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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
Illegal ranching and cattle smuggling threatens protected areas in Lacandon Jungle
29.03.2018 Protected areas within the Central American jungle are increasingly being targeted by ranching and human settlements
Ivy League investment in Brazilian ag mired in allegations of land grabbing and illegal deforestation
29.03.2018 Harvard’s endowment fund invested in a vast farm plagued by allegations of illegal deforestation and violent expulsion of small-scale farmers
GVL rebuked for “coercing” communities in Liberia
28.03.2018 Investigation by the RSPO has found that Golden Veroleum Liberia coerced communities into giving their “consent” to palm oil project
Brazil Supreme Court ruling upholds amnesty to illegal deforesters as cash from bad ag flushes into the coffers of congressmen
28.03.2018 STF permits several controversial revisions to the Forest Code that will greenwash illegal deforestation
Communities denounce violence and human rights violations in the Brazilian Cerrado
28.03.2018 Civil society organisations issue statement denouncing the “alarming increase in violence and violations of rights of the communities
Asian governments backing deforestation in Gabon and Cameroon
22.03.2018 An extract from Earthsight's The Coming Storm report exposes the connections between the Singaporean and Chinese governments and two of the projects which have cleared the most forest to-date
