Deal #8723

Gabon

Created at

2021-05-17

Last update

2022-01-24

Consultation of local community

Community consultation

Not consulted

Comment on consultation of local community

Community states that no consultation occurred. Seems that the community have a lack of clarity about the project activities.

How did the community react?

Community reaction

Rejection

Comment on community reaction

"November 2021, the Collective of Upper and Lower Banio communities in Nyanga province, Gabon, released the Bana / Mayumba Declaration in which they call for the suspension of the GRANDE MAYUMBA project ". The communities want the government to cancel the lease.

Promised benefits for local communities

Health, Education, Productive infrastructure (e.g. irrigation, tractors, machinery...), Roads, Capacity building, Other

Comment on promised benefits for local communities

Over the next few years, more than US$160 million will be invested in commercial activities and infrastructure in Grande Mayumba generating substantial socio-economic benefits.Over the next 5 years, Grande Mayumba is investing upwards of USD 200 million in agribusiness, forestry and timber processing, eco-tourism, logistics services, together with municipal infrastructure including the road networks, housing, electricity, water, sanitation, healthcare and educational services necessary to support the influx of up to 30,000 people into Mayumba town and the surrounding area.