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Norwegian wealth fund divests from Alicorp over palm oil-linked destruction in Peruvian Amazon

10.03.2020 Alicorp purchased palm oil from the Ocho Sur plantation where a reported 7,000ha of forest was destroyed and indigenous communities displaced

Peruvian Amazon / UN deadline looms for country to revisit law threatening 100,000 hectares of Amazon

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Prosecutor targets ‘ringleader’ Dennis Melka in Peru cacao case

19.08.2019 It comes after staff at Melka firm sentenced for links to illegal deforestation

Peru / Corruption and land trafficking in Ucayali leading to deforestation for rice and palm

Climate Advisers / New analysis of major agricultural firms implicated in illegal deforestation reveals how it affected profitability and huge losses for investors

Peru / Shots reportedly fired at indigenous peoples’ organisation investigating oil palm company

Peruvian Amazon / Analysis of satellite imagery has unearthed evidence of rapid, industrial-style forest clearance

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Killings highlight risks of land trafficking and corruption in Peruvian Amazon

18.09.2017 The slaughter of six farmers in the Peruvian Amazon has placed a spotlight on issues of land grabbing, corruption and illegal deforestation in the eastern region of Ucayali

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Denounced by government and RSPO, Peruvian plantation continues

26.05.2017 Plantaciones de Pucallpa has been the subject of suspensions, stop orders and fines by different government agencies for its illegal deforestation activities

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

Norwegian wealth fund divests from Alicorp over palm oil-linked destruction in Peruvian Amazon

Prosecutor targets ‘ringleader’ Dennis Melka in Peru cacao case

Killings highlight risks of land trafficking and corruption in Peruvian Amazon

Denounced by government and RSPO, Peruvian plantation continues

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