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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
Norwegian wealth fund divests from Alicorp over palm oil-linked destruction in Peruvian Amazon
10.03.2020 Alicorp purchased palm oil from the Ocho Sur plantation where a reported 7,000ha of forest was destroyed and indigenous communities displaced
JBS urged to improve ‘indirect’ supply chain monitoring
02.03.2020 Brazil’s environment commission wants to investigate the firm's traceability systems
Indonesian timber auditors to probe allegations of faked permits for $6bn of wood
27.02.2020 In a test for its EU-backed timber legality scheme, auditors investigate allegations that a vast logging and timber operation in Papua is underpinned by fake oil palm permits
Ongoing legal uncertainty risks more conflict at Indonesia palm site linked to murders
21.02.2020 Tension rising once more at KSU Amelia in Sumatra
Critics round on Bolivia authorities for prioritising agribusiness over deforestation crisis
31.01.2020 New legislations in Santa Cruz and Beni could see millions of hectares of forest destroyed for agribusiness as indigenous leaders say an “emergency” is unfolding
UK-based Equatorial Palm Oil under fire for alleged malpractice in Liberia
31.01.2020 Report calls for due diligence law to monitor UK-registered firms operating overseas
EU risks buying “illegally produced” Mexican avocados as imports surge 70%
29.01.2020 Criminal groups now “embedded in the entire supply chain” of production in Michoacán where violence, extortion and illegal land clearing are rife
Poultry excuses? UK chicken retailers’ soy purchases aiding destruction of South American forests
24.01.2020 Supermarkets and fast-food outlets under fire in new Greenpeace report for buying soy for chicken feed from commodity traders linked to illegal deforestation
