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Friends of the Earth Norway´s International Projects:

 



Full City oil disaster - photo gallery

Oil affected shore crab at Mølen, Vestfold. Foto: (c) Øystein Paulsen


One week after the Cosco-operated bulk carrier ship "Full City" hit the rocky shore of the Norwegian South Coast, the full picture of the oil spill is emerging. Shoreline oil pollution is observed from the south tip of Norway to Larvikfjorden near Oslo in the east. Friends of the Earth Norway has critized the oil recovery operation. For not being able to spot and recover the smaller patches of oil drifting into the inner archipelago where biological effect will be most severe. See eyewitness-photos of the spill.
05.08.2009 Read more





National educational project SPARE in Belarus launched

Viktor Jakzhik, Ministry of Education, Belarus


In a unique partnership project Norges Naturvernforbund contribute to unite governmental and non-governmental organisations in a makeover for environmental education in Belarus. 26th of March SPARE was launched as a national project on energy and climate education in Belarus.
31.03.2009 Read more





Norges Naturvernforbund assists war torn school in Georgia

Pupils from school number 7 in Gori.


Norges Naturvernforbund has together with local partner EcoVision rebuilt the minor wing of school number 7 in Gori, Georgia. All the windows were blown out when a bomb hit nearby the school during the war actions in August. 1500 pupils have since the war had to attend education in regional schools.
04.02.2009 Read more





Sustainable Energy Solutions in East Africa



Norges Naturvernforbund has in cooperation with local organizations in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania written a report focusing on the necessary framework for small-scale sustainable energy projects to succeed. For each of the three countries the country’s energy situation is presented, together with country-specific experiences and recommendations. On this basis more general experiences and recommendations are extracted.
27.01.2009 Read more





Stop gas flaring in Nigeria!

Ill.foto: Elaine Gilligan, Friends of the Earth


This is the message that Friends of the Earth International is urging its members and the general public to send to the political leaders of Nigeria. See the petition and background information here!
12.01.2009 Read more




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24 hours of sunshine in Mozambique
17.12.2008
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Improved NGO efforts on climate negotiations in Russia and Belarus
12.12.2008
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Climate views from South
04.12.2008
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SPARE international energy saving day!
11.11.2008
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Huge interest for decommission hearing
04.11.2008
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Belarusian NGOs ready to fight climate change
24.10.2008
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Regional SPARE seminar in Georgia 25th -29th of September 2008
13.10.2008
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SPARE starting in Bulgaria
15.09.2008
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Expected energy shortages in Kyrgyzstan will affect school children
11.09.2008
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Nigerian partner group detained by military at Shell site
03.09.2008
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Royal Dutch Shell Forced to Settle Human Rights Case Out of Court
Damning evidence reveals Shell’s complicity with crimes against humanity. Landmark case resolved in favour of families of executed Nigerian environmental leader Ken Saro-Wiwa and others after 14 year legal battle.
10.06.2009
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Complaint to OECD on Cermaq

Protests against Cermaq in Canada


Norges Naturvernforbund / Friends of the Earth Norway and the umbrella organisation ForUM[1] yesterday lodged a formal complaint against Cermaq’s salmon farming practices for the breach of a number of articles in OECD’s[2] guidelines for multinational companies concerning production sustainability, employment conditions and human rights. The Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry holds 43.5 percent of the Cermaq shares.
20.05.2009
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Help us save the wild salmon in Canada

Alexandra Morton


Alexandra Morton, an internationally known whale researcher and author, has spent the past 22 years documenting the impact of salmon farming on the Broughton Archipelago ecosystem. She is a member of the international delegation presently in Norway and hosted by Norges Naturvernforbund / Friends of the Earth Norway. In a very personal appeal she urged Norway to help.
20.05.2009
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International focus on major problems with farmed salmon industry

Ill. photo: Kåre Olerud


From May 18 until 28 Norges Naturvernforbund/Friends of the Earth Norway is hosting a delegation from the global Pure Salmon Campaign coalition. The 13 members of the delegation visit Norway to highlight major problems plaguing the farmed salmon industry. – Our guests document the negative effects of fish farming threat on wild salmon and local societies, said Lars Haltbrekken, FoEN’s chair.
18.05.2009
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‘ShellGuilty’ Campaign Launched As Shell Trial Date Confirmed

Ill. photo: Wikipedia.org


- Days after a judge confirmed Shell Oil will stand trial here May 26 on charges it was complicit in the murders of Ken Saro-Wiwa [1] and eight other Nigerian activists, environmental and human rights groups announced they have formed a global campaign to hold Shell accountable and demand that it stop gas flaring [2] in Nigeria.

27.04.2009
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World Forests Rapidly Disappearing - Biofuwels A Major Drive
21.03.2009
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Who benefits from GMO crops?
04.03.2009
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Shell Makes Millions, But Fails to Clean Up Mess
30.01.2009
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European Commission pushes for new GM crops in Europe
26.01.2009
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Nigeria Pressured to Stop Companies Flaring Gas
12.01.2009
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World Bank unfit to manage climate funds
09.12.2008
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Climate talks: Rich countries dodge decision on adaption fund
05.12.2008
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No oil activity in the Barents Sea and Lofoten/Vesterålen
04.12.2008
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Climate Change: Ambition Missing at Upcoming U.N. Talks
22.11.2008
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Climate Change: Ambition Missing at Upcoming U.N. Talks
21.11.2008
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