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Firms filmed exploiting peatland forest in West Kalimantan
29.08.2017 An Indonesian company and its Chinese partner pushed ahead with an industrial wood plantation, flouting a moratorium on the drainage and exploitation of lands
Palm oil encroaching on protected areas in Chiapas, Mexico, driving “clandestine” deforestation
29.06.2017 Illegal oil palm development is playing a leading role in deforestation in the Mexican state, according to a government source interviewed by a reporter for Mongabay
Ag drives deforestation in Atlantic Forests back to 2005 levels
28.06.2017 A 58% increase in deforestation rate in the Atlantic Forest with the majority of the 29,000 hectares deforested between 2015 and 2016 cleared illegally
Illegal palm oil concession generates flood of timber, greenwashed by Indonesia’s flagship certification scheme
26.06.2017 A new report reveals how company previously exposed has continued operating illegally, by clearing after permits expired and beyond the boundaries of its concession
Brazilian presidential decree “a Christmas present to land grabbers”
28.02.2017 Civil society accuse government of effectively granting amnesty to illegal farmers
Cambodian government awards sawmill license to ag firm operating in protected area
14.02.2017 Lim Royal linked to forestry crimes as recently as last year, with an earlier government report claiming that 264 cubic metres of illegal timber previously seized on its land
