Industrial Impacts

Industrial Impacts

CAMEROON: Camvert and the forest peril in the Congo basin

Industrial Impacts

NIGER: Cominak uranium mine closes, radioactive pollution stays

Industrial Impacts

OLÉODUC EACOP: Standard Bank makes its loan conditional on an environmental audit.

Industrial Impacts

SOUTHERN SUDAN: an environmental audit of oil sites is announced

Biodiversity

MALI: gold panning by dredging pollutes the Bagoé river, local residents complain

Biodiversity

DRC: Congo Basin forests threatened by 19 oil blocks

Industrial Impacts

NIGERIA: Shell condemned, companies face environmental responsibility

Biodiversity

CAMEROON: Timber trafficking with Vietnam threatens biodiversity and the economy

Industrial Impacts

ZAMBIA: Vedanta compensates more than 2,500 victims of mining pollution

Industrial Impacts

GABON: ROLBG files a complaint against Perenco for oil pollution at Étimboué

Industrial Impacts

ZAMBIA: World Bank lends $65 million for sanitation around mining sites

Industrial Impacts

GABON: the oil spill exasperates the inhabitants of Étimboué in the west of the count

Air pollution

SOUTH AFRICA: Pretoria cancels Thabametsi coal-fired power plant project

Industrial Impacts

GHANA: Ezekiel Chibeze wins prestigious Goldman Environmental Award

Industrial Impacts

NIGERIA: Shell to pay $400 million for Rivers State oil spill in 1970

Sea and coastline

WEST AFRICA: Factory ships accused of plundering fisheries resources

Industrial Impacts

CAMEROON: Greenpeace reaffirms its opposition to the Camvert palm grove project

Sustainable development and CSR

GABON: TraCer Project Ensures Sustainable Wood Management in the Nkok SEZ

Industrial Impacts

UGANDA: a new report points the environmental risks of Total’s oil project

Biodiversity

ZIMBABWE: The state prohibits mining activities in parks and rivers