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Amnesty for the Arctic 30

Feature story | December 18, 2013 at 11:20

The Greenpeace activists who spent two months in jail after a peaceful protest in the Arctic have expressed relief after the Russian parliament voted to grant them amnesty. But they also declared: "There is no amnesty for the Arctic."

Greenpeace Expands Radiation Team to Investigate Fukushima Fallout

Feature story | April 4, 2011 at 10:24

Today we resume our radiation monitoring outside the evacuation zone surrounding the stricken Fukushima nuclear complex. Adding a second field team of radiation experts, our investigation into radiation health threats to the local population will...

Greenpeace Delegation Scales Arctic Oil Rig to Demand Missing Spill Plan

Feature story | June 4, 2011 at 15:16

Eighteen Greenpeace activists have scaled a controversial Arctic oil rig 180km off the Greenland coast. They braved freezing seas to climb the huge legs of the rig then formed an orderly delegation to make its way to the drill manager’s cabin to...

Ecological farmers teach methods to face drought to conventional farmers

Press release | April 13, 2017 at 10:30

Starting from Tuesday, the 11th and till today the 13th of April, the Institute for Culture and Ecology (ICE) with Greenpeace Africa are supporting the Farmer 2 Farmer Drought Resilience work in Machakos county.

Kumi Naidoo of Greenpeace Responds to Final Climate Deal

Press release | December 14, 2015 at 10:22

Reacting to the Paris Agreement at the conclusion of COP21, Greenpeace International executive director Kumi Naidoo said: “It sometimes seems that the countries of the United Nations can unite on nothing, but nearly two hundred countries have...

Letter to Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson

Publication | August 18, 2014 at 10:00

Greenpeace gives Energy Minister a week to release key nuclear information

Recent engagements between Minister of Energy and civil society organisations

Press release | December 7, 2017 at 11:59

Below we set out key events in recent engagements between Minister of Energy David Mahlobo and civil society organisations around the Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity and the Energy Indaba scheduled for 7-8 December 2017.

Underwater World in Mexico

Feature story | December 7, 2010 at 13:28

TckTckTck partners, Greenpeace and 350.org, have staged a haunting underwater action to highlight the need for urgent action as the UN Cancun climate talks go into their second week.

Navy Climbers End Our Arctic Oil Rig Occupation

Feature story | June 2, 2011 at 10:46

The greenpeace campaigners who scaled an Arctic oil rig and prevented deep water drilling off the coast of Greenland for four days have vowed to continue their campaign after being arrested by climbers believed to be from the Danish navy.

Young explorers, Greenpeace plant flag on seabed at North Pole, call for global sanctuary

Feature story | April 16, 2013 at 10:02

In support of the global call for the protection of the Arctic, over 50 Greenpeace Africa supporters took part in a human banner on Saturday to echo the message that climate change has no borders. The human banner which read: " I ♥ ARCTIC" was...

To Zuma, with love: the Arctic 30

Feature story | November 18, 2013 at 9:00

Today, Greenpeace International Executive Director and former anti-Apartheid activist, Kumi Naidoo, called on South Africa's leader, President Jacob Zuma to speak up for the release of 30 men and women arrested for a peaceful protest in Russia.

Kumi Naidoo asks for meeting with President Putin

Feature story | October 9, 2013 at 9:12

Today, Greenpeace International executive director Kumi Naidoo wrote to Russian President Vladimir Putin, offering to travel to Moscow as soon as possible to meet with Putin, in an effort to end the continued incarceration of 28 peaceful...

Drumming for Justice Cape Town

Feature story | November 18, 2013 at 9:31

30 people face serious jail time after a peaceful protest against oil drilling in the Arctic. We can’t be silent in the face of such injustice.

Update: Arctic Activists Still Strong

Feature story | May 31, 2011 at 10:29

As global emissions continue to rocket, Greenpeace activists are safe and secure in their Arctic pod, preventing Carin Energy from dangerous drilling.

Greenpeace Ship Responding to Philippines Humanitarian Crisis

Feature story | December 10, 2012 at 12:04

The Greenpeace ship M/Y Esperanza is leaving the port of Manila today to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Mindanao following the massive typhoon Pablo.

PICS: Day of Solidarity to Free the Arctic 30

Feature story | October 7, 2013 at 9:30

This weekend, over a hundred people around the country took part in the global day of solidarity demanding the release of 28 Greenpeace activists and 2 freelance journalists detained in Russia after a peaceful protest in the Arctic.

Feature Stories

Hub | October 28, 2008 at 17:17

Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of Congo must translate words into action...

Press release | March 26, 2018 at 15:31

Brazzaville, 26 March 2018: Greenpeace Africa recognises the steps made by the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo who organised the Global Peatland Initiative’s third meeting in Brazzaville from 21-23 March. While both...

Africa’s fisheries’ paradise at a crossroads

Publication | May 20, 2015 at 1:00

Overfishing has already depleted fish stocks in China, and now we’ve revealed how Chinese owned and flagged fishing vessels are taking advantage of weak regulations to fish illegally - and at the expense of local artisanal fishers. If China...

German bilateral development cooperation in the forest sector:

Publication | October 22, 2015 at 14:48

The conservation of rapidly disappearing natural forests in the tropics is one of the priority issues of international cooperation. Large amounts of funding have been pledged to projects claiming to protect forests, forest peoples, biodiversity...

Scandal over coastal pelagic fishing licenses

Press release | March 22, 2012 at 13:55

Dakar, March 22, 2012 – Greenpeace today reminded the Senegalese Maritime Economy minister to ensure that fishing license laws are strictly enforced. This follows reports of impunity and the granting of illegal fishing to foreign pelagic...

African farmers embark on 4 day journey to demand investment in ecological farming

Press release | October 11, 2016 at 8:00

Nairobi, Tuesday October 11th 2016 - 30 smallholder farmers from Kiambu, Meru, Machakos and Makueni counties today, set off from Thika on a 4-day resilience journey that will see them engage county leaders and Kenyans on the ideal agricultural...

Greenpeace activists lock down gigantic Trojan horse

Press release | July 25, 2015 at 10:23

Pretoria 25 August 2015: Today, Greenpeace activists confronted the Minister of Energy by locking themselves down to a four metre high wooden nuclear ‘Trojan Horse’[1] outside the Department of Energy headquarters in Pretoria. The activists are...

“Donors can do more to support small-scale farmers and ecological farming in Africa”

Press release | May 20, 2015 at 11:53

Milan, Italy, 20 May 2015 - Foundations and international donors can play a greater role in providing assistance to scale-up ecological farming initiatives in Africa, according to a report released today by Greenpeace Africa. The report entitled...

December 2015 newsletter

Publication | December 15, 2015 at 11:01

Welcome to another edition of your December newsletter.

UMOJA - Supporter Newsletter

Publication | October 13, 2016 at 13:39

This first issue of the newsletter is dedicated to you, our loyal supporters who makes our work possible.

COP 17

Hub | November 22, 2011 at 10:21

This is the first COP to be held in Africa and will see approximately 15 000 delegates, including presidents, ministers, senior officials, advisers, scientists, climate activist groups, business people and journalists, from over 190 countries...

La Socamba: How Cameroon’s stolen wood reaches international markets

Publication | May 26, 2016 at 9:30

Cameroon’s forests are among the most species-rich in the Congo basin, containing the region’s most biologically diverse forests, providing valuable habitat for endangered Western Lowland Gorillas, chimpanzees and forest elephants, amongst...

Publications

Hub | January 6, 2010 at 13:54

Find Greenpeace publications, reports and other materials here.

My night on board a Chinese fishing vessel in West Africa

Blog entry by Bolei Liu | March 30, 2017

I am currently sailing with Greenpeace’s beautiful Esperanza on a ship tour called “ Hope in West Africa ” to protect the invaluable fishery resources of that region. As part of our investigation and research works in Mauritanian...

"Fishing from the sky", empty nets, dead fish and the plight of West African fisher folks

Blog entry by Mbong Akiy Fokwa Tsafack | April 7, 2017

Travelling in Africa is bittersweet.  I always appreciate the warmth of fellow Africans, the humanity that characterises daily life and the untold stories of Ubuntu. But there is a dark side. If poverty and quality of life are measured...

A day at sea: Wildlife encounters

Blog entry by Maryline Mangenot | March 9, 2017

On March 1st 2017, the Esperanza ship sailed to the Praia harbour in Cape Verde to begin its journey in West African waters. One goal: show local governments that there is a serious need for strong regional fisheries management . ...

A Wealth of Life - the beauty of West Africa

Blog entry by Pavel Klinckhamers | April 27, 2017

Sailing across  the nutrient rich waters of the West African Atlantic Ocean these past two months, I have been lucky enough to see an incredible array of wildlife. Whales, dolphins and pelicans, I have met them all in this trip. And I...

Senegal's Catch of a Lifetime

Feature story | August 23, 2012 at 11:46

A heart-warming David and Goliath-type story from our oceans campaign in West Africa (with a happy ending).

E-cards

Hub | December 31, 2009 at 14:06

Share a little Greenpeace with the world - send an e-card and show how much you care!

Photo-essays

Multimedia hub | December 16, 2009 at 17:28

Stories from the field.

Videos

Multimedia hub | December 14, 2009 at 19:23

This field is mandatory!

Slideshows

Multimedia hub | December 3, 2008 at 14:54

Annual Report 2013

Page | November 11, 2014 at 15:34

2013 has been another magic year for Greenpeace Africa -- 12 months of speaking out, taking action, and pushing for solutions to the environmental challenges we're up against.

Sight on the target - Tackling destructive fishing

Blog entry by Delwyn Pillay | June 17, 2016

Now that I’m back from my mission on our biggest, fastest Greenpeace ship the Esperanza as part of the #justnottuna expedition. I get a chance to reflect on my experience been on board the majestic Esperanza and been part of the...

Greenpeace leaves the CECAF meeting with mixed feelings

Blog entry by Marie Suzanne Traoré | May 31, 2016

After four years without any annual meetings, the CECAF (Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic) got together. Millions of people depend on fish resources in the region and the common wealth that lies in our ocean...

Honourable Minister, it is not too late to fix the situation!

Blog entry by Prudence Wanko | April 11, 2016

Your predecessors have legitimized a form of illegal unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU), by allowing fishing companies to underreport the gross tonnage of their industrial vessels for more than thirty years in Senegal. They...

Whale Fail – no new sanctuary in the South Atlantic (again).

Blog entry by Willie Mackenzie | October 25, 2016

All rights reserved . Credit: Twitter Bad news from the 2016 International Whaling Commission meeting – as the first significant vote was another disappointment for whales and supporters of conservation.

10 good reasons to protect whales

Blog entry by Willie Mackenzie | October 24, 2016

All rights reserved . Credit: Kate Davison Killing whales for food has been happening for millennia. But it was commercial whaling – turning whales into barrels of oil for profit – that led to the wholesale...

New trade protections for sharks - but are they enough?

Blog entry by Willie Mackenzie | November 18, 2016

All rights reserved . Credit: BBC, Carlos Aguilera Hoo-RAY! A Mobular ray leaps from the ocean after hearing about the new CITES protection for sharks. Like it or not, around the world many species of...

Our oceans, our responsibility

Blog entry by Mike Fincken | February 24, 2017

For some people the oceans may seem vast - to me they are my garden and my home. For the last three decades I have spent most of my life as a sailor and a captain. So you can imagine I feel a special tie to our blue planet. The many...

Save the Thiof

Action | February 13, 2013 at 4:29

The Thiof, Senegal's most iconic fish, is severely overfished -- and yet Casino continues to sell it. Take Action!

A cost that curses!

Blog entry by Prudence Wanko | December 1, 2017

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” The cost is huge, the damages numerous and difficult to quantify. ...

Which is the Antarctic's top penguin?

Blog entry by Willie Mackenzie | January 20, 2018

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. In honour of...

5 things you (probably) didn't know about the Antarctic

Blog entry by Samantha Wockner | February 2, 2018

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 as penguins, whales and seals. The Antarctic plays an important...

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