Friends of the Earth finds the new global biodiversity framework “not fit for purpose”
Montreal – The new Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) announced today fails to lay the groundwork for the transformational change needed to address the biodiversity crisis. The Chinese presidency adopted the text despite clear opposition from the Democratic Republic of Congo, ignoring a process the COP15 president himself had laid out. Friends of the Earth International […]
ERA/FoEN Report Exposes Reasons for Oil Corporations Divestment in Niger Delta
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has published a policy brief on International Oil Companies Divestment in the Niger Delta & Local Communities’ Concerns in response to the growing number of oil corporations quitting onshore oil facilities in the Niger Delta region. The report noted that the term divestment in Africa has been distorted […]
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Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) is a Nigerian advocacy non-governmental organization founded on January 11, 1993, to deal with Nigeria’s environmental and human rights issues. An ERA is the Nigerian chapter of Friends of the Earth International (FoEI). The organization is dedicated to defending human ecosystems regarding human rights and promoting environmentally […]
Oil and the Niger Delta: Chima Williams and His struggle for environmental justice.
In the aftermath of disastrous oil spills in Nigeria, environmental lawyer Chima Williams worked with two communities to hold Royal Dutch Shell accountable for the resultant widespread environmental damage. On January 29, 2021, the Court of Appeal of the Hague ruled that not only was Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary responsible for the oil spills […]
Exxon Mobil Cannot ‘Divest’ Without Ecological, Livelihood and Health Restoration
The Ibeno host community people in Nigeria have received alarm and sadness current happening around the proposed sale of the oil extraction assets of Exxon Mobil to Seplat, as the former plans to leave the Ibeno community where it has extracted crude oil for the last 60 years. In the last weeks, the Ibeno people […]
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 […]
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 […]
FG, Compel Oil Firms To Restore Nigeria’s Environment – ERA/FoEN
ERA/FoEN hosted Representatives and leaders of the Artisan Fishermen Association of Nigeria from the five Niger Delta states, who were victims of the Shell Bonga oil spill at a press conference held in Benin City. They called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to prevail on multi-national oil giants in putting an end […]
Court Strikes Out Godwin Ojo’s Suit against Nnimmo Bassey, Others on Grounds of Unseriousness
The Federal High Court Sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has struck out the suit instituted by Dr. Godwin Uyi Ojo, former executive director of the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) against erstwhile Chair of the organization, Nnimmo Bassey, and the Board of Trustees of the Environmental Rights Development Foundation challenging his removal as […]
Chima Williams, ERA/FoEN Executive Director, and Six others Win Goldman Environmental Prize
Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) Executive Director, Barrister Chima Williams, has been named among the seven winners of this year’s prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. A statement released by the Goldman Environmental Foundation listed other winners to include Niwat Roykaew from Thailand; Marjan Minnessma, the Netherlands; Juliet Vincent, Australia; Nalleli Cobo, United States […]