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Bravery and courage – an activists story
Feeling helpless hanging above Jozi, you watch strips of the banner fall to the ground but then you hear “AMANDLA!” and you see your team member with their fist raised in the air and you say “AWETHU!” and remember that you are not alone,
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Democratic Republic of Congo : The sell-off of the forest continues
While threatening to lift the 2002 moratorium on new forest concessions - an attempt to raise the stakes in the run-up to the COP26 in November - Deputy Prime Minister and Environment Minister Eve Bazaiba continues to ignore the illegal allocation of two million hectares of so-called "conservation" concessions by her predecessor, Claude Nyamugabo.
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Greenpeace Africa demands Truthfulness in the Pesticides Conversation in Kenya.
"Kenyan farmers deserve to know the truth about pesticides. The associations championing the use of pesticides have misled our farmers, who deserve the truth about toxic pesticides’’.
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A day to remember / Bruneau Laurette, Rama Valayden, Melita Steele, Hisayo Takada
At 1am July 25 2020 in Tokyo, Mr. Junichiro Ikeda, then-CEO of shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), was most likely already in bed. At the same time in London, Bernard Looney, CEO of British Petroleum (BP), was probably enjoying a most pleasant weekend. Both have probably had a rather routine day. In many ways…
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Tradelink Concessions: ICCN confirms illegality, Ministry keeps eerily silent
New development in the Tradelink concessions scandal: the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN) confirms the illegality of the contracts awarded by ex-Environment Minister Claude Nyamugabo.
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World Food Safety Day: Desert Locusts Control Strategies Compromising Food Safety
Ahead of the World Food Safety Day, Greenpeace Africa is urging the Ministry of Agriculture to prioritise the safety of the food consumed by Kenyans.
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SSA supports Sasol to drive climate change: Greenpeace Africa
This morning, news reports emerged that the State Security Agency (SSA) will lend itself to companies such as MTN and Sasol as they expand their business. In response, Greenpeace Africa Senior Climate and Energy Campaigner Manager [x] has said:
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The Department of Environment, Forest, Fisheries (DEFF) needs to look no further than itself for the source of the sulphur dioxide stench.
The foul stench experienced by Gauteng residents in February 2021 is not a new occurrence, and it most certainly will not be the last. Minister Barbara Creecy has ensured that.
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Break Free From Plastic Disappointed by Final Extended Producer Responsibility Amendments
This morning, the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) released the finalised amendments to the Extended Producer Responsibility regulations, in which recycling schemes were prioritised despite their poor track record of dealing with plastic pollution.
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Department of Environment Responds to Public Demands on Plastic
Johannesburg, 20 April 2021 – The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries has assured South Africans that safeguarding our health through environmental protection remains their top mandate. The commitment was…