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Timber imports linked to Malaysian deforestation show UK falling behind in efforts to protect forests

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European leather sector tries to evade responsibility despite clear ties to deforestation

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Paraguay Senate seeks accountability from government following Earthsight illegal deforestation exposé

14.12.2021 Senators want answers from environment authorities over illegal clearances of indigenous lands that Earthsight linked to leather used by global car brands

Open letter: Paraguay must halt invasions, deforestation of indigenous Ayoreo lands

01.11.2021 A coalition of NGOs urge authorities to take action

Grand Theft Chaco II: The Vice Continues

13.10.2021 One year on, failed response from Paraguayan government and leather industry to the scandal demonstrates urgent need for new laws

NGOs allege Malaysian palm oil labour abuses violate US law, while EU legislation falls short

02.09.2019 Legal complaint targets Proctor & Gamble’s purchases from Felda Global Ventures and acknowledges global buyers from same plantations, but similar cases not possible in Europe

Deforestation in the Chaco spikes in the wake of “illegal” presidential decree stripping back environmental safeguards

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Top US plywood importer in league with one of the world's dirtiest timber companies

19.10.2017 Products made from the rainforests of Malaysian Borneo, supplied by a firm known to have bulldozed intact forests, abused indigenous people and propped up the regime of a billionaire kleptocrat

Choice Cuts: how European & US BBQs are fuelled by a hidden deforestation crisis in South America

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