Local Villagers' Meeting in Cameroon

Community members meet in Bitye village to express their concern regarding Sudcam's rubber plantation expansion.
Sudcam, a subsidiary of Singapore based Halcyon Agri, operates a sordid rubber plantation business in Cameroon, close to a UNESCO World Heritage site, forcing the displacement of indigenous communities.

Unique identifier: GP0STS9O3

Type: Image

Shoot date: 17/06/2017

Locations: Africa, Cameroon

Credit line: © Nchemty Metimi Ozongashu / Greenpeace

Size: 2048px × 1536px 815KB

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Forest Clearing near UNESCO Site & Locals' Concern in Cameroon

Singapore based Halcyon Agri and her Cameroonian subsidiary - Sudcam operate a sordid rubber plantation business in Cameroon, close to a UNESCO World Heritage site, forcing the displacement of indigenous communities.
Sudcam is responsible for the most devastating new forest clearance for industrial agriculture in the Congo basin.
A report released by Greenpeace Africa shows that between 2011 and 2018, Sudcam has cleared more than 10,000 hectares of dense tropical rainforest to make way for a monoculture rubber plantation, displacing local communities and posing a threat to biodiversity near a UNESCO World Heritage site. Over the last few months, clearing has accelerated, reaching a rate of almost 10 football pitches a day.

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