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

Indonesian anti-corruption body denounces deforestation license for oil palm giant guilty of wrongdoing

18.02.2019 Ministry of Environment and Forestry asked to review its decision to authorise the conversion of 10,000 hectares of forest in Central Sulawesi into oil palm plantations

Family of North Sumatra Deputy Governor implicated in illegal conversion of protected forests for oil palm

13.02.2019 The North Sumatra Regional Police has named Musa Idishah, better known as Dodi Shah, as a suspect in a case of illegal deforestation of protected areas 

Oil palm expansion in Nicaragua threatening local communities and forest conservation

11.02.2019 A palm oil company has allegedly expanded its oil palm cultivations without the necessary environmental permits and driven local farmers to occupy lands at a protected area

Illegal cattle ranching in protected Rondônia reserve has wiped out nearly half its forests

23.01.2019 Large-scale cattle ranchers are illegally rearing an estimated 100,000 heads of cattle at the Jaci-Paraná extractive reserve in the Amazon state 

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