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Illegal fishing – game over for repeat offenders
Greenpeace campaigner, Pavel Klinckhamers, looks out for fishing boats with binoculars from the Esperanza’s monkey island. Sometimes, results of our work are not immediately visible, and lots of behind the…
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Chinese companies see subsidies cancelled and permits removed for illegal fishing in West Africa
Dakar, Senegal 9 March 2018 – The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) is pulling the plug on three Chinese companies conducting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing in West Africa. This demonstrates an increased intolerance by authorities towards Chinese vessels involved in IUU.
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Democratic Republic of Congo government must halt plans to open up the world’s second largest rainforest to loggers
Over 50 environmental, conservation and human rights organisations are calling on the international community urgently to intervene to help protect the vast rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), following announcements by the country’s Environment Ministry that they intend to lift a legal moratorium on the allocation of new areas of forest for large-scale…
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Greenpeace calls for decrease in meat and dairy production and consumption for a healthier planet
5 March 2018, Amsterdam - Global meat and dairy production and consumption must be cut in half by 2050 to avoid dangerous climate change and keep the Paris Agreement on track, says a new Greenpeace report.
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Greenpeace hopes for stability and consistency for South Africa’s energy future
27 February 2018, Johannesburg – Last night’s cabinet reshuffle saw Jeff Radebe move from Minister in the Presidency to the critical position of Minister of Energy. Over the last year, the department of energy saw three ministers taking the position only to be reshuffled after a few short months, creating massive amounts of uncertainty around…
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Greenpeace Africa Responds to Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Amy Ambatobe
In response to Minister Ambatobe’s statement, reported by RFI, in which he states that the moratorium does not concern the reinstated concessions, Greenpeace Africa Senior Forest Manager, Irene Wabiwa said:
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Penguins March to Cape Town
People around the world are waking up to pictures of penguin sightings across the globe. The penguins have been spotted travelling on trains, arriving at international airports and at iconic…
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Greenpeace Africa urges NEMA to Seal Loopholes for Effective Plastic ban Implementation
Nairobi, 22nd February 2018 - Single use plastic carrier bags were banned in Kenya in August 28th last year, but six months later plastic bags in grocery stores and small scale traders have become the norm. Reports show that smugglers operating at Kenya’s border points are using porous borders to bring in plastic bags from…
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Greenpeace Africa critiques the budget speech failure to support a new energy future
Johannesburg, 21 February 2018 - Responding to Minister of Finance Malusi Gigaba’s budget speech, Greenpeace Africa’s Political Advisor, Happy Khambule has said:
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DRC government reinstates illegal logging concessions in breach of its own moratorium
Kinshasa, 20 February 2018: The Congolese Minister of Environment, Amy Ambatobe, has reinstated 6,500 km² of logging concessions that were cancelled in August 2016 by the then Environment Minister Robert Bopolo following instructions from then Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo. The three concessions reinstated on 1 February 2018 were awarded to the Chinese-owned logging companies…