EU Agrees to Delay Deforestation Law but Won’t Water it Down

Forests are being cut and degraded at an alarming rate, especially in the tropics, with the expansion of agricultural land causing almost 90% of forest reduction, according to a study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

A first-of-its-kind law called the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) aims to take steps to counter this. The idea is that EU importers have to prove their supply chains for products such as coffee, chocolate, leather, paper, tires and furniture do not contribute to logging anywhere in the world. Failure to do so would mean facing fines of up to 4% of their turnover.

The legislation, which is part of the European Green Deal, was negotiated in detail …

Source: DW