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Illegal deforestation drives dramatic rise in Brazilian emissions, eclipsing effects of recession

31.10.2017 Illegal deforestation drove the biggest increase in Brazilian greenhouse gas emissions for 13 years in 2016, despite a severe recession leading to lower emissions from nearly every sector

“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

Top US plywood importer in league with one of the world's dirtiest timber companies

19.10.2017 Products made from the rainforests of Malaysian Borneo, supplied by a firm known to have bulldozed intact forests, abused indigenous people and propped up the regime of a billionaire kleptocrat

Luxury US yachts being supplied with suspect Burmese teak

19.10.2017 There is rampant illegality and corruption in the logging industry in Myanmar. So why do two US firms continue to import large quantities of teak?

French firms continue to import high-risk logs from Africa

19.10.2017 Evidence compiled by Earthsight reveals that French companies are importing logs from dictatorships, conflict states and some of the most controversial logging companies

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