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EU risks buying 'illegally produced' Mexican avocados as imports surge 70%
29.01.2020 Criminal groups are “embedded in the entire supply chain” in Michoacán, where violence, extortion and illegal land clearing are rife
Illegal deforestation and child labour are the real horrors at Halloween
29.10.2019 Increasing global appetites for chocolate during the holiday period will benefit a cocoa industry that has failed to reform for two decades
Global appetite for avocados drives deforestation in Mexico
30.07.2019 Rise in exports leaves authorities tackling growing number of illegal operators
Cargill dubbed ‘worst company in world’ in damning Mighty Earth report
19.07.2019 US commodities giant given the malign moniker amid tide of illegal deforestation, child labour and environmental abuse allegations across its global supply chains
As EU demand for its cocoa surges, illegal deforestation threatens to destroy 'critical forest corridor' in Nigeria
31.05.2019 Afi River Forest Reserve is losing 'large tracts' of primary forest believed to be a result of illegal land clearing for cocoa cultivation
Not a single company on track to meet 2020 zero-deforestation deadline
27.03.2019 Forest 500 report shows no palm oil, soy, cattle or timber firm that committed to eliminate deforestation from supply chains by 2020 will meet that goal
Global markets help sustain political power of agribusiness lobby in Brazil’s congress
25.09.2018 A damning report by Amazon Watch has shed light on the commercial links between European and US companies and agribusinesses in Brazil connected to illegalities
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
