All articles by Greenpeace Africa
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It could be our last chance to protect the Amazon Reef region
The Amazon Reef region is a vital, diverse and beautiful area between Brazil and French Guiana. A place where the impossible becomes a reality: a reef that grows at up…
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IPCC report reveals tough land-use choices needed to stem climate crisis
Johannesburg, South Africa, 8 August 2019 – Protecting and restoring forests and urgently revamping the global food system through dietary change are the key solutions to the escalating land and…
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Deep sea mining is not the future
If you were planning to send monster machines down to a deep ocean habitat that’s full of creatures found nowhere else on Earth, you’d need a pretty good story to…
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#PlasticMonster: Pollution by the bottle
Kenyan volunteer and Miss Environment Kenya Elgeyo Marakwet Janet Chemitei chats about the country’s dependency on the (plastic) bottle. August 28th 2017, environmentalists felt happy with their progress and achievement…
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Industrial logging in the DRC: 24 null and void concessions need to be immediately returned to the state
As of January 2019, 24 industrial logging concession contracts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), amounting to 4,5 million hectares, are null and void, because their concessionaires failed…
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Plastics Ban: A Step Towards Environmental Consciousness in East Africa
By Fredrick Njehu, Greenpeace Africa’s Senior Political Advisor Urban consumers in Nairobi have started warming up to the reality that single-use plastic is harmful to the environment and are taking…
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A Nation in (Water) Crisis
South African volunteer Shannon Van Vuuren recounts how life changed in Cape Town during one of the country’s worst droughts A woman residing in a small flat, working five days…
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Stand together with Greenpeace for Clean Air
South Africa is currently facing an air pollution crisis From smog in cities to pollution from coal-fired power stations, air pollution poses major threats to people’s health and their…