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Modou Fall, the “plastic man” who travels the world to promote a global treaty against plastic pollution
Modou’s motivation is to make Africa a model continent where life is good and Africans are in harmony with nature. His speciality: fighting plastic pollution in our living environments. In…
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Cameroon plans to set aside 400,000 hectares of land, a real environmental and social problem: Greenpeace Africa.
Cameroon intends to implement a project to develop 400,000 hectares of land and install large-scale agricultural producers in the central plain, along the Batchenga-Ntui-Yoko-Tibati-Ngaoundéré corridor.
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The Real Story On The Harms That Seismic Blasting Causes
For decades, South Africa's Wild Coast has been a pristine and untouched coastline vital to the biodiversity of the Eastern Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal. Marine seismic blasting for oil and gas exploration is threatening to put an end to this.
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World Environment Day: Africa Can Lead The World in Beating Plastic Pollution
Greenpeace Africa joins the world in celebrating the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day, hosted by Côte d’Ivoire. This day has been set aside by the United Nations to raise awareness on environmental issues and call for action for the protection of our environment.
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Global Plastics Treaty must reduce plastic production – or it will fail
In regards to the outcome of the second Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting of the Global Plastics Treaty (INC2) in Paris, France which took place on May 29 to June 2, 2023
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How a small Senegalese fishing community is challenging the fossil fuel industry
Greenpeace Africa's Board of Directors recently travelled to Bargny, a Senegalese town just 30 km from Dakar, to show their solidarity with the communities and activists there. Bargny is facing environmental threats that put it at the risk of collapse.
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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 Demands a Strong Global Plastic Treaty with 3D Projection at Constitution Hill
The Constitution Hill was on Saturday all lit up with a 3D projection with an End the age of plastic message in support of the upcoming second Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee session (INC2) that is happening in Paris
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#CitizenClimate Series 05: James Wakibia
James is in the forefront of the battle line against plastic menace in rivers in Kenya. James actively tries to educate his 24 thousand followers on twitter on the dangers of plastic to the environment and how even by cleaning it up from the rivers like he does
