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Brazilian presidential decree “a Christmas present to land grabbers”
28.02.2017 Civil society accuse government of effectively granting amnesty to illegal farmers
Cambodian government awards sawmill license to ag firm operating in protected area
14.02.2017 Lim Royal linked to forestry crimes as recently as last year, with an earlier government report claiming that 264 cubic metres of illegal timber previously seized on its land
False documents facilitate illegal sale of land in Brazilian indigenous reserve
13.02.2017 Deforestation of a reserve in Rondonia has intensified after false documents were allegedly drawn up to illegally sell off land
Hacking, wiretaps, slavery and money laundering: How agents and indigenous people busted a massive Bad Ag gang in Brazil
20.12.2016 Investigations by federal agents expose an operation making millions from agriculture, facilitated by hacking, satellite analysis and slave labour
PNG Prime Minister says SABLs are being cancelled…but is it more of the same?
20.12.2016 The Government failed to cancel controversial and destructive large-scale agricultural leases, more than three years after promising to do so
Pulp giant ‘misinterprets’ peat canal blocking decree, constructs canal
19.12.2016 Pulp and paper giant April has carved a 3 km canal through carbon-rich peatlands in Sumatra in violation of Indonesian government regulations
Global network of scientists recognises importance of illegal forest conversion for agribusiness
04.12.2016 A new study by International Union of Forest Research Organisations highlighted illegal conversion as one of four major ‘trends’ in illegal logging worldwide
