Friends of the Earth International (FoEI)
| Name: | Friends of the Earth International |
| Abbreviation: | FoEI |
| URL to homepage: | http://www.foei.org/ |
| Country: | Netherlands |
Mandate
- protect the earth against further deterioration and repair damage inflicted upon the environment by human activities and negligence;
- preserve the earth's ecological, cultural and ethnic diversity;
- increase public participation and democratic decision-making. Greater democracy is both an end in itself and is vital to the protection of the environment and the sound management of natural resources;
- achieve social, economic and political justice and equal access to resources and opportunities for men and women on the local, national, regional and international levels;
- promote environmentally sustainable development on the local, national, regional and global levels.
Relevance to forests by key words
certification, endangered forests, old growth forests, plantations, conservation, socio-economic aspects, political aspects, advocacy, community based forest management, NGOs