Giant Otter

It disappeared in Uruguay and only a few left in Argentina.

Sea Turtle

•Chased by collectors and offered in luxury restaurants.

CANDE - CONGO

•  The Congo Basin is a vast rainforest straddling the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
• In the DRC alone, 40 million people - from farmers to fishing communities - depend on the forest for their livelihoods.
• The Congo Basin rainforest also has exceptional ecological importance. It is home to forest elephants, gorillas, bonobos, rare antelopes, forest buffalo and a threatened forest giraffe, the okapi. Of the 270 species of mammals discovered there so far, 39 are found nowhere else on Earth - and of its 10,000 plant species, a staggering 3,300 are unique to the region.

 This rainforest also plays a vital role in regulating the global climate. Intact forest landscapes - the last remaining large areas of natural forests - are the most resilient to climate change and contain the biggest carbon stock of all forests. Eighty per cent of Africa’s intact forest landscapes are in the DRC - the fourth largest forest carbon reservoir of any country on Earth.

Increased international demand for commodities and natural resources has led to large scale industrial logging, which is devastating the rainforest and the people and animals that live there.  

Siberian Tiger

Hunted for its skin there are only 200 left.

Glacier

The Dangers of Nuclear Energy

Endengered animals

We must take care of the ozone layer!

ENVIRONMENT

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH

    www.foe.co.uk

What we stand for

We stand for three big ideas:

·             There is a tomorrow
We need to use the planet like there is a tomorrow. This means living within the limits of the natural world.

·             Everyone gets a fair share
Everyone, everywhere, now and tomorrow, deserves to have a good life.

·             Change the rules
We need to change the rules so that the economy works for people and the environment, not pit one against the other

Friends of the Earth seek to influence the government to make changes to policies in favour of people and planet.

It's not just what we do but the way we do it. We raise the issues but we also realize that to make things happen we need to:

·             Focus on the solution
We look for better alternatives to what's already out there

·             Back it up with facts
We base everything on credible research

·             Get lots of people involved
We make it easy for you to act.

·             Use our network
We have access to 77 Friends of the Earth international groups and 230 local groups in the UK

It's good to get involved in something that's positive rather than falling into the trap of thinking there's nothing you can do.

See also:

·             Friends of the Earth International
An international network of environmental groups. We are a member.

·             Our local Friends of the Earth groups
Autonomous yet part of us. Is there one in your area?

Natural Resources

The Earth. It's a beautiful place - and our only home.

We all depend on a healthy planet to give us vital life-supporting things like clean water, food and breathable air.

But life on Earth faces some serious threats - from rainforest destruction to climate change

The good news? It's not too late for a cure.

And you can be part of the generation that saves it.

Want to help? Read on and we'll get you started.

Each tip will help you green your lifestyle just a little bit more.

Lifestyle

Ecards

Principio del formulario

Send an e-card and save a tree Every year hundreds of thousands of trees are pulped to create the cards we send. By sending electronic greeting cards you can help prevent this from happening. It's free, fast and you can send as many as you want. Just follow the six steps below:

Lifestyle

Get involved

The success of Friends of the Earth campaigns depends on people like you getting involved. And there's lots you can do.