Land Rights
June 8, 2011
Reuters--Wealthy U.S. and European investors are accumulating large swaths of African agricultural lands in deals that have little accountability and give them greater control over food supply for the world's poor, according to a report released Wednesday.
July 15, 2011
Read more about the Oakland Institute's ground-breaking research, which reveals previously unpublished details about land grabs across Africa.
June 13, 2013
Yaoundé - 13 juin 2013: Le Centre pour l’Environnement et le Développement (CED) et le Réseau de Lutte Contre la Faim (RELUFA), deux ONG Camerounaises, ont saisi ce jour le Gouvernement américain d’un recours afin qu’une enquête urgente soit ouverte, dans le cadre des Principes directeurs de l’OCDE relatifs aux entreprises multinationales, sur les allégations de corruption autour des opé
June 13, 2013
Yaoundé - June 13, 2013: Today the Center for Environment and Development (CED) and The Network to Fight Against Hunger (RELUFA), two Cameroonian NGOs, filed a complaint with the American Government via its OECD National Contact Point concerning allegations of corruption in SGSOC’s—an affiliat
June 9, 2013
Herakles Farms appears to be operating illegally in Cameroon, lacking required government permits.
June 6, 2013
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CONTACT:Anuradha Mittal, Executive Director, Oakland Institute, AMittal@oaklandinstitute.org, +1 510.469.5228
June 5, 2013
Bruce Wrobel, the CEO of Herakles Farms and founder of the nonprofit organization All for Africa, is a self-proclaimed “environmentalist and activist for the poor.” Upon first glance, his initiatives in Africa seem to support these claims--but scratch the surface and the evidence to the contrary is overwhelming. A new report by the Oakland Institute and Greenpeace, Herakles Exposed, reveals the company’s internal documents that highlight the discrepancy between the image Bruce Wrobel hopes to...
June 1, 2013
WASHINGTON, 1 juin (IPS) – Après avoir été critiquée par des organisations de défense de l’environnement et de la justice sociale pour les violations des lois sur la protection des terres, 'Herakles Farms', une entreprise agricole basée à New York, a suspendu un grand projet controversé de production d’huile de palme au Cameroun.
May 28, 2013
Sithe Global Sustainable Oils Cameroon Limited, SG SOC a subsidiary of Herakles Farms was already as heading towards a cash crush says a Greenpeace nine point report titled “The Truth behind Herakles Farms False Promises in Cameroon”.
The company signed a convention with the Cameroon government on September 17, 2009 to create a big industrial plantation of palm oil and refinery on 73,086 hectares of land.
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