Publications Friends of the Earth Netherlands (selection)
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Friends of the Earth, June 2009 (32 pages, 2.5 MB)
Insight into the world’s most carbon intensive oil company and the legacy of CEO Jeroen van der Veer.
PDFFriends of the Earth, June 2009, 7 pages
The logging company Cana Bois has been plundering protected forest areas in Cameroon for the European timber market. This case has been researched and published in a 'log file' by Friends of the Earth Netherlands and France.
PDFMilieudefensie, May 2009
In this report mining practices in ten developing coutries are reviewed with regard to labour rights, human rights and the environment. The mining products examined are tin, bauxite and copper, metals which have major trade links with companies in the Netherlands.
PDF (9 MB)Fact sheet EU poll illegal timber trade
Friends of the Earth Europe and WWF, March 2009, 2 pages
Poll amongst European citizens about trade in illegal wood and support for legislation to tackle Europe's role in the problem.
Sanctioned but not stopped
Milieudefensie, February 2009.
Research on timber trade between the European Union and Burma. Milieudefensie discovered that despite a European trade ban, Dutch timber companies are continuing to import Burmese wood.
Malaysian palm oil - green gold or green wash?
Miliedefensie;
Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland; Sahabat Alam
Malaysia (SAM); Friends of the Earth Europe, October 2008.
A commentary on the sustainability claims of Malaysia's palm oil lobby, with a special focus on the state of Sarawak.
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Annual report 2007
Milieudefensie, August 2008, 13 pages
In 2007, Milieudefensie achieved good results once
more. In many cases lots of lobbying activities, research, manifestations for the public and action(s) preceded these results. We owe many of the successes to the efforts and involvement of a great number of people, especially Milieudefensie’s members and supporters. Milieudefensie did not achieve all of the results all by itself; in many cases the successes were a result of cooperation with other organisations.
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Building on forest destruction
Milieudefensie, March 2008, 20 pages
Milieudefensie found illegal logged timber in four building projects sponsored by the European Union. These included illegal timber from the Amazon, Central Africa, Russia and Indonesia. In these countries forests are illegally logged on a big scale.
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Shut the door on illegal merbau!Milieudefensie - Friends of the Earth Netherlands and Greenpeace, 33 pages, December 2007
An investigation by Greenpeace and Milieudefensie/Friends of the Earth Netherlands on the use of merbau timber for floors and exterior doors in Europe and related illegal timber trade.
The supply of merbau from range states through to end-users in the Netherlands
Milieudefensie - Friends of the Earth Netherlands, 9 pages, December 2007
A summary of salient information
Climate Change Litigation Report
Milieudefensie - Friends of the Earth Netherlands, December 2007 PDF
Factsheet illegal logging
Milieudefensie, Les Amis de la Terre, 2 pages, November 2007
A summary of the FLEGT proces of the European Union and the activities of Milieudefensie to influence this process.
FIPCAM: a stunning new case of illegal logging in Cameroon
Milieudefensie, Les Amis de la Terre, 8 pages, July 2007
How a European company could illegally harvest timber worth 480.000 Euros.
Hazardous Pesticides in the European Parlement; Eight Fruit Samples, 28 Toxic Pesticides, Four Legal Violations
Milieudefensie / Friends of the Earth Netherlands and Pesticides Action Network (PAN) Europe, 19 pages, October 2007
The 28 pesticide residues detected in this analysis of eight fruit items purchased inside the European Parliament building represent the tip of an iceberg: for in total the wider EU food chain is known to be contaminated with at least 324 different agrochemicals. While the long term health implications of Europe’s pesticide problem are hard to forecast, identifying the root cause of contamination is simple. The EU now applies over 200,000 tons of pesticides every year - mostly to agricultural produce destined for human consumption.
Policy, practice, pride and prejudice
Milieudefensie, Lembaga Gemawan and KONTAK Rakyat Borneo, 98 pages, July 2007
Review of legal, environmental and social practices of oil palm plantation companies of the Wilmar Group in Sambas District, West Kalimantan (Indonesia).
PDFBuyer and financiers of the Wilmar Group
Prepared for Milieudefensie by Profundo, 18 pages, July 2007
Illegally logged wood from Cameroon on the Dutch market
Milieudefensie, 28 pages, June 2007
An investigation into illegal logging practices by Fipcam and MMG and related trade to the Netherlands.
PDFInvesting in Climate Change - Dutch Banks Compared
Milieudefensie, 128 pages, June 2007
Joint appeal to minister Verburg on illigal timber trade
Inspections and research of wooden garden furniture at ten large retailers in the Netherlands - summary
Milieudefensie, 2 pages, May 2007
Position Paper - EU Public Consultation on additional options to combat illegal logging and associated trade
Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth Europe, 9 pages, February 2007
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Shell in Nigeria: oil spills and gas flaring (information paper)
Milieudefensie, 2 pages, April 2007
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Briefing Note - European Commission Public Consultation Additional Options to Combat Illegal Logging
Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth Europe, February 2007
Use
your profit to clean up your mess.
Milieudefensie, 61 pages, February 2007
Report on how Shell should fund
local solutions for environmental and social destruction caused by its
projects
Bolkestein tries to conceal Shell's environmental problems
Frank Köhler, director Milieudefensie, 13 February 2007
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Friends of the Earth no friend to the earth
Frits Bolkestein, 2 February 2007
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From Rainforest to Chicken Breast;
Effects of soybean cultivation for animal feed on people and nature in the Amazon region – a chain of custody study
Jan Willem van Gelder (Profundo) and Jan Maarten Dros (AidEnvironment), 47 pages november 2005
Shell the octopus
28 juni 2005 (9 minutes)
Watch the video online
Lessons not learned
The Other Shell Report 2004
Friends of the Earth en Milieudefensie, June 2005, 32 pages
Broken Promises. The Chad Cameroon Oil and Pipeline Project; Profit at Any Cost?
Friends of the Earth Netherlands, 2002
This reports documents in detail how the Worldbank didn't stick to its promises concerning the loan for a big oil and pipeline project in Chad and Cameroon
PDF (English + Français)
People, Planet, Palm Oil? A Review of the Oil Palm and Forest Policies adopted by Dutch Banks
Milieudefensie – Friends of the Earth Netherlands, 65 pages, March 2006
This report reviews the oilpalm and forestry investment policies adopted in 2001 by ABN Amro, FMO, Fortis, ING, and Rabobank and gives recommendations to banks and the government on responsible investment policies and practices.
PT Matrasawit; Relations between Rabobank, ING and ABN-Amro and forest destruction and poverty in East Kalimantan, Indonesia
AIDEnvironment, April 2001, 33 pages
In 2000, Greenpeace Netherlands and Milieudefensie requested Dutch banks to apply sustainability criteria when financial services are provided to the Indonesian oil palm sub-sector. The banks appear to support this concept but some state that they have since long applied environmental criteria to their investment decisions. The NGOs are still concerned that these banks may not fully acknowledge the environmental and social impacts of their investments in Indonesia's plantation business. Testcase: PT Matrasawit.
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Maps (PDF)
Victims of their own fortune
Report, 2000, 12 pages
This report tells about the ongoing environmental problems resulting from oil production in the Niger Delta in Nigeria
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The West-African gas pipeline project
Folder, 2000, 4 pages
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