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Brazilian Amazon hit by worst deforestation rate in a decade

06.12.2018 Between August 2017 and July 2018, 7,900 square kilometres of native forest were lost mostly to illegal logging and agricultural expansion

Comment: Bolsonaro has pledged to strip environmental protections. The EU can make those decisions hurt

06.12.2018 The Brazil president-elect's destructive impulses must be reined in, and EU policymakers must be galvanized into action, writes Fern's Nicole Polsterer

Brazil in Focus: What does Bolsonaro mean for ‘bad ag’ and the forests?

06.12.2018 With an aggressive agribusiness lobby tapped into the political establishment, the picture for the forests of Brazil is looking bleak

US flooring giant buying tropical wood from Brazilian firm at centre of illegal timber scandal

18.11.2018 Floor & Decor continues to buy from Indusparquet despite the company being fined $170,000 for allegedly using fraudulent operating permits

Ukraine PM announces crackdown on illegal logging and timber corruption

18.07.2018 

 Volodymyr Groysman pledges crackdown on rogue operations and appeals to EU for help, in wake of Earthsight investigation

Complicit in Corruption: How billion-dollar firms and EU governments are failing Ukraine's forests

14.07.2018 How billion-dollar firms and EU governments are failing Ukraine's forests

Are US investors aware of the legal risks of forest crimes?

12.07.2018 Climate Advisers examine the potential for investors in the US to be prosecuted for forest crimes that took place in other jurisdictions

Brazilian man goes on the run, accused of multiple murders - but US timber company still among top customers

26.04.2018 Despite illegal logging record and links to a brutal Amazon massacre, Industrial Pine Products continues to buy the tropical timber

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