The Congolese Minister of Environment, Amy Ambatobe, has reinstated 6,500 km² of logging concessions that were cancelled in August 2016 by the then Environment Minister Robert Bopolo following instructions from then Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo. The three concessions reinstated on 1 February 2018 were awarded to the Chinese-owned logging companies Forestière pour le … [Read more...]
Stop the poison bomb from hitting Transkei greenfields
There is a pervasive attachment to ignorance when it comes to 'weed control' in this country. Now in the Transkei this shortsightedness threatening vast tracts of ecosystems and the people living in or near those areas. Here is an Avaaz petition against an initiative that needs to be stopped. The other day I visited an expensive lodge on the other side of the Mzimbubu … [Read more...]
