Deal #3843
Cameroon
Created at
2013-06-27
Last update
2021-10-21
Last full update
2021-08-26
Names of communities / indigenous peoples affected
Comment on communities / indigenous peoples affected
Bulu communities, Bagyeli people (pygmies)
Presence of land conflicts
Presence of land conflicts
Yes
Comment on presence of land conflicts
Communities have complained since 1975
Negative impacts for local communities
Negative impacts for local communities
Environmental degradation, Socio-economic
Comment on negative impacts for local communities
They have been deprived of their livelihood, because of the disappearance of animals after forest is cut down.
In September 2015, the residents of Hévécam accused the company of “monopolizing cultivable lands, going beyond the limits of its concessions and depriving the people of their means of subsistence”