Sierra Leone

Canadian company pursuing a carbon offset project in Sierra Leone says it is committed to equitable revenue sharing arrangements with local smallholders and a transparent consent process monitored by the NGO Namati.

Episode 1 of a new podcast that highlights the different layers of oppression women face once industrial plantations invade their territories.

La empresa de plantaciones de palma aceitera Socfin ha traído violencia y opresión a varios países africanos. Sierra Leona no es una excepción.

Total project area covers 25,000 hectares and will produce up to 17 MM tCO2e over life-of-project, with a further 37,000 hectares secured reforestation rights in Sierra Leone

Organisations call upon the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil to undo certifications to Socfin, Africa's biggest plantation company.

The Town Chief of Henai Village in Malen Chiefdom was remanded at the Pujehun Correctional Centre in Southern Sierra Leone after he was accused of stealing palm kernel from the plantation of SOCFIN Agricultural Company.

The West African nation will let communities veto mining, farming and industrial projects. Activists say the legislation is a progressive landmark. At least one investor calls it unworkable.

An official of the giant oil palm company, Socfin, says the new Customary Land Rights Bill which is before Parliament, will make foreign investment in agriculture totally impossible when it becomes fully operational.

The oil palm is native to West Africa, where it plays a vital role in food security and local economies, especially for women. But in Sierra Leone, the arrival of an industrial oil palm plantation has threatened all this.

Some community members accuse Socfin of land-grabbing and pollution. We visited the company’s plantation in Malen to find out what’s happening beneath the palm fronds.

"Reducing the risk of land conflicts and offering opportunities for investments are critical for Sierra Leone," says the Bank's representative

Open Letter to the RSPO Board of Governors, RSPO Secretariat, Investigation and Monitoring Unit, Human Rights Working Group