Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Farmer-in-Cameroon-27MZIFJJ6XBYA.htmlConceptually similarNguti Area in CameroonGP0STQ65JCompleted★★★★Farmer in CameroonGP0STQ665Completed★★★★Forest in CameroonGP0STQ667Completed★★★★Farmer in CameroonGP0STQ661Completed★★★★Farmer in CameroonGP0STQ666Completed★★★★Farmer in CameroonGP0STQ65ZCompleted★★★★★★SGSOC Oil Palm Plantation in CameroonGP0STQ65YCompleted★★★★Recent Forest Clearing in CameroonGP0STQ65QCompleted★★★★SGSOC Oil Palm Plantations in CameroonGP0STQ668Completed★★★★View AllGP0STQ65LFarmer in CameroonJohn Eyabi is a farmer in Nguti, Cameroon. Nguti farmers asked SG Sustainable Oils Cameroon (SGSOC) to respect a 5 kilometers buffer zone around their farmlands. However, the concession zone demarcated by SGSOC covers many farms in the forest areas around Nguti, showing no respect for the buffer zone. 231 farmers from Nguti and 13 farmers of Babensi II filed a collective complaint on 27 September 2016 in the First court of Instance in Bangem against SGSOC for trespass to land. Their hearing will start on 9 November. “This is my forest - I struggled my whole life, I'm struggling to see how I can make my life with my family - if they take this forest, where will I stay with my children? I'm not employed! When you suffer like this, so many years to develop a farm, and they take it from you, how much money will they give you for the sufferings?", he said.Locations:Africa-CameroonDate:11 Jul, 2016Credit:© Maureen Grisot / GreenpeaceMaximum size:3264px X 2448pxKeywords:Day-Farmers-Forests (campaign title)-Herakles Farms-KWCI (GPI)-Men-One person-Outdoors-Palm oil (product)-Portraits-SGSOC (Sithe Global Sustainable Oils Cameroon)-Tropical rainforests-VictimsShoot:Farmers Bring SGSOC Oil Palm Plantation to Justice in CameroonSG 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.Related Collections:Cameroonian Farmers Bring SGSOC Oil Palm Plantation to Justice (Photos & Videos)
