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Several palm oil and cacao companies operating in the Peruvian Amazon have systematically contributed to clearing at least 13,000 hectares (32,000 acres) between 2012 and 2021 in the country’s most forest-rich regions of Loreto and Ucayali, shows a new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). The investigation “Carving up the Amazon” claims that deforestation […]
Rich in resources, Peru's Amazon is being deforested at an accelerated rate, losing more than 26,000 square kilometers of forest since 2001.
Indigenous communities condemned Lisa Kenny’s visit, claiming company is operating on illegally deforested land
The palm oil sector has become one of the main engines of economic and social development for Ucayali and the Peruvian jungle
INTERVIEW: Ocho Sur explains the growth of the oil palm company, driven by the higher productivity of the oil palms and the favorable international context