Recent Forest Clearing in Cameroon

SG Sustainable Oils Cameroon (SGSOC) has been clearing the land close to Babensi II village, where inhabitants were farming their crops. 13 farmers of Babensi II and 231 farmers from Nguti 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.

Unique identifier: GP0STQ65Q

Type: Image

Shoot date: 10/07/2016

Locations: Africa, Cameroon

Credit line: © Maureen Grisot / Greenpeace

Size: 6512px × 2390px 4MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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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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