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Keywords
Day
Farmers
Farms
Forests (campaign title)
KWCI (GPI)
Oil palm (plants)
Outdoors
Palm fruits
Plantations
Tropical rainforests
Zero Deforestation (campaign title)
Smallholder Oil Palm Plantation in Cameroon
Oil palm fruits in a smallholder plantation in Apouh, Cameroon. Expansion of industrial palm oil concessions is threatening local livelihood.
Unique identifier:
GP0STPVRG
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
15/03/2016
Locations:
Africa
,
Apouh-A-Ngog
,
Cameroon
Credit line:
© Micha Patault / Greenpeace
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
Containers
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Socfin's Investiments Threaten Cameroon's Forests
In March 2016 Greenpeace lead an investigation on Socfin's plantations in Cameroon and published a report titled “Africa’s forests under threat: Socfin’s plantations in Cameroon and Liberia”. The Société Financière des Caoutchoucs (Socfin), one of the leading oil palm and rubber tree plantation operators in Africa, plans to extend its plantations in a dozen countries, mostly African nations, threatening forests that are essential for the preservation of climate balances, biodiversity and the living conditions of local populations. Greenpeace conducted map-based analyses and in-depth field surveys on Socfin's concessions in Cameroon. The case study reveals that Socfin’s business and its refusal to adopt a zero deforestation policy represent a major threat for Cameroon's forests in which the company operates. Greenpeace urges Socfin to adopt immediately and implement a zero deforestation policy, applicable to all its businesses and subsidiaries.
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