The government has prioritised provision of land to investors, mainly large scale and foreign-based, free of charge or for a nominal sum, under an incorrect assumption that this will result in livelihood improvement for all the people.

Indonesian government have alleged that permits underpinning a multi-billion dollar plantation project in Papua were falsified. The land is being opened up by investors whose identity is hidden behind anonymously owned companies, as part of a plan to develop an oil palm plantation almost twice the size of London in the remote region.

La Société africaine forestière et agricole du Cameroun (Safacam), filiale du groupe SOCFIN, vient de bénéficier de 2 161 hectares supplémentaires pour étendre ses plantations dans le Littoral