Ex SGSOC Worker in Cameroon

Anasthasia Meliki used to work for SG Sustainable Oils Cameroon (SGSOC). She was fired without notice and compensation whereas their contracts were running for several months.
45 former employees of SGSOC escalated this issue to the Labor Office of Mundemba. As SGSOC representatives didn’t show up during a conciliation meeting organised last September 14th with them, the case will escalate to the court of appeal in Buea.

Unique identifier: GP0STQ65W

Type: Image

Shoot date: 06/07/2016

Locations: Africa, Cameroon

Credit line: © Maureen Grisot / Greenpeace

Size: 3264px × 2448px 2MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Farmers Bring SGSOC Oil Palm Plantation to Justice in Cameroon

SG Sustainable Oils Cameroon (SGSOC) settled in south-west Cameroon in 2009 (they were owned by US based company Herakles Farms until early 2015). They illegally occupied National Lands, and began clearing forest and implanting palm nurseries prior to completing a social-environmental impact assessment, in violation of Cameroonian law. They also logged illegally.
In November 2013, they were granted a three-years provisional land lease by Presidential Decree to develop a palm oil concession of approximately 20 000 hectares – whereas their original plan was for 73 000. As their land lease expires in November 2016, Greenpeace and its partners launch a campaign for the Cameroonian government not to extend or renew this lease.

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