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Biodiversity talks in Nairobi must put Indigenous Peoples firstThe world is waking up to a tragic fact, year on year: deforestation is happening on a scale and at a rate that amounts to nature collapsing. Some rainforests are…
21 June 2022 -
Africans are fighting to protect our oceans, food and jobsWhat a difference six months makes. Last December, there was a surge of environmental optimism when Olaf Scholz became Germany’s Chancellor after pledging to “halt man-made climate change”. Germany has…
8 June 2022 -
CLIMATE CHANGE IS A GENDER ISSUE: KZN FLOODS THREATEN TO DERAIL WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMESThe early lockdown measures imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus at the beginning of 2020 led to a spike in domestic gender-based violence incidence. South Africa saw a…
11 May 2022 -
FSO SAFER OIL TANKER OFF YEMENI am writing to you with concern over the threat posed by the tanker the FSO Safer, moored off the coast of Yemen with an estimated 1.1 million barrels of…
10 May 2022 -
Empty pledges to plant more trees will not save the Congo BasinUN General Assembly has proclaimed 21 March as the International Day of Forests. It serves as an opportunity for both ordinary people and governments to profess their love for forests…
9 May 2022 -
Joint letter to the Secretariat and Board Members of the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI) and members of the Inter-donor Group for the Environment in DRC (GIBE)We are writing in response to the General Inspectorate of Finance’s (IGF) audit of industrial logging concessions in DRC published by the Environment Ministry on April 1, and to ask…
8 April 2022 -
Gwede Mantashe betrays his legacySouth Africans ushered 2021 out the door with a momentous victory when the Makhanda High Court in Grahamstown ordered Shell to cease their seismic blasting along the Wild Coast. But…
24 February 2022 -
NDC Write-up for Zutari ReportGlobal greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere are rapidly increasing as a result of anthropogenic activities. Due to their radiative properties, GHGs are attributed to global warming and climate…
21 November 2021 -
Bees in Crisis: Toxic insecticides a threat to food securityBees play a critical role in food and nutrition security in Kenya through cross-pollination. They are also a source of income for farmers, through products such as honey, pollen, beeswax,…
16 November 2021 -
Letter to H.E. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko, Commissioner for Rural Economy and AgricultureSave the Congo Basin Rainforest
21 October 2021