On Thursday 28 June in Luxembourg, the Environment Ministers of the EU27 agreed on the EU Council’s position on the proposed November 2021 regulation to minimise the risk of global deforestation and forest degradation associated with products placed on the EU market.
This is a major issue, as the EU - the second largest contributor to global deforestation after China - is responsible for 17% of tropical deforestation linked to internationally traded commodities such as meat, palm oil,...