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International Day of Rural Women: The case of Baka from South Cameroon – Sylvie Djacbou Deugoue
In Cameroon, about half of my country is covered by forests. Home to incredible biodiversity, they are also central to the lives and livelihoods of many communities including the Baka.…
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Maintain the GMO Ban to Safeguard Kenya’s Food System: Greenpeace
Nairobi, 4 October 2019 – Responding to the news that Kenya is closer to commercialising the Genetically Modified (GMO) cotton (Bt Cotton), Greenpeace Africa’s Food for Life Campaigner Claire Nasike…
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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…
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It’s a monster, a plastic monster!
A shoal of surreal, plastic-pollution monsters seized Nelson Mandela University (NMU) campus on 28 August. The anti-plastic-pollution performance was born out of a desire to raise awareness about the plastic…
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Rainforest Foundation UK and Greenpeace Africa express Alarm at Norway/France-funded Project intended to protect Rainforests
Johannesburg, 23 September. An agreement between the governments of France and Norway and the Republic of Congo to protect its rainforest and peatlands gives a green light to oil exploitation…
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Violent Arrests and Torture expose the Myth of ‘Development’
On the night of 12 September, several members of the Yalifombo community in Tshopo province were arrested by Congolese national police driving a Feronia PHC jeep and accompanied by Feronia…
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New IPCC report shows critical need for accelerated climate action and oceans protection
Monaco, 25 September, 2019 – The launch of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report on the Ocean and Cryosphere today, highlights the need for governments to urgently…
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Greenpeace Africa Documentary Shines Light on the Stolen Heritage of Western Cape Fishing Communities
Cape Town, 24 September 2019. This Heritage Day, Greenpeace Africa shared a teaser for an upcoming documentary it produced to amplify the voices of small-scale fishers in the Western Cape.…
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President Tshisekedi’s noble Ambitions in New York require tough Action in Kinshasa
Kinshasa, 23 September 2019 – President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Felix Tshisekedi spoke today (Monday) at the UN Secretary General Climate Action Summit of the strategic…
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Arctic Sunrise set to liven up the ocean around Cape Town. 19, 20 October – V&A Waterfront
Something big is coming… all the way from the Arctic to the blue shores of South Africa. An adventure from the north pole to the south pole – a quest…
