Resilience and the Power of Economic Solidarity

As we gather to explore, learn, and find new ways to face the environmental challenges that have impacted our communities, this workshop on resilience and economic solidarity has now more than ever become a powerful platform for reconnecting with our strengths and learning skills that will empower us and our communities. As we know, deforestation […]

Brief Report on Pesticides Hazards and Human Rights

Mariann Bassey Orovwuje, Deputy Director of Environmental Rights Action/ Friends Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and the Coordinator of the Food Sovereignty Program, Friends of the Earth Africa (FoEA)  made a presentation on  “Pesticide, Food Safety and Human Rights (Instances of Litigations, Workers Rights & Roles of Advocates/Right Defenders.),”  on a  training event which was hosted by the […]

Stories from Tanzania – The GAIA and LEAT Experience

Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth Nigeria was a part of the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) Africa Regional Meeting which was held from the 9th to the 12th of September, 2023, at White Sand DarEs Salaam, Tanzania, with the primary objective of fostering collaboration and addressing key regional issues. The meeting brought […]

COMMUNIQUÈ REACHED AT THE END OF DIALOGUE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS HELD BY ZERO WASTE AMBASSADORS (ZeWA) ON TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2023 AT FRESH SPRINGS HOTEL, UYO, AKWA IBOM STATE.

Zero Waste Ambassadors (ZeWA) as part of its activities in strengthening local capacities for improved waste management in the Niger Delta met with Environmental Health Officers in Akwa Ibom State for dialogue on how to foster a zero-waste society in Akwa Ibom State. The dialogue handled by Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth (ERA/FoEN) […]

ERA Joins other groups to Launch Pesticide Atlas

Pesticide Atlas was launched by the Alliance for Action on Pesticide In Nigeria (AANP) on the 3rd of April 2023. ANNP is a coalition of NGOs, academia, and experts who seek to increase awareness and demand improved regulation of the pesticides market in Nigeria.  ERA/ FoEN is one of the founding members of ANNP. This […]

ERA/FoENigeria leads FoE Africa Delegation to ECOWAS

Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria led the Friends of the Earth Africa (FoE Africa) delegation on Saturday 18th June 2022 to seek the intervention of the ECOWAS Parliament in the exploitative activities and human rights violations by industrial plantation companies whose operations in the region are causing untold impacts on indigenous peoples and […]

ERA/FoENigeria joins FoE Africa Delegation to ECOWAS

Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria joins the Friends of the Earth Africa (FoE Africa) delegation on Saturday 18th June 2022 to seek the intervention of the ECOWAS Parliament in the exploitative activities and human rights violations by industrial plantation companies whose operations in the region are causing untold impacts on indigenous peoples and […]

Ogoni at 6 Events

  Enough of Motion Without Movement – Clean up Ogoniland now Opening Remarks by Dr. Godwin Uyi Ojo, Executive Director, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) during the press briefing to mark one year of flag-off of Ogoni clean up exercise by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration held at Aldgate Hotel, Port Harcourt, August […]