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Illegal deforestation drives dramatic rise in Brazilian emissions, eclipsing effects of recession
31.10.2017 Illegal deforestation drove the biggest increase in Brazilian greenhouse gas emissions for 13 years in 2016, despite a severe recession leading to lower emissions from nearly every sector
“Illegal” decree strips protection from forest area size of Belgium, used by Paraguayan President to authorise clearance on own ranch
30.10.2017 The President of Paraguay issued a potentially illegal decree freeing cattle ranchers to accelerate the already catastrophically high rate of deforestation in the country’s Chaco region
Bad ag campaigner arbitrarily detained in Cameroon
27.10.2017 A campaigner against a controversial palm oil plantation in Cameroon has been arrested amid growing political tensions in the West African nation
Top US plywood importer in league with one of the world's dirtiest timber companies
19.10.2017 Products made from the rainforests of Malaysian Borneo, supplied by a firm known to have bulldozed intact forests, abused indigenous people and propped up the regime of a billionaire kleptocrat
Luxury US yachts being supplied with suspect Burmese teak
19.10.2017 There is rampant illegality and corruption in the logging industry in Myanmar. So why do two US firms continue to import large quantities of teak?
