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Disappearance of migrant boats bound for Spain: Greenpeace Africa expresses its sympathies to those affected and highlights the impact of the neo-colonial exploitation of African resources.
Dakar, 11 July 2023 – A spokesperson for Greenpeace Africa has expressed the organisation’s deep sadness and outrage after three migrant boats that departed from Senegal went missing. According to…
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The mangrove: an essential ecosystem for the regeneration of fishery resources
Around 250 artisanal fishermen, fishmongers and women processors from Joal, Mbour, Ngaparou, Saly, Guéréo, Popenguine and Cayar have joined forces to safeguard their livelihoods.
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World Oceans Day 2023: The people of Senegal join forces to reforest mangroves, expose overfishing and take their destiny into their own hands.
At a series of World Oceans Day events in Joal, Senegal, yesterday (8 June) fishing communities and members of civil society demonstrated that only concrete action on the ground can help restore fish stocks.
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How a small Senegalese fishing community is challenging the fossil fuel industry
Greenpeace Africa's Board of Directors recently travelled to Bargny, a Senegalese town just 30 km from Dakar, to show their solidarity with the communities and activists there. Bargny is facing environmental threats that put it at the risk of collapse.
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Greenpeace Africa calls on the Senegalese authorities to explain the suspicious presence of a Russian factory ship in Senegalese waters
Greenpeace Africa is revealing the suspicious presence of a Russian factory trawler in Senegalese waters.
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Dakar 2 Summit: ‘Feeding Africa’ must mean protecting the continent’s fisheries
Greenpeace Africa is calling on African leaders attending the Dakar 2 Summit "Feed Africa: Food Sovereignty and Resilience" to take concrete action to protect the fisheries sector, which provides the livelihood of millions of people in Africa, by ensuring the sustainability of fish stocks, specifically small pelagic fish, which contribute significantly to the economy and…
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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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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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Historic fishmeal litigation: Factory pollutes environment and illegally dumps waste in local lake.
On the second day (6 October) of a historic legal action to shut down a polluting fishmeal factory in the town of Cayar, the High Court of Thiès was shown shocking laboratory evidence of toxic metals in drinking water from the town.
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The inhabitants of Cayar take the Touba Protéine Marine (formerly Barna Senegal) fishmeal factory to court
Representatives of the Taxawu Cayar Collective from the town of Cayar, Senegal, accompanied their lawyer today as he submitted a summons to the High Court of Thiès requesting an injunction that would temporarily close Cayar’s unpopular Touba Protéine Marine fishmeal factory (ex Barna Senegal).