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Malaysian politician under fire for suspect oil palm deal near UNESCO site that led to alleged illegal deforestation
13.05.2019 Sarawak Governor Abdul Taib Mahmud is accused of granting favourable leases to firm which later allegedly carried out illegal deforestation of timber
What we learned from two years investigating corrupt land deals in Indonesia
08.05.2019
And what it says about how to fix the nation’s deforestation and land rights crisis
Governor and businessmen in Colombia accused of land grabbing and illegal deforestation
08.05.2019 Business connections of Guaviare governor Nebio Echeverry Cadavid alleged to be behind displacement of locals and illegal oil palm cultivation
Oil palm expansion in the Philippines leading to illegal deforestation and rights abuses
29.04.2019 Indigenous groupd and civil society denounce illegal clearing of pristine forests and rights violations by oil palm companies
Bolloré loses defamation appeal against media company that exposed SOCFIN’s rights violations in Cameroon
22.04.2019 French documentary revealed poor working conditions and child labour at Socapalm, a Socfin palm oil subsidiary in Cameroon
Europe must not be complicit in Bolsonaro’s attacks on forests
15.04.2019 New civil society briefing calls on the EU and its member states to guarantee they will not be complicit in Bolsonaro’s dismantling of environmental protections in Brazil
French retailers failing to comply with due diligence law for soy imports
11.04.2019 Companies including Burger King, E.Leclerc and Lidl among those failing to adequately monitor their supply chains in Latin America
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
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
