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With Myanmar’s press muzzled, experts warn of surge in environmental crimes

Carolyn Cowan 27 Aug 2021

Debt deal with deforester BrasilAgro puts UBS’s green commitment in question

Fernanda Wenzel, Olivier Christe 6 Aug 2021

EU sanctions no ‘silver bullet’ against Myanmar’s illegal timber trade, experts say

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 22 Jul 2021
Clouded leopard. Image by Ltshears via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Carving up the Cardamoms: Conservationists fear massive land grab in Cambodia

Gerald Flynn, Andy Ball, Phoung Vantha 1 Jul 2021

Brazil’s environment minister faces second probe linked to illegal timber

Shanna Hanbury 4 Jun 2021

Illegal loggers use pandemic as cover to ramp up activity in Sulawesi

Wahyu Chandra 24 May 2021
Documentation of landcover and oil palm plantation development in PT Internusa Jaya Sejahtera (PT IJS), part of the Central Cipta Murdaya group, in April 2018. Photo credit: © Ulet Ifansasti / Greenpeace

As illegal forest conversion for industrial ag worsens, this moment is pivotal (commentary)

Sam Lawson 20 May 2021

Brazil’s environment minister investigated for alleged illegal timber sales

Mongabay.com 19 May 2021
Wood that was cut for charcoal production near Katha, northern Myanmar. Villages in this area used to cut teak and other valuable trees for export, but have since started producing charcoal. The charcoal being exported to China can be made from any tree, regardless of size or kind. This amount of trees could produce about 150 bags of charcoal. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

Trafficking of banned Myanmar teak lands German company with $4m fine

Nicolás Bustamante Hernández 10 May 2021

Myanmar’s troubled forestry sector seeks global endorsement after coup

Mongabay.com 8 Feb 2021

Brazil timber imports ‘may have breached US flooring giant’s probation’

Jack Davies 8 Feb 2021

Legal failings leave illegal loggers unpunished and certified in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Feb 2021
Village head Talibo Coté in a light blue kaftan in a forest near his hometown, Djendo. Image by Ricci Shryock for Mongabay

Fears for rosewood as Guinea-Bissau prepares to lift six-year logging ban

Ricci Shryock 21 Jan 2021

Video: Romania’s deadly fight against illegal logging

Frederick Gillingham 20 Jan 2021

Brazilian woman threatened by Amazon loggers wins global human rights award

Thais Borges, Mauricio Torres 18 Dec 2020

Report: Illegal Russian lumber flooded Europe despite timber laws

Mongabay.com 17 Dec 2020

Papua sawmill loses legal timber stamp over allegations of permit forgery

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Dec 2020

Pulp producers pull off $168 million Indonesia tax twist, report alleges

Hans Nicholas Jong 2 Dec 2020

Madagascar moves to reopen domestic trade in non-precious timber

Rivonala Razafison 30 Nov 2020
Chainsawing wood. Image by Mike Smith via Wikimedia Commons (CC 2.0).

Threatened species caught in crossfire of ongoing land conflict in Myanmar

Aimee Gabay 10 Sep 2020

Just half of major timber and pulp suppliers committed to zero deforestation: Report

Claire Asher 2 Sep 2020

Company investigated for timber trafficking gets stimulus from Peru government

Yvette Sierra Praeli 25 Aug 2020

Understaffed and under threat: Paraguay’s park rangers pay the ultimate price

Aldo Benítez 5 Aug 2020

No choice: Why communities in Paraguay are cutting down forests to survive

Aldo Benítez 31 Jul 2020

Marijuana farms expand in Paraguay reserve despite gov’t crackdowns

Aldo Benítez 27 Jul 2020
Cattle at one of the 70,000 suppliers used by JBS, one of Brazil's largest beef producers. Photo courtesy of JBS

Investigation links meat giant JBS to Amazon deforestation

Mongabay.com 27 Jul 2020

Protected areas in Paraguay hit hard by illegal marijuana farming

Aldo Benítez 22 Jul 2020

A Brazilian forest community shows certified timber really does work

Maria Fernanda Ribeiro 22 Jul 2020

Sounding the alarm about illegal logging? There’s an app for that

Liz Kimbrough 17 Jul 2020
Pardalis chameleon (Furcifer pardalis), a resident of the Masoala Peninsula in northeastern Madagascar, where illegal rosewood logging has taken a heavy toll on forests. Image by Rhett A. Butler.

COVID-19 lockdown precipitates deforestation across Asia and South America

James Fair 3 Jul 2020

Ikea using illegally sourced wood from Ukraine, campaigners say

Ashoka Mukpo 29 Jun 2020

Court forces Ecuador government to protect Indigenous Waorani during COVID-19

Kimberley Brown 26 Jun 2020

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