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Press Release | October 08, 2024
Leading collagen manufacturer fuelling deforestation crisis in Paraguay

Global Witness has uncovered alarming connections between the supply chain of one of the world’s largest collagen producers and extensive deforestation and human rights abuses in Paraguay's Gran Chaco region.
Article | September 26, 2024
Barclays earned $1.7bn from company tied to Indigenous land invasion

Financial powerhouses including Barclays, Vanguard and BlackRock made millions from financing Brazilian meatpacker JBS, whose operations are driving destruction of Apyterewa Indigenous land
Long Read | September 10, 2024
Missing voices

Land and environmental defenders faced brutal silencing tactics in 2023, with a record year for killings in Colombia and criminalisation cases across the world

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Article | August 22, 2024
One football field of tropical forest a day destroyed by farms supplying JBS
Article | August 02, 2024
ESG funds funnel millions into deforestation-risk company
Press Release | February 21, 2024
Deforestation footprint of Brazil’s three biggest meat companies five times larger in fragile Cerrado than in Amazon
Blog Post | December 15, 2023
UK turns over a new leaf as government finally acts on deforestation
Article | September 06, 2023
Empty promises: Cargill, soy, banks and the destruction of Bolivia’s Chiquitano forest
Article | September 05, 2023
Why should global financiers worry about agribusiness COFCO's deforestation links?
Blog Post | August 03, 2023
A terrible trade-off: burger today, rainforest gone tomorrow?
Briefing Document | June 02, 2023
Time to end the money pipeline driving global deforestation, and deliver a green UK economy

Briefing Document | June 02, 2023
Time to end the money pipeline driving global deforestation, and deliver a green UK economy
Briefing Document | May 12, 2022
Shareholders urged to vote against board of Bunge for lack of action on climate
Briefing Document | May 06, 2021
EU proposals to address the EU’s role in global deforestation: Joint NGO recommendations
Briefing Document | April 26, 2021
Bunge needs to urgently address deforestation and human rights abuses
Briefing Document | December 02, 2020
Legislative actions to tackle global deforestation: progress in Europe and lessons for China

Press Release | October 08, 2024
Leading collagen manufacturer fuelling deforestation crisis in Paraguay
Press Release | February 21, 2024
Deforestation footprint of Brazil’s three biggest meat companies five times larger in fragile Cerrado than in Amazon
Press Release | March 30, 2023
Major financiers including Santander, BNP Paribas and BlackRock have helped bankroll the “world's worst deforestation crisis” in Paraguay
Press Release | June 23, 2022
Banks and financiers back beef giant JBS to the tune of almost $1bn despite links to widespread deforestation, land grabbing and slave labour in the Amazon, with tainted beef and leather entering British and European markets
Press Release | March 10, 2022
Environment Act rules could allow UK consumption to continue fuelling rapid global deforestation and lag behind EU proposals, despite government promises of ‘world-leading’ law
Press Release | November 23, 2021
New investigation reveals global commodity giants fuelling land conflict and human rights abuses through trade of Brazilian soy
Press Release | October 28, 2021
New data highlights importance of including beef in Environment Bill to tackle UK’s complicity in global deforestation
Press Release | October 21, 2021
Top global banks and investors made an estimated $1.74 billion in income since Paris Climate Agreement from deals with agribusinesses linked to destruction of climate-critical forests and human rights abuses

Report | March 30, 2023
Cash, Cattle and the Gran Chaco: How financiers turned a blind eye to Paraguay’s deforestation crisis
Report | September 28, 2022
Bankrolling deforestation: Central banks accused of financing environmental destruction
Report | November 23, 2021
Global commodity traders are fuelling land conflicts in Brazil’s Cerrado
Report | December 10, 2020
Indonesia palm oil traders are failing land and environmental defenders

Blog Post | December 15, 2023
UK turns over a new leaf as government finally acts on deforestation
Blog Post | August 03, 2023
A terrible trade-off: burger today, rainforest gone tomorrow?
Blog Post | April 24, 2023
Banking on destruction: tracking deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon - and exposing its backers
Blog Post | December 21, 2022
Companies can’t just walk away from their polluting assets – they must remedy their destruction
Blog Post | December 15, 2022
The biodiversity crisis cannot end until governments tackle deforestation financing at home
Blog Post | November 18, 2022
Dead end: ambitious deforestation targets and human rights not included in agribusiness climate roadmap
Blog Post | September 01, 2022
Sowing Hope
Blog Post | May 30, 2022
How Europe can stop funding land grabs in Brazil