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Greenpeace ship arrives for the first time in Cameroon with a message for the protection of the Congo Basin forest
Douala, 13 October 2017: The Greenpeace ship – The Esperanza - has docked at the port of Douala in Cameroon on the first leg of its tour in Central Africa. For four weeks, the Esperanza will sail through the waters of Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Congo to engage…
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Africa’s largest Wind farm will reduce reliance on fossil fuels in Kenya
Nairobi, 11th October, 2017: Kenya has doubled its efforts to take up renewable energy by building an epic wind farm. Lake Turkana wind power project becomes the largest wind farm in Africa with a capacity of 310 megawatts - enough to power up to one million homes.
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Cut from Congo
From 2000 to 2013, the global area of intact forest landscapes (IFLs) decreased by 7.2%, a reduction of 90 million hectares, with industrial timber extraction as the lead driver behind this fragmentation and degradation globally. In Africa, selective logging is the dominant cause of IFL loss.
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UMOJA
This edition is packed with victories, from the Congo forest to supermarkets in Australia phasing out single use plastics.
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Statoil exploration threatens biodiversity of Algoa Bay
Johannesburg, 19 September - Norwegian multinational oil and gas company, Statoil’s a newly acquired East Algoa exploration licence is located just a few kilometres east of Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape, an area labelled as a marine biodiversity hotspot.
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Greenpeace’s Project Sunshine delivers in Diepsloot
Johannesburg, 8 September – After a successful crowdfunding campaign that exceeded the R100 000 target, Greenpeace Africa and the Philile Foundation’s commitment to install solar streetlights in Diepsloot will be met tomorrow when the solar streetlights are officially handed over to the community.
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Greenpeace calls on AGRF to rethink its Approach to Agriculture in Africa
Nairobi, 6th September 2017 - The seventh edition of the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) 2017 under the theme ‘Accelerating Africa’s Path to Prosperity: Growing Inclusive Economies and Jobs through Agriculture’ is hosted in Abidjan from September 4-8 2017. The ambition of the forum has been to accelerate the progress on agriculture’s contribution to economic…
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Can the world come to its senses on nuclear weapons?
Looking back, one of the key moments that was to define both my professional and personal path was the moment I stepped onto the small atoll of Rongelap, in the…
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Let the installation begin!
It’s been almost two months since we surpassed our crowdfunding target for the solar streetlights that will be installed at the Diepsloot Philile Creche. A lot has been happening in those two months, including the delivery of the solar streetlights by our supplier, Schneider Electric.