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Greenpeace alleges political collusion behind illegal deforestation for soy in Argentina

23.01.2018  Alejandro Jaime Braun Peña, a politically-connected businessman, accused of illegally clearing native forest in the province of Salta

Indonesian National Strategic Area loses thousands of hectares of forest in 2017

22.01.2018 Almost 7,000 hectares of forest were destroyed in the Leuser Ecosystem, in the western Indonesian province of Aceh, in 2017

Colombian community activist who stood up to plantation firms is shot dead

22.12.2017 A community leader in Colombia who campaigned against the incursion of plantation companies into land and forests has reportedly been assassinated


Illegal deforestation hit big ag firms where it hurt – in the pocket

22.12.2017 A new analysis of three major agricultural firms implicated in illegal deforestation reveals how it affected profitability and huge losses for investors

Shots fired at Peru's environmental defenders

21.12.2017 Shots reportedly fired at members of a community and indigenous peoples’ organisation investigating land invasions by an oil palm company

Big ag trader drops Guatemalan firm linked to toxic spill

21.12.2017 US agribusiness giant Cargill has suspended its business relationship with oil palm firm that caused toxic spill, impacted food security of thousands of families

Illegal plantations threaten Sumatran tiger with extinction

07.12.2017 Fewer than 600 of the species remain in the wild and expansion of illegal oil palm plantations into Indonesian national parks may lead to its extinction

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