Cameroon: Stop Oil Palm Plantations From Destroying Africa's Ancient Rainforests

Cameroon: Stop Oil Palm Plantations From Destroying Africa's Ancient Rainforests   In the southwest region of Cameroon, within a beautiful rainforest, several Indigenous communities are working hard to make their voices heard. Their struggle began in 2011 when the government of Cameroon granted a vast land concession to SG Sustainable Oils, a subsidiary of the New York-based Herakles Farms. What the government overlooked, was that this concession occurred on the homelands of the Oroko,...

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