Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Oil-Palm-Nursery-in-Cameroon-27MZIFVV2A7T.htmlConceptually similarOil Palm Nursery in CameroonGP04BXOCompleted★★★★Oil Palm Nursery in CameroonGP04BXVCompleted★★★★Oil Palm Nursery in CameroonGP04BXWCompleted★★★★Oil Palm Nursery in CameroonGP04BXXCompleted★★★★Oil Palm Nursery in CameroonGP04BXYCompleted★★★★Oil Palm Nursery in CameroonGP04BY2Completed★★★★★★Oil Palm Nursery in CameroonGP04BY4Completed★★★★★★★Forest Clearing in CameroonGP04BXMCompleted★★★★★★Forest Clearing in CameroonGP04BXPCompleted★★★★View AllGP04BY3Oil Palm Nursery in CameroonOil palm nursery in a Herakles Farm’s concession area. Herakles is pushing ahead with its plans for a huge palm oil plantation with complete disregard for Cameroonian law and the opposition of local people, who fear they will lose their farms and their livelihoods to the US-based corporation.Locations:Africa-Cameroon-Western AfricaDate:9 Nov, 2012Credit:© Greenpeace / Alex YallopLatitude:5°4'8"NMaximum size:5616px X 3744pxLongitude9°4'9"EKeywords:Aerial view-Agriculture-Day-Deforestation-Farms-Forests (campaign title)-Forests (topography)-Herakles Farms-KWCI (GPI)-Oil palm (plants)-Outdoors-Palm oil (product)-Trees-Tropical rainforestsShoot:Forest Clearing and Forest Beauty in CameroonAerial evidence from Greenpeace International shows how trees in the largely forested concession area have been cleared by SGSOC, a subsidiary of New-York based Herakles Farms, near the village of Talangaye.The American-owned company continues to clear areas of natural forest in the South-West of Cameroon to establish a large-scale palm oil plantation despite growing local and international opposition and a heightened risk of social conflict over the projectRelated Collections:Herakles Farms Press Briefing (USA) (All Photographers)Report: Herakles Farms in Cameroon (All Photographers)
