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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
Illegal deforestation for avocado production in Mexico spreads as US relaxes import controls
03.04.2017 Mexican authorities revealed this week that pine forests have been illegally felled to make way for an avocado plantation in a nature reserve in the country’s Mexico state
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
