EUDR Delay: Necessary or a Step Back? [Promoted content]

In response to mounting pressure from companies and governments, the European Commission has proposed a 12-month delay of its landmark deforestation regulation, the EUDR. This proposal, still awaiting approval from the EU Council and the European Parli…

Top deforestation drivers could dodge โ€˜high riskโ€™ tag under EU benchmarking

Recently published documents show that major deforestation drivers may avoid being labelled ‘high risk’ by the EU, as the Commission will instead focus on countries sanctioned by the UN Security Council or the EU.

Indonesia urges EU to rethink deforestation rules impacting farmers [Advocacy Lab Content]

Indonesia is seeking to ensure European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) does not penalise its smallholder farmers, whose livelihoods depend on exports to Europe.

Von der Leyen should focus on implementation of EU’s deforestation law, not its rollback

The EUDR requires stringent due diligence that sheds light on long supply chains that often obscure human rights violations. Voluntary pledges cannot substitute for this regulation. Luciana Tรฉllez Chรกvez writes.

Indonesia concerned EUโ€™s new deforestation rules will hurt millions of smallholders [Advocacy Lab Content]

The European Union’s Deforestation Regulation will impact Indonesia significantly. Musdalifah Machmud, Deputy Minister for Food and Agribusiness, Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, Republic of Indonesia, spoke with Euractiv about his concerns.

Stumped! EU industries โ€˜gravely concernedโ€™ over deforestation rules [Advocacy Lab Content]

Twenty-eight organisations representing EU primary producers and industries have urged a delay in the application of the EU’s Deforestation Regulation. The European Commission does not intend to postpone implementation.

EU deforestation law in doubt as Germany pushes for postponement [Advocacy Lab Content]

Calls for EUDR postponement has created confusion for companies over when, and if, they will have to comply. Lawmakers clashed this month over whether to stick with rigid enforcement of the EUโ€™s new Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products (EUDR).

Commission juggles Mercosur deal, anti-deforestation rules, and farmersโ€™ anger

EU trade enthusiasts may be disheartened to see trade lumped into the already extensive portfolio of Slovakia’s nominee, Maroลก ล efฤoviฤโ€” one of its longest-serving commissioners.

Von der Leyen to propose solution on EU anti-deforestation rules, according to EPP agriculture chief

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will propose either delaying the enforcement of the new deforestation regulation or finding an alternative solution to prevent it from taking effect on 30 December, she told colleagues at a European Pe…

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 EUโ€™s anti-deforestation law (EUDR), which will soon require companies to prove that EU-sold products โ€“ including foods โ€“ were not produced on defo…

Brazil asks EU to hold off on implementing deforestation law

Brazil on Wednesday (11 September) 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.

Navigating the EUDR, the third Joint Task Force meeting on deforestation [Advocacy Lab Content]

The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is part of a broader initiative to combat deforestation and forest degradation, aligning with the European Green Deal, the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, and the Farm to Fork Strategy, its task force is meetin…

NGOs and industry share worries over EU anti-deforestation law

The looming implementation of an EU law aimed at making European supply chains deforestation-free has united industry, traders, farmers, and NGOs in concern.

Deforestation law risks pushing Indonesia toward China

However well-intended, the EU’s directive has particularly rattled producers in the Indo-Pacific region.

Argentine beef sector takes steps to meet new EU import rules on deforestation

Argentina unveiled its first certification scheme for deforestation-free beef to European Union authorities in Brussels on Monday (3 June) as the country prepares for a new EU law targeting imports linked to deforestation.

Indigenous groups warn of continued deforestation in Malaysia, as EU law nears

Representatives of Malaysiaโ€™s indigenous peoples, along with climate and human rights NGOs, urged the European Commission to involve civil society in discussions about the EUโ€™s anti-deforestation regulation (EUDR) during a visit to Brussels this week.

Stakeholders and NGOs mount pressure on Commission on anti-deforestation rules implementationย 

Food and agriculture stakeholders are asking the European Commission to finalise the details of the EU’s deforestation regulation while a group of agriculture ministers seek a postponement, a move opposed by NGOs and ruled out by the Commission for now.

The EUDR deadline is approaching โ€“ how can companies meet the requirements? [Promoted content]

Healthy, biodiverse forests provide a variety of ecosystem services such as improving air quality, helping to regulate global rainfall patterns, and mitigating the risks of climate change, as they can store large amounts of carbon

Cocoa growers face production shortage as EU anti-deforestation rules loom

As cocoa prices surge to record highs and Central and West African growers grapple with the impact of climate change, the cocoa sector is rushing to adapt its production to the EU anti-deforestation regulation (EUDR), which will take effect from Januar…

Time is running out for an effective EUDR [Promoted content]

In Europe and in countries where coffee, cocoa, rubber, soy, palm oil, wood, beef and leather are produced, supply chain actors are busy preparing for the upcoming European Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)… Or they should be.