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How DRC’s Land Auction To Big Oil Threatens The World’s Biggest Carbon Sink
Peatlands and rainforests in the Congo Basin protect the planet by storing carbon. Now, a land auction to big oil is underway in a giant leap backwards for the climate.
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Ending the age of plastic: Why a global plastics treaty is essential
As delegates from different nations gather in Paris in a few days, the top most agenda for this historical meeting is to realise a global treaty that will deal with the impacts of plastic pollution from production to disposal.
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Greenpeace Africa remains committed to protecting biodiversity in 2023
Africa joined the international community to celebrate World Biodiversity Day under the theme "From Agreement to Action: Rebuilding Biodiversity".
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Threats to biodiversity: biodiversity loss & climate change.
We look into the threats to biodiversity in South Africa, their prevalence across protected areas, and how climate change exacerbates the ongoing impacts of biodiversity loss.
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Enough is enough
Today, I am on board the Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise ship, as we confront the fossil fuel company, Shell, for its role in causing climate devastation around the world - while paying nothing for this destruction.
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Will the courts stop Shell in the Wild Coast? Second urgent hearing to take place this week
MAKHANDA -- On Friday, 17 December, the Grahamstown High Court in Makhanda will hear arguments in application of an urgent interdict against Shell’s seismic survey along South Africa’s Wild Coast.
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Massive blow for the Wild Coast: Urgent interdict denied
Court refuses to interdict seismic survey on the basis that “irreparable harm” to marine species not proved.
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A good day for people and for the ocean:” Greenpeace lauds Gambia’s government for stopping the expansion of major fishmeal and fish oil plant
Greenpeace Africa welcomes the Gambian government's decision, which comes only days after Greenpeace Africa and Gambian environmental activists have condemned the expansion of the Golden Lead factory. Such plants are repeatedly exposed as destructive for fish stocks, as well as the health of the population.
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140+ Africans on Zoom action to #SaveCongoRainforest on Biodiversity Day
May 22, Johannesburg – More than 140 activists from across Africa gathered today in a Zoom action on the International Day of Biodiversity. Youth activists in Africa and around the…
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#SaveCongoRainforest Zoom Action on World Biodiversity Day
Speech by Vanesa Nakate