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Deadly Pesticide Used in Kenya Despite Warnings Over Ineffective Safety Measures: Greenpeace
Investigations by Greenpeace’s UK journalism unit, Unearthed, and Swiss NGO, Public Eye reveals how global pesticide giant Syngenta – and its predecessor companies (ICI and Zeneca) – has known for decades that a key safety feature in the world’s deadliest weedkiller fails to prevent poisoning deaths but that it led regulators and the public to…
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Pollution is destroying Lake Nakuru
Nakuru used to be known as the flamingo town, but not any more. Thousands of flamingos have migrated to other areas. With the rise of population in Nakuru, flora and fauna in Lake Nakuru, a protected wetland and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, may soon begin to perish because of increasing levels of pollution from…
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Greenpeace condemns massive plundering of Mauritanian fish stocks vital to food security
The second largest fishing vessel in the world with a bad track record for chronic overfishing has been spotted fishing in Mauritanian waters
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Op-ed | Africa should aim for a future free of plastics
It is evident that there is a need to shift from the current state of affairs and forge a new pathway. We can’t go back to approaches where false solutions are fronted and promoted.
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NEMA Needs To Act Urgently To Save Kenya’s Lakes: Greenpeace Africa
Nairobi, 22 March 2021 – Following the recent calamity of poisoned fish in Lake Nakuru and Lake Victoria, Greenpeace Africa is calling on NEMA to commit to stopping pollution in…
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World’s first underwater climate strike calls for ocean protection
Seychelles, 19 March 2021 – Young Mauritian scientist and climate advocate, Shaama Sandooyea, has held the world’s first ever underwater climate strike at the heart of the Indian Ocean. The…
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Greenpeace Africa Responds to Minister Gwede Mantashe’s announcement of Bid-window 5
18 March 2021, Johannesburg — In response to Minister Gwede Mantashe’s media briefing on the statue of the energy sector, Greenpeace Africa’s Climate and Energy Campaigner Thandile Chinyavanhu has said:
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Greenpeace Africa calls on The Gambian government to stop land grabbing and fishmeal/oil factories’ expansion
Gunjur, The Gambia, 18 March 2021– A Chinese fishmeal factory named Golden Lead based in Gunjur, The Gambia, has recently expanded their factory by grabbing land from women growing vegetables.
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President Joe Biden’s climate ambitions must include land-rights for forest communities
The article was originally published in Climate Home News on March 16, 2021
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HANDS OFF WOMEN AT THE FRONTLINE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM
Extractive industries, which favour men in employment, have long been linked to the systemic economic disenfranchisement of women - and an increased reliance on men. The exacerbating power dynamic is responsible for increased incidents of domestic violence, transactional sex, forced prostitution, HIV/AIDS transmission and acts of violence against women.