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Bolivia approves GM soy cultivation for biofuel use, stoking fears of more illegal forest loss
09.04.2019 South American country to persist with an alarming upward trend of forest loss, more than 50% of which was illegal in 2017
Not a single company on track to meet 2020 zero-deforestation deadline
27.03.2019 Forest 500 report shows no palm oil, soy, cattle or timber firm that committed to eliminate deforestation from supply chains by 2020 will meet that goal
Groups warn Bolsonaro seeks to turn indigenous people into slave labour for big ag
18.03.2019 Since coming to power, President Jair Bolsonaro has taken controversial steps to undermine environmental and indigenous protections
Sugar industry faces new complaint over Thai firm’s violations in Cambodia
12.03.2019 Over 700 Cambodian families allegedly displaced in 2008 and 2009 to make way for sugar plantations have recently filed a complaint in the UK against Bonsucro
A quarter of Brazil’s new congress tainted by campaign donations from illegal deforesters
04.03.2019 A new Repórter Brasil investigations finds illegal land clearers and parties linked to slave labour backed congress members
Oil palm expansion in Nicaragua threatening local communities and forest conservation
11.02.2019 A palm oil company has allegedly expanded its oil palm cultivations without the necessary environmental permits and driven local farmers to occupy lands at a protected area
Corruption and land trafficking in Peru’s Ucayali leading to deforestation for rice and palm
18.01.2019 Local officials in the Amazon region arrested over links to land trafficking and illicit plantation deals
Oil palm firms linked to land grabbing, illegal deforestation, pollution in Latin America
14.01.2019 A new investigation on Latin America's palm oil sector has laid bare a series of illegalities, deforestation, environmental pressures, and conflicts with local communities
