"For APNED, climate justice means, in part, the eradication of these threats to defenders."

Full Global Day of Action statement here: lnkd.in/gzMC_jZM

hashtag#DefendTheDefenders hashtag#GlobalDayofAction hashtag#ClimateJusticeNow

"States wield their power not against those who destroy the environment, but against those who aim to preserve and protect the land, the ecosystems that inhabit it, and the ways of life that are intertwined within it."

Full statement here: apned.net/apned-statem...

#DefendEnviDefenders

Join us this November 11 for a powerful storytelling event — “Protecting Land, Indigenous, and Environmental Defenders for Climate Justice.”

🕓 14:45 – 16:15
📍 Ground floor of the People’s COP Venue, Belém

Co-organized by:
ALLIED
APNED

#COP30 #APNED #ALLIED #DefendTheDefenders

LOOK: On October 27 to 29, the Asia Pacific Network of Environmental Defenders (APNED) co-organized the 4th Asia Environmental Human Rights Defenders Forum themed "Conservation, Biodiversity and Human Rights" in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

#DefendTheDefenders #AEHRD #APNED

Due to changes in some of APNED's activities for COP30, we reuploaded our updated schedule. |

Join us in bringing civil society's fight for climate justice and EHRD rights protection at Belem!

Full details at apned.net/cop30-apned-...

Stay tuned for more updates!
#DefendTheDefenders #COP30

APNED goes to COP30! 🌏✊

As the fight to protect and recognize the rights of our environmental defenders continues, APNED heads to COP30 in Belém, Brazil, to demand our advocacies.

Check our website post for full details: apned.net/cop30-apned-...

#APNED #DefendTheDefenders #COP30 #Brazil

"The omission of EHRDs from the final declaration reflects a continued lack of recognition of their worsening situation."

Read our full statement on the exclusion of defenders' recognition and protection in ASEAN's new environmental declaration here: apned.net/apned-statem...

#EHRDInclusionNow

APNED is grateful for the 178 signatories in our call for the Adoption of the ASEAN Peoples' Declaration for Environmental Rights.

More than this petition, APNED, together with civil society groups, remains steadfast in calling for the adoption of this declaration.

"Protests arise from demands against government corruption and repression amid ever-deepening political and economic crises."

Read APNED's statement on growing Asian protests here: lnkd.in/gZCa-Wty

#DefendDemocracy #DefendTheDefenders

Sign on to support the ASEAN People’s Declaration on Environmental Rights!

You may sign through this link: lnkd.in/gMvXE4n2

Access the draft of the ASEAN People’s Declaration here: lnkd.in/gSPCm8Mw

#DefendTheDefenders #APNED #PeoplesDeclarationOnEnvironmentalRights

APNED's Criminalization of Environmental Defenders Project (CRIMED Project), supported by the 4EU+ initiative, aims to analyze the extent and forms of criminalization experienced by EHRDs so that better legal protection and mechanisms can be formed.

Answer our survey: tinyurl.com/apned-crimed...

"Protests, especially those at the scale of what is happening in Indonesia, do not happen just because. They are manifestations of widespread outrage and willingness to act against oppression and injustice."

Read our statement here: apned.net/apned-indone...

"States and multi-state entities must become willing and able to prosecute perpetrators of disappearances, who are usually state actors or agents of corporations that are closely linked with government actors as well. "

Read full statement here: apned.net/apned-intern...

Read APNED's 2025 Q2 Newsletter!

Read stories of continuous solidarity, support, and strength from civil society groups.

Read here: apned.net/apned-q2-new...

#APNED #DefendTheDefenders

"Indigenous peoples are pillars of our community of environmental defenders. They are uniquely situated in the sense that their economic, cultural, and political interests all align with the protection and conservation of the environment. "

Read our IWIPD statement here: lnkd.in/gRSvj5yp

[STATEMENT] STAND WITH THE SBIPE STRIKE, STAND AGAINST CORPORATE GREED!

PT. Huadi Nickel Alloy, a company majorly owned by the Shanghai Huadi Industry Group, has laid off 81 workers from its main company last 2024"

Read the statement here: apned.net/apned-stands...

#EndCorporateGreed