Forest in Cameroon

Aerial view of forest in Nguti area.
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.

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Unique identifier: GP0STQ667

Type: Image

Shoot date: 11/07/2016

Locations: Africa, Cameroon

Credit line: © Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)

Size: 4000px × 3000px 4MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Palm Oil and SGSOC Plantations 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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