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A healthy environment is essential to a green and peaceful world. Oceans, forests, rivers, wildlife – we work to protect nature in all its biodiversity.
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The Kivu–Kinshasa Green Corridor: Red Flags And The Urgent Need For A Moratorium On New Extractive Projects
This brief raises profound contradictions between the Corridor’s conservation objectives and the expansion of extractive industries. Areas intended to serve as a model for sustainable development and community-led stewardship are now exposed to the risks associated with oil exploration and production, as well as mining activities that will result in deforestation and habitat fragmentation.
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Camouflaged destruction: Plundering of Campo Forests under the pretext of a so-called “Development” Project
On 16 February 2022, the Minister of Forestry and Wildlife signed a series of orders granting localized timber sales in the Campo Subdivision, Ocean Division, South Region.
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Concerns regarding the Democratic Republic of Congo oil and gas auction and donor financing of pre-COP27
1. Greenpeace Africa would like to take this opportunity to alert you to the death threats our staff has received from anonymous callers related to its criticism of the 28-29 July oil and gas auction. These threats occurred as Greenpeace was preparing to set out on field missions to potentially impacted communities in Tshuapa, Equateur…
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Greenpeace Africa and Greenpeace USA call for the Protection of Forests & Peatlands and the End of Oil and Gas Expansion in DRC
WASHINGTON DC (August 10, 2022) — On the back of their face-to-face meeting in Kinshasa, Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Vice Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula, announced a formal working group to protect forests and peatlands. The DRC is currently exploring a plan to auction off 26 oil…
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Pay Baby Pay: African activists confront oil majors at African Energy Week
Greenpeace Africa activists today confronted oil and gas companies at African Energy Week (AEW) in Cape Town, demanding that the companies stop looking away from the human cost of the climate crisis and pay for the loss and damage they are driving.
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Mazingira Day 2026: Why protecting Nairobi’s forests matters to every resident
As Kenya marks Mazingira Day 2026, tree-planting drives are kicking off across the country, from our local neighborhoods to rural hubs.
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Greenpeace reveals brands found in Ghana’s textile waste as anti fast fashion installation is unveiled
Following a brand audit in Accra, Greenpeace calls for producer accountability and stronger protection for Ghana’s clothing economy, public health and the environment.