New York Times: On Tuesday, we told you about land grabs by timber companies in Liberia that are threatening that country's tropical rain forest. Today environmental groups and forestry experts are abuzz about a project in nearby Cameroon that is overseen by Herakles Farms, an affiliate of the New York-based company Herakles Capital that pursues agricultural initiatives in Africa. The company has acquired a huge tract of land in southwestern Cameroon under long-term lease and plans to develop one of the world's...
URL: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/05/report-assails-palm-oil-project-in-cameroon/?partner=rss&emc=rss
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