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COVID-19 and Indigenous Forest Communities: untold stories from the Congo Basin
The Indigenous Baka People of Cameroon
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Cutting the Hand that Feeds: The Plight of Smallholder Farmers in Kenya
In the pre-colonial days of the early 1900s, Africans predominantly farmed finger millet, sorghum, pearl millet, amaranth, jute mallow, spider plant, and lablab, among other indigenous crops. The farms were…
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Load shedding diaries: a cup of coffee
I've gotten really good at boiling the kettle in time for a stint of load shedding. Since I can't work without power, I make a cup of coffee, find a sunny spot in the garden and sit.
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Recycling is a “false solution” to plastic pollution
Greenpeace Africa Plastic Campaigner Amos Wemanya explains why recycling is a “false solution” to Africa’s plastic pollution crisis
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HOW TO GUIDE 5: Seed sovereignty and saving
Seeds are the first link in the food chain and the repository of life’s future evolution. As such, it is our inherent duty and responsibility to protect them and to pass them on to future generations.
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Collectively We Can Secure Kenya’s Food System
In Kenya’s agricultural landscape, small-holder farmers make up 70% of the farming population and account for 75% of national food production. The agricultural outputs contribute 31.5% of the GDP and…
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140+ Africans on Zoom action to #SaveCongoRainforest on Biodiversity Day
May 22, Johannesburg – More than 140 activists from across Africa gathered today in a Zoom action on the International Day of Biodiversity. Youth activists in Africa and around the…
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#SaveCongoRainforest Zoom Action on World Biodiversity Day
Speech by Vanesa Nakate
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Greenpeace Africa to Senegal’s Minister of Fisheries, Mr. Alioune Ndoye: licensing new fishing vessels is an onslaught against fish stocks and artisanal sector
Dakar, Senegal, 23 April 2020. The Senegalese Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy has approached the consultative committee for fishing licences attribution (CCAL) to issue 54 licenses to vessels of…
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Finding the crack in the lockdown
Human beings love comfort, freedom and certainty. The COVID-19 lockdown has instantly taken all that away from landing us in a new reality and an unchartered territory. Some react with…
