Illicit Harvest, Complicit Goods: The State of Illegal Deforestation for Agriculture

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Forest Trends Report on Consumer Goods and Deforestation: An analysis of the extent and nature of illegality in forest conversion for agriculture and timber plantations. 

Peer Reviewed Research in Science:  The first study to identify Brazil’s “bad apple” beef and soy producers, this report found that 18-22%, and possibly more, of Brazil’s annual exports to the European Union are potentially contaminated with illegal deforestation.

Additional Background: Reports