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Ivy League investment in Brazilian ag mired in allegations of land grabbing and illegal deforestation
29.03.2018 Harvard’s endowment fund invested in a vast farm plagued by allegations of illegal deforestation and violent expulsion of small-scale farmers
Brazil Supreme Court ruling upholds amnesty to illegal deforesters as cash from bad ag flushes into the coffers of congressmen
28.03.2018 STF permits several controversial revisions to the Forest Code that will greenwash illegal deforestation
Communities denounce violence and human rights violations in the Brazilian Cerrado
28.03.2018 Civil society organisations issue statement denouncing the “alarming increase in violence and violations of rights of the communities
Deforestation in the Chaco spikes in the wake of “illegal” presidential decree stripping back environmental safeguards
31.01.2018 Satellite imagery points to an increase last October after Paraguay’s president issued a potentially illegal decree allowing cattle ranchers to evade restrictions
Illegal deforestation hit big ag firms where it hurt – in the pocket
22.12.2017 A new analysis of three major agricultural firms implicated in illegal deforestation reveals how it affected profitability and huge losses for investors
Illegal deforestation drives dramatic rise in Brazilian emissions, eclipsing effects of recession
31.10.2017 Illegal deforestation drove the biggest increase in Brazilian greenhouse gas emissions for 13 years in 2016, despite a severe recession leading to lower emissions from nearly every sector
