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Backroom Bullying: The Role of the United States Government in the Herakles Farms’ Land Grab in Cameroon

Backroom Bullying: The Role of the United States Government in the Herakles Farms’ Land Grab in Cameroon, shows how bullying by US government officials may have played a critical role in the granting of nearly 20,000 ha by the Cameroonian government to the US-based firm Herakles Farms in 2013, instead of the cancellation of clearly flawed project. Using information obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, this report reveals not...

Herakles Exposed: The Truth behind Herakles Farms False Promises in Cameroon

A new report exposes the significant discrepancies between how Herakles Farms has represented their palm oil plantation project in Cameroon to the public and what it is telling prospective investors and creditors.

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Land Deal Brief: Massive Deforestation Portrayed as Sustainable Investment: The Deceit of Herakles Farms in Cameroon

From its very name, American-owned SG Sustainable Oils Cameroon, Ltd. (SGSOC) presents a pro-environment, pro-resources image. This is supported by an impressive-sounding partnership with an NGO by the name of All for Africa and as a package typifies the kind of convoluted modern-day foreign investment going on in Africa. It is sadly all too familiar to communities on the ground. They are unimpressed with promises of infrastructure and jobs, and...

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Press Releases and Public Statements

Nasako Besingi Released and All Charges Dropped!

US Government Support to Herakles Farms Project in Cameroon

US State Department Support to Herakles Farms Project in Cameroon

Herakles Farms: US Government Bullied Cameroon into Land Grab Lease

Land Grabber’s Paradise: Cameroonian Environmentalist Faces Trial, While Charges against His Attackers Mysteriously “Disappear”

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Videos & Audio

The Herakles Debacle

The Herakles Debacle

The Herakles Debacle

Media

Quand Washington Défendait son Champion des Palmiers à Huile au Cameroun

Jeune Afrique

Cables reveal US gov’t role in Herakles Farms land grab in Cameroon

Mongabay

'This is Not Empty Forest': Africa's Palm Oil Surge Builds in Cameroon

Mongabay

Em Nome do Desenvolvimento, Povos e Ecossistemas São Arrasados

IPS

En nombre del desarrollo, se arrasan pueblos y ecosistemas

Euro XPress

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Documentation and Contracts

Herakles Farms Documentation

SGSOC Convention with the Government of Cameroon

Ministry of Forestry's Report on SGSOC April 2012

Maps of SGSOC Planned Plantation

Map of Herakles Farms and All for Africa Connections

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