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Deal #1151 Version #87434
Cameroon
Created at
2013-02-15
Last update
2022-07-14
Last full update
2024-09-26
Former land owner (not by constitution)
Former land owner
State
Comment on former land owner
The plantations were privatised in 2000 and sold to the Bolloré group. Previously state-owned
Former land use
Former land use
Forestry
Comment on former land use
Prior to the arrival of SOCAPALM, the region was covered with a Guineo-Congolese rainforest with an exceptionally rich biodiversity.
Loss of traditional livelihoods, especially for the indigenous Bagyeli people near Kilombo, as they no longer have access to forest
Former land cover
Former land cover
Forest land