Our forests help stabilise the climate, and are home to a diversity of plants and animals. It is also a source of livelihood for people depending on it to live. But the forest is under threat - large areas are being degraded due in large part to unsustainable industrial activities.
With Africa been home to the world’s second largest rainforest, the need to protect it remains more urgent than ever. We need to build a movement of people calling for forest protection, species survival and taking action against climate change.
We want you to take action because together we're strong.
Kinshasa, June 14, 2019 – Greenpeace Africa and scientists from the Universities of Leeds (UK) and Kisangani (DRC) are organising an expedition to the peatlands of the Congo Basin forest,…
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 11 June 2019 – At least 50 million hectares of forest – an area the size of Spain – is set to be destroyed for commodities during the…
I could hear the early morning birds churning melodies from giant trees as we made our way, single-file, down the muddy footpath deep into the equatorial rainforest of Lokolama in…
