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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
How land grabbers weaponise indigenous ritual against Papuans
28.03.2019 An interview with anthropologist Sophie Chao discussing how plantation firms influence and exploit indigenous communities
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
Military open fire on DRC communities protesting oil palm development
22.03.2019 Tensions between local communities in DRC and Canadian oil palm company Feronia have escalated in recent months
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
Indonesian palm oil company embroiled in lawsuit for burning forest in Kalimantan
07.03.2019 PT Arjuna Utama Sawit, a Musim Mas supplier, has also been connected to land conflicts and the illegal clearing of peatland
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
