The Green City Resolution is out!

FPP organised a seminar entitled, Evaluating Investment Projects:  Legal and Good Governance Considerations, in September 2014 in Kumba, Western Cameroon. The purpose of the meeting was to share information on current international law and up-to-date industrial standards for industrial companies seeking lands for agribusiness development. This included communities impacted by the SGSOC/Herakles palm oil development around Mount Cameroon and participants from outside the region whose lands are impacted by other large development projects.

During the week, communities organised their own committee to develop a common platform for dialogue with companies on the basis of international legal provisions protecting community rights, and the result is the Green City Resolution. This sets out principles based upon community consensus and international law, and forms the basis for further work by communities to build their capacities to negotiate fairly with companies seeking to develop their customary lands.