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Critics round on Bolivia authorities for prioritising agribusiness over deforestation crisis
31.01.2020 New legislation in Santa Cruz and Beni could see millions of hectares of forest destroyed for agribusiness
UK-based Equatorial Palm Oil under fire for alleged malpractice in Liberia
31.01.2020 Report calls for due diligence law to monitor UK-registered firms operating overseas
Poultry excuses? UK chicken retailers’ soy purchases aiding destruction of South American forests
24.01.2020 Supermarkets and fast-food outlets are under fire in a new report for buying soy for chicken feed from traders linked to illegal deforestation
Nestlé dumps Cargill’s Brazilian soy but persists with its palm oil, cocoa supplies
17.01.2020 Food giant's decision to stop sourcing Brazilian soy from Cargill is welcomed, but failure to act on other suspect supply chains raises questions
Open letter calling on Bolsonaro to protect Amazon exposes double standards
05.12.2019 Several signatories found by Earthsight to sell beef from firm linked to deforestation
“Every import is marked with our blood”: Brazil’s indigenous leaders protest in London
15.11.2019 Brazil’s indigenous leaders protest in London urging EU to ban purchases of deforestation-linked goods
Illegal deforestation and child labour are the real horrors at Halloween
29.10.2019 Increasing global appetites for chocolate during the holiday period will benefit a cocoa industry that has failed to reform for two decades
Barclays, HSBC among banks financing “most harmful agribusinesses” with $44bn
16.10.2019 Global Witness report claims more than 300 financial institutions funnelled money into global beef, leather, palm oil and rubber firms linked to deforestation
New York Declaration to halve global forest loss ‘impossible’ to achieve by 2020
19.09.2019 Another voluntary initiative to halt deforestation is set to fail as NYDF says its 200 members need to ‘dramatically escalate action’ in deforestation fight
British troops fed by corrupt Brazilian meat firm tied to illegal Amazon deforestation
17.09.2019 Ration packs used by armed forces have contained beef and chicken from JBS since 2009 and until at least 2016, new Earthsight research finds
