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Military open fire on DRC communities protesting oil palm development
22.03.2019 Tensions between local communities in DRC and Canadian oil palm company Feronia have escalated in recent months
Groups warn Bolsonaro seeks to turn indigenous people into slave labour for big ag
18.03.2019 Since coming to power, President Jair Bolsonaro has taken controversial steps to undermine environmental and indigenous protections
Sugar industry faces new complaint over Thai firm’s violations in Cambodia
12.03.2019 Over 700 Cambodian families allegedly displaced in 2008 and 2009 to make way for sugar plantations have recently filed a complaint in the UK against Bonsucro
Indonesian palm oil company embroiled in lawsuit for burning forest in Kalimantan
07.03.2019 PT Arjuna Utama Sawit, a Musim Mas supplier, has also been connected to land conflicts and the illegal clearing of peatland
A quarter of Brazil’s new congress tainted by campaign donations from illegal deforesters
04.03.2019 A new Repórter Brasil investigations finds illegal land clearers and parties linked to slave labour backed congress members
Indonesian anti-corruption body denounces deforestation license for oil palm giant guilty of wrongdoing
18.02.2019 Ministry of Environment and Forestry asked to review its decision to authorise the conversion of 10,000 hectares of forest in Central Sulawesi into oil palm plantations
Family of North Sumatra Deputy Governor implicated in illegal conversion of protected forests for oil palm
13.02.2019 The North Sumatra Regional Police has named Musa Idishah, better known as Dodi Shah, as a suspect in a case of illegal deforestation of protected areas
