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Choice Cuts: how European & US BBQs are fuelled by a hidden deforestation crisis in South America
05.07.2017 How European & US BBQs are fuelled by a hidden deforestation crisis in South America
EU deforestation conference considers action on Bad Ag
23.06.2017 The conference came in the wake of the European Parliament’s recent resolution on the issue, which supported strong measures
Illegal deforestation and the flawed focus on corporate voluntary actions
12.06.2017 Globally, the problem is getting worse, not better, and corporate zero deforestation commitments may actually be distracting attention from other actions that could have greater impacts
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
Illegal deforestation for avocado production in Mexico spreads as US relaxes import controls
03.04.2017 Mexican authorities revealed this week that pine forests have been illegally felled to make way for an avocado plantation in a nature reserve in the country’s Mexico state
Global network of scientists recognises importance of illegal forest conversion for agribusiness
04.12.2016 A new study by International Union of Forest Research Organisations highlighted illegal conversion as one of four major ‘trends’ in illegal logging worldwide
