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Narco cash laundered into large-scale agriculture in Central America
16.05.2017 A new study comparing forest loss and cocaine busts supports the theory that drug money is being laundered into agribusiness
Fires rage in Bolivia as deforestation for beef and soy continues to surge
27.04.2017 New data on land fires in Bolivia indicates that the surge in illegal forest conversion for large-scale commercial agriculture and cattle ranching is accelerating
Booming beef exports fuel forest clearances and violence in Nicaragua’s Bosawás Reserve
15.04.2017 Humboldt Centre estimate that the biodiversity hotspot has lost more than 92,000 hectares of forest cover since 2011
Illegal deforestation for avocado production in Mexico spreads as US relaxes import controls
03.04.2017 Mexican authorities revealed this week that pine forests have been illegally felled to make way for an avocado plantation in a nature reserve in the country’s Mexico state
Swiss banks bankrolling illegal deforestation in Africa and East Asia
24.03.2017 Report exposed links between country's banks and some of world’s largest palm oil firms
Palm oil expansion in Philippines threatens return to illegal clearances
15.03.2017 Campaigners warn of massive palm oil expansion in province of Palawan
Cambodian government awards sawmill license to ag firm operating in protected area
14.02.2017 Lim Royal linked to forestry crimes as recently as last year, with an earlier government report claiming that 264 cubic metres of illegal timber previously seized on its land
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
