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Report Assails Palm Oil Project in Cameroon 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 byHerakles Farms, an affiliate of the New York-based company Herakles Capital that pursues agricultural initiatives in Africa.
BBC Africa Debate: Is ‘Land Grabbing’ Good for Africa? BBC World Service

Over the last couple of years, large-scale acquisitions of farmland in Africa, Latin America and Asia have made headlines across the world. The issue described as "land grabbing" by its critics has been particularly contentious in sub-Saharan Africa because land there is considered central to identity, food security and livelihoods. BBC Africa Debate will be discussing the issue in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

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