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Deal #1396 Version #53334
Liberia
Created at
2013-02-15
Last update
2013-10-16
Last full update
2024-04-29
How did the community react?
Community reaction
Mixed reaction
Comment on community reaction
According to The Forest Trust (TFT) there is materiality to a number of the claims made by the communities (see Reuters press release)
Promised benefits for local communities
Promised benefits for local communities
Health, Education, Capacity building, Financial support
Comment on promised benefits for local communities
The company will provide direct employment for an estimated 40000 persons, as well as develop infrastructure, train out growers and provide them low cost seedlings for cultivation and production of final brand of consumer products for local consumption and export to Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countriesThe company will provide direct employment for an estimated 40,000 persons, as well as develop infrastructure, train out growers and provide them low cost seedlings for cultivation and production of final brand of consumer products for local consumption and export to Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries.