Illegal Deforestation Monitor

IDM tracks illegalities relating to conversion of forests for export-oriented agribusiness, the largest driver of global deforestation Continue reading

Narco cash laundered into large-scale agriculture in Central America

16.05.2017 A new study comparing forest loss and cocaine busts supports the theory that drug money is being laundered into agribusiness

Illegal deforestation for avocado production in Mexico spreads as US relaxes import controls

03.04.2017 Mexican authorities revealed this week that pine forests have been illegally felled to make way for an avocado plantation in a nature reserve in the country’s Mexico state

Brazilian presidential decree “a Christmas present to land grabbers”

28.02.2017 Civil society accuse government of effectively granting amnesty to illegal farmers

False documents facilitate illegal sale of land in Brazilian indigenous reserve

13.02.2017 Deforestation of a reserve in Rondonia has intensified after false documents were allegedly drawn up to illegally sell off land

Greenpeace uncovers illegal deforestation of more than 40,000 hectares of protected forests in Argentina

27.01.2017 Satellite image analysis points to widespread forest loss in several states believed to be for soy and fruit cultivation

Why voluntary policies will not stop deforestation

21.11.2016 It is essential that the corporate zero deforestation movement is harnessed to push for the necessary actions by governments

Deforestation from avocado production in Mexico higher than previously thought

14.11.2016 The country's attoerny general has claimed up to 8,000 hectares of forests cleared each year to for avocado orchards in the state of Michoacán

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