EU, deforestation
Backlash Erupts Over Europe’s Anti-Deforestation Law
Leaders around the world are asking the European Union to delay rules that would require companies to police their global supply chains.
EU steadfast as Cocoa sector joins calls for deforestation law delay
The European Commission remained steadfast on Thursday in the face of calls, this time from the bloc's cocoa sector, to delay its signature law banning the import of goods linked to deforestation, which comes into effect at the end of the year.
EU Anti-Deforestation Talks Shouldn’t Sideline Frontline Communities
Far from the front lines where bulldozers tear down tropical forests, European Union officials are preparing to implement a crucial law that will require EU-based companies to ensure their imports and exports are “deforestation-free” and not driving human rights abuses.
Cocoa Traders Say EU Deforestation Law Set to Fail, Seek Delay
Major cocoa traders, amid mounting criticism, have asked the European Union to delay a new environmental regulation aimed at tackling deforestation.
Centre-right and socialists clash over EU deforestation law enforcement
The centre-right and the socialists in the European Parliament are at loggerheads over how to enforce the EU’s anti-deforestation law (EUDR), which will soon require companies to prove that EU-sold products – including foods – were not produced on deforested land.
Brazil Asks EU to Hold off on Implementing Deforestation Law
Brazil on Wednesday asked the European Union not to implement regulations in its deforestation law at the end of the year as scheduled and asked for it to be revised to avoid hurting Brazilian exports.
Scholz Asks EU to Delay Deforestation Law in Latest Criticism
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he’s asked the European Union to suspend a new regulation designed to reduce deforestation, as criticism mounts over the new rules.
Germany joins criticism of EU anti-deforestation law
Pressure mounted on the European Union on Friday to delay a ban on imports of products driving deforestation, after Germany added became the latest country to request the rules be postponed.Outside the EU,
Germany Urges EU To Delay Anti-deforestation Law
Germany said on Friday it had asked the European Union to delay a law banning imports of products linked to deforestation, after Chancellor Olaf Scholz added to criticism of the regulations.
‘Punitive instrument’: Brazils say EU deforestation laws will affect one third of exports
Brazil made €42 billion from their exports of products from their forests in 2023 alone. View on euronews
Brazil urges EU to suspend 'punitive' anti-deforestation law
Brazil said Thursday it has urged the EU to suspend the implementation of a ban on imports of products driving deforestation, describing the new rules as "punitive". Brazil said it considered the legislation "a unilateral and punitive instrument that disregards national laws on combating deforestation",
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World’s biggest deforestation project gets underway in Papua for sugarcane
Excavators have begun clearing land in the Indonesian region of Papua in what’s been described as the largest deforestation ...
Coffee growers look to postpone EU deforestation requirement
The world's top coffee body is set to request that the European Union postpone a requirement that imported beans come from ...
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‘Enormous’ profits from avocado exports drive deforestation, water shortages in Mexico
Demand in the United States for one popular food is driving deforestation in Mexico. Daniel Wilkinson, senior policy adviser ...
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Brazil judge fines slaughterhouses for Amazon deforestation
By Shanna Hanbury A judge in Brazil has imposed fines totaling 4.2 million reais, or $762,000, against two beef producers and ...
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Brazilian Judge Fines Slaughterhouses And Ranchers For Illegal Amazon Deforestation
A Brazilian judge has fined slaughterhouses and cattle ranchers for causing environmental damage via illegal Amazon ...
Brazil’s Lula pledges to finish paving road that experts say could worsen Amazon deforestation
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is pledging to finish paving a roadway in the heart of the Amazon that experts ...
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Report exposes meatpackers’ role in recent chemical deforestation in Brazil
JBS, Marfrig and Minerva — to widespread deforestation across the Pantanal, Amazon and Cerrado; of five farms investigated ...
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Cerrado deforestation has emitted 135 million tons of CO2 since 2023
Fires in the states of Maranhão, Tocantins, Piauí, and Bahia are the cause of 108 million tons of CO2 being released into the ...