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Deal #1999 Version #56544

Congo, Dem. Rep.

Created at

2013-02-15

Last update

2015-07-21

Last full update

2024-03-04

Consultation of local community

Community consultation

Not consulted

Comment on consultation of local community

Community leaders say the land was taken from them illegally and that they never gave their consent for Feronia to operate there. Community members wish to start the negotiation phase with the company.

How did the community react?

Community reaction

Rejection

Comment on community reaction

The local community state that the land was illegally taken from them and reject the project. The communities claim that the title deeds for the land are falsified to represent Feronia as the legal owners.

Displacement of people

Comment on displacement of people

The company prevents local people from raising livestock or farming within the company's concession, even on lands that the company has abandoned. Community members caught by company guards carrying just a few nuts fallen from the oil palms are fined or, in many cases, whipped, hand cuffed and taken to the nearest prison.

Promised or received compensation

Promised compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)

No compensation has been paid to date (2015). Communities are demanding that compensation occurs.

Promised benefits for local communities

Health, Education, Roads