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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
Narco cash laundered into large-scale agriculture in Central America
16.05.2017 A new study comparing forest loss and cocaine busts supports the theory that drug money is being laundered into agribusiness
Fires rage in Bolivia as deforestation for beef and soy continues to surge
27.04.2017 New data on land fires in Bolivia indicates that the surge in illegal forest conversion for large-scale commercial agriculture and cattle ranching is accelerating
80% increase in deforestation in Brazilian conservation units linked to agribusiness and cuts to enforcement
24.04.2017 Imazon study reveals deforestation within conservation units in the Amazon increased by 80% between 2012 and 2015
Booming beef exports fuel forest clearances and violence in Nicaragua’s Bosawás Reserve
15.04.2017 Humboldt Centre estimate that the biodiversity hotspot has lost more than 92,000 hectares of forest cover since 2011
Illegal deforestation for avocado production in Mexico spreads as US relaxes import controls
03.04.2017 Mexican authorities revealed this week that pine forests have been illegally felled to make way for an avocado plantation in a nature reserve in the country’s Mexico state
