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Deal #3458 Version #61276

Liberia
Created at
2013-03-25
Last update
2020-12-08
Last full update
2022-12-22

Names of communities / indigenous peoples affected

Comment on communities / indigenous peoples affected
22 Liberian Indigenous communities

Consultation of local community

Community consultation
Limited consultation
Comment on consultation of local community
lack of consultation as early as the original establishment in 1959. The current investor did not take this lack of consultation into account when it gained the rights to the land. Local communities have not been consulted on further expansions since 2007.

How did the community react?

Community reaction
Rejection

Presence of land conflicts

Presence of land conflicts
Yes
Comment on presence of land conflicts
communities filed a complaint with the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) at the IFC on 27 May 2019 alleged that the expansion has undermined their livelihoods and has been accompanied by violence against women and community leaders. The abuses include mass land seizures and displacements of indigenous, destruction of sacred heritage and livelihood sites

Displacement of people

Displacement of people
Yes
Comment on displacement of people
forced eviction and economic displacement. However, no specific figures found on the actual numbers.

Negative impacts for local communities

Negative impacts for local communities
Environmental degradation, Socio-economic, Cultural loss, Eviction, Displacement, Violence, Other
Comment on negative impacts for local communities
The Bread for All report mentions incidents of a wide range of issues such as polluted water, lower food security, loss of sacred forests, evictions and violence used against workers and community members. Land grab and forced eviction, economic displacement and loss of livelihood, employment conditions and labor rights violations, water pollution, gender-based violence and threats of reprisals and intimidation

Promised or received compensation

Received compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)
One report states compensation was not paid.

Promised benefits for local communities

Promised benefits for local communities
Education
Comment on promised benefits for local communities
"He revealed that his company in 2014 started the construction of a six classroom school building for the benefit of the citizens of Kwata but had to halt the work due to some disagreement that ensued between management and citizens of the town."

Materialized benefits for local communities

Materialized benefits for local communities
Health, Education, Roads, Capacity building
Comment on materialized benefits for local communities
The benefits (school, clinic, roads, capacity building) mainly accrue to the company's employees and not to the wider local community members. "He revealed that his company in 2014 started the construction of a six classroom school building for the benefit of the citizens of Kwata but had to halt the work due to some disagreement that ensued between management and citizens of the town."

Presence of organizations and actions taken (e.g. farmer organizations, NGOs, etc.)

Presence of organizations and actions taken (e.g. farmer organizations, NGOs, etc.)
communities filed a complaint with the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) at the IFC on 27 May 2019 alleged that the expansion has undermined their livelihoods and has been accompanied by violence against women and community leaders. Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) responded to the communities that their complaint meets its three eligibility criteria in June 2019. on Monday, May 27, 2019 a coalition of ten international NGOs, filed a lawsuit against the French Bollore Group.