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“We were told not to go into the forest anymore” – Greenpeace investigation exposes human rights violations by Halcyon Agri
Yaoundé, 25 November 2019 – Following last year’s Ruinous Rubber report, which exposed the most devastating new forest clearance for industrial agriculture in the Congo Basin, Greenpeace Africa released today…
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World Fisheries Day or Worst Fisheries Day?
As the world is celebrating the “World Fisheries Day” today, it is the right time to further reflect on the state of the fisheries which deserve mourning rather than celebration…
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Heartfelt outcry from female fish processors on the morning of World Fisheries Day
“What are we going to do if we can’t process fish? How will we take care of our families and our children’s education?”
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Support the petition to ban harmful pesticides to safeguard our health and environment
Increasingly, many Kenyan families have experienced the loss of a loved one to cancer or know someone who has succumbed to the illness. In 2019, we have seen several prominent…
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Annual Report 2018
Every year has its lessons, and 2018 brought with it major victories as well as challenges for Greenpeace Africa (GPAF). It was the second year of our three-year strategic plan…
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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 Africa on floods across the continent: “Without Climate Action we’ll be queuing for Noah’s Ark”
Nairobi, 5 November 2019 – With floods hitting at least 16 African countries [1], Greenpeace Africa urges leaders to act for the people and against climate change. Rains have increasingly…
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Greenpeace exposes destructive fishing vessels in the South Atlantic
Montevideo, Uruguay, 31 October 2019 — Greenpeace Andino activists protested today against the lack of regulation for the fishing industry in the South Atlantic by displaying a 25 meter-long banner…
