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

    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…

    Samantha Wockner 5 min read
  • Greenpeace Africa’s Executive Director Wins a Prestigious Human Rights Award

    Nairobi, January 30, 2018: Greenpeace Africa’s Executive Director, Njeri Kabeberi, has won the 2017 Munir Mazrui ‘Lifetime Achievement Human Rights Defenders Award’ in a ceremony organised by the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders (NCHRD-K) at the Royal Netherlands embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. This is one of three categories of Human Rights Defenders (HRD) Awards…

    Greenpeace Africa 2 min read
  • Which is the Antarctic’s top penguin?

    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.

    Willie Mackenzie 4 min read
  • Setting sail to protect the Antarctic

    As I write this, the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, is sailing South. For the next three months, the crew will be working alongside a team of campaigners, photographers, film-makers, scientists and journalists from across the globe to build the case for the world’s largest protected area: an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary.

    Will McCallum 3 min read
  • A cost that curses!

    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”

    Prudence Wanko 2 min read
  • Activists close down the Department of Environmental Affairs, Pretoria

    30 November, 2017: Greenpeace Africa and Earthlife Africa Jhb activists have today confronted the Department of Environmental Affairs by blocking the main entrance to the Department with nuclear barrels. The activists made a public demand that the Department of Environmental Affairs withdraws the environmental authorisation that has been issued for a proposed nuclear power station…

    Greenpeace Africa 2 min read
  • Artisanal Fishermen in Senegal. © Clément  Tardif

    The Cost of Ocean Destruction

    West Africa’s coastal waters lie within one of four of the world’s major ocean upwellings, all of which can be found on the eastern boundaries of the Pacifc and Atlantic oceans. This oceanographic phenomenon brings nutrient rich waters to the surface, ensuring an extraordinary abundance and productivity of life underneath the surface.

    Greenpeace Africa
  • World Oceans Day 'Flash Mob' in Dakar. © Clément  Tardif
  • Let the Moratorium be!

    With the recent confirmation that the Congo Basin forest hosts the world’s biggest tropical peatland, the importance of this forest is now drawing global attention. It has a huge role to play in the protection of our global climate.

    Victorine Che Thoener 3 min read
  • We achieved a lot together during our forest ship tour

    It must be said over and over, that the Congo Basin forest is the second largest rainforest in the world! It is majestic and beautiful, it is a home and the doctor’s office to animals and humans alike.

    Lerato Tsotetsi 6 min read