How the EU Can Reduce Tropical Deforestation

Deforestation: causes and how the EU is tackling it | Topics

Much of the tropical forests converted to agricultural use goes to produce globally traded goods. EU consumption accounts for about 10% of ...

How EU regulation could prevent deforestation | Esade - Do Better

New European regulations establishing bans on importing certain products may harm small-scale farmers and fail to prevent global ...

The EU just took a major step to prevent deforestation around the ...

This week the European Union (EU) ratified a policy to regulate deforestation-free products. This policy prohibits the sale of commodities ...

10 key things to know about the new EU Deforestation Regulation

The EU's new Deforestation Regulation requires companies trading in cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood, ...

Eighty-six EU policy options for reducing imported deforestation

REDD was initially conceived as a system to leverage international carbon markets to compensate tropical countries for reducing deforestation, ...

Deforestation - European Commission - Environment

The EU aims to protect and improve the health of existing forests, especially primary forests, while significantly increasing sustainable, biodiverse forest ...

New EU deforestation regulation is a win for forest protection

However, as of 29 June 2023, the EU regulation on deforestation-free products has entered into force, giving operators and traders 18 months to ...

STATEMENT: Landmark European Union Deforestation Regulation ...

The new law aims to prevent products and commodities linked to deforestation and forest degradation from being placed onto the EU market.

EU consumption responsible for 16% of tropical deforestation linked ...

As the European Commission gets set to present its proposal for new EU legislation to address deforestation in the spring, the report ...

The EU and tropical deforestation - Europe For Nature

Banning the import of these commodities when they are obtained from recently deforested land will be helpful. But only when implemented by a ...

With Europe's move to delay tropical forest protections, everything ...

Last week, the European Commission flip-flopped and announced it wants to delay a new law designed to reduce tropical deforestation (EUDR) ...

Ending tropical deforestation: 10 lessons - EU REDD Facility

Why it matters: Giving forest and agriculture sector actors incentives to comply with the law strengthens efforts to make commodity production and trade ...

Extra time for deforestation: lessons for future EU environmental ...

Therefore, the EU has introduced a law – the regulation on deforestation-free products, or deforestation regulation – to outlaw from its market ...

Q&A: What does the EU's new deforestation law mean for climate ...

Carbon Brief examines a new EU law aiming to prevent the sale of products, such as palm oil, if they have been produced on deforested land.

EU urged to widen deforestation law - Global Canopy

Draft legislation by the EU designed to reduce its exposure to commodity-driven deforestation would fail to protect large areas of wooded savannah and ...

ACTION ON EU POLICY - Tropical Forest Alliance

This communication initiated the process for EU deforestation regulation, aimed at addressing the first priority, to “reduce the footprint of EU consumption on ...

How the EU can reduce tropical deforestation

EU imports of products including palm oil, soybeans, and beef contribute significantly to deforestation in other parts of the world.

EU leaders seal deal for groundbreaking law to stop deforestation

A couple of hours ago, EU decision-makers concluded negotiations for an EU deforestation law, reaching a historic agreement. This regulation is ...

Will the EU deforestation-free products regulation (EUDR) reduce ...

The European Union regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) represents a policy innovation with important implications for the governance of global ...

Is the EU shirking responsibility for its deforestation footprint in ...

This paper critically examines the European Union's (EU) role in tropical deforestation and the bloc's actions to mitigate it.