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Oil palm firms linked to land grabbing, illegal deforestation, pollution in Latin America

14.01.2019 A new investigation on Latin America's palm oil sector has laid bare a series of illegalities, deforestation, environmental pressures, and conflicts with local communities

As EU demand for soy grows, illegal deforestation gathers pace in Argentina

09.01.2019 Despite a political backlash, illegal deforestation, driven by growing soy and beef production, continues in country's northern provinces

Honduran authorities seek to halt illegal oil palm cultivation within Jeannette Kawas National Park

31.10.2018 After years of complaints by local communities and conservation organisations, public prosecutors have finally begun to investigate

Illegal deforestation in northern Argentina continues despite Environment Ministry’s intervention

31.10.2018 Greenpeace has once again detected illegal forest clearing in Argentina’s northern province of Salta, one of the most deforested in the country

EU urged to regulate to stem deforestation in cocoa industry

13.07.2018 MEPs and NGOs urged the European Union to regulate to stem deforestation in the cocoa industry after the failure of voluntary measures

Illegal ranching and cattle smuggling threatens protected areas in Lacandon Jungle

29.03.2018 Protected areas within the Central American jungle are increasingly being targeted by ranching and human settlements

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