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Is land speculation helping destroy Brazil’s “birthplace of waters”?
The Cerrado’s native vegetation once covered nearly 800,000 square miles — an area bigger than Great Britain, France, and Germany combined. Today, less than half of it remains.
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Certified weaknesses: The RSPO’s Liberian fiasco
GVL has destroyed their sacred sites, polluted their drinking water, and curtailed their access to their forests and livelihoods.
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Another hidden link between your retirement funds and rainforest destruction: Maybank, the world’s largest financier of palm oil
The destruction wrought by the palm oil sector — millions of hectares of forest and peatlands destroyed, entire species driven to the brink, assaults on local communities’ lands — is our…
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Transnational corporations and land speculation in Brazil
TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture, one of the largest corporations on the international land market, is buying huge tracts of land in Brazil’s Cerrado region. TIAA-CREF’s land acquisition is part of a…
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Nestlé suspends palm oil sourcing from Guatemalan company tied to corruption and ecocide
Nestlé’s decision to cut ties with REPSA is a step in the right direction and a victory for all the activists who have fought for years to bring REPSA’s actions to light.
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Corruption scandal at palm oil company linked to environmental destruction and human rights abuses
Several executives with the Guatemalan palm oil company Reforestadora de Palmas AC (REPSA) face charges of corruption in a high-profile tax fraud investigation in Guatemala.
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Guatemalan Palm Oil Supplier REPSA Caught up in Corruption and Bribery Scandal
A Guatemalan palm oil company called Reforestadora de Palmas AC (REPSA) was charged with corruption last week in a high-profile investigation of systemic tax fraud in Guatemala.
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Agribusiness Giant Cargill Suspends Contract with Controversial Guatemalan Palm Oil Producer Over Environmental and Human Rights Violations
Land defenders continue to be under threat, and companies that have profited from activities in the region have a responsibility to prevent these threats.