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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
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
Hacking, wiretaps, slavery and money laundering: How agents and indigenous people busted a massive Bad Ag gang in Brazil
20.12.2016 Investigations by federal agents expose an operation making millions from agriculture, facilitated by hacking, satellite analysis and slave labour
PNG Prime Minister says SABLs are being cancelled…but is it more of the same?
20.12.2016 The Government failed to cancel controversial and destructive large-scale agricultural leases, more than three years after promising to do so
Pulp giant ‘misinterprets’ peat canal blocking decree, constructs canal
19.12.2016 Pulp and paper giant April has carved a 3 km canal through carbon-rich peatlands in Sumatra in violation of Indonesian government regulations
Indigenous communities face violence from agribusiness in Argentina
12.12.2016 Yaki Cachi Bajo Hondo indigenous community have suffered harassment, threats and attacks by armed groups connected to agribusiness in northern Argentina
Illegal palm oil encroaches on Aceh’s largest peatswamp
24.11.2016 The Indonesian province lost more than 4,000 hectares of forest in the first half of 2016, largely due to “legally questionable, if not downright illegal” palm oil expansion
Illegal deforestation an ‘organised economic activity’ in Amazon municipality
10.11.2016 A new report shows how illegally-established cattle ranches have contributed to the loss of thousands of hectares of rainforest in Lábrea, in the state of Amazonas
