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The Commission has updated the EUDR's product scope and digital tools to support implementation, confirming the removal of cattle hides, skins and leather. In response, Fern campaigner Nicole Polsterer said:
The Commission’s...
13/07/2026
On 17 June 2026, the European Parliament approved the unilateral termination of the EU-Liberia Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA), adopting a resolution on both the termination and future partnerships. The European Commission,...
08/07/2026
Today, the UK government confirmed that there will be new rules mandating companies to exclude illegal deforestation from their supply chains.
Moreover, the UK's new deforestation rules will aim to align with the EU...
23/06/2026
The European Commission published its EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) ‘simplification package’ on 4 May 2026. Despite the troubling review of the Regulation’s scope, it has sent a strong signal to companies that it will be...
10/06/2026
Brussels, May 5, 2026 – The European Commission has resisted industry and political pressure and opted not to reopen the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).
On May 4, 2026, the Commission published its report on options to...
05/05/2026
After reaching historic highs in 2024 and early 2025 – when cocoa was dubbed “better than bitcoin” – cocoa prices recently crashed again, leaving farmers in distress.
Implementation of anti-deforestation legislation led by the...
01/04/2026
How big is China's deforestation footprint? What commodities drive China's imported deforestation? How strong are China's forest laws? How much of China's forest risk exports go to the EU? What are the main challenges Chinese companies face to comply with the EU Deforestation Regulation?
16/03/2026
As cocoa prices surge, two new studies reveal that the new frontiers of cocoa production in Central Africa are seeing women’s rights trampled and rising deforestation. Tyala Ifwanga argues that the EU’s much delayed...
10/03/2026
Harms linked to cocoa production – deforestation, child labour, farmers not paid a living wage – have long been documented, especially in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, the world’s two leading cocoa producers. Recent studies by Fern...
04/03/2026
The cyclone Senyar that hit Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, 26 November 2025, and the floods and landslides that followed are a catastrophic example of what can happen when extractive activities in forests are left unregulated....
28/01/2026
