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Illegal Deforestation Monitor
IDM tracks illegalities relating to conversion of forests for export-oriented agribusiness, the largest driver of global deforestation Continue reading
Major US pension fund invested in illegal deforestation
16.05.2017 Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, which manages funds for more than five million people, held $172m in Southeast Asian palm oil firms as of March
Swiss banks bankrolling illegal deforestation in Africa and East Asia
24.03.2017 Report exposed links between country's banks and some of world’s largest palm oil firms
Illegal operations common feature of palm oil-driven conflicts
20.12.2016 Conflicts between communities and companies and between communities and the government, have proliferated across areas of Indonesia targeted for plantations
Riau network urges government to prosecute forest encroachment
16.12.2016 Analysis of plantations suggests majority of oil palm sites operating without permission
Illegal palm oil encroaches on Aceh’s largest peatswamp
24.11.2016 The Indonesian province lost more than 4,000 hectares of forest in the first half of 2016, largely due to “legally questionable, if not downright illegal” palm oil expansion
Investigation raises doubts over police decision to drop forest fire prosecutions
23.11.2016 A decision by Indonesian police to drop a criminal investigation into the use of fire to clear forest dubbed fundamentally flawed and contrary to the evidence
Conversion of national park threatens orangutans and elephants
19.10.2016 NGOs affiliated with the Mount Leuser National Park Rescue Coalition have urged Indonesia's president to take immediate action to stop illegal deforestation
121 palm oil mills linked to illegal land in Riau
14.10.2016 More than half of palm oil mills in Riau may be linked to illegal plantations, according the chairman of a parliamentary commission in the Sumatran province
