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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
Illegal ranching and cattle smuggling threatens protected areas in Lacandon Jungle
29.03.2018 Protected areas within the Central American jungle are increasingly being targeted by ranching and human settlements
Deforestation in the Chaco spikes in the wake of “illegal” presidential decree stripping back environmental safeguards
31.01.2018 Satellite imagery points to an increase last October after Paraguay’s president issued a potentially illegal decree allowing cattle ranchers to evade restrictions
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
Why voluntary policies will not stop deforestation
21.11.2016 It is essential that the corporate zero deforestation movement is harnessed to push for the necessary actions by governments
