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Cameroon: Landslides kills more than 30 people in Yaoundé, Greenpeace calls on the government to act and for polluters to pay
Greenpeace Africa sends its deepest condolences to the families of the victims following landslides in Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, and calls on the Cameroonian government to improve land-use planning for the safety of its citizens.
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Yaoundé: Greenpeace Africa activists mobilise to demand the abandonment of fossil fuels
Greenpeace Africa activists from Cameroon gathered at Tsinga on Friday 15 September 2023 to call for a halt to fossil fuel production.
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This World Indigenous People Day: let’s celebrate Indigenous youth making change in their communities
Huseni Hodi Sidiki is an indigenous 23 year old youth leader, holder of a Bachelor’s Degree, living in Yaoundé, Cameroon. He is the head of the executive Bureau of the…
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Ebo Forest: government backtracking jeopardises the return of Banen communities to their land
Yaounde, 21 June 2023: A decree signed by the Prime Minister on 27 April 2023, reclassifying part of the Ebo forest so that it will be easier for its timber…
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Human-wildlife conflicts: The situation remains alarming
A few days after the celebration of World Environment Day, Greenpeace Africa is once again raising the issue of human-wildlife conflicts in several regions of Cameroon.
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Cameroon plans to set aside 400,000 hectares of land, a real environmental and social problem: Greenpeace Africa.
Cameroon intends to implement a project to develop 400,000 hectares of land and install large-scale agricultural producers in the central plain, along the Batchenga-Ntui-Yoko-Tibati-Ngaoundéré corridor.
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How DRC’s Land Auction To Big Oil Threatens The World’s Biggest Carbon Sink
Peatlands and rainforests in the Congo Basin protect the planet by storing carbon. Now, a land auction to big oil is underway in a giant leap backwards for the climate.
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“I am about to kill those elephants” – how Industrial plantations displace protected elephants in Cameroon
“Tell the whole world that I am about to kill those elephants. If nothing is done, you will just see one day in the news that an elephant has been...
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After floods killed two in Buea, Greenpeace Africa expresses its condolences to the affected families and urges the government to take further preventive measures.
Heavy rains have caused flooding and mudslides in the city of Buea, South West region, resulting in two deaths, injuries and extensive property damage. Greenpeace Africa sends its condolences to the families of the victims and calls on the Cameroonian government to be more proactive.
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Greenpeace Africa draws the attention to the serious risks of intoxication and pollution of the villages bordering the company FIPCAM based in Mfou
A denunciation letter received (in amplification) by Greenpeace Africa calls on the government of Cameroon not to issue the authorisation for the discharge of wastewater to the company FIPCAM because of the risks of pollution, destruction of the environment and vital resources as well as the effect on the health of the populations.