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Sugar industry faces new complaint over Thai firm’s violations in Cambodia
12.03.2019 Over 700 Cambodian families allegedly displaced in 2008 and 2009 to make way for sugar plantations have recently filed a complaint in the UK against Bonsucro
Corruption and land trafficking in Peru’s Ucayali leading to deforestation for rice and palm
18.01.2019 Local officials in the Amazon region arrested over links to land trafficking and illicit plantation deals
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
EU urged to regulate to stem deforestation in cocoa industry
13.07.2018 MEPs and NGOs urged the European Union to regulate to stem deforestation in the cocoa industry after the failure of voluntary measures
Asian governments backing deforestation in Gabon and Cameroon
22.03.2018 An extract from Earthsight's The Coming Storm report exposes the connections between the Singaporean and Chinese governments and two of the projects which have cleared the most forest to-date
The Coming Storm: Toxic mix of dodgy firms, impunity and collusion threaten Congo's rainforests
12.03.2018 Earthsight report released today documents the destruction of the forests of the Congo Basin for industrial palm oil and rubber plantations
Illegal clearance under the guise of old projects, as opacity reigns in DRC
12.03.2018 While no major green-field projects are known to have broken ground, our research indicates that illegal clearance of natural forest is occurring under the guise of projects to re-develop abandoned plantations
Hypocrisy and friends in high places in the Republic of Congo
12.03.2018 In an extract from The Coming Storm report, we explore how The Republic of Congo government’s stated aims to reduce deforestation contrast starkly with what is happening on the ground
