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Family of North Sumatra Deputy Governor implicated in illegal conversion of protected forests for oil palm

13.02.2019 The North Sumatra Regional Police has named Musa Idishah, better known as Dodi Shah, as a suspect in a case of illegal deforestation of protected areas 

A Roadmap to Failure

07.02.2019 Why the EU’s action plan on deforestation must be beefed up to be effective

Illegal cattle ranching in protected Rondônia reserve has wiped out nearly half its forests

23.01.2019 Large-scale cattle ranchers are illegally rearing an estimated 100,000 heads of cattle at the Jaci-Paraná extractive reserve in the Amazon state 

Corruption and land trafficking in Peru’s Ucayali leading to deforestation for rice and palm

18.01.2019 Local officials in the Amazon region arrested over links to land trafficking and illicit plantation deals 

Oil palm firms linked to land grabbing, illegal deforestation, pollution in Latin America

14.01.2019 A new investigation on Latin America's palm oil sector has laid bare a series of illegalities, deforestation, environmental pressures, and conflicts with local communities

As EU demand for soy grows, illegal deforestation gathers pace in Argentina

09.01.2019 Despite a political backlash, illegal deforestation, driven by growing soy and beef production, continues in country's northern provinces

Battles over future of protected areas in Rondonia provide a taste of Brazil's upcoming struggle

06.12.2018 One of Brazil’s most deforested states locked in a political and legal battle between its executive and legislative branches over newly-created protected areas

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