General readers

Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme (LATS)
(PDF† format- 170K) September 2007
This briefing outlines how LATS works and the best way for councils to meet these targets without incineration.

Up in smoke
(PDF† format - 190K) September 2007
This briefing looks at the reasons why Friends of the Earth opposes incineration, and covers the waste of natural resources, the effect on recycling and climate change and the pollution from air emissions and toxic ash. 

Shopping the Bullies
(PDF† format - 613K) Apr 2007

GM rice contamination action guide
(PDF† format - 79K) Feb 2007

Farmer Survey 2006
(PDF† format - 54K) Dec 2006

If Tesco really wants to be green...
(PDF† format - 88K) Jul 2006

Could GM food cause allergies?
(PDF† format - 1881K) Jun 2006

Genetically modified animal feed
(PDF† format - 181K) May 2006

Palm oil, the survival or the orang-utan and UK company law reform
(PDF† 56K) May 2006
This briefing explains why the failure of hundreds of UK companies to ensure that they do not buy palm oil from destructive sources is a classic example of how the voluntary approach to corporate responsibility has failed, and why the Company Law Reform Bill must be strengthened.

Calling the shots
(PDF† format - 462K) Jan 2006

Local Development Frameworks and your community
(PDF† format - 130K) Dec 2005

Britain's supermarkets still not supporting native apples
(PDF† format - 71K) Nov 2005

How to...oppose a supermarket planning application
(PDF† format - 152K) Sep 2005

The Tesco Takeover
(PDF† format - 194K) Jun 2005

The Tesco Takeover: Tesco's response
(PDF† format - 128K) Jul 2005

The Tesco Takeover - Leaflet
(PDF† format - 153K) Jun 2005

Checking out the environment? Environmental impacts of supermarkets
(PDF† format - 142K) Jun 2005

Good neighbours? Community impacts of supermarkets
(PDF† format - 110K) Jun 2005

Summary of Legal Opinion in the matter of co-existence, traceability and labelling of GMOs
(PDF† format - 18K) Mar 2005

Legal Opinion in the matter of co-existence, traceability and labelling of GMOs
(PDF† format - 181K) Mar 2005

Government to publish final GM Farm Scale Trial results: Winter oilseed rape
(PDF† format - 220K) Mar 2005

The Voluntary Initiative catchment projects: are they really working?
(PDF† format - 70K) Nov 2004

Retail development: Key polices for inclusion in Local Development Frameworks
(PDF† format - 61K) Nov 2004

Why the new PPS6 could damage town centres
(PDF† format - 50K) Nov 2004

Children's exposure to pesticides in apples and pears
(PDF† format - 36K) Jul 2004

Bayer's pesticides: why it is important that Bayer's pesticide safety data is freely available
(PDF† format - 69K) Jun 2004

Access to information on pesticides
(PDF† format - 89K) Jun 2004

Every Little Hurts: Why Tesco needs to be tamed
(PDF† format - 60K) Jun 2004

The Voluntary Initiative and water pollution
(PDF† format - 226K) Mar 2004

GM contamination: how to prevent GM contamination of the food chain and countryside
(PDF† format - 346K) Mar 2004

GM fodder maize: why Chardon LL should not become the UK's first commercial GM crop
(PDF† format - 159K) Mar 2004

Alliance calls for new supermarket Code and Watchdog
(PDF† format - 123K) Jan 2004

Why we need a GM Contamination and Liability Bill now
(PDF† format - 126K) Jan 2004

Home grown apples in short supply...
(PDF† format - 146K) Nov 2003

How supermarkets avoid planning controls
(PDF† format - 113K) Jul 2003

Unleashing a new pollution?
(PDF† format - 636K) Jul 2003

Tesco: Exposed
(PDF† format - 136K) Jun 2003

GM trade war looms
(PDF† format - 255K) May 2003

Farmers and the supermarket Code of Practice
(PDF† format) Mar 2003

GM-free local areas
(PDF† format) Mar 2003

Super Markets or Corporate Bullies?
(PDF† format) Mar 2003

Genetically Modified Crops and Food
(PDF† format) Updated Jan 2003

British Apples for Sale
(PDF† format) Nov 2002

Supermarkets and Great British Fruit
(PDF† format) Oct 2002

Market Forces
(PDF† format - 124K) Oct 2002, updated Feb 2004

GM food safety
(PDF† format - 137K) Oct 2002

Gene flow
(PDF† format - 126K) Oct 2002, updated Feb 2004

Liability and GM crops
(PDF† format - 152K) Oct 2002

The Farm Scale Trials
(PDF† format - 113K) Oct 2002

Herbicide use and GM crops
(PDF† format - 129K) Oct 2002, updated Feb 2004

The regulatory process
(PDF† format - 77K) Oct 2002

Seed purity
(PDF† format - 130K) Oct 2002

Economic impact of GM
(PDF† format - 127K) Oct 2002

GM crops and food security
(PDF† format - 120K) Oct 2002

T25 maize
(PDF† format - 123K) Oct 2002

The pesticides in our food
(PDF† format - 155K) Sep 2002, updated Aug 2004

Climate change, crisis and southern Africa
(PDF† format) Aug 2002

Your right to object to GM crops
(PDF† format - 143K) Jul 2002

Into the mouths of babes
(PDF† format - 54K) Mar 2002

Pesticides in supermarket food
(PDF† format) Feb 2002, updated July 2004

Do we really know what pesticides are in our food?
(PDF† format - 73K) Dec 2001

Greening the Red Tractor
(PDF† format) Dec 2001

Asia Pulp and Paper
(PDF format - 132K) August 2001
This briefing examines the destructive practices of Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) and the Indonesian pulp and paper industry.

US Corporation Still Taking the Peat
(PDF† format - 87K) August 2001
There are clear indications that the US based Scotts
Company is delaying the UK Government new
designation of our three largest lowland raised
peatbogs as Special Areas of Conservation (SAC's).

Foot and Mouth Crisis
Apr 2001

Bad science, bad decisions: the evidence against Aventis' GM maize
(PDF† format) Mar 2001

The Farm Scale Trial crops - GM maize, beet and oilseed rape
(PDF† format) Mar 2001

RDA Briefing 2: Farmers' Markets
(PDF† format) Sep 2000

Farmers' markets: Actions needed by local authorities
(PDF† format) Aug 2000

The economic benefits of farmers' markets
(PDF† format) Aug 2000

Farmers' Briefing: GM Crops and Animal Feed
July 2000

Contaminated GM crops
(PDF† format) May 2000

Farm Scale Trials - a short critique
Mar 2000

Endocrine Disrupting Pesticides - European Priority List
(PDF† format) Feb 2000

Genetically Modified Food and Crops: Our Right to a Local Referendum
(PDF† format) Feb 2000

Farm Scale Trials of GM crops - in depth
Dec 1999

Endocrine disrupting pesticides
Oct 1999

Bees, honey and genetically modified crops
Sep 1999

The SCIMAC Code of Practice and Guidelines for Growing Genetically Modified Crops: A Critique by Friends of the Earth
Spring 1999

Antibiotic resistance genes in GM foods
Apr 1999

Farm Scale Evaluations of Genetically Modified Crops: Comments by Friends of the Earth, March 1999
March 1999

Independent International Lawyer's Opinion on the Legality of the UK Government Imposing a Moratorium on the Growing of GM Crops in the UK
Feb 1999

Lowland raised bog SSSIs threatened by commercial peat extraction
April 1998
With our peatlands still being mined to boost the profits of peat firms and garden centres, less than six per cent of Britain's original lowland raised peat bog habitat remains in a near natural condition.

Indonesian forest fires
October 1997
Forest fires are burning out of control in forest, plantations and scrub-land chiefly in Sumatra and Kalimantan (the Indonesian part of Borneo); it is now estimated that up to 1 million ha is burning.

Forests and climate change
August 1997
This briefing is designed to give an overview of the issues and expose some of the myths that have
been generated.

Timber - Mahogany
August 1996
Outlines the issues behind Friends of the Earth's 'Mahogany is Murder' campaign. Types and distribution of mahogany are explained and the devastating impacts on the Brazilian rainforest and its people, due to the mahogany trade between Brazil and the UK, are outlined.

Timber: Eco-Labelling and Certification
June 1995
There is currently considerable public confusion due to the existence of a huge variety of 'eco-labels' on timber products, along with claims concerning 'environmentally acceptable' or 'sustainably produced' timber.

Consultation Responses

Competition Commission: Provisional decision on remedies relating to supply chain practices
(PDF† format - 93K) Mar 2008

Competition Commission: Provisional decision on planning remedies
(PDF† format - 100K) Mar 2008

Friends of the Earth's response to Leeds University's application to grow GM potatoes
(PDF† format - 121K) Mar 2008

Friends of the Earth's response to the Competition Commission: Notice of Possible Remedies
(PDF† format - 175K) Nov 2007

Friends of the Earth's objection to BASF's GM blight-resistant potato trials
(PDF† format - 52K) April 2007

Friends of the Earth's response to the Government's consultation on options for implementing the environmental liability directive
(PDF† format - 64K) March 2007

GM 'coexistence' consultation - Summary of the legal opinion
(PDF† format - 209K) November 2006

Friends of the Earth's response to Defra's consultation on proposals for managing the coexistence of GM, conventional and organic crops in England
(PDF† format - 791K) October 2006

GM 'coexistence' consultation - Legal opinion
(PDF† format - 73K) October 2006

Friends of the Earth's response to Consultation on the ACRE report on "Managing the Footprint of Agriculture: Towards a Comparative Assessment of Risks and Benefits for Novel Agricultural Systems"
(PDF† format - 68K) June 2006

Friends of the Earth's response to the Competition Commission: Grocery Market Investigation
(PDF† format - 68K) June 2006

Friends of the Earth's response to the Office of Fair Trading: proposed decision to make a market investigation reference of the grocery market
(PDF† format - 78K) April 2006

Friends of the Earth's response to the Draft National Strategy for the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products
(PDF† format - 98K) Jun 2005

Friends of the Earth's response to ODPM's Consultation paper "Planning Control of Mezzanine and Other Internal Floorspace Additions"
(PDF† format - 44K) Apr 2005

Developing measures to promote catchment-sensitive farming: Response by Friends of the Earth
(PDF† format 83K) September 2004

Consultation on Draft Planning Policy Statement Six: Planning for Town Centres. Summary of key points from Friends of the Earth's reponse
(PDF† format 112K) March 2004

Proposals for the introduction of no-spray buffer zones around residential properties
(PDF† format 37K) November 2003

Access to information about crop spraying
(PDF† format 51K) August 2003

Friends of the Earth's submission to the Competition Commission regarding the proposed acquisition of Safeway
(PDF† format) April 2003

Friends of the Earth's submissions to the Office of Fair Trading regarding the proposed acquisition of Safeway
(PDF† format) February 2003

Response to the consultation on the proposed changes to the National List written representations and hearings procedures
(PDF† format) November 2002

Consultation on the EC proposals on the thresholds for Adventitious Presence of Approved GMOs in Seeds - A Response from Friends of the Earth
(PDF† format) August 2002

Response to the Policy Commission on the Future of Food and Farming
(PDF† format) October 2001

Comment on 'Report on the separation distances required to ensure cross-pollination is below specified limits in non-seed crops of sugar beet, maize and oilseed rape'
(PDF† format) Sep 2000

Organic Farming Scheme
(PDF† format) Feb 2000

The Pesticides Safety Directorate Review of the Impact of Herbicide use on Genetically Modified Crops - a Response by Friends of the Earth
Jan 1999

Evidence

Proposal for a market study for OFT consideration
(PDF† format 114K) Nov 2004

Royal Commision study on pesticides and bystander exposure - response from Friends of the Earth
(PDF† format 27K) Nov 2004

Submission to the Environmental Audit Committee on the Pesticides Voluntary Initiative from Friends of the Earth and PAN-UK.
(PDF† format 100K) Dec 2003

Why the voluntary initiative will not deliver on the Government's pesticide objectives -a submission by Friends of the Earth and PAN-UK.
(PDF† format) Nov 2002

Proofs of evidence from the Chardon LL Public Hearing
An analysis of the Chicken Study, By Dr Steve Kestin and Dr Toby Knowles
(PDF† format) Nov 2000

An assessment of outcrossing in maize, relevant to the proposed decision to add GM maize variety Chardon LL to the National List. By Professor Jean Emberlin
(PDF† format) Oct 2000

Risks posed by horizontal gene transfer with regard to Chardon LL maize. By Dr Ricarda Steinbrecher
(PDF† format) Oct 2000

Changes to the Regulation of the Environmental Safety of Releasing Genetically Modified Organisms into the Environment since December 1998. By Dr Susan Mayer
(PDF† format) Oct 2000

Analysis of key documents relevant to the safety of Chardon LL for animal feed purposes. By Dr C V Howard
(PDF† format) Oct 2000

Statement on required testing of GM forage for feeding to animals, relevant to the proposed decision to add GM maize variety Chardon LL to the National List. By Dr Bob Orskov
(PDF† format) Sept 2000

Environmental Audit Committee Inquiry into GMOs and the Environment: Memorandum by Friends of the Earth
April 1999

Factsheets

Can't see the forest for the TR€£$
(PDF† format 1450K) November 2005
This report looks at how trade talks to open up markets for timber and wood products could speed up destruction of the world's forests, devastating the livelihoods of millions of the poorest people in the world and undermining efforts to tackle climate change.

Local food, future directions
(PDF† format - 1.53MB) November 2002

Merseyside local food initiative
(PDF† format - 440K) June 2002