Deal #3020

Community members are not sure what is community land and what is company land. Members state they attend meetings when called upon but are not listened to.

Many of those evicted, as well as those seeking to use land now licensed to Green Resources, report being subjected to physical violence at the hands of the police. The President offered to give the communities 500ha back, but this has never happened.

8,000 villagers face profound disruptions to their livelihoods, including many experiencing forced evictions between #3020 and #3156. Communities also suffer from the corporate pollution of land and waterways by agrochemicals used in forestry plantations, resulting in crop losses and livestock deaths. There are four villages that remain located within the license area, and at least 12 adjacent to the land licensed to the company. Cows are confiscated if they graze on community land.

Many thousands of people not only lived on this land, but their livelihood activities were tied to it. local land users of having being "chased away" and subsequently denied access to the sacred forest sites, medicinal plants, water and cattle grazing areas they had previously used. Some villagers say they've been evicted from their homes without warning - and at times violently. However, On its website, Green Resources says it did not carry out evictions. Evicted people and those still trying to use the land licensed to GRAS report being subject to physical violence by police officers and private security forces. Communities reported that the company have a negative impact on the pollution of land and waterways by agrochemicals used in forestry plantations, allegedly resulting in crop losses and livestock deaths.

In 2008 a group of around 300 community members took the company to court demanding compensation for loss of land, which was still not resolved after more than 10 years (one of African Peoples Tribunal report said in 2020).

Green Resources engages in some community development activities, however these are largely disconnected from local villagers’ needs and aspirations. BFC distributes seedlings to community members for own planting. Potable water.

Green Resources has taken important steps, including providing medical supplies and providing education scholarships for girls, as well as distributing seedlings and allowing the community access wood for fuel from thinning and pruning.