Food sovereignty Making food sovereignty a reality in Europe

French banks financing land grabs

17 April 2013

Between 2009 and 2012, French banks granted more than 4 billion euro in loans to European producers of agrofuels, and have issued these companies stocks and bonds for a total amount of more than 3 billion euro according to new research from Friends of the Earth France and Oxfam France. The groups called on French banks to stop financing agrofuel producers – who threaten global food security and are fuelling land grabs, especially in Liberia.

France
17 April 2013

Human rights abuses in Guatemala linked to European companies

Social movements in Guatemala are being increasingly criminalised, repressed, intimidated and subjected to human rights abuses, according to representatives of indigenous and feminist social movements, including Friends of the Earth Guatemala.

15 April 2013

Action week against GMOs in Spain

This week social movements of farmers, citizens and ecologists in Spain are denouncing the pro-GMO policies of the Spanish government during a week of action.

This is the fifth annual 'Action week against GMOs and in support of food sovereignty' organised by farmers trade unions, consumers associations and green groups.

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Food sovereignty is the right of peoples, communities and countries to define their own policies for agriculture, trade and food as long as they are ecologically sustainable, contribute to social justice and do not restrict the possibilities for others to do the same.

Friends of the Earth Europe is working to make food sovereignty a reality in Europe and to help people have their voices heard about what they eat.

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Reports & publications

1 Dec 2010

From Forest to Fork: How cattle, soy and sugar are destroying Brazil's forests and damaging the climate

1 Feb 2009

Who Benefits’ from GM crops? Feeding the biotech giants, not the world’s poor

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  • Stanka Becheva
    • Agriculture

      Food and farming in Europe and its global impacts

    • Agrofuels

      Plant-based fuels from agriculture. Also known as biofuels

    • Biodiversity

      Species and habitat protection in Europe and around the globe

    • GMOs

      Genetically modified crops and organisms

    • Land

      Measuring Europe’s land footprint and tackling the drivers of land grabbing

    • Biodiversity

      Species and habitat protection in Europe and around the globe

    • Extractive industries

      Oil and gas exploration, and mining

    • Land

      Measuring Europe’s land footprint and tackling the drivers of land grabbing

    • Materials and waste

      Reducing, reusing and recycling resources

    • Resource use

      Europe’s consumption of land, materials, water and carbon

    • Shale gas

      Unconventional gas and the extraction process known as ‘fracking’

    • Tar sands

      Unconventional oil. Also known as oil sands

    • Water use

      Measuring Europe’s water footprint