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False documents facilitate illegal sale of land in Brazilian indigenous reserve
13.02.2017 Deforestation of a reserve in Rondonia has intensified after false documents were allegedly drawn up to illegally sell off land
Greenpeace denounces amnesty to illegal cattle ranchers in Brazil’s Jamanxim National Forest
31.01.2017 Since interim measure passed to reduce size of forest, more than 750,000 hectares of land has been cleared
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
Hacking, wiretaps, slavery and money laundering: How agents and indigenous people busted a massive Bad Ag gang in Brazil
20.12.2016 Investigations by federal agents expose an operation making millions from agriculture, facilitated by hacking, satellite analysis and slave labour
Pulp giant ‘misinterprets’ peat canal blocking decree, constructs canal
19.12.2016 Pulp and paper giant April has carved a 3 km canal through carbon-rich peatlands in Sumatra in violation of Indonesian government regulations
Riau network urges government to prosecute forest encroachment
16.12.2016 Analysis of plantations suggests majority of oil palm sites operating without permission
“Sustainable” palm oil has a legal problem
01.12.2016 RSPO has a simple mission: to oversee a system that certifies palm oil against an agreed set of rules, allowing that palm oil to be traded as “sustainable”
Thousands of fires linked to agriculture wreak havoc in Amazon
28.11.2016 Thousands of illegal forest fires linked to cattle ranching and agriculture caused considerable damage to the Brazilian Amazon in 2016
