Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Equatorial Palm Oil to respond; response provided]...[T]he Jogbahn Clan...is celebrating victory over a British company which tried to clear them off their lands...President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has now committed to protecting over 20,000 hectares from further encroachment by Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO). “[This]...is a positive step...for communities...in Liberia where fifty percent of the land has been leased to corporations,” said Silas Kpanan’Ayoung Siakor of Friends of the Earth...“Hopefully, this marks the beginning of a progressive practice where communities’ voices are really heard and their rights respected.” [The] [l]and...[was] initially conceded by the government to the British palm oil company in a 40 year lease...taking away farms, resources and livelihoods from thousands of local people... Chief Elder Chio Johnson[said]... “We come from this land. Everything our ancestors left us is preserved in the forest, so why should we give up our forest?”...