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Indigenous culture key to protecting forests
Last month, while on my way to Mintom – South Region of Cameroon, for the annual Baka festival celebrations, we had a car breakdown due to the poor state of…
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Plastic monsters from around the world return home to Nestlé
Something amazing happened this past month. Plastic monsters came to life around the world, rising up from dirty landfills, climbing over piles of trash, and even swimming up and out…
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The Sanctity of Human Rights
Last month, South Africans celebrated Human Rights Day – a commemoration of a very dark day in South Africa’s history which pays homage to the peaceful protesters killed during the…
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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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Tropical Cyclone Idai and the African Spirit
I phone my sister in Beira. Each time I call, the ringing seems to continue for longer and longer. Each time she picks up, the relief is the same. I…
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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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Sudcam: bleeding the forest and its dependent communities
I had the opportunity to do a field visit to communities impacted by Sud-Cameroun Hévéa (“Sudcam”), a rubber plantation company situated in the South region of Cameroon. Sudcam is a…
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Biodiversity at the periphery: We must urgently act to safeguard it
The international community is currently gathered in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt for the 14th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) – an international treaty…
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Greenpeace Africa invited to present NO2 findings to SA Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs
As a result of Greenpeace’s groundbreaking analysis of satellite data, the South African Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs has invited Greenpeace Africa to present on the findings of this report…
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A world that is safe and healthy with vibrant oceans is possible!
A world that is safe and healthy with vibrant oceans, is possible. And that’s why we are campaigning to end the flow of plastic into our oceans, ensuring stricter measures…