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Herakles Farms in Cameroon

Publication | February 19, 2013 at 8:00

The palm oil project being developed by the US-owned company Herakles Farms in Cameroon demonstrates the threat posed by badly managed expansion of oil palm plantations.

Palm Oil's New Frontier

Palm Oil's New Frontier

Publication | September 5, 2012 at 1:00

The world's biggest palm oil producers and investors have been turning their attention to Africa in recent years, seeking to acquire land to grow oil palms in what some experts have dubbed the "next frontier" of industrial agricultural production.

Pirate fishing: stolen fish, stolen futures

Publication | February 25, 2006 at 18:00

From the islands of the South Pacific, to the coastal communities of West Africa, the pirate fishermen, who then claim their profits in European and Asian ports, are netting millions of dollars in much needed income. The United Nations estimates...

Wangari Maathai - 'Mama Trees' passes away

Wangari Maathai - 'Mama Trees' passes away

Blog by Greenpeace International | September 26, 2011 1 comment

Greenpeace is deeply saddened by news of Professor Wangari Muta Maathai's passing away. It is a sadness we are sharing with people right across the African continent, and the world. zoom ...

Unfriend Coal Around the World

Unfriend Coal Around the World

Blog by Jodie Van Horn | May 2, 2011 1 comment

The Facebook: Unfriend Coal campaign, much like the company at the center of it, has quickly spread across the globe. Perhaps this is because so many young people, early adopters of the platform and avid social networkers, also care...

A log park in the Democratic Republic of

A log park in the Democratic Republic of

Image | January 28, 2007 at 18:00

A log park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 37 million acres of rainforest are currently allocated to the logging industry, an area the size of Illinois. Most of DRC's timber is exported to Europe, with France and Belgium currently the...

Greenpeace activists protest outside the

Greenpeace activists protest outside the

Image | February 14, 2007 at 18:00

Greenpeace activists protest outside the opening of the France Afrique Summit in Cannes, a conference of heads of state of France and Africa. The activists climbed a crane and hung a banner reading "Non-pillage des Forêts Africaines," which...

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