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Challenging year ends in hope for Cameroonian environmental activist

Original blogpost by Alexa Phillips, Greenpeace Africa For many people thoughts are already turning to the festive period and a well-earned rest. All Nasako Besingi wants for Christmas is for Herakles...

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Herakles Cameroon palm oil project starts to run off the rails

Bruce Wrobel, the chief executive of Herakles Farms, claims his company’s efforts to flatten a chunk of Cameroon’s dense rainforest to develop a palm oil plantation are borne of a desire to address a...

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Delight to Disappointment as Herakles Farms’ Suspension Order Lifted

The last couple of weeks have been tumultuous working to protect the communities and wildlife threatened by a palm oil plantation in Cameroon. Below my colleague Irene Wabiwa, on the ground in...

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Cameroonians realize what Herakles Farms really plans for their forests

As the rain thunders down, it becomes not just increasingly hard to hear the speakers but also to see them. The lack of light due to the poor electricity supply in this part of South West Cameroon...

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Herakles Farms: “Investing in Africa”

Herakles Farms is a gem of a company claiming to “invest” in “sustainable” agriculture in Africa, in particular in a forested corner of the South West region of Cameroon. It’s a crowded market, but...

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