Illegal Deforestation Monitor

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

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

How land grabbers weaponise indigenous ritual against Papuans

28.03.2019 An interview with anthropologist Sophie Chao discussing how plantation firms influence and exploit indigenous communities

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

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

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