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Cameroon government pushes new logging plans amidst a global coronavirus crisis
Yaoundé, 26 March 2020 – Greenpeace Africa joins a call by local people in Cameroon’s Littoral Region to immediately cancel government plans to turn an area of nearly 150,000 hectares…
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CAFI and illegal award of DRC logging concessions
Dear Ms. Bretas, Let me first extend my best wishes to the Board in this time of global crisis. We’re writing with reference to CAFI’s silence regarding the illegal award…
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Congo’s Environment Minister must react to the first major logging scandal since assuming office
Kinshasa, 4 March 2020 – Following reports that the DRC Environment and Sustainable Development Minister, Claude Nyamugabo, signed at least nine logging concession contracts in January [1], Greenpeace Africa joins…
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SONA a lightbulb moment for Ramaphosa
Johannesburg, 13 February 2020 — In response to the President’s State of the Nation address, Greenpeace Africa’s Political Advisor, Happy Khambule, has said: “Greenpeace Africa welcomes President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement…
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Greenpeace Africa stands with jailed community leaders in Kisangani: “Environmental criminals belong behind bars – not people fighting for justice”
Kinshasa, 13 February 2020 Greenpeace Africa joins a call for the release of five community leaders from Yalifombo, who will again appear in court next week in Kisangani after their…
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Air pollution from fossil fuels costs the world R120 billion every day: Greenpeace
Johannesburg, 12 February 2020 – Air pollution from burning fossil fuels – primarily coal, oil, and gas – is attributed to an estimated 4.5 million deaths each year worldwide and…
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Greenpeace Africa: “The future of Saint Louis fishermen weighed down by decades of poor governance”
February 11, 2020, Dakar. Following the fishermen’s demonstrations in Saint Louis and their demand for fishing licenses in Mauritania, Greenpeace Africa explains the roots causes for the crisis and proposes…
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Greenpeace Africa calls on new Chair of the African Union, President Cyril Ramaphosa, to make 2020 the year of pan-African climate action
Johannesburg, 10 February 2020 – Upon commencing his year-long tenure as chair of the African Union, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa must seize the opportunity to unify the continent on…
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The climate crisis is an ocean crisis – Greenpeace report calls for urgent global political response to ocean breakdown
Madrid, 4 December 2019 – The impact of the climate crisis on our oceans has far-reaching implications for biodiversity and humankind, requiring an urgent global political response in the next…
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10 key facts about the Southern Right whale and why it’s important to protect their habitat
Whales are very important for the oceans. It could be said that they are “ecosystem engineers” because they help, in various ways, to keep life at sea healthy by redistributing…