📣 Side-event at #COP30: Join us for a discussion on Indigenous climate alternatives and the impacts of carbon markets Event: Carbon markets, forests and Indigenous alternatives 🗓️ Thursday, 13 Nov 2025 ⏰ 15:00-16:30 📍 SE Room 4 Find more details below ⬇️

We have arrived at #COP30 in Brazil! Hear from Dr Luciana Leite, our Chief Representative and Lead Advocate for Brazil, about how we will be working over the next two weeks to protect #wetlands and the vital role they play in keeping our planet habitable 🌱 🎬 Sound on for English!

Consumers in the U.S. and other countries are at risk of buying squid caught with environmental and human rights abuses. Our recent investigation focuses on the Southwest Atlantic squid fishery, a largely unregulated region, where we have found evidence of a squid population under severe stress ⬇️

🐟 New report - EU import controls are likely failing to keep illegal seafood off European plates. Many EU member states are failing to properly check and control seafood imports, though required to do so under EU law. Read the report: www.iuuwatch.eu/2025/10/eu-i...

🐟 Nuevo informe: el control de las importaciones de la UE no logra mantener los productos pesqueros ilegales fuera de los platos europeos Lea el informe ⬇️ www.iuuwatch.eu/2025/10/eu-i...

🐟 New report from the EU IUU Fishing Coalition - EU import controls are likely failing to keep illegal seafood off European plates. Many Member States are failing to properly check and control seafood imports, though required to do so under EU law. Read the report: www.iuuwatch.eu/wp-content/u...

🗞️ Mongabay shows how the work of journalists to investigate abuses at sea can have a global impact. In 2022, after years of investigations into human rights and environmental abuses on board vessels owned by a major Chinese tuna fishing company, the US announced sanctions against the company.

🚨 Nous recrutons actuellement un Chargé de Plaidoyer Senior En tant que Chargé de Plaidoyer Senior en France, vous dirigerez nos activités de politiques publiques et de plaidoyer au niveau national. Nous examinerons les candidatures reçues jusqu’au 17/11/2025: ejfoundation.org/jobs/charg%C...

🌊 The UK is moving closer towards ratifying the High Seas Treaty Last week, @kerrymp.bsky.social mentioned us in the parliamentary debate over the #BBNJ Bill, rightly highlighting the importance of the Treaty for protecting marine ecosystems and ending human rights abuses at sea 💬

The issue of fisheries transparency gets brought home to London commuters through this ad campaign by the @ejfoundation.org

🚆📣 A message to the UK government We’ve launched our poster campaign on the London Underground, urging politicians to end the UK’s complicity in seafood crime and ensure consumers can trust the fish on their plates. Hear more our campaign from EJF Senior UK Advocacy Officer Kaleem 🎬

💧🌱 Freshwater wetlands – our most powerful, but neglected climate allies They store vast amounts of carbon, regulate water flows, and sustain biodiversity and livelihoods worldwide. However, our new report reveals how they are being destroyed at alarming rates, fatally undermining climate goals.

🌎 Women of the Pantanal connect with #COP30 leaders Last week, attended a meeting with COP30 Special Envoys and other women of the Pantanal to discuss the impacts of the climate crisis on their lives and livelihoods. We provided support for women from our Environmental Defenders program to attend.

New research shows no one is immune to the plastic and chemical pollution crisis ❌ A shocking new study shows that every European minister tested had PFAS, toxic ‘forever chemicals,’ in their blood. This investigation is another wake-up call to the dangers of plastics to human health.

📣 The numbers don't lie G7 governments spent $1.2 TRILLION on military budget last year, while delivering just $348M to the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage – barely half of what they promised. Governments in the Global North must #PayUp their climate debt and #FillTheFund now.

❌ Abolishing the Climate Change Act would drive up energy costs for everyone in the UK and mean disaster for people and the planet. We cannot afford to move backwards. Leaders must prioritise supercharging the energy transition. We've signed the letter calling on Kemi Badenoch to change course ⬇️

📢 This is a threat we won’t accept: abolishing the Climate Change Act (CCA) would harm our natural world, damage a thriving net zero economy, reverse significant progress, and be out of step with public and political opinion. We’ve written an open letter to Badenoch to express our profound concern.

🌎✨ At the Pre-COP30 in Campo Grande, Brazil, with SOS Pantanal we launched a letter calling on climate leaders to place wetlands, such as the Pantanal, at the heart of global climate action. The letter contains signatures representing over 150 organisations and many scientists and politicians.

We’re hiring an Environmental Defenders Programme Officer 🌍 They will work to deliver tailored training on advocacy, investigation, and filmmaking to environmental defenders worldwide, starting with our new Ocean Defenders project in Southeast Asia and West Africa. Apply by October 23rd:

🐟 New European Union-funded report on Liberia’s small-scale fisheries 🇱🇷 Liberia’s small-scale fisheries are the backbone of coastal livelihoods, but they face mounting threats from coastal erosion, mangrove destruction, and insecure land rights. Read the report ⬇️ ejfoundation.org/reports/fish...

🌊🐢 The 2025/2026 sea turtle nesting season has officially begun in Ghana! Our dedicated turtle patrollers in Gomoa Fetteh and Senya Beraku recorded 11 Olive Ridley nests and safely released 2 Green turtles that had been caught as bycatch. It’s a strong, hopeful start to the season.

🎬 Our new film exposes the hidden toll of illegal fishing in Cameroon 🐟 In 🇨🇲, widespread lawbreaking and human rights abuses at sea are wiping out jobs, destroying ecosystems, and leading to the exploitation of crew.

🌊 A historic win for our ocean 👏 On Friday, the #HighSeasTreaty reached its 60th ratification needed to enter into force. This is an important moment for ocean protection and collective action on the global stage. It covers the most remote parts of the ocean in areas beyond national jurisdiction.

🚨 “Every day, we lived surrounded by violence.” Through interviews with Indonesian and Filipino crew who worked on board Chinese squid fishing vessels in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean, we uncovered a grim picture of the living and working conditions they faced. Read more in @elpais.com 🗞

Off the coast of Argentina each year, hundreds of fishing vessels descend to catch shortfin squid. This fleet has exploded in recent years. The area they fish in is largely unregulated – as a result, marine ecosystems & the human rights of crew are put at risk. Read more in @washingtonpost.com 🗞

🚨 New investigation 🦑 Hundreds of distant-water vessels are plundering squid populations in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean, driving this keystone species towards collapse and exposing workers to horrific abuses. Read the report: ejfoundation.org/reports/brig...

The @wto.org’s Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies has entered into force 👏 Billions of dollars have long propped up unsustainable fishing practices that are pushing fish populations to the brink of collapse. This agreement is a critical step towards curtailing overfishing & illegal fishing globally.

Critical checks on seafood coming into the country have dropped to alarmingly low levels since the UK left the EU. This left the government effectively blind as to whether the seafood reaching the public’s plates is linked to human rights abuses and the destruction of ocean ecosystems 🎬

Super proud of what we accomplished in #Liberia in the last five years working with the fantastic team at @ejfoundation.org Watch our impact film youtu.be/p4rmTBtI2_U?...

Since Brexit, the 🇬🇧 has lost control of its seafood imports. We cannot be guaranteed if fish we buy at the market has not been tainted by human rights or environmental abuses. The public deserves to know where the fish on their plates come from. @thetimes.com: www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

Alongside sustainable management of domestic fishing, we need robust checks on imported seafood, to ensure consumers aren't unwittingly buying into illegality overseas. We're working with @ejfoundation.org as part of the @fishcoalition.bsky.social to demand the UK governments put this right 🧵🐟

Great to see coverage of the Criminal Catches report (@ejfoundation.org & @fishcoalition.bsky.social) in @thetimes.com today, highlighting major risks in the UK's int'l seafood supply chain 🧵🐟 80%+ of the seafood consumed in the UK is imported. Read the report: ejfoundation.org/reports/crim...

Critical checks on seafood coming into the UK have dropped to alarmingly low levels since Brexit, finds our new report. Consumers have been left at risk of buying seafood tainted by environmental destruction, forced labour or even slavery. More from @adamvaughan.bsky.social in @thetimes.com 🗞️ ⬇️

🐟 New investigation 🐟 The report finds that there has been a near-total end to checks on imported seafood after Brexit. As a result, UK consumers may unknowingly be buying seafood linked to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and severe human rights abuses.

@ejfoundation.org has released a new report,“Building it bottom-up: Collaborative Management Association formation guide and lessons from Liberia”. It recommends steps to ensure effective implementation of co-management associations in Liberia and other countries. ejfoundation.org/reports/buil...

Liberia’s Collaborative Management Associations (CMAs) are transforming fisheries governance and empowering coastal communities. The lessons from our European Union funded Communities for Fisheries project provide a valuable roadmap for ensuring sustainable oceans and resilient communities:

Wetlands like the Pantanal are regulators of Earth’s climate, acting as powerful carbon sinks. Despite their importance, wetlands are disappearing three times faster than forests. The role of wetlands for climate is severely undervalued, and in turn, underfunded and unprotected. @mongabay.com

We are happy and proud to announce that our film “Pantanal” is a finalist for the Jackson Wild x Earth Alliance Impact Pitch Media Award 🎥 We are honoured that the Pantanal and its defenders will be spotlighted on this stage 🌍

We’re #NowHiring an EU Advocacy Officer to join our team in Brussels 🇪🇺🚨 They will support our team to achieve our ocean conservation and sustainable fisheries goals in Europe through research, strategy development, political relationships, and advocacy action. Apply before September 15th #EUJobs:

Today, we celebrate a landmark moment for Ghana’s fisheries: the President has signed the Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill, without amendments 👏 This bold act of leadership ensures the protection of small-scale fishers, strengthens food security, and lays the foundation for ecosystems to recover.

We're #Hiring an EU Communications Officer! We're looking for someone with a proven track record of securing high-level media coverage for environmental campaigns. They must have professional fluency in English and either French or Spanish. Apply by August 29th: ejfoundation.org/jobs/eu-comm...

🚫 Pas d’accord sur le traité plastique à Genève Mieux vaut pas de traité qu’un texte au rabais ! Après 10 jours de négociations, les États n’ont pas réussi à adopter un accord capable de mettre fin à la crise mondiale du plastique.

Negotiations for a #GlobalPlasticsTreaty have adjourned without an agreement, as high-ambition nations, reflecting the large majority represented at the meeting, refused to accept a weak text that would have locked in the global plastics crisis. ejfoundation.org/news-media/h...

⚠️ Update from INC-5.2 in Geneva After 10 days of intense discussions during the #INC5.2 session in Geneva, countries have failed to adopt a legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution. No treaty is better than a weak treaty. We look to the high ambition countries now for a better path forward.

In the final hours of the #GlobalPlasticsTreaty negotiations, EJF CEO and Founder @stevetrent.bsky.social calls on countries to have courage, be ambitious, and push for a strong treaty that works. It's time for a treaty that addresses the full life cycle of plastic and centres justice and health 🎬

[quote 2/2] something that would enable reduction and protect health. Others have called for transparency and health protection. This text fails the ambitions of those delegations." - Punyathorn Jeungsmarn, Plastics campaigner and researcher at @ejfoundation.org (Thailand) 🌏

✊🏽🚨 "The chair's text presented today failed to address plastic pollution throughout its life cycle, which begins with extraction and production. Over the past many days of INC-5.2, over 50 delegations from the global south have countries have pushed for a toxic-free reuse systems, [quote 1/2]

Alarm bells are ringing at #INC52 🚨 Today's new draft for the negotiations for a #PlasticsTreaty lacks all the key components that civil society groups and high ambition countries have been asking for to effectively address the plastic pollution crisis. [thread 1/9] Read more below: 👇🏽

“We will not sell out our future generations for the text as it is.” - Delegate from Panama With less than 30 hours to finalise the #GlobalPlasticsTreaty text, at least 80 countries have rejected the latest Chair’s Text, which fails to tackle the full life cycle of plastics. Read our statement:

🐟 Our new report from our European Union-funded Communities for Fisheries project finds that Liberia must enhance its #fisheriestransparency to effectively combat illegal, unreported and unregulated #IUU fishing on its shores. Read the report ⬇️ ejfoundation.org/reports/unch...