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Critics round on Bolivia authorities for prioritising agribusiness over deforestation crisis
31.01.2020 New legislations in Santa Cruz and Beni could see millions of hectares of forest destroyed for agribusiness as indigenous leaders say an “emergency” is unfolding
EU risks buying 'illegally produced' Mexican avocados as imports surge 70%
29.01.2020 Criminal groups now “embedded in the entire supply chain” of production in Michoacán where violence, extortion and illegal land clearing are rife
'Fake' permits underpin world’s biggest palm oil project in Indonesian Papua
20.12.2019 Local officials reported to their superiors as long ago as 2013 that all seven plantation operation permits at the 2,800 square kilometre “Tanah Merah” project were faked, but no action taken
Mystery shrouds firm set to clear 60,000 hectares of Cameroon forest for palm oil
20.12.2019 Camvert Sarl named as company behind a planned palm oil development that locals and activists fear will put communities and native forests at risk
A mystery multinational linked to Colombia's dairy deforestation
25.10.2019 Illegal land clearances in Amazon national parks are being driven by the dairy industry; now, the government is targeting the rogue cattle ranchers supplying a global corporation
Pressure builds on big economies to address commodity import risks in wake of Amazon fires
03.09.2019 G7 and UK Amazon aid pledges are meagre compared to their Brazilian beef purchases
Independent audit reveals Indonesia’s biggest palm oil project still hidden from RSPO
23.07.2019 HSA Group has denied ties to contentious mega-project, but new Earthsight research shows staff links between Yemeni firm and the Papua project
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
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
