Herakles Farms is in trouble again. After months of turmoil for the US-based corporation - including a temporary suspension order from the Cameroonian Government, confirmation that the company failed to obtain the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPI... Read more >

I still find it remarkable that this global organisation, which operates in over 40 countries, is funded by individuals - and only individuals.

It was Margaret Mead who said that we should ‘never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, cit... Read more >

Just one week after Chilean fishermen and Greenpeace vigorously protested against the Margiris mega trawler, Mauritanian fishermen and fishing communities in West Africa are also raising their voices against monster boats in their own waters.

In a st... Read more >

Finally, we have confirmation of what we have long suspected: AGRA, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, has been created to facilitate the corporate takeover of African agriculture, not support African smallholder farmers with real solution... Read more >

In Turkey, we woke up this week to hear the news that a proposed 1,200 MW coal-fired power plant on a lovely coast of the Black Sea is dead, and now our hope for a better future grows. This is a historic victory for local communities struggling agains... Read more >

It’s been a year since we took action against the Margiris super trawler in Australia. To mark the anniversary – admittedly coincidentally – Greenpeace activists in Chile protested against the presence of the monster boat in their waters.

Holding up ... Read more >

When I think about farming in Africa, one of our major goals is to see local farmers being able to grow safe and healthy food in balance with nature.

Greenpeace calls it ecological farming, and it would not only feed Africa’s people but also maintain... Read more >

The game is on for the oceans this summer. So far the outlook for the high seas is not very good, for a number of reasons:

The first strike was the shocking failure of governments to protect fragile marine areas in Antarctica due to Russia’s blunt ... Read more >

Communities, like rainforests, take many years to develop into rich, interconnected and vibrant systems. And, like rainforests, communities can also be fragmented in a fraction of the time that they took to grow.

The stakes could not be higher, the... Read more >

In hindsight, it was always evident that visiting the Cameroonian rainforest at the height of rainy season would present a unique set of problems.

Scrabbling up a steep bank of mud, dripping with a combination of sweat and rain, arms and legs aching ... Read more >