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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
GVL rebuked for “coercing” communities in Liberia
28.03.2018 Investigation by the RSPO has found that Golden Veroleum Liberia coerced communities into giving their “consent” to palm oil project
Asian governments backing deforestation in Gabon and Cameroon
22.03.2018 An extract from Earthsight's The Coming Storm report exposes the connections between the Singaporean and Chinese governments and two of the projects which have cleared the most forest to-date
Indonesian National Strategic Area loses thousands of hectares of forest in 2017
22.01.2018 Almost 7,000 hectares of forest were destroyed in the Leuser Ecosystem, in the western Indonesian province of Aceh, in 2017
Colombian community activist who stood up to plantation firms is shot dead
22.12.2017 A community leader in Colombia who campaigned against the incursion of plantation companies into land and forests has reportedly been assassinated
Illegal deforestation hit big ag firms where it hurt – in the pocket
22.12.2017 A new analysis of three major agricultural firms implicated in illegal deforestation reveals how it affected profitability and huge losses for investors
