A new report from the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) reveals that approximately 13,000 hectares of Amazon rainforest in the Peruvian regions of Loreto and Ucayali have been deforested after being acquired by several companies producing palm oil and cocoa between 2012 and 2021. The investigation highlights systemic management flaws in Peru, particularly in land tenure, which have allowed corporations to illegally acquire land, cut down forests without permits, disregard environmental protection regulations, avoid penalties, and violate the rights of local communities. The report states that from 2012 to 2018, almost all deforestation in the Loreto and Ucayali regions occurred without permits.
Some of the palm oil-producing companies identified by the EIA supply their products to major international companies, including Kellogg’s, Nestlé, and Colgate. The new Peruvian forestry law, which allows for the nullification of any historical illegal deforestation on rural and agricultural land, will only enable these companies to continue their harmful impact on the environment, warns the EIA.
The EIA accuses several palm oil and cocoa-producing companies operating in the Peruvian Amazon of systematically contributing to the deforestation of at least 13,000 hectares of forests between 2012 and 2021 in the most heavily forested regions of Loreto and Ucayali in the country, according to a new report conducted by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA).
This is alarming information and speaks to a serious problem of corporate and governmental irresponsibility. Deforestation in the Amazon poses a threat to the unique ecosystem of the tropical rainforest. Urgent actions must be taken to protect this valuable area from further destruction and violation of the rights of local communities.
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