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Cayar community launches new phase of legal challenge against polluting fishmeal factory after major campaign breakthrough.
The municipality of Cayar has banned the discharge of wastewater into a local lake and its surroundings, in a major win for a local community campaign against a nearby fishmeal factory and its polluting practices.
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COP15 recognises Indigenous Peoples’ work, but won’t disarm the threat of mass extinction
Montreal, Canada, 19 December 2022 – At the final adoption of an agreement at COP15, Greenpeace welcomes the explicit recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ rights, roles, territories, and knowledge as the…
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Leave to appeal granted – applicants confident in Supreme Court win to save the Wild Coast
13 December 2022, Gqeberha: This morning, the Eastern Cape High Court handed down judgment granting Shell, Impact Africa and the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy leave to appeal to…
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Joint statement from Greenpeace Africa and Natural Justice
Responding to the decision by the President of the High Court of Thiès to dismiss the request to temporarily close the Touba Protéine Marine (formally ‘Barna’) fishmeal factory in Cayar on the basis that it is polluting the town’s air, soil and water source, a spokesperson for Greenpeace Africa said
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COP27: A letter to African leaders
At this moment, in collaboration with other leaders of the world, you are meeting in Egypt in order to decide on our future and make commitments to tackle the climate crisis, we expect you to consider our demands.
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Shell, Impact Africa and Minister Mantashe seek to appeal Wild Coast seismic survey judgement
Coastal communities and NGOs must return to court as Shell, Impact Africa, and the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy seek leave to appeal the judgment that stopped Shell and…
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‘Victory for the planet’ – South Africans celebrate court win to stop Shell’s destructive oil exploration
Communities in South Africa are celebrating a huge win as court blocks Shell’s destructive oil exploration off the beautiful Wild Coast.
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Communities celebrate as Court sets aside Shell’s exploration right off the Wild Coast of South Africa
Makhanda, South Africa: Today, the High Court in Makhanda ruled that Shell’s exploration right to conduct seismic surveys on the Wild Coast of South Africa was granted unlawfully and therefore…
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UN: sustainability of fisheries in Senegal is “of great concern” and demands the government improve fisheries management
Dakar, 30 June 2022 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has highlighted the devastating impact of the fishmeal and fish oil industry on West Africa’s fish…
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Africans are fighting to protect our oceans, food and jobs
What 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…