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No Cause For Celebration this Women’s Month – Advocacy Groups Outraged
South Africa, August 06, 2021 – We cannot celebrate this Women’s Month when South African women are suffering. The spiralling status of women in the country has prompted its leading…
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Open Letter to Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum
This Open letter comes to you from Greenpeace Africa, deCOALonize, the communities of Lamu and Kitui County. We are deeply concerned by the Treasury budget allocation of 1.3 Billion shillings to the exploration and mining of coal in Kenya.
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Global Plastic Treaty a Non-Negotiable in Tackling Africa’s Plastic Crisis.
The world is living in a state of multiple crises; climate crisis, plastic crisis, health crisis and social crisis. Today, globalisation connects almost every part of the planet through a series of well-established trade routes. This presents us with great opportunities to collaborate and enable meaningful cooperation to address most of these challenges that we…
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What does it mean to have money on a dead planet?
The Earth’s systems deliver crucial services to humankind for example food security, protection against extreme weather events, medicines, recreation and it adds to the foundation of human culture.
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Everything you should know about single-use plastic
Single-use plastic is a massive issue that still isn’t being taken seriously
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Greenpeace Africa responds to the cancellation of oil blocks in Salonga National Park, urging similar decisions to be taken in Virunga and the rest of the Cuvette Centrale threatened by oil blocks
On Monday the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided to remove Salonga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from the List of World Heritage in Danger.
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Lifting DRC’s moratorium on new logging concessions would be a human rights and climate disaster, warn Greenpeace Africa, Rainforest Foundation UK and Rainforest Foundation Norway
13 July 2021, Kinshasa – Greenpeace Africa, the Rainforest Foundation UK and the Rainforest Foundation Norway are alarmed over a plan announced by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Environment…
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Dolphins and turtles carcasses on Senegal’s shoreline: a prelude to the horrors of BP’s project in West Africa
in the past week, dozens of dolphin and turtle carcasses were found in North Senegal, along the shores of Saint Louis. The deaths of marine wildlife come as oil giant BP has announced plans for gas drilling in one of the most pristine biodiversity hotspots in the West Africa coast.
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Plastic Pollution on Kenyan Coast signals stricter plastic measures are needed: Greenpeace Africa
Plastic pollution presents a major threat to the environment, communities and livelihoods. Across Africa, plastic pollution remains a serious problem, devastating communities' health, the environment, and the ecosystem that millions depend on for livelihood. Plastics are entering our oceans and environments at an unprecedented rate.
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Plastic Industry’s Interference in African Governance Must Stop Now
The latest scandal involving leaked documents exposing the South African government’s intent to oppose a proposed global treaty of plastic bans is just the most recent example of how the…
