Herakles Farms Steps Up Deception in local villages - "The project will bring much-needed investment to your village, this project covers approximately 74,500 ha of land, this project will create roads, supply clean water and free electricity, build schools, hospitals and employ over 15000 persons"
In exchange for your land!!!!!! - "Over the xmas holiday period in 2012 Herakles Farms gave "thank you" to the locals in some villages located in the Nguti subdivision, tons of rice, lots of cow meat, and tons of fish were distributed to individuals as thank you for signing away their land rights" Greediness is the norm for some, they will not hesitate to sell out our LAND for food and little cash.
SAVING OUR RAINFORESTS!!!!!!!!
We are living in hugely uncertain times about our rainforests.
This large Herakles Farms Palm Oil Project in our villages -
Threatens our People and the Rainforest!
It will be an environmental disaster for our rainforests!!!!
Saving my Cocoa farm Estate in Betock Village
"Today the big push is to get rid of the smallholder farmers to transform them into low-paid labourers on Herakles farms" Ian Makia of Betock Village
News from Betock Village – Some of the natives are greedy and unbearable – "They are plotting to drive us Cocoa farmers and other hard working farmers off our lands in Betock Village to make room for Herakles Farms in the name of development". Ian Makia of Betock Village
(For three years we have requested a development plan for the village but the same group blocked it, my free Fish pod project for the village was killed off in 2009 by the same group, the lies/damaged on my farmland by them, now Herakles farms are in Town, the same group are looking for cheap way to eat, we the sons and daughters will develop our village if only this group can stop their old tricks of greediness, fear and envy) Ian Makia
Farming life in Betock Village – "At present we have to import workers from far at high cost to work on our cocoa farms" Ian Makia of Betock Village
Demanding a straight answer from Herakles Farms. Like many others, we ask lots of questions, and often these questions go unanswered in the hope that we'll simply give up, stop asking and give up our farm lands to them.
"Like other foreign investors before, Herakles Farms will promise giant developments, but will fail to delivery"
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A showcase in bad palm oil production
The palm oil project being developed by the US-owned company Herakles Farms in Cameroon demonstrates the threat posed by badly managed expansion of oil palm plantations.
The project covers 73,086 hectares (180,599 acres) of forest and existing farmland and is home to an estimated 14,000 people, mostly small farmers. Residents are fiercely opposing the plantation, fearing it will deprive them of their farmland and access to forest products. International and Cameroonian NGOs and scientists are also critical of the project on the grounds of illegality, social and economic injustice and environmental destruction.
Cultural Survival is accompanied by Greenpeace and Cameroonians, dozens of other organizations in calling for Herakles Farms to own up to their abuses in Cameroon.
Read the following release by Greenpeace on their new report- "Herakles: A showcase in bad palm oil production" and video (below), and take action by writing to Herakles directly.
Satellite mapping and aerial surveys have revealed that a controversial palm oil concession in Cameroon is almost entirely covered by "dense natural forest," according to a new report by Greenpeace.
The Joke on the Villagers! "Herakles Farms aims to meet growing global demand for food by developing sustainable and environmentally benign projects with full support of the local people. Through its work, the company expects to provide significant benefits relating to poverty reduction, food security, illness prevention and education among other positive impacts. Herakles Farms is committed to promoting local community engagement, environmental protections and shared value. From development to the build-out of its oil palm plantations, local stakeholders, villagers, farmers, government officials and NGOs are engaged, and significant economic-development and empowerment programs are being planned. The Company looks to the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) Performance Standards to ensure that palm oil is produced in an economically and environmentally sustainable way through credible global standards and engagement of stakeholders. Although not a member, the company also looks to the Principles and Criteria on sustainable palm oil production developed by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) for best practices"
"Herakles Farms always gives misleading statements about food security in Cameroon, palm oil is not food security, the oil palm tree does very well in almost three-quarters of the territory of Cameroon, palm oil is produced every where by corporations and individuals. Food Security is producing food crops"
"Herakles farms have signed documents with some villages written in loose languages which are likely lead to serious problems of interpretation in the event of a dispute in future, these documents are private documents, and one cannot compel Herakles to publish them"
Palm oil expansion threatens Congo Basin forests – report - links
"This project by Herakles Farms is expected to bring little economic return - The negative impact of the plantation on livelihoods will be "major" and "long-term." Although Herakles Farms claims its project will not displace communities, the convention gives Herakles Farms the exclusive right to plant within the concession.
In the coming years good-bye to the most common crops found in the Villages, coffee, cocoa, cassava, vegetables, bush mangoes, real oil palm, beans, rice, etc and all bush fruits. Hunting and fishing will be the thing of the pass. No more bush meat"
"The potential for economic returns for Villages appears to be very limited. The rental rate set by the conventions is only $1.00 [500 FCFA] per hectare per year for developed land and $0.50 [250 FCFA] per hectare for undeveloped land. Such rates are incredibly low when compared to rates paid for farmland in other continents, which are around $7,000 per hectare per year in Brazil and $16,000 per hectare per year in the US. Furthermore, the convention exempts the company from paying all taxes for a 10-year period, as well as all customs and certain social security payments for the 99 years of the project"
HELP US SAVE OUR RAINFORESTS!
HELP US SAVE OUR WAY OF LIFE!!
HELP US SAVE OUR FAMILY FARMS
HELP ME SAVE MY COCOA FARM ESTATE
We are living in hugely uncertain times about our lands.
Avoid the conversion of our forested land and existing Farms into palm plantations by Herakles Farms in Cameroon!
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"Family farms make much more extensive use of the trees than large farms. Traditional uses of palm trees, which are very much part of the Cameroonian culture, include not just palm oil but also sauces, soap, wine, fertilizer (ashes), roofing (leaves), building material (trunks), and medicines (roots)"
"Our generation does not yet see the problem but I think that the next generation [will face very serious problems] that we need to prevent now"
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