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Deal #1159 Version #51549

Cameroon
Created at
2013-08-16
Last update
2013-08-16
Last full update
2024-04-09

Land area

Intended size
100 000 ha
Size under contract (leased or purchased area)
  • [2009, current] 73086.0 ha

Intention of investment

Intention of investment
  • [current] Agriculture unspecified

Nature of the deal

Nature of the deal
Lease

Negotiation status

Negotiation status
  • [2009, current] Concluded (Contract signed)

Implementation status

Implementation status
  • [2011, current] Startup phase (no production)
Comment on implementation status
Nursery set up and clearing of forest started. The operations have been suspended in 2013 after fierce criticism and protest from the local population and civil society.

Leasing fees

Comment on leasing fee
The only payment required under the oil palm concession agreement between Herakles and the Cameroonian government is an annual ‘area rent’, which will provide just US$66,000 a year to the government once all of the land is planted.