Deal #4467 | Version 67821 | Version 87880 |
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Intended size | 5β―000 ha | 11β―000 ha |
Size under contract (leased or purchased area) |
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Comment on land area | Investment of 50 million Euro.
Other source reported that in September 2013, through the signing of a framework agreement, the State allocated approximately 11,000 hectares of land to the CHP for industrial rubber farming. | Investment of 50 million Euro.
Other source reported that in September 2013, through the signing of a framework agreement, the State allocated approximately 11,000 hectares of land to the CHP for industrial rubber farming. However, company sustainability report 2019 states 5000ha. The 2021 report states the same. |
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Comment on negotiation status | The inauguration took place on September 14, 2013 in the presence of the Minister of Agriculture of Ivory Coast, Mr. Coulibaly Mamadou Sangafowa. EIA only issued in 2015. | The inauguration took place on September 14, 2013 in the presence of the Minister of Agriculture of Ivory Coast, Mr. Coulibaly Mamadou Sangafowa. EIA only issued in 2015. However, procedure of registration on behalf of the State was only introduced in April 2014. |
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Comment on implementation status | It is not clear when the plantation was origiinally brought into production. | |
Employment | ||
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Local communities / indigenous peoples | ||
Recognition status of community land tenure | Indigenous Peoples traditional or customary rights recognized by government | |
Comment on recognition status of community land tenure | the peasants had returned to farming on the site after the plantations were abandoned. | the peasants had returned to farming on the site after the plantations were abandoned.
Permission granted to the State to use the land for the sugarcane plantation and not a transfer in the legal sense of the term |
Comment on community reaction | From 20-22 July 2015, the villagers of the three impacted villages held peaceful demonstrations against the occupation of their land and the destruction of their sacred plantations and forests on the plots granted to CHP. It was the largest demonstration ever since the beginning of the conflict. During the intervention of the Gendarmerie two people were shot dead in Famienkro and two more subsequently died and many peoples were arrested and detained in M'Bahiakro prison. | From 20-22 July 2015, the villagers of the three impacted villages held peaceful demonstrations against the occupation of their land and the destruction of their sacred plantations and forests on the plots granted to CHP. It was the largest demonstration ever since the beginning of the conflict. During the intervention of the Gendarmerie two people were shot dead in Famienkro and two more subsequently died and many peoples were arrested and detained in M'Bahiakro prison. these populations initiated multiple approaches to the Prefect and sub-Prefect of Prikro, the Director of the Department of Agriculture, Prikro, the Ministry of Agriculture, the interministerial delegation in Famienkro, the President of the National Assembly of CΓ΄te dβIvoire, the Director of the CHP, the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in CΓ΄te dβIvoire, the President of the Republic of CΓ΄te dβIvoire. |
Comment on promised benefits for local communities | Food: The project also entails a rice planting program for the benefit of the local community | Food: The project also entails a rice planting program for the benefit of the local community. |
Materialized benefits for local communities | Health | |
Comment on materialized benefits for local communities | No contribution to education as at 2019 (it is not clear whether this was promised). One clinic as at 2019. | |
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Gender-related info | ||
Comment on gender-related info | Many women from the three villages and their children, fled the gendarmerie crackdown and remained refugees away from their homes for several months. Some of them spent 18 months in villages where they had no farms or income. | Many women from the three villages and their children, fled the gendarmerie crackdown and remained refugees away from their homes for several months. Some of them spent 18 months in villages where they had no farms or income.
64% of the employees are women. |
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Fully updated | No | Yes |
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Data source #qZy5VIVM | ||
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Data source #03UxhWiJ | ||
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Type | Media report | |
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Keep PDF not public | No | |
Publication title | SIAT: a land dispute in CΓ΄te dβIvoire procedure of registration on behalf of the State was only introduced in April 2014 | |
Date | 2019-10-02 | |
Organisation | African Europe Faith and Justic Network | |
Data source #OZOziUQJ | ||
Type | Company sources | |
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Keep PDF not public | No | |
Publication title | Sustainability Report | |
Date | 2019 | |
Data source #U2kxNr9O | ||
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Type | Company sources | |
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Keep PDF not public | No | |
Publication title | Sustainability Report | |
Date | 2021 | |
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