}

Huge ag investments by Africa’s richest man threaten expansion of illegal deforestation in Nigeria

17.07.2017 Secretive billionaire Aliko Dangote intends to invest nearly $5 billion in expanding oil palm, soy and sugarcane production in West Africa

Palm oil encroaching on protected areas in Chiapas, Mexico, driving “clandestine” deforestation

29.06.2017 Illegal oil palm development is playing a leading role in deforestation in the Mexican state, according to a government source interviewed by a reporter for Mongabay

Guatemalans wait for justice, two years on from toxic spill

01.06.2017 The toxic leak, which killed thousands of fish and river life, alleged caused by the palm oil firm Reforestadora de Palma del Petén SA  in Peten province

Denounced by government and RSPO, Peruvian plantation continues

26.05.2017 Plantaciones de Pucallpa has been the subject of suspensions, stop orders and fines by different government agencies for its illegal deforestation activities 

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

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

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

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