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Reactive on the latest developments regarding Virunga and Salonga National Parks in the DRC
“It is with indignation that Greenpeace Africa learned last April that the DRC Minister of hydrocarbons, Aimé Ngoy Mukena, is working on a project that will open up a large block of two UNESCO World Heritage sites - Virunga and Salonga National Parks for oil exploration.
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Lost health and homes: the legacies of Chernobyl and Fukushima
Moscow, Kiev, 9 March 2016 - Survivors of Chernobyl are still eating food with radioactive contamination above permissible limits thirty years after the nuclear catastrophe forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes.
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Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza sails into West Africa waters
Praia, 24th February 2017. The Greenpeace ship My Esperanza has today docked at the port of Praia in Cape Verde. For eleven weeks the Esperanza will sail the waters of six West Africa States - Cape Verde, Mauritania, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Senegal to raise awareness on the state of fisheries through political…
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Greenpeace ship arrives for the first time in Cameroon with a message for the protection of the Congo Basin forest
Douala, 13 October 2017: The Greenpeace ship – The Esperanza - has docked at the port of Douala in Cameroon on the first leg of its tour in Central Africa. For four weeks, the Esperanza will sail through the waters of Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Congo to engage…
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Crisis for FSC in the Congo Basin?
Greenpeace and many other Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) members and stakeholders are seriously concerned that an increasing number of FSC certificates are being granted around the world to logging companies that do not meet the international principles and criteria for forest stewardship, or key policies and standards.
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30 Plastic Facts to Set the Record Straight
There is no disputing the critical environmental situation resulting from our excessive and unnecessary use of plastic. There is currently enough plastic in the ocean to circle the Earth over…
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Joint statement on the lifting of the logging ban in the Mau Forest Complex
The Green Belt Movement and Greenpeace Africa firmly oppose the decision by the Government of Kenya to lift the logging ban in the Mau Forest Complex.
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REPORT | Exploring the Critical Minerals Landscape in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights for Development Policy and Practice
This research report outlines how responsible mineral governance, formalisation of artisanal mining, and regional value-addition through AfCFTA can help ensure that local people, especially women and youth share in the economic gains of the transition. By aligning national policies with the African Union’s Green Minerals Strategy, Sub-Saharan Africa can drive inclusive development and avoid a new green resource curse.
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Five members to the voting members Greenpeace Africa (GPAf)
Job: Policy Analysis Consultant
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Trump’s climate denial at the UN wasn’t theater. It was a blueprint for harm.
Climate denial as political strategy, not a mistake
