na ba kung sino ang kakampi ng katutubong mamamayan para:

✅ Protektahan ang Kalikasan at Lupaing Ninuno?
✅ Itaguyod ang Maka-katutubong Reporma sa Polisiya?
April 25, 2025 at 4:59 AM
April 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM