A global study exploring how deforestation and environmental harm intersect with labor exploitation, revealing shared risks to people and planet across forest-linked industries.
Drawing on case studies from Mozambique and Burma, this research uncovers how deforestation, corruption, and poverty converge to heighten vulnerability to forced labor and trafficking. In forestry, road construction, and agribusiness, communities facing shrinking forests and few livelihood options are pushed into unsafe or coercive work. The reports show how weak governance and illicit trade fuel both environmental destruction and labor abuse—while also pointing to solutions. They call for stronger oversight, ethical supply chains, and cross-sector collaboration among ecological and human rights actors to ensure that protecting forests also protects the people who depend on them.
Burma, Forestry, Banana, Construction, Human trafficking, Mozambique
