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GRA# Africa Campaigns Status 2/07 Protect Wetlands and Communities' Rights / Kenya Ongoing 2/04 Protect Rainforest and Indigenous Rights / Democratic Republic of Congo Victory 7/03 Stop World Bank Funding for Bujagali Dam / Uganda Archived 3/03 Protect Forest Reserves & Mining / Ghana Archived 1/02 Protect Forests and Indigenous Peoples / Kenya Archived 4/00 Stop Irresponsible Mining on Tropical Coast / Kenya Victory 4/99 Stop World Bank Funding for Oil Pipeline / Chad-Cameroon Archived 3/96 Rainforest Destruction / Nigeria Victory 7/95 Vanadium Poisoning - Vametco Mine / South Africa Archived 8/93 Wetlands Protection / South Africa Victory 1/91 Endangered Species / African Elephants Archived 1/90 Toxic Waste Exports Victory

Back to Worldwide Map Friends of the Yala Swamp, a coalition of residents and organizations, thinks international letters will help persuade Kenyan authorities to protect the Yala Swamp wetlands, as they are obliged to do under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. The World Bank's policies are threatening the rainforest and indgenous peoples in Democratic Republic of Congo. Urge the World Bank to finance a full assessment of energy alternatives for Uganda. Keep Ghana's protected forest reserves off-limits to mining. Stop logging and colonization in the Mau Forest in Kenya, that threaten the survival of the Ogiek people. VICTORY! Stop irresponsible strip-mining for titanium in Kenya. VICTORY! Withhold funding for an oil pipeline that would threaten Chad's only agricultural region and Cameroon's rainforests. Oppose planned logging in Nigeria and request compliance with environmental impact assessment laws. VICTORY! Stop vanadium poisoning in South Africa and remedy the negative impact on the health of the miners and the townships surrounding the mine. Recommend that all dredge-mining be prohibited from the Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park in South Africa. VICTORY! Recognize the African Elephant as an endangered species. Stop ivory trade in Botswana. Stop toxic waste exports, specifically the international shipment of toxic mercury waste from American Cyanamid's US plant to South Africa. VICTORY!