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Deal #3424 Version #60852

Sierra Leone

Created at

2013-03-22

Last update

2016-10-06

Last full update

2024-06-18

Land area

Intended size

21 000 ha

Size under contract (leased or purchased area)

[2011, current] 21000.0 ha

Comment on land area

In 2015 1,700ha under production between this plantation and the Ghana plantation.

Intention of investment

[current] Forest logging / management for wood and fiber

Nature of the deal

Concession

Negotiation status

[2011, current] Concluded (Contract signed)

Comment on negotiation status

The land is being leased under long-term agreements with landowners ratified by the chief's and government as legal custodians.

Implementation status

[2012, current] Startup phase (no production)

Contract farming

Comment on contract farming

The land area has limited subsistence farming going on which is primarily centered around the low lying swampy areas for rice cultivation unsuitable for forestry. The Company works in ongoing consultation with local farmers and aims to bring additional benefit to such farmers through opening up swampy areas for rice cultivation and enabling controlled agro-forestry thus providing clear land for subsistence farming, mutual crop protection and keeping the land free of nutrient sapping undergrowth.