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Keywords
Day
Deforestation
Forests (campaign title)
Herakles Farms
Illegal logging
KWCI (GPI)
Outdoors
Palm oil (product)
SGSOC (Sithe Global Sustainable Oils Cameroon)
Signs
Trees
Tropical rainforests
Illegal Logging in Cameroon
In addition to illegally occupying National Lands, SG Sustainable Oils Cameroon (SGSOC) began clearing forest and implanting its palm nurseries prior to completing a social-environmental impact assessment, in violation of Cameroonian law. In 2013, Cameroon’s Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF) temporarily suspended SGSOC’s right to clear the forest. Yet SGSOC violated the suspension order by continuing to clear the forest and later purchased a front company called Uniprovince to continue to illegally log the area. A sign on logs reads "SGSOC Order! No Trespass by Management".
Unique identifier:
GP0STQ65M
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
10/07/2016
Locations:
Africa
,
Cameroon
Credit line:
© Maureen Grisot / Greenpeace
Size:
2448px × 3264px 2MB
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
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Shoot:
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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