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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
Major US pension fund invested in illegal deforestation
16.05.2017 Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, which manages funds for more than five million people, held $172m in Southeast Asian palm oil firms as of March
Swiss banks bankrolling illegal deforestation in Africa and East Asia
24.03.2017 Report exposed links between country's banks and some of world’s largest palm oil firms
Palm oil expansion in Philippines threatens return to illegal clearances
15.03.2017 Campaigners warn of massive palm oil expansion in province of Palawan
Illegal agricultural plantations driving disappearance of ‘Intact Forest Landscapes’ worldwide
26.01.2017 More than 7 per cent of the area of these uniquely valuable ‘untouched’ forests were degraded or cleared between 2001 and 2013
Illegal operations common feature of palm oil-driven conflicts
20.12.2016 Conflicts between communities and companies and between communities and the government, have proliferated across areas of Indonesia targeted for plantations
Riau network urges government to prosecute forest encroachment
16.12.2016 Analysis of plantations suggests majority of oil palm sites operating without permission
