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Greenpeace uncovers illegal deforestation of more than 40,000 hectares of protected forests in Argentina
27.01.2017 Satellite image analysis points to widespread forest loss in several states believed to be for soy and fruit cultivation
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
PNG Prime Minister says SABLs are being cancelled…but is it more of the same?
20.12.2016 The Government failed to cancel controversial and destructive large-scale agricultural leases, more than three years after promising to do so
Indigenous communities face violence from agribusiness in Argentina
12.12.2016 Yaki Cachi Bajo Hondo indigenous community have suffered harassment, threats and attacks by armed groups connected to agribusiness in northern Argentina
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
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
‘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
