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Concerns regarding the Democratic Republic of Congo oil and gas auction and donor financing of pre-COP27
1. Greenpeace Africa would like to take this opportunity to alert you to the death threats our staff has received from anonymous callers related to its criticism of the 28-29 July oil and gas auction. These threats occurred as Greenpeace was preparing to set out on field missions to potentially impacted communities in Tshuapa, Equateur…
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Indigenous women losing their forest in Cameroon
Indigenous women face a lot of difficulties due to deforestation. While celebrating them, the world should have more concrete actions in favor of the preservation of the forest.
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Greenpeace Africa and Greenpeace USA call for the Protection of Forests & Peatlands and the End of Oil and Gas Expansion in DRC
WASHINGTON DC (August 10, 2022) — On the back of their face-to-face meeting in Kinshasa, Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Vice Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula, announced a formal working group to protect forests and peatlands. The DRC is currently exploring a plan to auction off 26 oil…
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Both the UK and Congo think they’re climate leaders – COP26’s fallout shows how far adrift they are / Irène Wabiwa Betoko
From the fall-out of the pandemic to the interlocking cost of living and energy security crises currently gripping the world, it has been fascinating to see the world’s richest governments bending over backwards to help fossil fuel companies. Meanwhile households are battling a cost of living crisis and the climate crisis is raging on, threatening…
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Congolese and international NGOs hand over petition of 100,000 calling Congo’s President to stop new oil development
More than 100,000 people have signed a petition calling on President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to end the development of new oil and gas fields in the country.
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Greenpeace tells Big Oil to stay clear of Congo’s carbon bomb
Kinshasa, 19 July 2022 – the world’s largest oil and gas companies are urged by Greenpeace to sit out a major oil and gas auction in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at the end of July. In letters sent to oil companies worldwide, Greenpeace warns of an ominous auction at the expense of biodiversity…
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Greenpeace Africa congratulates Gambia on its decision to ban timber
A statement from the Gambian government released on 1st July 2022 declared : "All existing permits issued for the export/re-export of timber are hereby permanently revoked" and adds that "the export and re-export of timber is prohibited" in the country with immediate effect.
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Biodiversity talks in Nairobi must put Indigenous Peoples first
The 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 already emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb, further destabilising the global climate. At current trends, all primary rainforest in the Congo basin – the…
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Montreal-bound biodiversity COP must recognise the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in protecting nature
21 June, Nairobi, Kenya – Now that the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP15 has confirmed the final talks will be held in December in Montreal, Canada, negotiators must take…
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Congo’s Oil Ministry greenwashing exposed: New oil blocks overlap Protected Areas, maps reveal
Kinshasa, 14 June 2022 – Nine of the 16 oil blocks to be auctioned in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) next month overlap Protected Areas, according to a review…