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Fires rage in Bolivia as deforestation for beef and soy continues to surge
27.04.2017 New data on land fires in Bolivia indicates that the surge in illegal forest conversion for large-scale commercial agriculture and cattle ranching is accelerating
Booming beef exports fuel forest clearances and violence in Nicaragua’s Bosawás Reserve
15.04.2017 Humboldt Centre estimate that the biodiversity hotspot has lost more than 92,000 hectares of forest cover since 2011
Palm oil expansion in Philippines threatens return to illegal clearances
15.03.2017 Campaigners warn of massive palm oil expansion in province of Palawan
Cambodian government awards sawmill license to ag firm operating in protected area
14.02.2017 Lim Royal linked to forestry crimes as recently as last year, with an earlier government report claiming that 264 cubic metres of illegal timber previously seized on its land
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
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
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
