📣 The UK government has announced it will not defend the legal cases against the #Rosebank and #Jackdaw oil field. In a time when our 🌍 is being pushed to the brink, we cannot afford to develop new oil and gas projects – this is a major step in the right direction: https://lnkd.in/eMYqDfDe The legal challenges to oil and gas in the UK are growing – we’ve signed Oceana UK’s letter calling on the government to withdraw the licences in the North Sea: https://lnkd.in/eAzBb8iH Drilling would have a devastating impact on marine life and our climate, polluting ocean ecosystems and releasing enormous amounts of carbon emissions. Not only that, but it would do nothing to reduce energy bills. This is an important chance for the UK to protect people and planet. It’s time to end our addiction to fossil fuels and implement a just and swift clean energy transition, creating new green jobs and ensuring energy security in the process. #StopRosebank #EndOffshoreDrilling #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #OceanAction
Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF)
Non-profit Organizations
EJF is working to make sure natural environments can sustain, and be sustained by, the communities that depend on them
About us
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) exists to protect the natural world and defend our basic human right to a secure environment.
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http://www.ejfoundation.org/
External link for Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF)
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- Non-profit Organizations
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- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- London
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2000
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- Protecting People and Planet, Environment and Human rights, Investigating, Campaigning, Advocacy, Raising awareness, Securing truly sustainable, well-managed fisheries, Supply chain transparency, and Conserving biodiversity and ecosystems
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Employees at Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF)
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“The fight against IUU fishing in Cameroon cannot be won without journalists." - Chale, a journalist who participated in EJF journalist training last year. Transparency is essential to fight illegal fishing and ensure a safe, sustainable ocean. One key aspect of driving #transparency in global seafood production is media reporting on illegal fishing, telling the stories of those affected and making the case for change. In Cameroon, where fisheries make up 3% of total GDP, we are working with local journalists to build understanding of the effects of illegal fishing. Read Shuimo Trust Dohyee's article to learn more ⬇️
Nature, Environment and Wildlife Filmmakers (NEWF) Fellow, ACVPL Fellow, Freelance Journalist, Storyteller, Documentary maker. Former communications lead at the Environment and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF)
My latest article for Aljazeera Media Initiatives | المبادرات الإعلامية highlights the efforts of Cameroonian journalists in combating illegal fishing practices through their writing and reporting. The piece also explores the complex challenges facing Cameroon's waters due to Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing. I encourage you to give it a read! Here: https://lnkd.in/e4KZ7uZt Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) African Marine Mammal Conservation Organization (AMMCO) Ashunganya Nchafac Nkemlemo Precious Aminateh Nkemngu Jabi Katy
Cameroonian Journalists at the Center of Fighting Illegal Fishing
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Reuse is key to ending the single-use culture that is choking our planet. Let’s keep the dialogue going and ensure reuse is prioritized in the Global Plastic Treaty 🌱💪
𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿: 𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 Last week in Bangkok, our Program Lead, Darina Maulana had the honor of representing Enviu at the Asia Reuse Consortium event, where the dream of a circular economy took another step forward. ✨ We had the opportunity to present insights from our research, led by our Head of Southeast Asia Program, Eline Leising, on the financial landscape of reuse over the past three years, alongside esteemed speakers and leaders in the reuse movement: - Devayani Khare from Break Free From Plastic - Rahyang Nusantara, S.P., M.I.Kom, MIPR from Plasticdiet Indonesia - Marian Frances Ledesma from Greenpeace Southeast Asia - Salisa Traipipitsiriwat from Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) - David Treesuvit Arriyavat from ASEAN Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (ACESP) Together, we explored the critical need to elevate reuse as a priority in policies to drive sustainable solutions. The collective wisdom and best practices from across Southeast Asia highlighted the importance of cross-border collaboration to make reuse systems thrive. 🤍 Being among the innovative minds of the Global South reinforces that our circular movement is gaining momentum, bringing energy and determination to foster global change. 💪 A big thank you to all the partners and participants for the opportunity, support, and shared commitment to moving this vision forward. We’re excited for what’s to come! 🌏 📹 Watch the session in full version via Dietplastik Youtube: https://lnkd.in/gGjh-BCr #CircularEconomy #AsiaReuseConsortium #Sustainability #ReuseAndRefill #GlobalSouth #ZeroWaste #BreakFreeFromPlastic #Enviu Enviu | Alner | Allas Dieuwertje Nelissen | Eline Leising | Darina Maulana | Mutia Khairunnisa | Rennie Roos | Firda Istania | Lulu Khansa Komala | Bintang Ekananda | Rajna Habibah Angsoka
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EJF is #NowHiring a Video Editor (Maternity Cover) to join our dynamic film team 🎥 We’re looking to bring on a creative, aspiring editor with an ability to craft compelling stories and a passion for protecting our natural world through film. You should enjoy research, have a passion for storytelling through editing and presenting visual materials, and have good time management skills. A successful candidate will also be able to work comfortably across all video styles from documentaries to social media explainers, interviews to event edits. Apply by September 12th: https://lnkd.in/dD7tNrYa
Video Editor - Maternity Cover
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MPAs should and must do what they say on the tin to protect fragile, irreplaceable marine ecosystems. The on-going farce of “paper parks” with no meaningful monitoring, enforcement or even basic legal framing shames the EU, undermines its policy goals, lends to the degradation of these vital natural resources and erodes our environmental security. Long past the time for action. Get involved and demand your government does actually act
Marine protected areas (#MPAs), areas designated to preserve the health of ocean ecosystems, are often nothing more than lines on a map. 12% of the EU’s waters are designated as MPAs, but less than 1% of the marine area is strictly protected. These protections are not working as they should — bottom trawling takes place more in MPAs than in non-protected areas in the EU. Allowing bottom trawling and other destructive industrial fishing activities in MPAs makes a mockery of their intended purpose. Vessels dragging vast weighted nets along the seabed, scooping up enormous amounts of marine life, turn many ocean floors into lifeless deserts. This unselective fishing picks up everything from turtles to centuries-old coral reefs. When wildlife is wiped out, the livelihoods in coastal communities often rapidly follow. Swift action to cut the ecological footprint of bottom trawling is sorely needed. Banning it in all MPAs and prohibiting it in those areas which have so far been spared would be an important start towards an effective global MPA network. This network should be co-designed with Indigenous peoples and local communities, not just co-managed. We cannot continue to make the same mistake – we need strong MPAs now. #MarineProtectedAreas #OceanEcosystems #OceanAction #BottomTrawling #BanBottomTrawling
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Brazil's Pantanal is burning, again. And rare wildlife is perishing in the flames. Wildfires are laying waste to the world’s largest tropical wetland and one of the most important biodiversity sanctuaries on the planet. The blazes are taking a deadly toll on wild animals, including at-risk species that scientists have been working for decades to protect. So far, the fires have killed or seriously injured giant anteaters, lowland tapirs, hyacinth macaws and caimans. Even jaguars, usually agile enough to escape most threats, have been burned by the flames. Already, scientists fear the toll could exceed that of historic fires that ravaged the region in 2020, killing some 17 million animals and burning nearly one-third of the Brazilian Pantanal. Muito obrigada pela colaboração Gustavo Figueirôa, Luciana Leite, Flávia Miranda, Patricia Medici, Neiva Guedes, Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Onçafari and Instituto SOS Pantanal! Full story in The New York Times here: https://lnkd.in/eMQHHgDX
The World’s Largest Wetland Is Burning, and Rare Animals Are Dying
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Community-driven reuse and refill initiatives across Southeast Asia are helping to combat #PlasticPollution. Last week, EJF participated in the “Enabling Reuse and Refill Solutions” panel hosted in Bangkok, Thailand by Plasticdiet Indonesia, GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives), Break Free From Plastic, and Greenpeace, as a part of The Asia Reuse Consortium. There, we discussed the importance of reuse and refill solutions, and how our Bottle Free Seas project is fighting single-use plastic use. Millions of plastic bottles are used every day in Bangkok, but local residents told us they would prefer to use water refill stations. With Bottle Free Seas, we have addressed this issue by setting up stations around the city to provide people with a clean water source. People deserve access to clean and accessible water which does not result in plastic waste – this can overwhelm municipal waste systems and leak plastics into our natural environment. Shockingly, every piece of plastic ever produced still remains in our environment – reuse and refill solutions can address the pressing issue of plastic pollution and contribute to the reduction of plastics production. We have the solutions, but we now need policies to ensure these solutions will have maximum impact. It's time for a strong Global Plastic Treaty. Learn more about Bottle Free Seas: https://lnkd.in/dw2jc6UA Quote card credit: Greenpeace
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“I don’t know whether my son will have the privilege to look a jaguar in the eye, like I have so many times… We’re losing this really magical place.” - Luciana Leite, EJF campaigner and biologist. Fires are scorching the Pantanal wetland, taking a deadly toll on its unique animal residents, including at-risk species. The fires have already tragically killed many precious animals, and are approaching a reserve that is home to the world’s largest density of jaguars. There are fears the death toll will exceed that of fires in 2020, which killed around 17 million animals. The vicious cycle of fires has only grown worse as the #ClimateCrisis and deforestation intensify. To save the Pantanal, we must immediately put out the fires, but also go further and work to halt agricultural expansion, restore the land, and combat the climate crisis. Read the full article by Ana Ionova in The New York Times 📰 https://lnkd.in/dZv4Jr3K
The World's Largest Wetland Is Burning, and Rare Animals Are Dying
https://www.nytimes.com
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Marine protected areas (#MPAs), areas designated to preserve the health of ocean ecosystems, are often nothing more than lines on a map. 12% of the EU’s waters are designated as MPAs, but less than 1% of the marine area is strictly protected. These protections are not working as they should — bottom trawling takes place more in MPAs than in non-protected areas in the EU. Allowing bottom trawling and other destructive industrial fishing activities in MPAs makes a mockery of their intended purpose. Vessels dragging vast weighted nets along the seabed, scooping up enormous amounts of marine life, turn many ocean floors into lifeless deserts. This unselective fishing picks up everything from turtles to centuries-old coral reefs. When wildlife is wiped out, the livelihoods in coastal communities often rapidly follow. Swift action to cut the ecological footprint of bottom trawling is sorely needed. Banning it in all MPAs and prohibiting it in those areas which have so far been spared would be an important start towards an effective global MPA network. This network should be co-designed with Indigenous peoples and local communities, not just co-managed. We cannot continue to make the same mistake – we need strong MPAs now. #MarineProtectedAreas #OceanEcosystems #OceanAction #BottomTrawling #BanBottomTrawling
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Journalism is an increasingly dangerous occupation, and environmental journalism is no exception. According to Media Defence, reporting on the environment has become one of the most dangerous jobs in journalism, with at least 13 journalists investigating environmental issues killed in the last decade. A crucial part of our work is our training programmes for environmental journalists and activists wishing to cover environmental crimes, including illegal fishing. Transparency is key to bringing crimes committed out at sea to light – we cannot stop what we can’t see. So far, we have trained journalists in Indonesia to strengthen coverage of the illicit trade in sharks. In Ghana, Somalia, Cameroon and Tanzania, we have better equipped journalists to investigate illegal fishing in their countries’ waters. It is in all our interest to support and champion the work of these journalists as well as their freedom of expression. Without them, environmental crimes perpetrated by companies, governments and individuals will go unnoticed and unchecked at a time when our global environment is already on the cusp of irredeemable collapse. These journalists are directly defending our most basic human rights. To learn more, read about our journalism training work in Cameroon: https://lnkd.in/eczcmmW9 #Journalism #EnvironmentalJournalism #EnvironmentalJustice #Transparency #EnvironmentalDefenders
EJF in action: supporting environmental journalism in Cameroon
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