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Illegal Deforestation Monitor

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 Monitor

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

Cambodia / Land grabs and the International Criminal Court: will country's kleptocrats finally face justice?

SDGs / What the EU must do to address its role in deforestation and meet its UN commitments

Illegal Deforestation Monitor

Palm oil firm desecrates religious sites and clears forest in Liberia

20.10.2016

Mount Leuser National Park / Illegal logging of Indonesian national park threatens orangutans and elephants

Cambodia / Sugar plantation caught with illegal timber in wildlife sanctuary

Indonesia / More than half of palm oil mills in Riau may be linked to illegal plantations, according the chairman of parliamentary commission

Mexico / Michoacán losing up to 1,000 hectares of forest each year due to illegal expansion of avocado farms

Peruvian Amazon / Illegal cocoa and palm plantations cause $111m damage

Deforestation from avocado production in Mexico higher than previously thought

Illegal deforestation an ‘organised economic activity’ in Amazon municipality

Palm oil firm desecrates religious sites and clears forest in Liberia

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