Asia Pacific Network of Environmental Defenders
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The Asia Pacific Network of Environmental Defenders (APNED) is a solidarity network for the protection of environmental defenders, environmental rights and climate justice.
[PODCAST EPISODE🎙️] In this podcast episode, Moeu Chandara, an environmental defender from Cambodia talked about the situation of environmental defenders’ safety and rights in Cambodia.
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▶️YouTube: youtu.be/e2rwF0O5Lzw
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Enabling Climate Action - Episode 2 (Cambodia)
This podcast provides a situationer about the environmental defenders on the frontline of protection in Cambodia who continue to be at risk.
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September 8, 2026 at 11:44 AM
[PODCAST EPISODE🎙️] In this podcast episode, Moeu Chandara, an environmental defender from Cambodia talked about the situation of environmental defenders’ safety and rights in Cambodia.
🔊SoundCloud: on.soundcloud.com/lWVQ5rQQ2w7z...
▶️YouTube: youtu.be/e2rwF0O5Lzw
🔊SoundCloud: on.soundcloud.com/lWVQ5rQQ2w7z...
▶️YouTube: youtu.be/e2rwF0O5Lzw
[NEW PUBLICATION]
APNED proudly presents its newest publication, "Defenders At Risk: Report on Legal Threats and Protections for Environmental Human Rights Advocates in Asia".
Link: tinyurl.com/apned-trustl...
APNED proudly presents its newest publication, "Defenders At Risk: Report on Legal Threats and Protections for Environmental Human Rights Advocates in Asia".
Link: tinyurl.com/apned-trustl...
September 4, 2026 at 8:23 AM
[NEW PUBLICATION]
APNED proudly presents its newest publication, "Defenders At Risk: Report on Legal Threats and Protections for Environmental Human Rights Advocates in Asia".
Link: tinyurl.com/apned-trustl...
APNED proudly presents its newest publication, "Defenders At Risk: Report on Legal Threats and Protections for Environmental Human Rights Advocates in Asia".
Link: tinyurl.com/apned-trustl...
[PODCAST EPISODE 1] Asia Pacific Network of Environmental Defenders (APNED) proudly releases the first episode of our podcast, "Enabling Climate Action, Defending Environmental Defenders".
🔊SoundCloud: on.soundcloud.com/pSEH829sxKo8...
▶️YouTube: youtu.be/wN97mqI8c6o?...
🔊SoundCloud: on.soundcloud.com/pSEH829sxKo8...
▶️YouTube: youtu.be/wN97mqI8c6o?...
September 2, 2026 at 12:36 PM
[PODCAST EPISODE 1] Asia Pacific Network of Environmental Defenders (APNED) proudly releases the first episode of our podcast, "Enabling Climate Action, Defending Environmental Defenders".
🔊SoundCloud: on.soundcloud.com/pSEH829sxKo8...
▶️YouTube: youtu.be/wN97mqI8c6o?...
🔊SoundCloud: on.soundcloud.com/pSEH829sxKo8...
▶️YouTube: youtu.be/wN97mqI8c6o?...
"Communities not only deserve freedom from land-grabbing and threats of displacement, but also deserve protection from rights violations and attacks. "
Read full statement: apned.net/internationa...
Read full statement: apned.net/internationa...
August 30, 2026 at 7:28 AM
"Communities not only deserve freedom from land-grabbing and threats of displacement, but also deserve protection from rights violations and attacks. "
Read full statement: apned.net/internationa...
Read full statement: apned.net/internationa...
"Police personnel arrived at the barricade reportedly to assist the entry of the company’s fuel. During the confrontation, 11 community members were arrested. "
Read our full statement here: apned.net/urgent-alert...
Read our full statement here: apned.net/urgent-alert...
August 30, 2026 at 7:11 AM
"Police personnel arrived at the barricade reportedly to assist the entry of the company’s fuel. During the confrontation, 11 community members were arrested. "
Read our full statement here: apned.net/urgent-alert...
Read our full statement here: apned.net/urgent-alert...
Join APNED, in collaboration with ARIEL, in a discussion on gender and environmental injustices and identify pathways to advance environmental and gender justice in ASEAN.
🕑 August 18, Tuesday (online)
4:00 - 5:30 pm Bangkok/Jakarta time
5:00 - 6:30 pm Manila time
📌 RSVP: bit.ly/genderandenv...
🕑 August 18, Tuesday (online)
4:00 - 5:30 pm Bangkok/Jakarta time
5:00 - 6:30 pm Manila time
📌 RSVP: bit.ly/genderandenv...
August 17, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Join APNED, in collaboration with ARIEL, in a discussion on gender and environmental injustices and identify pathways to advance environmental and gender justice in ASEAN.
🕑 August 18, Tuesday (online)
4:00 - 5:30 pm Bangkok/Jakarta time
5:00 - 6:30 pm Manila time
📌 RSVP: bit.ly/genderandenv...
🕑 August 18, Tuesday (online)
4:00 - 5:30 pm Bangkok/Jakarta time
5:00 - 6:30 pm Manila time
📌 RSVP: bit.ly/genderandenv...
Development banks are pouring billions of dollars into the Reko Diq mining project in Balochistan, Pakistan, despite knowing the high risks.
How can this project, in a heavily militarized area where safe consultation seems impossible, comply?
Join us and call to #RethinkRekoDiq: bit.ly/RekoDiq
How can this project, in a heavily militarized area where safe consultation seems impossible, comply?
Join us and call to #RethinkRekoDiq: bit.ly/RekoDiq
August 12, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Development banks are pouring billions of dollars into the Reko Diq mining project in Balochistan, Pakistan, despite knowing the high risks.
How can this project, in a heavily militarized area where safe consultation seems impossible, comply?
Join us and call to #RethinkRekoDiq: bit.ly/RekoDiq
How can this project, in a heavily militarized area where safe consultation seems impossible, comply?
Join us and call to #RethinkRekoDiq: bit.ly/RekoDiq
Webinar: "Breaking Barriers: Gender and Environmental Justice in ASEAN."
📅 Date: August 18, 2026 (Thursday)
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM (Bangkok/Jakarta) | 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM (Manila)
Link to register: bit.ly/genderandenv...
#APNED #EnvironmentalDefenders #ClimateJustice #ASEAN
📅 Date: August 18, 2026 (Thursday)
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM (Bangkok/Jakarta) | 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM (Manila)
Link to register: bit.ly/genderandenv...
#APNED #EnvironmentalDefenders #ClimateJustice #ASEAN
August 11, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Webinar: "Breaking Barriers: Gender and Environmental Justice in ASEAN."
📅 Date: August 18, 2026 (Thursday)
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM (Bangkok/Jakarta) | 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM (Manila)
Link to register: bit.ly/genderandenv...
#APNED #EnvironmentalDefenders #ClimateJustice #ASEAN
📅 Date: August 18, 2026 (Thursday)
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM (Bangkok/Jakarta) | 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM (Manila)
Link to register: bit.ly/genderandenv...
#APNED #EnvironmentalDefenders #ClimateJustice #ASEAN
"Yet throughout Asia and the Pacific, IPs continue to confront environmental plunder such as the appropriation and destructive exploitation of their lands and resources for mining, industrial agriculture, energy, tourism, and other profit-driven projects. "
Read: apned.net/world-ip-day...
Read: apned.net/world-ip-day...
August 9, 2026 at 4:35 AM
"Yet throughout Asia and the Pacific, IPs continue to confront environmental plunder such as the appropriation and destructive exploitation of their lands and resources for mining, industrial agriculture, energy, tourism, and other profit-driven projects. "
Read: apned.net/world-ip-day...
Read: apned.net/world-ip-day...
We invite you to join the second webinar in the Environmental Human Rights Defenders Forum in Asia series.
📅 6 August | 13:00-14:30 (UTC+7)
🔗https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6d0300c5-8f28-44d0-add6-554e6f8796d8@0f9e35db-544f-4f60-bdcc-5ea416e6dc70
📅 6 August | 13:00-14:30 (UTC+7)
🔗https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6d0300c5-8f28-44d0-add6-554e6f8796d8@0f9e35db-544f-4f60-bdcc-5ea416e6dc70
August 5, 2026 at 5:47 AM
We invite you to join the second webinar in the Environmental Human Rights Defenders Forum in Asia series.
📅 6 August | 13:00-14:30 (UTC+7)
🔗https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6d0300c5-8f28-44d0-add6-554e6f8796d8@0f9e35db-544f-4f60-bdcc-5ea416e6dc70
📅 6 August | 13:00-14:30 (UTC+7)
🔗https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6d0300c5-8f28-44d0-add6-554e6f8796d8@0f9e35db-544f-4f60-bdcc-5ea416e6dc70
Indigenous Land Defenders Global Speak Out 📢
On August 07, 9:00AM UTC, join us in forging our collective voice against land theft, neoliberal dictates, militarism, and fascist attacks against IPs and advocates fighting for land and self-determination.
🔗Register here: bit.ly/IPLandSpeakO...
On August 07, 9:00AM UTC, join us in forging our collective voice against land theft, neoliberal dictates, militarism, and fascist attacks against IPs and advocates fighting for land and self-determination.
🔗Register here: bit.ly/IPLandSpeakO...
July 29, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Indigenous Land Defenders Global Speak Out 📢
On August 07, 9:00AM UTC, join us in forging our collective voice against land theft, neoliberal dictates, militarism, and fascist attacks against IPs and advocates fighting for land and self-determination.
🔗Register here: bit.ly/IPLandSpeakO...
On August 07, 9:00AM UTC, join us in forging our collective voice against land theft, neoliberal dictates, militarism, and fascist attacks against IPs and advocates fighting for land and self-determination.
🔗Register here: bit.ly/IPLandSpeakO...
[WEBINAR] From Commitments to Action: Advancing Human Rights-Based Biodiversity Governance in Asia
Join APNED, Women4Biodiversity, UNEP, and OHCHR for the second webinar in the Environmental Human Rights Defenders in Asia.
📅 August 6
🕐 1–2:30 PM (Bangkok)
🔗 tinyurl.com/From-Commitm...
Join APNED, Women4Biodiversity, UNEP, and OHCHR for the second webinar in the Environmental Human Rights Defenders in Asia.
📅 August 6
🕐 1–2:30 PM (Bangkok)
🔗 tinyurl.com/From-Commitm...
July 29, 2026 at 6:03 AM
[WEBINAR] From Commitments to Action: Advancing Human Rights-Based Biodiversity Governance in Asia
Join APNED, Women4Biodiversity, UNEP, and OHCHR for the second webinar in the Environmental Human Rights Defenders in Asia.
📅 August 6
🕐 1–2:30 PM (Bangkok)
🔗 tinyurl.com/From-Commitm...
Join APNED, Women4Biodiversity, UNEP, and OHCHR for the second webinar in the Environmental Human Rights Defenders in Asia.
📅 August 6
🕐 1–2:30 PM (Bangkok)
🔗 tinyurl.com/From-Commitm...
"APNED supports the Pala’wan Indigenous Peoples in asserting their rights to self-determination, Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), and the protection of their ancestral domains. "
Read full statement here: lnkd.in/g5esE9Zu
Read full statement here: lnkd.in/g5esE9Zu
July 21, 2026 at 9:05 AM
"APNED supports the Pala’wan Indigenous Peoples in asserting their rights to self-determination, Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), and the protection of their ancestral domains. "
Read full statement here: lnkd.in/g5esE9Zu
Read full statement here: lnkd.in/g5esE9Zu
Read APNED's Q2 Newsletter! 📰 ✨
As we reach the halfway point of 2026, the Asia Pacific Network of Environmental Defenders (APNED).
Read the newsletter in your inbox, or on the site at
apned.net/apned-2026-q...
As we reach the halfway point of 2026, the Asia Pacific Network of Environmental Defenders (APNED).
Read the newsletter in your inbox, or on the site at
apned.net/apned-2026-q...
July 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Read APNED's Q2 Newsletter! 📰 ✨
As we reach the halfway point of 2026, the Asia Pacific Network of Environmental Defenders (APNED).
Read the newsletter in your inbox, or on the site at
apned.net/apned-2026-q...
As we reach the halfway point of 2026, the Asia Pacific Network of Environmental Defenders (APNED).
Read the newsletter in your inbox, or on the site at
apned.net/apned-2026-q...
"States and businesses must prevent and remedy human rights harm, ensure access to information, justice, and provide a safe and enabling environment in which defenders can act without fear of surveillance, retaliation, or violence."
Read the full statement here: apned.net/release-pran...
Read the full statement here: apned.net/release-pran...
July 14, 2026 at 7:28 AM
"States and businesses must prevent and remedy human rights harm, ensure access to information, justice, and provide a safe and enabling environment in which defenders can act without fear of surveillance, retaliation, or violence."
Read the full statement here: apned.net/release-pran...
Read the full statement here: apned.net/release-pran...
To help strengthen the capacity and protection of EHRDs, APNED, in partnership with CPU and with support from the DDP, is organizing a free-of-charge HRVs online training, with a focus on documenting digital attacks.
Date: 26 and/or 27 June 2026
Apply by 13 June: tinyurl.com/APNED-HRVdoc...
Date: 26 and/or 27 June 2026
Apply by 13 June: tinyurl.com/APNED-HRVdoc...
June 10, 2026 at 6:55 AM
To help strengthen the capacity and protection of EHRDs, APNED, in partnership with CPU and with support from the DDP, is organizing a free-of-charge HRVs online training, with a focus on documenting digital attacks.
Date: 26 and/or 27 June 2026
Apply by 13 June: tinyurl.com/APNED-HRVdoc...
Date: 26 and/or 27 June 2026
Apply by 13 June: tinyurl.com/APNED-HRVdoc...
"Imperialist war and militarization are among the most destructive forces confronting people and the planet. "
Read: apned.net/world-enviro...
Read: apned.net/world-enviro...
June 5, 2026 at 11:58 AM
"Imperialist war and militarization are among the most destructive forces confronting people and the planet. "
Read: apned.net/world-enviro...
Read: apned.net/world-enviro...
The Philippines remain the most dangerous country for environmental defenders in Southeast Asia. Despite this and the ongoing attacks, people's resistance persists.
🎥Link to video: youtu.be/nblDGk1fdsI?...
Full report: tinyurl.com/enablingclim...
#ClimateJustice #DefendTheDefenders
🎥Link to video: youtu.be/nblDGk1fdsI?...
Full report: tinyurl.com/enablingclim...
#ClimateJustice #DefendTheDefenders
Enabling Climate Action Research Findings Video 1: Regional Overview
YouTube video by Asia Pacific Network of Environmental Defenders (APNED)
youtu.be
May 29, 2026 at 11:13 AM
The Philippines remain the most dangerous country for environmental defenders in Southeast Asia. Despite this and the ongoing attacks, people's resistance persists.
🎥Link to video: youtu.be/nblDGk1fdsI?...
Full report: tinyurl.com/enablingclim...
#ClimateJustice #DefendTheDefenders
🎥Link to video: youtu.be/nblDGk1fdsI?...
Full report: tinyurl.com/enablingclim...
#ClimateJustice #DefendTheDefenders
📢 SIGNATORY UPDATE📢
As of 4 PM today, May 21, our sign-on statement has reached 95 individuals and 73 organizations as signatories. Let us continue to demand urgent justice for the Negros 19 massacre.
Sign on here: urli.info/JusticeForTo...
#DefendNegros #JusticeforNegros19 #DefendEnviDefenders
As of 4 PM today, May 21, our sign-on statement has reached 95 individuals and 73 organizations as signatories. Let us continue to demand urgent justice for the Negros 19 massacre.
Sign on here: urli.info/JusticeForTo...
#DefendNegros #JusticeforNegros19 #DefendEnviDefenders
May 21, 2026 at 1:47 PM
📢 SIGNATORY UPDATE📢
As of 4 PM today, May 21, our sign-on statement has reached 95 individuals and 73 organizations as signatories. Let us continue to demand urgent justice for the Negros 19 massacre.
Sign on here: urli.info/JusticeForTo...
#DefendNegros #JusticeforNegros19 #DefendEnviDefenders
As of 4 PM today, May 21, our sign-on statement has reached 95 individuals and 73 organizations as signatories. Let us continue to demand urgent justice for the Negros 19 massacre.
Sign on here: urli.info/JusticeForTo...
#DefendNegros #JusticeforNegros19 #DefendEnviDefenders
SIGNATORY UPDATE
As of 3 PM today, May 8, our sign-on statement has reached 92 individuals and 62 organizations as signatories. Let us continue to demand urgent justice for the Negros 19 massacre.
Sign on here: lnkd.in/gMbUsAvE
#DefendNegros #justicefornegros19
As of 3 PM today, May 8, our sign-on statement has reached 92 individuals and 62 organizations as signatories. Let us continue to demand urgent justice for the Negros 19 massacre.
Sign on here: lnkd.in/gMbUsAvE
#DefendNegros #justicefornegros19
May 8, 2026 at 9:20 AM
SIGNATORY UPDATE
As of 3 PM today, May 8, our sign-on statement has reached 92 individuals and 62 organizations as signatories. Let us continue to demand urgent justice for the Negros 19 massacre.
Sign on here: lnkd.in/gMbUsAvE
#DefendNegros #justicefornegros19
As of 3 PM today, May 8, our sign-on statement has reached 92 individuals and 62 organizations as signatories. Let us continue to demand urgent justice for the Negros 19 massacre.
Sign on here: lnkd.in/gMbUsAvE
#DefendNegros #justicefornegros19
APNED invites organizations and individuals to sign the unity statement calling for justice for the 19 killed in the recent military operations in Negros, and
for the protection of the environment and communities against militarization and destructive projects.
Sign: urli.info/JusticeForTo...
for the protection of the environment and communities against militarization and destructive projects.
Sign: urli.info/JusticeForTo...
April 29, 2026 at 10:57 AM
APNED invites organizations and individuals to sign the unity statement calling for justice for the 19 killed in the recent military operations in Negros, and
for the protection of the environment and communities against militarization and destructive projects.
Sign: urli.info/JusticeForTo...
for the protection of the environment and communities against militarization and destructive projects.
Sign: urli.info/JusticeForTo...
"War is fundamentally incompatible with environmental sustainability."
Read: apned.net/apned-earth-...
Read: apned.net/apned-earth-...
April 21, 2026 at 9:33 AM
"War is fundamentally incompatible with environmental sustainability."
Read: apned.net/apned-earth-...
Read: apned.net/apned-earth-...
APNED's Q1 Newsletter out now! 📰 ✨
Read the newsletter in your inbox, or on the site at
tinyurl.com/apned-q1-2026
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#APNED #DefendEnviDefenders
Read the newsletter in your inbox, or on the site at
tinyurl.com/apned-q1-2026
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#APNED #DefendEnviDefenders
April 7, 2026 at 10:34 AM
APNED's Q1 Newsletter out now! 📰 ✨
Read the newsletter in your inbox, or on the site at
tinyurl.com/apned-q1-2026
Not a subscriber to our mailing list? Stay updated with our campaigns and opportunities by signing up on apned.eo.page/subscribe
#APNED #DefendEnviDefenders
Read the newsletter in your inbox, or on the site at
tinyurl.com/apned-q1-2026
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#APNED #DefendEnviDefenders
APNED stands with the Indigenous Yakthung (Limbu) people in Nepal against the IME Group-led Pathivara cable car project. The project has caused massive deforestation in the habitat of endangered species, violence, and repression of Indigenous defenders.
aipnee.org/campaigns/ne...
aipnee.org/campaigns/ne...
Nepal cable car case: Calling for a full compliance investigation
The Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) has released an Assessment Report on the Nepal Pathivara cable car complaint, and transferred it to compliance appraisal. The complaint relates to a $156,746 Int...
aipnee.org
April 7, 2026 at 2:38 AM
APNED stands with the Indigenous Yakthung (Limbu) people in Nepal against the IME Group-led Pathivara cable car project. The project has caused massive deforestation in the habitat of endangered species, violence, and repression of Indigenous defenders.
aipnee.org/campaigns/ne...
aipnee.org/campaigns/ne...
Happening now: Sharing of the presentation of the findings of “Enabling Climate Action: Analysis and Recommendations from Climate and Environmental Defenders” participatory action research covering the Philippines, Cambodia and Indonesia.
Catch the livestream here: tinyurl.com/EnablingClim...
Catch the livestream here: tinyurl.com/EnablingClim...
March 25, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Happening now: Sharing of the presentation of the findings of “Enabling Climate Action: Analysis and Recommendations from Climate and Environmental Defenders” participatory action research covering the Philippines, Cambodia and Indonesia.
Catch the livestream here: tinyurl.com/EnablingClim...
Catch the livestream here: tinyurl.com/EnablingClim...