European companies seem to flip flop on the usefulness of having harmonised information systems to monitor their forestry activities, depending on the law being discussed and who is being asked to deliver it. Representatives from...
16/10/2024
After recently offering reassurances to the contrary, the EU Commission’s public statement, 2 October 2024, that it intended to delay the full application of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) was a shock. The relentless...
On 2 October 2024, the European Commission (EC) not only proposed a delay of 12 months for the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), it also published its long-awaited Strategic Framework for International Cooperation Engagement on...
Agricultural expansion drives almost 90% of global deforestation.
The EU’s attempt to tackle it through the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) could now be delayed by 12 months because of opposition from various quarters –...
14/10/2024
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The rumours were swirling for months, but when the news broke on October 2, it came abruptly and without warning.
Just a week earlier, the European Commission insisted that it had no plans to delay implementing the EU...
08/10/2024