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  • Illegal fishing – game over for repeat offenders

    Greenpeace campaigner, Pavel Klinckhamers, looks out for fishing boats with binoculars from the Esperanza’s monkey island. Sometimes, results of our work are not immediately visible, and lots of behind the…

    Pavel Klinckhamers 4 min read
  • Chinese companies see subsidies cancelled and permits removed for illegal fishing in West Africa

    Dakar, Senegal 9 March 2018 – The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) is pulling the plug on three Chinese companies conducting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing in West Africa. This demonstrates an increased intolerance by authorities towards Chinese vessels involved in IUU.

    Greenpeace Africa 3 min read
  • Penguins March to Cape Town

    People around the world are waking up to pictures of penguin sightings across the globe. The penguins have been spotted travelling on trains, arriving at international airports and at iconic…

    Akshley Kalra 1 min read
  • ARTWORK: WHERE? - No one wears a watch. © Mandy Barker

    5 More Things Businesses Can Do Now That They’ve Realised #StrawsSuck

    The #StrawsSuck movement is gaining momentum the world over. Aiming to curb usage of single-use plastics, the campaign urges all individuals and businesses to stop using plastic straws – and many South African food franchises (particular in coastal cities) are opting in at a rapid pace.

    Angelo C Louw 2 min read
  • 5 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Antarctic

    In 2017 we launched a campaign to create an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary – the largest protected area on Earth. But why? Well, apart from being home to amazing animals such…

    Samantha Wockner 5 min read
  • Which is the Antarctic’s top penguin?

    Not every penguin is up to the challenge of living in the Antarctic, but those that do are a special sort of awesome. Remember, they don’t have the luxury of being able to fly away again if the weather turns bad.

    Willie Mackenzie 4 min read
  • Setting sail to protect the Antarctic

    As I write this, the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, is sailing South. For the next three months, the crew will be working alongside a team of campaigners, photographers, film-makers, scientists and journalists from across the globe to build the case for the world’s largest protected area: an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary.

    Will McCallum 3 min read
  • March of the penguins

    This morning, people around the world are waking up to pictures of penguin sightings across the globe. The penguins have been spotted travelling on trains, arriving at international airports and at iconic landmarks. From Sydney to Buenos Aires and from London to Johannesburg, the question on everybody’s mind - what are they here for?

    Akshey Kalra 3 min read
  • A cost that curses!

    On November 21st, s the World was celebrating Fisheries Day, Greenpeace Africa chose this symbolic date to publish its report” The cost of ocean Destruction”

    Prudence Wanko 2 min read
  • Artisanal Fishermen in Senegal. © Clément  Tardif

    The Cost of Ocean Destruction

    West Africa’s coastal waters lie within one of four of the world’s major ocean upwellings, all of which can be found on the eastern boundaries of the Pacifc and Atlantic oceans. This oceanographic phenomenon brings nutrient rich waters to the surface, ensuring an extraordinary abundance and productivity of life underneath the surface.

    Greenpeace Africa