(MENAFN- Somali Land Sun) Despite legal contract Chinese firm BHP denied access to Cal-Madow Frankincense producers
Asli Maydi export contract with Chinese firm BHP puts Somaliland frankincense in Peril
Somalilandsun-Lastweek the BeijingHuamiaoPharmaceuticals (BHP) company tried to visit Cal=Madawfrankincense site to invest harvesters and conduct environment research. But the communityboycott the Chineseto visit the Cal-Madaw. AlthoughtheAsliMaydiCompany Chairman,MrBarkhadHassanwiththe chairman of Somaliland National Frankincense Association.Were ledthe Chinese BHP delegates. They were informed thechiefelders that the BHPCompanywerecommitted to investmentcommunityprojectsincludes,Boarding Schools, Hospital, 20 warehouses to store frankincense and Myrrh, build 43 Km road fromErigavoto Cal-Madaw, fuel station,Permaculture.Archaeo-tourism, and rare earth elements investment, as well asgrantfor job creation, throughthe leverageAsliMaydiCompanyandTrisomFoundation.andthey have signed Memorandaand other lucrative projects.
But, EngSoranAliWarsame.Who is Somaliland U.Scitizen wereboycott to letChinese deals with Cal-Madaw, and saidwehavealready fed upwithChinese poor products,andtheyarenot good for environment.Moreover,harvestersdecidesthat they are nowwilling and do sell to U.S Companieswho offers them the best price. They indicated theydo not force tosellChinese BHP or represented middlemen. A fact that creates hostility, isolation against Cal-Madawcommunity backing by the government and frankincense companies exporters in Somaliland.This is substantiated by the ability of an US based company,Boswellness, which has no kin ties to the harvestersinterestingto buy directly from them.
Cal-madawfrankincense harvesters are lacking basic fair trade.While Cal-Madawcommunities facing food insecurity,lack of access clean water, lack of access medical and education.Even though,Frankincense is the second largest export in Somaliland, after livestock. Thousands of people and dozens of communities directly rely on the frankincense trade, which generates in excess of$50million per year. Both demand and resin prices have steadily risenexponentiallysince 2014, as more and more international buyers seek to add the resin or oil to their products.have been disturbed and interruptedby the three Somaliland Frankincense Export Ltd. alsohijacks aid anddevelopment projects intendedto help Cal-Madawfrankincensecommunity by international organizations.
The frankincense companies create problemsof "domestic terrorism" is examined along with an assessment of the government's difficulty in addressing it. Domestic terrorists--people who commit crimes within the homeland and draw inspiration from Somaliland.-based businesses funds terroristsmovements--have not received as much attention from law enforcement as their violent jihadist counterparts,
However,Frankincense Fair Tradestandards have neverbeen metby middle men. In a study of Somaliland Frankincense producers (harvesters) in Somaliland,Wefound zeroFair Trade policy rules and regulations. Absence ofFair Tradefrankincense most harvesters are exchange food for frankincense,receive lowest prices, and lack ofwork standards,frankincense women sorter get $2 each per day in, andabsence ofenvironmentally friendly methods.
International Frankincense Fair Trade certification would be recommended to have suchunrecognized countries likeSomaliland. InvolvedUN Environmental agenciesand UNESCOto have check and balance such endangered environment.So as to, benefit Somaliland frankincense harvesters Communities. UNESCO International Fair Trade certification is needed.
See Copy of frankincense export Contract between Ali Maydi company and CHINA BEIJING HUAMIAO PHARMACEUTICALS (BHP) below
Frankincense harvesters in Sanaag region of Somaliland victims of unscrupulous traders International outlined common standards used by Fair Trade organizations for Fair Trade certification:of harvesters have food security, water, health clinics and schools
•consumerscountries companiesbrought directly fromharvesters •Guaranteed minimum (floor) prices to producers; fair wages tolaborers, social development premium •Advance credit or payment to producers •Democratically run producer cooperatives or workplaces •Long-term contracts and trading relationships •Environmentally sustainable production practices •Public accountability and financial transparency •Financial and technical assistance to producers •Safe,no exploitiveworking conditions We also condemned Somaliland Frankincensemiddle menconflict of interestsspecially,Ismail Import,SomGum andAsliMaydiCompany are threat toErigavosecurity and Environment.Marginalized and exploited Somaliland frankincense harvesters are demanding from the international companies, environmental activities to completely review international fair tradecertification from source(harvesters) to destination.(end consumer)
Furthermore, creating Somaliland nationalfrankincense association,intendedpoliciesare confiscatingharvester'sbasicrights?While nominatedchairman and vice chairman areincompetent,evencan'tspell basic terminology ofBosiwelia.
Reasonablybelieve to be a 'questionable bycovering the trade intermediary between Somaliland Frankincense Exports and Al-ShababGalgalaFrankincense.Wehave also confirmsthat thevice chairmanof Somaliland Frankincense association were familiar frankincense trade facilitator b/w the Al-shababGalgalafrankincensebeneficiaryand Somaliland Frankincense exporters.Activitiesthat isinconsistent withglobal commons, anti terrorlawspolicy, or any other 'highly sensitive matter that would 'call into question trading with terrorists and money laundryactivities.
Investigative Journalist Ahmed Ali AbdiWe don't think it's an exaggeration to say that the Somaliland andGalgalafrankincense middle men weremasterminded tocreate and sponsors unknownarmy called Guardian(gaadh-Haye) led byCol.MaxamedJamaIndho-yare. Whosetake ordersneither Somaliland norPuntland.In order toprotecttheGalgalafrankincense notmainlyexports inthePuntland, prevent any international buyer try directly brought from harvesters.That is based onmutual benefit and mutual respectof the supply-chain.so far, blood money from the Frankincense remains dual use. While Somalilandfrankincense harvesterslack the basic right of fair trade.
Politicized Aid and Development by the International Nongovernment Organizations and Local Nongovernment Organizations animosity against Cal-MadawCommunities harvesters to have any kind of aid and development since 1980 and so far, is too far exceptional to be ignored.
Cal-Madawharvesters accused wealthy frankincense exporters divert s aid and investments to Al-shababGalgalafrankincense. A fact discovered more secrets than answers. New information surfaces about fund source of Al-shababGalgala, raising international security concerns. We discover shocking information alarming threat to thePuntlandhomeland security. Such investigation takes an unexpected turn, and much more than we ever could have imagined.
Science and Securityissuesrelated to frankincenseisdual use of biological and chemical technology.The Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security (IEDS) is atransdisciplinaryresearchcanterdedicated to both the study and practice of techniques that resolve environmental conflicts, and to using ecological processes as tools of positive and negative. The frankincense chemical compositions have more than 330 chemical elements. And might also called, improvised Explosive Devices (IEDS)
Therefore, Horn Africa stands at critical moment with several complex issues related to science and security.
Dr.SaleemH. Ali is Director and Professor at the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland,and Australia.
Dr.AnjanetteDeCarlois Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at St. Michael's College, Vermont. Her focus is on environment,
Disclaimer: This case has been prepared as the basis for discussion and collective learning rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of an administrative situation.
The author Ahmed Ali Abdi is an Investigative Journalist from Sanaag region currently based in Hargeisa Somaliland This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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