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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
Greenpeace denounces amnesty to illegal cattle ranchers in Brazil’s Jamanxim National Forest
31.01.2017 Since interim measure passed to reduce size of forest, more than 750,000 hectares of land has been cleared
Illegal agricultural plantations driving disappearance of ‘Intact Forest Landscapes’ worldwide
26.01.2017 More than 7 per cent of the area of these uniquely valuable ‘untouched’ forests were degraded or cleared between 2001 and 2013
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
Indigenous communities face violence from agribusiness in Argentina
12.12.2016 Yaki Cachi Bajo Hondo indigenous community have suffered harassment, threats and attacks by armed groups connected to agribusiness in northern Argentina
Thousands of fires linked to agriculture wreak havoc in Amazon
28.11.2016 Thousands of illegal forest fires linked to cattle ranching and agriculture caused considerable damage to the Brazilian Amazon in 2016
Illegal deforestation an ‘organised economic activity’ in Amazon municipality
10.11.2016 A new report shows how illegally-established cattle ranches have contributed to the loss of thousands of hectares of rainforest in Lábrea, in the state of Amazonas
What the EU must do to address its role in deforestation and meet its UN commitments
26.10.2016 The EU will not meet their commitments without concerted action to reduce its role in the trade, production and consumption of products grown on land that has been deforested
Rising deforestation for agriculture in Peru indigenous reserve
29.09.2016 Satellite analysis identified “rapidly increasing” deforestation due to agriculture and cattle ranching in protected indigenous forests
