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Greenpeace Africa comments on loggers demands excluded from finance law revision
Yaoundé, 11 June 2020 – A request for massive tax reduction made two weeks ago by the loggers’ association GFBC was not included in the revision of the finance law…
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“A chance for the ocean to recover”: on World Oceans Day, Senegal takes critical decisions
Dakar, 8 June, 2020 – On World Oceans Day, Senegal’s Minister of Fisheries rejected the licensing requests for 52 foreign new industrial fishing vessels. The decision follows weeks of campaigning…
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Greenpeace Africa concerned over PPE pollution
Durban, 03 June 2020 – The need for masks, latex gloves, and other single-use PPEs to reduce the spread of COVID-19 has increased but they are not being properly disposed of.
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Greenpeace Africa to Minister Ndongo: Tax breaks to logging companies might mean public funding for next pandemic
Yaoundé, 2 June 2020 – Greenpeace Africa calls on Mr. Jules Doret Ndongo, Cameroon’s Minister of Forests and Wildlife, to reject the request for tax reduction made last week by…
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Greenpeace Launches The Story of Plastic Documentary; Calls for A Total Ban on Single-Use Plastics
Johannesburg, 2 June 2020 – This World Environment Day, Greenpeace Africa will be screening The Story of Plastic, a new documentary directed and produced by Deia Schlosberg. This documentary exposes…
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Greenpeace Launches The Story of Plastic Documentary; Calls for A Total Ban on Single-Use Plastics
Nairobi, 2 June 2020 – This World Environment Day, Greenpeace Africa will be screening The Story of Plastic, a new documentary directed and produced by Deia Schlosberg. This documentary exposes…
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Protect Kenya’s Forests for a Healthy Ecosystem: Greenpeace
Nairobi, 27 May 2020 – Responding to the news that the Ministry of Environment and Forestry has pledged to plant 1.8 billion trees by 2022 as efforts to reverse biodiversity…
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Eskom seeks to deepen South Africa’s air pollution crisis
15 May 2020, Johannesburg — Media reported today that Eskom is seeking to delay the closure of three of its ancient coal-fired power stations – Grootvlei, Camden and Hendrina. In…
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Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: Greenpeace Applauds High Court Decision to Halt Maize Imports
Nairobi, 12 May 2020 – The High Court has suspended the government’s plan to import four million bags of maize to avert a possible food crisis after the decision was…
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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…