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Monica Davies

Monica is Davies is an environmental activist and rock 'n roll devotee. She has worked on the Greenpeace Africa digital communications team since September 2011.

  • Save the Congolose Forests: Putting the Power in the Hands of the Youth

    Blogpost by Monica Davies - September 29, 2011 at 12:00 1 comment

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    Deforestation in Congo

    Afrormosia, a highly valued tropical hardwood, is logged by SAFBOIS concession. Afrormosia is a protected tree species whose international trade is strictly regulated (listed under CITES Appendix II). Industrial logging is done by SAFBOIS in the rainforest surrounded by small communities including Yafunga. Approximately 40 million people in the DRC depend on the rainforest for their basic needs, such as medicine, food or shelter. © Greenpeace / Jiro Ose / 2007

    With Congolose forests under constant threat from logging companies, Greenpeace Africa is launching an initiative to educate and mobilize the Congolese youth to preserve their precious trees.

    With this, we want to draw awarene... Read more >

  • Greenpeace Puts the POW in Solar Power With Youth Training Camp

    Blogpost by Monica Davies - September 28, 2011 at 9:46

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    Solar Installation in South Africa

    Just two days before the kick-off of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, students of the Madiba-a-Toloane high school install 26 120W solar panels on the roof of the school hall. These panels will supply a public viewing area in the hall where 600 people of the rural village of Jericho can watch the World Cup games. © Greenpeace / Nicolas Fojtu

    Saying ‘we need to use renewable energy more’ is easy, but have you ever seen it in action? Watching a consumer object go from zero to fully powered simply because it’s been put in reach of the sun’s rays can fill most people w... Read more >

  • West African Fisheries Decline Steeply as Government Fails to Act

    Blogpost by Monica Davies - September 22, 2011 at 13:38

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    Yellowfin Tuna in Dakar

    Yellowfin tuna from the Spanish purse seiner 'Iribar Zulaika' is offloaded in the industrial fishing port of Dakar. © Christian Åslund / Greenpeace

    The traditional Senegalese delicacy leads the way in the decline of West African fish population while local government gives fisheries no respite.

    The Senegalese Maritime Economy Ministry has failed to save its country’s dimi... Read more >

  • We Want a Brighter, Nuclear-Free Future in South Africa

    Blogpost by Monica Davies - September 22, 2011 at 8:49

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    Pressure on SA Government to Stop Nuclear

    Greenpeace activists wearing t- shirts reading 'No nuclear – phansi nuclear phansi!' protest in front of the Department of Energy, Pretoria, South Africa, as a reminder to the government that it needs to adopt renewable energy instead of choosing nuclear energy as an energy option. © Shayne Robinson / Greenpeace

    One might wonder what 25 adults are doing, shoulder to shoulder, outside the front gate of a government department at 7:30 on a morning that reveals summer to still be a good few weeks away. I don’t wonder - I’ve been learning... Read more >

  • Save The Tiger's Home: a call for governments to implement zero deforestation policies

    Blogpost by Monica Davies - September 19, 2011 at 13:48

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    Cleared Forest In Sumatra

    Forest clearance of tiger habitat at Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) related logging area. Within the concession, 13 km away, a Sumatran tiger died early in July 2011 after it became caught in an animal trap. The Sumatran tiger’s rainforest habitat is being destroyed, forcing it into closer contact with humans and into areas where traps are laid for wild boar. More than one million hectares of rainforests are estimated to be cleared every year.

    In July, we reported the sad story of an endangered Sumatran tiger dying in a trap in an Asian Pulp & Paper (APP) plantation after being snared for six days in total without food or water.

    The shocking images brought home the... Read more >

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