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Keywords
Aerial view
Day
Forests (campaign title)
Forests (topography)
Herakles Farms
KWCI (GPI)
Nature
Outdoors
Rivers
Scenic
Trees
Tropical rainforests
Coastal Rainforest in Cameroon
Area of natural beauty within the concession area leased by Herakles Farms in the coastal rainforest of Cameroon. Despite lacking a Presidential Decree granting the concession, as required by Cameroonian law. The concession area is in a biodiversity hotspot, home to endangered species including forest elephants and chimpanzees, and it provides a crucial migration corridor for these animals between five protected areas. Local people, who depend on the forest to provide food, medicine and building materials, have protested against the project and have faced intimidation and arrest as a result.
Unique identifier:
GP04BXG
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
09/11/2012
Locations:
Africa
,
Cameroon
,
Western Africa
Credit line:
© Greenpeace / Alex Yallop
Latitude:
5°7'41"N
Longitude:
9°9'55"E
Ranking:
★★★★★★ (B)
Containers
Shoot:
Forest Clearing and Forest Beauty in Cameroon
Aerial evidence from Greenpeace International shows how trees in the largely forested concession area have been cleared by SGSOC, a subsidiary of New-York based Herakles Farms, near the village of Talangaye.
The American-owned company continues to clear areas of natural forest in the South-West of Cameroon to establish a large-scale palm oil plantation despite growing local and international opposition and a heightened risk of social conflict over the project
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