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HOW TO GUIDE 4: Water conservation
This how-to guide deals with methods to increase the amount of water stored in the soil profile by trapping or holding rain where it falls, or where there is some small movement as surface run-off.
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HOW TO GUIDE 3: Managing Weeds, Pest, & Diseases
This how to guide on pests, diseases and weed management will enable you to
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How To Guide 2: Ensuring Healthy Soil for High Yields
This how to guide is designed for both farmers and consumers interested in growing healthy, safe and chemical free food. It is designed to help you understand what ecological agriculture is and it’s role in food safety and environmental protection. It also gives you a step by step guide on how to transition from conventional…
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How To Guide 1: Ecological Farming – definition, principles and benefits.
This how to guide is designed for both farmers and consumers interested in growing healthy, safe and chemical free food. It is designed to help you understand what ecological agriculture is and it’s role in food safety and environmental protection. It also gives you a step by step guide on how to transition from conventional…
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West Africa breaks free from Plastic | Time to celebrate Victories
Last week, an important decision was taken by the Senegalese Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. Starting April this year, all water sachets and plastic cups will be banned in…
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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…
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Hope for the oceans: Greenpeace divers discover ocean paradise off the coast of Cape Town
Cape Town, 12 November 2019 – A team of Greenpeace activists, divers and scientists onboard Greenpeace’s iconic Arctic Sunrise discovered a biodiversity haven on the Vema Seamount, 1 000km off…
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Ghost gear: the abandoned fishing nets haunting our oceans
Our new report Ghost gear: the abandoned fishing nets haunting our oceans takes a look at lost and abandoned fishing gear that keeps impacting our ocean’s marine life, even after…
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Greenpeace on Inga III: Congo’s natural Resources belong to the Congolese – not to Multinationals
Kinshasa, 28 October 2019 Greenpeace Africa welcomes a new report from Resource Matters and Congo Research Group confirming suspicions that the $14 billion Inga III hydroelectric project in the Democratic…
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Local and indigenous communities should have a right to their lands
International development agencies and our own government need to rethink their development approaches. Too often, instead of development, they end up degrading the environment and worsening social problems. Decisions on…
