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Democratic Republic of Congo Minister Implicated in Illegal Forest Concessions Scandal
Kinshasa, 29 October: Greenpeace has learned that the Congolese Vice-Prime Minister and Environment Minister currently presenting her country as the world's carbon offsetting solution was promoting six illegal forest "conservation" concessions the size of the Bahamas only days before President Felix Tshisekedi ordered them suspended, in the run-up to COP26.
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Leading forest scientists call for a freeze on new logging in the Congo, urge governments to act
Leading African and international scientists join today the growing call for the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to cancel its plans to lift a 20-year ban on new industrial logging concessions.
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Green Gold: the Billion Dollar Question for the Congo Rainforest
On the brink of an unprecedented environmental emergency, EU ambassadors to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) gathered earlier this month for a luxury river cruise hosted by the country’s Environment Minister, Eve Bazaiba.
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African Union urged to address the threat of Congo forest logging driving extreme weather across sub-Saharan Africa
Kinshasa, 21 October 2021 – industrial logging in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) may severely disturb rainfall patterns across sub-Saharan Africa and bring about more extreme weather, including intense…
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Greenpeace intercepts fish oil tanker as dramatic industry expansion threatens livelihoods in West Africa
Dakar, Senegal, 7 October 2021 – Activists from the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in the English Channel have intercepted a tanker transporting fish oil taken from West Africa, as an…
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Over 40 NGOs call on donor governments to intervene to stop new logging plans in the Congo rainforest
As international donors prepare to announce a purported 1 USD billion forest protection agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo, the DRC government is planning to lift a moratorium on new logging concessions that threatens some of the last intact tropical forest on earth.
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WHO strengthens air quality guidelines: Greenpeace response
Save draft Preview Publish Add title WHO strengthens air quality guidelines: Greenpeace response Join the push against environmental injustice 22 September, 2021 - Today the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its air quality guidelines for the first time in 15 years. In 2020, air pollution in most of the world’s biggest cities failed to meet…
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Greenpeace Africa Analysis reveals Johannesburg Power Outages are graver than City Power wants you to believe
The chronic under-resourcing of infrastructure in Johannesburg has long plagued residents of this once world-class African city. One of the ways in which this has chiefly impacted residents is energy access. As winter rears its ugly head, once again, residents of Johannesburg are forced to contend not only with load shedding imposed by Eskom but…
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Capital Markets Day: Sasol needs to raise ambitions amid unemployment crisis
21 September, Johannesburg — Greenpeace Africa challenges Sasol to raise its ambitions beyond profit and towards justice. Tomorrow, according to Sasol, it will release its emissions reduction roadmap to 2050…
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How Widespread Deforestation In Africa Risks Our Climate Future
Africa’s forest cover is declining at an alarming rate due to deforestation. We talk about how deforestation in Africa is worsening the climate change crisis.
