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Deal #7628 Version #80492

Gabon
Created at
2020-01-08
Last update
2021-04-27
Last full update
2021-04-26

Former land owner (not by constitution)

Former land owner
State
Comment on former land owner
The land subject to the lease belongs to the State

Former land use

Former land use
Shifting cultivation, Hunting/Gathering, Forestry
Comment on former land use
Customary use by villages: Shifting agriculture is the primary activity in the villages with women carrying out planting, weeding and harvesting and men, land clearing . The staple food crops are cassava and banana. Farmers use their fields for a few years and then clear new land or return to old fallows. Hunting is another important activity for households. Artisanal logging is practiced by communities for both household use and for commerce.

Former land cover

Former land cover
Forest land
Comment on former land cover
A preliminary soil survey, Environmental & Social impact assessment and High Conservation Value assessment of the concession recognised that there was no primary forest identified within the concession area.