Halt illegal imports of conflict minerals from DRC, campaigners urge EU
Law to stop armed groups profiting from trade in gold, tin, tungsten and tantalum is being breached, rights groups say The European Union has been...
Category : Natural resources and development
Stop dumping your cast-offs on us, Ghanaian clothes traders tell EU
With 100 tons of clothing from the west discarded every day in Accra, ‘fast fashion’ brands must be forced to help pay for the choking...
Kenyan government halts baobab exports to Georgia after outcry
President orders Ministry of Environment and Forestry to launch investigation over contractor’s licence for removing trees The Kenyan government has halted the transportation and export...
‘Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge
Tropics lost 11.1m hectares of tree cover in 2021, including forest critical to limiting global heating and biodiversity loss, finds World Resources Institute Pristine rainforests...
