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Brazilian criminal deforestation network still active despite arrests and embargo

20.03.2017 Although land occupied by the notorious Jotinha network is officially embargoed, reports claims workers “are still fattening cattle on these properties”

Brazilian presidential decree “a Christmas present to land grabbers”

28.02.2017 Civil society accuse government of effectively granting amnesty to illegal farmers

False documents facilitate illegal sale of land in Brazilian indigenous reserve

13.02.2017 Deforestation of a reserve in Rondonia has intensified after false documents were allegedly drawn up to illegally sell off land

Greenpeace denounces amnesty to illegal cattle ranchers in Brazil’s Jamanxim National Forest

31.01.2017 Since interim measure passed to reduce size of forest, more than 750,000 hectares of land has been cleared

Hacking, wiretaps, slavery and money laundering: How agents and indigenous people busted a massive Bad Ag gang in Brazil

20.12.2016 Investigations by federal agents expose an operation making millions from agriculture, facilitated by hacking, satellite analysis and slave labour

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

Thousands of fires linked to agriculture wreak havoc in Amazon

28.11.2016 Thousands of illegal forest fires linked to cattle ranching and agriculture caused considerable damage to the Brazilian Amazon in 2016

Why voluntary policies will not stop deforestation

21.11.2016 It is essential that the corporate zero deforestation movement is harnessed to push for the necessary actions by governments

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