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When I arrived in Babensi II village last July, the whole community was desperately expecting Greenpeace and its partners to provide them with answers and solutions to get their
Local communities affected by this large-scale palm oil plantation have taken their case to the Court of First Instance in Bangem, south-west Cameroon, with
Greenpeace USALet's stop SGSOC palm oil plantation project
For three years now, many of them have been deprived of their farms and crops, taken by SG Sustainable Oils Cameroon (SGSOC) palm oil plantation by false promises and without proper consultation or informed
prior and informed consent like the case of SGSOC. Having taken note that large-scale palm oil plantations are not strange development in our area with empirical experiences showing that this
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Given that several large oil palm plantations such as PAMOL have been operating in the same area for decades without triggering economic development in the region, villagers and local officials
You might have heard about it when it was still owned by the US based company Herakles Farms.Since they withdrew from the project early 2015, this palm oil plantation has been operated
Nasako Besingi Wikipedia
Nasako Besingi has led several protests against the development of palm oil plantations by the Sithe Global Sustainable Oils Cameroon (SGSOC), a local subsidiary of the New York-based
The emergence of industrial palm oil plantations in the region has sparked concern among local environmentalists. region during the colonial era and people living in and around the Congo Basin have long had small scale
Herakles Farms Wikipedia
The presence of Herakles Farms in Cameroon started in 2009. [2] Sithe Global Sustainable Oils Cameroon (SGSOC) is a Cameroonian subsidiary of Herakles Farms, has received a concession
GP0STQ65H Aerial view of SGSOC plantation in Ebanga area. SG Sustainable Oils Cameroon (SGSOC) has been clearing the land close to Babensi II village, where inhabitants were farming
244 Cameroonian farmers bring SGSOC palm oil plantation
244 Cameroonian farmers bring SGSOC palm oil plantation to justice: Local communities affected by this large-scale palm oil plantation have taken their case to the Court of First Instance in Bangem,
prior and informed consent like the case of SGSOC. Having taken note that large-scale palm oil plantations are not strange development in our area with empirical experiences showing that this
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Under good ecological conditions a well-managed oil palm plantation can produce up to 7.2 tons of crude palm oil (CPO) (and 1.5 ton of palm kernel oil to develop a large oil palm plantation.
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requires SGSOC to compensate individuals who lose their farmland and to promote alternative livelihoods activities. Unfortunately, SGSOC's ESIA contains no compensation plans and weak
Since 2013, Greenpeace and other local and international organizations have been sounding the alarm over the Herakles Farms palm oil project in Cameroon's Southwest Region.
- Who owns oil palm plantations in Africa?
- isappeared. Today, the expansion of industrial oil palm plantations in Africa is dominated by a handful of large, multinational comp nies. Just five companies control about three-quarters of the planted, industrial oil palm plantation area on the continent (see Table 1).
- Can community resistance slow the expansion of industrial oil palm plantations?
- ctares. And only a small fraction of this area, 220,608 hectares, has been converted to oil palm plantations or replanted with new palms. We believe that strong resistance by communities has been key to slowing this expansion of industrial oil palm plan-tations in the region.Communities
- Why did Eronia refuse funding for other oil palm plantations in Africa?
- eronia's plantations in the DR Congo has likely caused them to refuse funding for other industrial oil palm plantation projects in Africa. While there is no way for us to say for sure which projects or how many projects were shelved because of risks of land conflicts or local resistance, we do know from our experience in di
- How many oil palm plantations are there in Africa?
- for industrial oil palm plantations in Africa over the past five years, from 4.7 million hectares to a lit-tle over 2.7 million ctares. And only a small fraction of this area, 220,608 hectares, has been converted to oil palm plantations or replanted with new palms.
- Who is responsible for palm oil production in Africa?
- palms and producing palm oil without the involvement of big companies, and women are usually the main actors in these small scale systems. Today, smallholders in African countries, supplying sma l-scale mills, account for the vast majority of palm oil that is produced on the continent an
- How did the World Bank develop palm oil in Nigeria?
- World Bank pursued a programme to develop large-scale palm oil production in Nigeria in the 1970s and 1980s with the Nigerian government. This programme, financed by multi-million dollar loans from the World Bank and other development banks and ultimately paid for by the Nigerian public, was drawn up and exe
