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False documents facilitate illegal sale of land in Brazilian indigenous reserve

13.02.2017 Deforestation of a reserve in Rondonia has intensified after false documents were allegedly drawn up to illegally sell off land

Greenpeace denounces amnesty to illegal cattle ranchers in Brazil’s Jamanxim National Forest

31.01.2017 Since interim measure passed to reduce size of forest, more than 750,000 hectares of land has been cleared

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 has failed to cancel controversial and hugely 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

Global network of scientists recognises importance of illegal forest conversion for agribusiness

04.12.2016 A new study by International Union of Forest Research Organisations highlighted illegal conversion as one of four major ‘trends’ in illegal logging worldwide

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