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Major US pension fund invested in illegal deforestation

16.05.2017 Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, which manages funds for more than five million people, held $172m in Southeast Asian palm oil firms as of March

Narco cash laundered into large-scale agriculture in Central America

16.05.2017 A new study comparing forest loss and cocaine busts supports the theory that drug money is being laundered into agribusiness

Fires rage in Bolivia as deforestation for beef and soy continues to surge

27.04.2017 New data on land fires in Bolivia indicates that the surge in illegal forest conversion for large-scale commercial agriculture and cattle ranching is accelerating

80% increase in deforestation in Brazilian conservation units linked to agribusiness and cuts to enforcement

24.04.2017 Imazon study reveals deforestation within conservation units in the Amazon increased by 80% between 2012 and 2015

Swiss banks bankrolling illegal deforestation in Africa and East Asia

24.03.2017 Report exposed links between country's banks and some of world’s largest palm oil firms

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”

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