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“Illegal” decree strips protection from forest area size of Belgium, used by Paraguayan President to authorise clearance on own ranch
30.10.2017 The President of Paraguay issued a potentially illegal decree freeing cattle ranchers to accelerate the already catastrophically high rate of deforestation in the country’s Chaco region
Bad ag campaigner arbitrarily detained in Cameroon
27.10.2017 A campaigner against a controversial palm oil plantation in Cameroon has been arrested amid growing political tensions in the West African nation
New bad ag projects threaten Peruvian Amazon
19.10.2017
Cambodian NGO protesting land grab by government senator forced to close
13.10.2017 Equiatable Cambodia was supporting communities engaged in land dispute with a sugarcane company but now temporarily closed
Ghana’s outdated forestry laws allow deforestation for ag with impunity, study finds
04.10.2017 Ghana lost 75% of its forest cover between 1900 and 2010, and 2% of its forests continue to disappear every year
Most slaughterhouses in Brazilian Amazon operating without commitment to monitor their supply chains
26.09.2017 Over half of the slaughterhouses in the Brazilian Amazon are failing to monitor the farms that supply them with cattle
Killings highlight risks of land trafficking and corruption in Peruvian Amazon
18.09.2017 The slaughter of six farmers in the Peruvian Amazon has placed a spotlight on issues of land grabbing, corruption and illegal deforestation in the eastern region of Ucayali
