Major US pension fund invested in illegal deforestation

16.05.2017 Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, which manages funds for more than five million people, held $172m in Southeast Asian palm oil firms as of March

Swiss banks bankrolling illegal deforestation in Africa and East Asia

24.03.2017 Report exposed links between country's banks and some of world’s largest palm oil firms

Palm oil expansion in Philippines threatens return to illegal clearances

15.03.2017 Campaigners warn of massive palm oil expansion in province of Palawan

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

Illegal operations common feature of palm oil-driven conflicts

20.12.2016 Conflicts between communities and companies and between communities and the government, have proliferated across areas of Indonesia targeted for plantations

Riau network urges government to prosecute forest encroachment

16.12.2016 Analysis of plantations suggests majority of oil palm sites operating without permission

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