strategy
Protesting environmental issues
Synonyms:
Demonstrating against ecological damageCampaigning on environmental issues
Implementation:
In 1993 Brazilian forest peoples' leaders demonstrated outside the largest British department store to demand action against the sale of mahogany. Five British superstores subsequently announced that they will no longer sell mahogany. In Brazil, for the first time a logger was found guilty of illegal mahogany extraction from indigenous areas and three companies were required to end their activities in indigenous reserves.Groups such as the International Rivers Network, Greenpeace, Clean Waters Network, Sierra Club and Friends of the Earth International, along with thousands of community groups around the world, are fighting the construction of new dams, reclaiming rivers and wetlands, confronting industry over contamination of water systems, and protecting whales and other aquatic species from hunting and overfishing.
Broader:
ProtestingDemonstratingCampaigning Narrower:
Campaigning to save forestsAlerting wetland desecrationProtesting hunting of animalsOpposing development of riversProtesting industrial pollutionProtesting new road constructionProtesting against packaging wasteProtesting polyethylene manufactureCampaigning for environmental rightsCampaigning on solid waste managementCampaigning about biodiversity issuesCampaigning against nuclear developmentsCampaigning against the use of pesticidesPromoting environmental shareholder activismCampaigning for environmental protection lawsConfronting business with environmental issuesProtesting environmentally harmful developmentCampaigning against the export of toxic materialsProtesting lack of integration of environmental and economic issues Facilitates:
Controlling use of herbicidesReducing risk of ecoaccidentsControlling use of fertilizersPreserving ecological diversityEmpowering citizens to challenge pollutersIncreasing primary environmental care by farmersRespecting rights of indigenous peoples and communities Facilitated by:
Granting observer statusLobbying on environmental issues Values:
Damage Organizations:
Friends of the Earth International Greenpeace International Subjects:
Geography → EcologySocietal Problems → Destruction
Environment → Environment
Type Classification:
C: Cross-sectoral strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
