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The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) founded in 2001 by Steve Trent and Juliette Williams that promotes the non-violent resolution of human rights abuses and related environmental issues in the Global South. It describes itself as “a UK-based non-profit organisation working internationally to protect the environment and human rights.”〔(EJF Website: About Us )〕 EJF's core tenet, as set out in its Mission Statement〔(Mission Statement )〕 asserts that the injustices suffered by people living in poor and disenfranchised communities are often closely related to the destruction, over-exploitation and other abuses of the local natural environment these people depend on. EJF makes direct links between〔 the western world's demands for cheap food and other goods, especially fish, shrimp and cotton and degraded natural environments in poorer countries. In seeking to resolve environmental and human rights abuses, EJF works to give an international voice to vulnerable communities working to protect the local environment that sustains their basic human needs of a shelter, food and income. Its work covers five main campaigning areas:〔http://www.ejfoundation.org/page80.html〕 'Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated' fishing (IUU);〔(Pirate Fishing and Bycatch: Save the Sea campaign )〕 pesticide use;〔(End of the Road for endosulfan )〕 cotton production;〔(Pick Your Cotton Carefully campaign )〕 shrimp farming;〔(Shrimp campaign )〕 and climate refugees.〔(A campaign for Climate Refugees )〕 EJF has also campaigned on the issue of the trade in wild animals with NGO partner WildAid.〔(An Illegal Trade )〕 Much of the Environmental Justice Foundation's work involves training〔(Activist Training Manuals )〕 and equipping affected communities in producer countries to investigate, record and expose abuses and then campaign effectively for an equitable resolution to the issues.〔("Training to Protect the Environment: An active program to combat environmental and human rights abuses" )〕 Emphasis is placed on the power of film,〔(Vimeo EJF Page )〕 both to record irrefutable evidence of environmental injustice and to create strong campaigning messages.〔(Impact Report 2008-2009 )〕 It sees its role as a catalyst working to achieve long-term change,〔(Impact Report 2008-2009 p5 )〕by alerting governments, international policy makers, consumers and businesses to the damaging human and environmental effects that western demand has on the natural environment and local communities, primarily in the global south. EJF aims to encourage action from key decision-makers in business and politics, along with individual action from consumers and concerned individuals.〔(Impact Report 2008-2009 p7 )〕 ==History== The Environmental Justice Foundation was founded in London, UK in 2000 and became a Registered Charity in August 2001 by Steve Trent and Juliette Williams. EJF's creation was a response to the human suffering and environmental degradation that its founders witnessed in their work as environmental campaigners.〔(EJF Impact Report 2000-2003 )〕 This experience had led both founders to conclude that the basic human rights of people in the world's poorest countries often depend on those people's access to a healthy environment for food, shelter and a means to make a living. EJF undertook its first campaign in 2001: defending a community's fishing rights in Cambodia. As a result of training and documentation programmes, a national network – the Fisheries Action Coalition Team - was founded. The Fisheries Action Coalition Team is a coalition of NGO consisting 12 NGOs, both local and international,〔https://www.forumsyd.org/templates/FS_ArticleTypeA.aspx?id=3694〕 which was localised from NGO Forum. A campaign report called Feast or Famine〔(Feast or Famine: Solutions to Cambodia's Fisheries Conflict )〕 was produced and presented to policymakers at a meeting hosted by the British Ambassador to Cambodia, proving to be a catalyst for the issue in the country as well as securing international support. EJF expanded its work to encompass the pesticide endosulfan (2002), trafficking of wildlife (2003), shrimp trawling and shrimp farming (2003), illegal, unreported and unregulated IUU fishing (2004), cotton production (2004) and climate refugees (2009). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Environmental Justice Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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