The CAO was presented with evidence that as early as 2014, community members were complaining about Green Advocates’ claim to representation. The CAO did not limit its assessment to the SRC plantation or the communities that were directly impacted by the IFC project. Despite the company’s request for clarity, both of the CAO’s draft assessment reports referenced the concession area, which has no relevance to the SRC plantation. The plantation communities are divided into 7 clusters with the cluster heads been elected by the community members. “In 2007, Agrifinal merged Weala Rubber Company, (WRC) factory and Salala Rubber Corporation, (SRC) plantation.

Source: Front Page Africa June 09, 2020 06:22 UTC