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Comment: Traders may face reputational risks as deforestation increases in Brazil

06.12.2018 Changes to environmental regulations expected under Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency will increase pressure on companies, traders and investors to take action, Climate Adviser warn

Comment: Bolsonaro has pledged to strip environmental protections. The EU can make those decisions hurt

06.12.2018 The Brazil president-elect's destructive impulses must be reined in, and EU policymakers must be galvanized into action, writes Fern's Nicole Polsterer

Brazil in Focus: What does Bolsonaro mean for ‘bad ag’ and the forests?

06.12.2018 With an aggressive agribusiness lobby tapped into the political establishment, the picture for the forests of Brazil is looking bleak

US flooring giant buying tropical wood from Brazilian firm at centre of illegal timber scandal

18.11.2018 Floor & Decor continues to buy from Indusparquet despite the company being fined $170,000 for allegedly using fraudulent operating permits

One of Brazil’s most important river basins under pressure from illegal cattle ranching, soy plantations and mining

31.10.2018 Increasing levels of deforestation in the Xingu river basin in states of Pará and Mato Grosso connected to cattle ranching, soy plantations and gold mining

Authorities launch crackdown in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest after recent historical highs of forest loss

31.10.2018 Ibama and public prosecutors’ offices in 15 states suspend operations of plantations and issue millions of dollars in fines after deforestation reached record levels 

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