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EU risks buying 'illegally produced' Mexican avocados as imports surge 70%
29.01.2020 Criminal groups are “embedded in the entire supply chain” in Michoacán, where violence, extortion and illegal land clearing are rife
Record forest fires are fanning the flames of Nicaragua’s deforestation crisis
18.12.2019 Weak governance and an expanding export-oriented agribusiness model fuel outbreak
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
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
Pressure builds on big economies to address commodity import risks in wake of Amazon fires
03.09.2019 G7 and UK Amazon aid pledges are meagre compared to their Brazilian beef purchases
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
Global appetite for avocados drives deforestation in Mexico
30.07.2019 Rise in exports leaves authorities tackling growing number of illegal operators
Cargill dubbed ‘worst company in world’ in damning Mighty Earth report
19.07.2019 US commodities giant given the malign moniker amid tide of illegal deforestation, child labour and environmental abuse allegations across its global supply chains
As EU demand for its cocoa surges, illegal deforestation threatens to destroy 'critical forest corridor' in Nigeria
31.05.2019 Afi River Forest Reserve is losing 'large tracts' of primary forest believed to be a result of illegal land clearing for cocoa cultivation
