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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
