{{Short description|International network of environmental organizations}} {{Infobox organization | name = Environmental Right Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria | abbreviation = ERA/FOEN | logo = | logo_size = | formation = {{start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|1993}} | founder = | region_served = Nigeria | key_people = | focus = {{plainlist| * Environmentalism * Human rights }} | num_members = | num_volunteers = | website = {{URL|https://erafoen.org/}} }}
'''Environmental Rights Action''' ('''ERA'''), sometimes referred to as '''Friends of Earth Nigeria''', is a Nigerian advocacy non-governmental organization, with a focus on the environmental human right issues in Nigeria and protection of the human ecosystem.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ERA - Environmental Rights Action {{!}} Environmental Justice Organisations, Liabilities and Trade |url=http://www.ejolt.org/2011/09/era/ |access-date=2023-08-26 |language=english}}</ref> The organization which was established in 1993,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Estrella |first=Gemma |date=2021-11-24 |title=Environmental Rights Action, Friends of the Earth Nigeria - GAIA |url=https://www.no-burn.org/environmental-rights-action-friends-of-the-earth-nigeria/ |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=GAIA - |language=en}}</ref> is the Nigerian chapter of Friends of the Earth International. The goals of the organization is to help promote environmentally responsible government and communities in Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nigeria - Friends of the Earth International |url=https://www.foei.org/member-groups/nigeria/ |access-date=2023-08-26 |language=en-US}}</ref> The top priority areas for the organization include advocating for waste and plastic policies and regulations, building coalitions and strengthening alliances, regional and international advocacy to expose the violations connected to industrial plantation companies, who are drivers of biodiversity loss at all levels of work.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About ERA |url=https://www.eraction.org/about-era/ |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=www.eraction.org |archive-date=2023-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921220957/http://www.eraction.org/about-era/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Campaign and Project == Environmental Rights Action coordinated and hosted Oilwatch International, the Africa Tobacco Control Regional Initiative (ATCRI), the Nigerian Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA). In addition, the organization is involved in Green Alliance Nigeria (GAN).<ref name=":0" />
== Awards and recognition == ERA have received the following awards and recognition:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maps |first=Nigeria See map: Google |date=2021-03-08 |title=Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth |url=https://landportal.org/node/96607 |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=landportal.org |language=en}}</ref> * 2009 Bloomberg Awards for Global Tobacco Control * 1998 Sophie Prize for excellence and courage in the struggle for environmental Justice
== See also == * ''Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc.'' * List of environmental organizations * Friends of the Earth (HK)
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Friends of the Earth Category:Anti-nuclear organizations Category:Environmental organizations established in 1993