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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
An Earthsight response to Paraguay's environment ministry
12.11.2020 Statement follows MADES response to our publication of whistleblower accounts from the ministry
Inside Paraguay's environment ministry: Karen's story
11.11.2020 A former employee speaks out about the culture of corruption that pervades the ministry
EU needs new laws to ban global deforestation in product supply chains
23.05.2019 Respondents surveyed in 25 countries believe EU should introduce laws to outlaw goods being sold that harm the environment and the result of deforestation
Deforestation in the Chaco spikes in the wake of “illegal” presidential decree stripping back environmental safeguards
31.01.2018 Satellite imagery points to an increase last October after Paraguay’s president issued a potentially illegal decree allowing cattle ranchers to evade restrictions
“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
Ill-Gotten Lands: Deforestation and isolation in Paraguay’s Gran Chaco
21.09.2016 Illegal land grabs and cattle ranching are driving deforestation in Paraguay’s Gran Chaco, threatening the isolated Ayoreo people
