Mongabay: Activists protesting conversion of rainforest to an oil palm plantation have been arrested in Cameroon, reports Greenpeace. Nasako Besingi, the director of Struggle to Economise Future Environment (SEFE), was arrested November 14 with three others in the town of Mundemba. An emailed statement from Greenpeace calls Besingi a "vocal and peaceful critic of the plans and working practices of US-based company Herakles Farms." It adds that "the activities of SEFE have always been based on legal court...
URL: http://news.mongabay.com/2012/1118-herakles-arrest.html
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