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Critics round on Bolivia authorities for prioritising agribusiness over deforestation crisis
31.01.2020 New legislation in Santa Cruz and Beni could see millions of hectares of forest destroyed for agribusiness
UK-based Equatorial Palm Oil under fire for alleged malpractice in Liberia
31.01.2020 Report calls for due diligence law to monitor UK-registered firms operating overseas
EU risks buying 'illegally produced' Mexican avocados as imports surge 70%
29.01.2020 Criminal groups are “embedded in the entire supply chain” in Michoacán, where violence, extortion and illegal land clearing are rife
Poultry excuses? UK chicken retailers’ soy purchases aiding destruction of South American forests
24.01.2020 Supermarkets and fast-food outlets are under fire in a new report for buying soy for chicken feed from traders linked to illegal deforestation
Nestlé dumps Cargill’s Brazilian soy but persists with its palm oil, cocoa supplies
17.01.2020 Food giant's decision to stop sourcing Brazilian soy from Cargill is welcomed, but failure to act on other suspect supply chains raises questions
Feronia’s EU funders look to act after report exposes Congo palm abuses
15.01.2020 Banks commit to addressing reports of worker abuse, environmental pollution and other malpractices at Feronia palm oil sites
Robinson Lumber's perilous trade with Peru's Maderera Bozovich
06.01.2020 No US firm imports more high-risk wood from Peru than Robinson Lumber and they continue to buy from a company with a long rap sheet of alleged illegalities
Mystery shrouds firm set to clear 60,000 hectares of Cameroon forest for palm oil
20.12.2019 Camvert Sarl named as company behind a planned palm oil development that locals and activists fear will put communities and native forests at risk
New probe finds EU demand for oak flooring fuelling corruption and violence in Ukraine
19.12.2019 $35m of timber purchased by major EU parquet flooring manufacturers from two Ukraine firms linked to widespread illegal logging, corruption and business malpractices
Record forest fires are fanning the flames of Nicaragua’s deforestation crisis
18.12.2019 Weak governance and an expanding export-oriented agribusiness model fuel outbreak
