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Illegal Deforestation Monitor
IDM tracks illegalities relating to conversion of forests for export-oriented agribusiness, the largest driver of global deforestation Continue reading
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
As the Amazon burns, UK supermarkets still sell beef from firm fined for illegal deforestation
23.08.2019 Sainsbury’s and Morrisons among those stocking corned beef from JBS – the meatpacking giant fined £6.5m for illegal deforestation
Brazil senators and NGOs attempt to oust environment minister for failing to protect Amazon
23.08.2019 Opposition politicians submit impeachment request, while 50 civil society groups call for investigation into Ricardo Salles for improper conduct and ‘paralysing’ environmental action
Activists face deadly risks in protecting lands from global agribusiness
07.08.2019 Global Witness report documents dangers for world’s land defenders as 164 activists murdered in 2018 with almost 20 per cent of killings linked to commodity-driven cultivation disputes
Brazilian authorities bust corruption scheme behind “extensive” illegal deforestation for cattle
17.05.2019 More than a dozen law enforcement agents and cattle ranchers arrested over corruption, money laundering and illegal deforestation
Bad beef: UK retailers feed illegal deforestation fears as JBS corned beef imports persist
05.05.2019 JBS has faced multiple corruption charges and was fined £6.5m in 2017 for illegal Amazon deforestation yet Sainsbury's, Lidl and Morrisons among supermarkets selling its corned beef
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
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
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
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
