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Illegal palm oil encroaches on Aceh’s largest peatswamp
24.11.2016 The Indonesian province lost more than 4,000 hectares of forest in the first half of 2016, largely due to “legally questionable, if not downright illegal” palm oil expansion
Investigation raises doubts over police decision to drop forest fire prosecutions
23.11.2016 A decision by Indonesian police to drop a criminal investigation into the use of fire to clear forest dubbed fundamentally flawed and contrary to the evidence
Deforestation from avocado production in Mexico higher than previously thought
14.11.2016 The country's attoerny general has claimed up to 8,000 hectares of forests cleared each year to for avocado orchards in the state of Michoacán
Illegal deforestation an ‘organised economic activity’ in Amazon municipality
10.11.2016 A new report shows how illegally-established cattle ranches have contributed to the loss of thousands of hectares of rainforest in Lábrea, in the state of Amazonas
What the EU must do to address its role in deforestation and meet its UN commitments
26.10.2016 The EU will not meet their commitments without concerted action to reduce its role in the trade, production and consumption of products grown on land that has been deforested
Palm oil firm desecrates religious sites and clears forest in Liberia
20.10.2016 A major palm oil firm has desecrated religious sites and polluted water supplies in Liberia, in the latest in a series of rights violations
Conversion of national park threatens orangutans and elephants
19.10.2016 NGOs affiliated with the Mount Leuser National Park Rescue Coalition have urged Indonesia's president to take immediate action to stop illegal deforestation
Sugar plantation caught with illegal timber in wildlife sanctuary
17.10.2016 Cambodian authorities seized more than 1,000 logs on the property of a Chinese-owned sugarcane plantation
121 palm oil mills linked to illegal land in Riau
14.10.2016 More than half of palm oil mills in Riau may be linked to illegal plantations, according the chairman of a parliamentary commission in the Sumatran province
