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Grand Theft Chaco II: The Vice Continues
13.10.2021 One year on, failed response from Paraguayan government and leather industry to the scandal demonstrates urgent need for new laws
An Illustrated guide to Europe’s role in Paraguay forest destruction
21.07.2021 Supply chain graphic shows how EU car leather helps fuel the loss of indigenous land in South America
Paraguay's Looted Lands
26.02.2021 How war, trade and dictatorship created the world’s worst deforestation crisis
Impunity for German car giants assured after ethical supply chain law gutted
23.02.2021 German Cabinet set to approve “toothless” law that fails forests and indigenous peoples
Car giants fuel illegal destruction of South American forests inhabited by uncontacted tribe
30.09.2020 From the forests of Paraguay to global auto brands
Grand Theft Chaco: The luxury cars made with leather from the stolen lands of an uncontacted tribe
30.09.2020 A new Earthsight investigation links the illegal clearance of South American forest inhabited by one of the world’s last uncontacted tribes with some of Europe’s biggest car brands
New ISPO regulation underpinning Indonesian palm oil diplomacy branded as 'regressive'
30.04.2020 Recent “reform” of palm oil sustainability scheme criticised for threatening forests and human rights
Indonesian timber auditors to probe allegations of faked permits for $6bn of wood
27.02.2020 In a test for its EU-backed timber legality scheme, auditors investigate allegations that a vast logging and timber operation in Papua is underpinned by fake oil palm permits
Concerns over deforestation – much of it illegal – could see palm oil demand drop for first time in 20 years
24.06.2019 Palm oil demand depressed as EU buyers resist long-term deals while awaiting greater regulatory action
