Deal #3074 Version #58596

Some plantations were previously state owned. Other land was obtained from the community. Biase was acquired by the Commonwealth Development Corporation, which failed to develop the land. Ibiae and Claro plantations were previously part of the Eastern Nigerian Development Commission, which started in 1963 but was later abandoned in 1970's where community members resettled on the land. Obasanjo concession was bought in 2012 from the Obasanjo Company. Obasanjo company obtained 10000ha for palm oil but was unable to develop the area. This land was classified as a community nature reserve before the land was gifted to the then president Olusegun Obasanjo.

Concessions are encroaching on Nature Reserves- particularly the Cross River National Park. The land is seen as high conservation value- with many species being lost through the conversion to palm oil.

Forest land has been cleared since 2011.