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Deforestation from avocado production in Mexico higher than previously thought

14.11.2016 The country's attoerny general has claimed up to 8,000 hectares of forests cleared each year to for avocado orchards in the state of Michoacán

Palm oil firm desecrates religious sites and clears forest in Liberia

20.10.2016 A major palm oil firm has desecrated religious sites and polluted water supplies in Liberia, in the latest in a series of rights violations

Conversion of national park threatens orangutans and elephants

19.10.2016 NGOs affiliated with the Mount Leuser National Park Rescue Coalition have urged Indonesia's president to take immediate action to stop illegal deforestation

Sugar plantation caught with illegal timber in wildlife sanctuary

17.10.2016 Cambodian authorities seized more than 1,000 logs on the property of a Chinese-owned sugarcane plantation

121 palm oil mills linked to illegal land in Riau

14.10.2016 More than half of palm oil mills in Riau may be linked to illegal plantations, according the chairman of a parliamentary commission in the Sumatran province

‘Furtive’ avocado production destroying natural forests in Mexico

13.10.2016 The Mexican state of Michoacán is losing up to 1,000 hectares of forest each year due to illegal expansion of avocado farms

Illegal cocoa and palm plantations cause $111m damage in Peruvian Amazon

10.10.2016 Peru’s National Forest and Wildlife Service chief reveals that deforestation by two illegal cocoa and oil palm plantations in the Peruvian Amazon has causes widespread damage

Indonesian coalition pushes for transparency over decision to drop forest fire cases

06.10.2016 An NGO alliance is taking the provincial police in Sumatra to the Central Information Commission over the decision to drop cases against plantations

Rising deforestation for agriculture in Peru indigenous reserve

29.09.2016 Satellite analysis identified “rapidly increasing” deforestation due to agriculture and cattle ranching in protected indigenous forests

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