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‘Only our collective voice will be heard’ Interview: Kumi Naidoo, fighting for the environment, development and people’s empowerment
- Source: Africa Renewal, Volume 26, Issue 1, Apr 2012, p. 15 - 16
- French
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- 30 Apr 2012
Abstract
From the struggle against apartheid and poverty in his native South Africa, to helping lead Greenpeace, one of the world’s foremost environmental advocacy groups, Kumi Naidoo sees less of a difference than a continuum. “An activist is an activist,” he explains to Africa Renewal. In advance of the June 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development — also known as “Rio+20” — we asked Mr. Naidoo, who became executive director of Greenpeace International in 2009, to reflect on a few of the more pressing issues affecting Africa. (For the full interview, see Africa Renewal online.)
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