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30 Apr 2013AFP
Cameroun: "corruption" lors de l'acquisition de terres pour un projet américain (rapport)
Un rapport issu du ministère des forêts camerounais et consulté par l'AFP mardi reproche à la société américaine Heraklès Farms des méthodes "d'intimidation et de corruption" pour acquérir des terres pour la culture du palmier à huile dans le sud-ouest du Cameroun
15 Apr 2013Think Africa Press
Who owns the land? Cameroon's large-scale land-grabs
As part of a trend that is accelerating across Africa, thousands of Cameroonians have been displaced from their homelands to make way for large-scale agribusiness projects.
03 Apr 2013Bloomberg
Asian palm-oil planters head to West Africa
Suitable land for palm-oil cultivation is running out in top producers Malaysia and Indonesia, which now account for about 85 percent of the global output. Wilmar is among several companies searching for land in West and Central Africa.
22 Feb 2013Huffington Post
Land grabbing looms: New palm oil plantation threatens Cameroon's rainforest
"We will continue to speak out against what can only be considered land grabbing, because the proposed location of Herakles Farms plantation is in the midst of a rainforest that sustains my local community and our unique wildlife."
19 Feb 2013Greenpeace
Les forêts communautaires du Cameroun sous la menace d’un projet monstre d’huile de palme
Herakles Farms a désigné Nestlé, Unilever, McDonalds et Walmart comme clients potentiels pour son huile de palme, ce qui est impossible. Car ces sociétés se sont engagées à des politiques d’achat dits "responsables".
30 Jan 2013Huffington Post
Hollande-Biya: la déforestation, l'huile de palme, on en parle?
François Hollande ne manquera certainement pas de sujets de conversation lorsqu'il recevra à l'Elysée son homologue camerounais Paul Biya ce 30 janvier.
27 Dec 2012IPS
Q&R : Lutter pour préserver la plus riche forêt tropicale d'Afrique
Monde Kingsley Nfor interviewe NASAKO BESINGI, directeur de l’ONG environnementale 'Struggle to Economize the Future' (Lutte pour préserver le futur)
20 Dec 2012IPS
Fighting to save Africa's richest rainforest
Nasako Besingi, director of environmental NGO Struggle to Economize the Future, says protests against a controversial palm oil plantation in the Korup National Park, southwest Cameroon will continue despite arrests and intimidation.
14 Dec 2012IRIN
Cameroon: Campaigners oppose industrial palm oil plantation
Campaigners opposed to a large palm oil plantation in a rainforest covering part of the Korup National Park in southwestern Cameroon say up to 45,000 people risk losing their livelihoods if the project proceeds.
21 Nov 2012Oakland Institute
Take action to stop palm oil plantations from destroying Africa's ancient rainforests and local livelihoods in Cameroon
Send a message to Herakles Farms and All for Africa demanding they stop destroying tropical rainforest and local livelihoods and ask the Government of Cameroon to listen to the voices of the Cameroonian people.
16 Nov 2012CED
Cameroun : Le directeur d’une ONG opposée au projet de HERAKLES Farms et 3 de ses collègues arrêtés
La présence de la société HERAKLES dans la région a toujours été perçue comme un facteur d'insécurité pour ceux qui s'opposent au projet, et comme une menace pour les droits des communautés locales.
26 Oct 2012Huffington Post
Africa's false dilemma
"It seems incongruous that Herakles Farms claims it is trying to improve the lives of local people but then there is scarcely any consultation with those same people over what is to be done with the land they depend on for their livelihoods, nor any serious acknowledgment of the risks posed to local environments and the global climate," writes Kumi Naidoo
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