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Farmers’ Rights Over Corporations: A Plea to Amend the Seed and Plant Varieties Act
A punitive law in Kenya punishes farmers with a jail term of up to two years or a fine of 1 million shillings (about 6800 USD) for sharing indigenous seeds without certification or registration.
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Greenpeace Africa responds to reinstatement of logging ban
Nairobi, 12 October 2023 – Today, the environmental court has barred the government from lifting the ban on logging, but allowed the felling of 5000 hectares of mature forest. In…
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Hands Off Our Forests
Hands off our forests! Is the famous call by Tracy Makheti who has been bold enough to challenge President William Ruto on his decision to lift the 2018 logging ban in our forests.
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Africa Climate Summit fails to deliver on African solutions for a clean energy future
6 sept. Nairobi: Today, the African Union released The African Leaders Nairobi Declaration on Climate Change and Call to Action on the last day of the Africa Climate Summit.
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Loadshedding will end when the government adopts a progressive energy policy
In recent weeks, South African citizens have all had the chance to view the revival of the Theatre of the Absurd: statements made by senior ANC officials have shown them trying to present their botched policies of the past three decades as victories.
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Africa Climate Summit
Two years after the Just Transition Partnership was announced by South Africa and Global North partners, a similar Just Transition Partnership has been announced with Senegal
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Africa Climate Summit: what is it and what does it mean for young people in Africa?
First and foremost, we hope that the Africa Climate Summit will prioritise the voices and concerns of us - young people. We are the ones who will inherit the consequences of climate inaction, and our perspectives and ideas should be central to discussions.
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What is Climate Justice Camp 2023? And why am I so excited?
I am beyond thrilled to be getting ready for the upcoming Climate Justice Camp in Lebanon. As a passionate environmental and social justice activist, this is a great opportunity to…
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#FundOurFutures: Why programmes like the Basic Education Employment Initiative are worth funding, both for the future of young people and for learners.
Youth Capital, in partnership with Greenpeace Africa have launched the #FundOurFutures campaign this Mandela Day, urging the Ministers of Finance and Basic Education to support funding the Presidential Employment Stimulus (PES).
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Is lifting the logging ban in Kenya a step towards economic growth or an environmental disaster?
Recently, President William Ruto lifted the ban on illegal logging in public and community forests in Kenya, bringing an end to the six-year moratorium.