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Deal #2371 Version #89518
Sierra Leone
Created at
2013-02-15
Last update
2023-02-13
Last full update
2024-08-14
Former land owner (not by constitution)
Former land owner
Private (smallholders), Community
Comment on former land owner
The government transferred the land to the company with a whole host of unresolved issues. Private land which is leased was previously known as Salin Malen Oil Palm Estate
Former land use
Former land use
Smallholder agriculture, Shifting cultivation
Comment on former land use
SOCFIN transforming a traditional bush fallow agricultural system into a large-scale industrial palm oil monoculture. This has had serious impacts on the biodiversity of fauna and flora in the chiefdom, leading to a drastic decline in mammal species and medicinal plants in particular.
Former land cover
Former land cover
Cropland