How a new EU regulation can reduce deforestation globally. 05/04/2022
Li, Bo ; Schneider, Tina ; van Veldhoven, Stientje
WRI - Washington, DC
2022
EU Regulation ; import ; commodity ; natural resources ; forest ; sustainable development
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https://www.wri.org/insights/eu-deforestation-regulation
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"The European Union is one of the largest importers of commodities linked to deforestation, with more than 60% of the world's cocoa and about 50% of its coffee going to Europe alone in 2016. Cocoa and coffee are two of seven agricultural commodities that resulted in over a quarter of global tree cover loss from 2001 to 2015..."
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